5 minutes ago, IBeMe said:

my alarm bells were ringing a tiny bit when I looked up Todd's filmography and noticed he hadn't directed any movie since Joker. He took a 5 year gap which isnt unheard of for directors and script writers and stuff but not usually after their first acclaimed movie. His previous works were all bro / straight man comedies. He didn't sharpen his skills in the time between and didn't have a creative burst right after Joker's success which was a little alarming to me. 

To be fair, COVID happened

 

Not bad considering it's not an actual single. I'd like it over 700K though! 

I'm excited for more of you to see the movie and go into it with a more open mind. I had a lot of fun with the concepts that were floated. I do have complaints but honestly this was a big step up from the first film in almost every department and it's in the top 10 of my favorite films from this year.

When Interscope autoplays the **** out of the LG7 lead to play after DWAS and we get an automatic smash

 

I'm happy to report that presales for Thursday previews have improved a bit and we're no longer in the sub-40M opening territory. 
 

Changing my worse case scenario prediction to $43M

 

I'm going to see it later  so excited! 

She really did that with Happy Mistakes and The Joker. Will I be crucified if I say I love them more than DWAS?

 

My top 5 this year

 

1) The Joker

2) Happy Mistake

3) Die With A Smile

4) Folie a Deux 

5) World on A String

 

 

 

Can anyone check on BMI to see if there's a new song registered? 

That Vogue interview was so sweet. She just gets it 

4 hours ago, Colmillo said:

The GP was on board with DWAS because it's a simple ballad about love, if you think they're going to be on board with a dark edm/industrial bawp about witchery and hell then let me hold your hand while I say this...

 

Her 13 year old track with an infamous metaphor about being in love with the man behind Jesus Christ's death is on the road to hit 1 billion streams. 

 

Anything is possible, if it's a hit. 

 

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1 hour ago, Universo said:

we need her to work with AUTEURS

we don't have to worry about Box Office while also gaining more acclaim and credibility 

Ridley is an auteur

1 hour ago, TrymeB said:

https://deadline.com/2024/10/joker-folie-a-deux-box-office-weekend-projection-1236104610/

Loving the optimism and here's our cope for the opening:

"Joker 2 could also score the best opening for a live-feature musical that's not a Disney one, potentially ahead of November 2018's Bohemian Rhapsody, which saw a $51M start."

 

Thank you deadline!

What's the logic behind people rejoicing over JFaD's underperformance? It has nothing to do with Gaga and is really out of her control. People (forum homosexuals) are the pits.

not WW3 when she about to release lead single 

2 hours ago, IBeMe said:

I know yall will call me delusional but I feel like Gaga's acting style reminds me A LOT of Nicole Kidman. Like she has potential to go there. She has a unique acting style but if I had to compare ito any of the major film actresses of our time it's more Nicole than Cate Blanchet or Glen or Meryl etc...This excites me a lot about her potential. She just needs to churn out more films. 

Gaga should take roles like Kidman's yes. But like another member said, she doesn't act enough to take roles that don't promise BO success and/or awards contenders. Kidman can afford to make a lot of flops because she does like 4 projects a year.

5 minutes ago, selfieclownt said:

Ridley is an auteur

People act like Gucci is like unwatchable. The main issue was the focus. The much more interesting story there is the generational aspect of the family and the turmoil they had giving over their company and shares only to be bought out by foreign investors and lose everything. Patrizia would have worked better as a secondary, intimidating figure in that story. Framing a story around her and then dumping her only to bring her back as a lunatic was an odd choice, but I think that is a flaw of the source material (the book is unfocused as ****). Ridley Scott has some great moments but he is also really really old. There's still some great moments in the film. Honestly I love that Gaga is in these projects that are inherently risky because it suits her. I think her portrayal of Harley feels more real than Patrizia in a good way and genuinely think its probably her best turn in a film yet. 

1 hour ago, TedLasso said:

To be fair, COVID happened

It's like everyone forgot the world was basically stalled from 2020 to 2023 

3 minutes ago, RandomHooker said:

What's the logic behind people rejoicing over JFaD's underperformance? It has nothing to do with Gaga and is really out of her control. People (forum homosexuals) are the pits.

Everyone makes their personality revolve around these women and don't genuinely interact with the content they consume past a surface level. Why else would people be melting down about Gaga's lack of screentime? They haven't seen the movie and are melting down because its not Gaga, The Movie. The scenes that were actually cut from the film would have amounted to like 5 more minutes of her in the film. 

10 minutes ago, selfieclownt said:

Ridley is an auteur

he's past his prime 

 

1 minute ago, lgaga1fan said:

People act like Gucci is like unwatchable. The main issue was the focus. The much more interesting story there is the generational aspect of the family and the turmoil they had giving over their company and shares only to be bought out by foreign investors and lose everything. Patrizia would have worked better as a secondary, intimidating figure in that story. Framing a story around her and then dumping her only to bring her back as a lunatic was an odd choice, but I think that is a flaw of the source material (the book is unfocused as ****). Ridley Scott has some great moments but he is also really really old. There's still some great moments in the film. Honestly I love that Gaga is in these projects that are inherently risky because it suits her. I think her portrayal of Harley feels more real than Patrizia in a good way and genuinely think its probably her best turn in a film yet. 

I'm a HOG truther so I agree 100%. Wish she had more dialogue as Lee because you could tell there was a lot of intention in her line delivery and physical acting.

I NEED TO HEAR GARDEN OF EDEN IN FULL IT'S BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR MONTHS AND IT'S BEEN GETTING. HARDER AND HARDER. TO FORGET IT

 

RT: 63% (+1) / 56 critics (+3) 

 

Edit: 61% (-2) / 57 critics (+1)  

Edited October 1, 20242 yr by Lil Mxnster

im obsessed with this, i didnt like at first cause i thought it wasnt as soft as the carpenters version which i like

but is so bright, bubbly and happy and i think it fits very well

 

 

Happy Mistake was my favorite performance outta the whole show bc she got really emotional and we all ended up crying, the band was EATING. 

 

hearing The Joker live my head nearly fell off my body from how hard we were all jumping lmfaoo. 

 

Die With A Smile into Close to You was brilliant i was ascending actually

 

She talked to us a lot in between takes and said that she wanted to capture the energy of being a kid and singing for the first time

 

Smile had me sad as hell cause she was definitely thinking ab Tony & redid it after the first time to turn on the tv with his picture 

 

Amazing first time seeing her i have zero complaints, her energy is 2000% there. LG7 will be an era to remember i fear