Joker - 2019 Film*

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  1. TheSeldomSeenKid

    TheSeldomSeenKid Forum Resident

    Oh yeah, forgot about South Park:righton:.
     
  2. Tim Lookingbill

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    Maybe the musical will have a down tempo dark operatic tone to match the original movie which to me came across as a darker Gothic version of Taxi Driver. I'm not a fan of musicals either but I'm willing to check out a musical version of "Joker" hoping it won't be a joke.
     
  3. Oatsdad

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    That's one of the odder statements I've seen on this board. :wtf:
     
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  4. TheSeldomSeenKid

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    No odder than your statement claiming Wings Over America is the Best Live Album ever, which I just replied to in that Thread being such a ridiculous statement:laugh:.
     
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  5. brucewayneofgotham

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    There are all types of musicals. big difference between Gaga's "A Star Is Born" and Spielberg's "West Side Story"
     
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  6. Oatsdad

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    Yeah, I think the implication that every gay male likes musicals is weirder than my affection for an album.
     
  7. wolfram

    wolfram Slave to the rhythm

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    I love musicals. I would say the same thing even if I was a Buddhist dentist from Belgium.
    Most of the things happening in movies aimed at entertainment don't happen in everyday life, so I guess you can't stand the majority of films (Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Comedy, Martial Arts, etc.).
     
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  8. pdenny

    pdenny 22-Year SHTV Participation Trophy Recipient

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    I’m straight, but I only like gay musicals.
    This thread went very weird…
     
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  9. Etienne Hanratty

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    The only musicals I like are Hamilton and South Pacific. I’m not sure where that leaves me.
     
  10. Tim Lookingbill

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    Technically you're correct, but some of us watch a movie for its story line and character development which requires a level of credibility to follow along for an hour and a half. The more serious and realistic the story and acting, the more I'm drawn in. If someone breaks out in song as a way to express the way they feel about another character then it's no longer staying true to the written narrative of the story. This is why I think the tone of a Joker musical should come across more operatic which functions as a translator of the narrative into expressionism.

    The overall tone has to have something to make breaking out in song is not part of the realism but part of say a dream like sequence or something that makes sense.
     
  11. Oatsdad

    Oatsdad Oat, Biscuits, Abbie & Mitzi: Best Dogs Ever

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    "A Star Is Born" isn't really a musical in the standard sense.

    It's a movie that has musical performances in them, but they're organic to the story.

    The characters don't sing and dance as part of the narrative elements.
     
  12. pdenny

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    Up a monsoon without a pistol?
     
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  13. MichaelH

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    The only musicals I like are Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Disney stuff. One of the worst movie's I've ever had the displeasure of seeing on the big screen was The Greatest Showman. I didn't know it was a musical until people started singing in it. I assumed it was a circus movie about the life of PT Barnum, so I was expecting circus scene after circus scene, not a corny love story with God awful songs and some of the worst singing I've ever heard.
     
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  14. proedros

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    decided to rewatch it , Phoenix is really crushing it here all the accolades are worthy

    Such visceral performance , music and cinematography are also fantastic
     
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  15. proedros

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    btw , when Phoenix puts on the clown makeup in the end , having been mesmerized by his incredible performance, i was thinking to myself that he would kill it as Gene Simmons in a Kiss biography

    when Joker dances (at the stairs etc) he is truly a demented rock star , very magnetic presence

    the soundtrack is also amazing , are there other albums i should check out by the composer of Joker ?
     
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  16. AndyTaylor

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    Yeah it was garbage.
     
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  17. wondergrape

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    I'm a Gay Male, but I hate musicals and love Wings Over America.
     
  18. user931

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    It was a good movie. I mostly enjoyed it.
     
  19. proedros

    proedros Forum Resident

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    fantastic 'behind the scenes' , i only wish it was longer than 20 minutes , i could watch clip like this for hours

     
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