While the whole world is dissing Todd Philips' Joker 2, the film has found unlikely support from one of the finest filmmakers of all time. Quentin Tarantino gave two thumbs up to the film and said that he really liked it! Tarantino on Joker 2 Tarantino told The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, “I really, really liked it, really. A lot.
Like, tremendously, and I went to see it expecting to be impressed by the filmmaking. But I thought it was going to be an arms-length, intellectual exercise that ultimately I wouldn’t think worked like a movie, but that I would appreciate it for what it is”. Tarantino continued to praise the Lady Gaga Joaquin Phoenix movie and added that while the movie was a giant mess, that is exactly the kind of cinena he finds himself enjoying.
He stated, “And I’m just nihilistic enough to kind of enjoy a movie that doesn’t quite work as a movie. That’s like a big, giant mess to some degree. And I didn’t find it an intellectual exercise.
I really got caught up into it. I really liked the musical sequences. I got really caught up.
I thought the more banal the songs were, the better they were,”. ALSO READ: Joaquin Phoenix Could've Been Joker In The Dark Knight. Here's Why He Declined Christopher Nolan Offer Tarantino likes Joker 2 director Todd Philips Tarantino claimed that he was impressed by director Phillips as a Hollywood insurgent.
During the podcast, he said, “He’s saying f— you to all of them. He’s saying f— you to the movie audi.