Joker: Folie à Deuxhas been perfectly summarized in a 2-minute LEGO fan-madeDCanimation.Joker: Folie à Deuxearned mixed reviewsafter a short run in theaters, earning just $192 million at the worldwide box office and dividing fans. The controversialending toJoker: Folie à Deuxsaw Arthur Fleck renouncing his Joker mantle and being killed by who would appear to be the “True” Joker, leaving a sense of dejection among fans of the first movie. Othercriticisms leveled atJoker: Folie à Deuxtake aim at its slow pacing and relatively stationary setting.
A creator on X,@EdwinBound, has now highlighted these criticisms with a LEGO animation that sums the movie up in less than two minutes. The post has garnered many responses lauding it as an improvement on theJokersequel, with its irreverent tone striking a chord with detractors. Even for fans ofJoker: Folie à Deux, it’s hard to deny that the short animation is an amusing summary of the main story beats.
What The Joker 2 Animation Means For The Actual Movie
The LEGO Animation Shows How Much Could Have Been Cut Out
TheJoker: Folie à Deuxanimation pokes fun at the fact thatthe actual movie could have been slimmed down substantially. One of the most notable aspects is Lee’s minimal involvement in the animation, comprising just a second of screen time. This was highlighted by certain comments suggesting that Lee’s involvement in the actual movie was ultimately unnecessary, given how even she failed to prevent Fleck from renouncing his Joker persona. It also cuts out any musical numbers, which were also a huge bone of contention among some fans.
Joker:Folie à Deuxis 2 hours 19 minutes long.
On the other hand,the animation ironically highlights thatJoker: Folie à Deuxwas actually quite eventful. It’s safe to say that most movies, even the originalJoker, could be cut down to their main events without that meaning that they should. WhileJoker: Folie à Deuxmay have been padded out by a significant number of musical scenes, these were still apt indepicting Arthur Fleck’s fantasiesand reliance on music as an emotional crux, something that was implied inJokeras he danced down the stairs in one of its most iconic sequences.
Our Take On The Joker 2 Animation
The Animation Is An Undeniably Hilarious Take On The Movie
@EdwinBound’s animation is undeniably funny, but it doesn’t have to be seen as scathing. As a fan ofJoker: Folie à Deux, I can readily admit that it has its faults.I think the animation works as a humorous summary of the movie’s main events- which were hopeless by design.
Fleck is a tortured individual whose shocking admission at the end of the movie comes immediately after having whatever spirit remained broken by Arkham’s depraved guards.
Joker: Folie à Deuxputs Arthur Fleck on trial for what are undeniably heinous crimes. Fleck is a tortured individual whose shocking admission at the end of the movie comes immediately after having whatever spirit remained broken by Arkham’s depraved guards. It is a tough pill to swallow, butit still makes sense for the distinctly gritty and grounded take on a comic book character. There is no doubt thatJoker: Folie à Deuxsubverted expectations, but I think it’s safe to say that calling this 2-minute adaptation a vast improvement might be a bit drastic.
Joker: Folie a Deux
Cast
Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to Todd Phillips' critically acclaimed comic book thriller Joker. Reprising his Academy Award-winning performance as the failed comedian Arthur Fleck, Joaquin Phoenix revisits the iconic DC character alongside Lady Gaga, who makes her debut as Joker’s lover Harley Quinn in this standalone continuity of the DC Universe.
