In Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux,” conservative comic Tim Dillon has a really transient cameo as one of many guards at Arkham Asylum. It is virtually actually a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo, and Dillon has even admitted that, when he lastly watched Phillips’ movie, he did not see himself.
The rationale he did not see himself is as a result of he was on his cellphone, posting on social media how a lot the movie sucked. Dillon hated it that a lot.
Dillon, for these unfamiliar, is a queer standup comic who is maybe finest recognized for mocking Millennials and Gen-Z for being whiny and privileged. He additionally, nevertheless, pokes enjoyable at Boomers for “refusing to retire” (squarely giving him a traditional Gen-X disaffected tone) and buddies round with right-wing pundits and bro-doggs like Joe Rogan, having described himself as right-leaning (though Dillon claims he has change into too bitter to vote). Past that, Dillon has been doing standup comedy professionally because the early 2010s and launched his first particular, “A Actual Hero,” in 2022. His newest particular, “This Is Your Nation,” was put out by Netflix in 2024.
His function in “Folie à Deux” is virtually a walk-on, however Dillon was desperate to see the movie. Afterward, he was invited onto the questionable “Joe Rogan Expertise” interview present, and he was pleased to say that it was the worst film ever made. Not only a dangerous DC Comics film, or a foul film generally, however the literal worst. This can be a daring assertion, seeing as DC Comics has additionally offered the world movies like “Black Adam,” “The Flash,” “Catwoman,” “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace,” and “Jonah Hex.” In Dillon’s eyes, this one out-stunk all of them.
Tim Dillon thinks Joker: Folie à Deux is not merely dangerous, however the worst film of all time
Dillon, in fact, remembers the discourse surrounding the primary “Joker.” Some may recall that Phillips’ unique movie was feared earlier than its launch, because it appeared to be — judging solely by its promoting — an apologia for violent loners and self-pitying incels. The movie ended up being way more toothless, telling a moderately easy story of a metropolis’s lack of psychological well being infrastructure resulting in supervillainy. It was then wrapped in a Martin Scorsese-inspired aesthetic, and bought as one thing darkish and deep. It wasn’t deep, but it surely was successful.
“Folie a Deux,” nevertheless, is nearly intentionally dangerous, ripping aside all of the myths that the primary movie arrange. The movie demystifies the Joker, and, by extension, implicates superhero followers for participating with a vapid, ridiculous fantasy. Quentin Tarantino cherished its temerity. Dillon hated its premise, stating:
“It is the worst movie that has ever been made. It is really not ‘so dangerous.’ It is the worst movie ever made. I feel what occurred, after the primary ‘Joker,’ there was a variety of discuss like, ‘Oh, this was cherished by incels. This was cherished by the improper varieties of individuals. This despatched the improper form of message. Male rage! Nihilism!’ All these thinkpieces. After which I feel, ‘What if we went the opposite means,’ and now they’ve Joaquin Phoenix and Woman Gaga faucet dancing, to a degree the place it is insane.”
Dillon is not improper. One may argue that it was the purpose of “Folie à Deux” to go the opposite means, because it have been, however that did not essentially make it entertaining to observe.
Tim Dillon thought Joker 2 would bomb, even when he was on the set
Dillon, in fact, had a sinking sensation from the beginning. He recollects chinwagging with the opposite actors and extras who performed the movie’s Arkham Asylum guards, and agreeing that they have been baffled as to the very plot of the movie. The comic continued:
“It has no plot. We might sit there, me and these different guys have been all wearing these safety outfits as a result of we’re working on the Arkham Asylum, and I’d flip to considered one of them, and we might hear this crap, and I might go, ‘What the f*** is that this?’ And so they’d go, ‘That is going to bomb, man.’ I am going, ‘That is the worst factor I’ve ever.’ We have been speaking about it at lunch, and we might go, ‘What’s the plot? Is there a plot? I do not know, I feel he falls in love along with her within the jail?’ It is not even hate-watchable. That is how horrible it’s.”
/Movie’s personal Invoice Bria felt that the “Joker” sequel functioned nicely as a authentic style deconstruction, however most audiences felt the identical means as Dillon, staying away from the would-be blockbuster in droves. The movie has, finally measure, misplaced Warner Bros. wherever from $125 million to $200 million, making it one of many greatest bombs of all time. It is easy to dogpile on a film that’s critically blended and already failing, and Dillon was pleased to take action.
Dillon, in fact, is a comic, and the oafish host of “Expertise” tends to talk in extremes, so it is doable that Dillon was exaggerating his outrage. But it surely’s additionally doable that he really feels “Folie à Deux” is the worst film of all time.
As a critic, I’d say that he ought to contemplate himself fortunate if he hasn’t seen any movies worse than “Folie à Deux.” There are so, so many movies which can be so, a lot worse.
