Actor Tim Dillon, who has a small role as an Arkham Asylum guard in the Todd Phillips-directed sequel, described the film as “the worst movie ever” in an interview. The podcast
“I think what happened, after the first one, was a lot of things like, ‘Oh, the Ancels liked it. It was liked by the wrong kind of people. It sent the wrong kind of message. Male rage! Nihilism.’ !’ All these pieces of thinking. And then I think ‘what if we went the other way?’ And now they have Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga tap dancing where it’s insane.
The song-and-dance-heavy film, which Warner Bros. declined to market as a musical but is featuring Phoenix and Gaga in the musical or comedy film categories at the upcoming Golden Globes, received both commercial and critical acclaim upon its release last month. It was a shock. .
The film grossed just under $38 million in its opening weekend domestically before falling 81 percent in its second weekend. Its worldwide gross is about $205 million, but more than $145 million has come from overseas.
It has a 32 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and received a D CinemaScore from audiences.
Continuing on about the sequel, Dillon said that the cast members had a sense that they were working on a bad movie when they were making it.
“There’s no plot. We’ll sit there, me and these other guys all dressed in these protective suits because we’re working at Arkham Asylum, and I’ll turn to one of them, and we’ll do this. Will hear crap, and I’ll go, ‘What’s that?’ And they’d go, ‘That’s gonna bomb, man.’ I go, ‘This is the worst thing I’ve ever…’ We were talking about it at lunch, and we’ll go, ‘What’s the plot? Is there a plot?’ Don’t know, I think he fell in love with her in prison?’ … It’s not even worth watching how horrible it is,” he told Rogan.
Last month, Quentin Tarantino praised during a podcast appearance.
“I really, really liked it, really. A lot like, great, and I went into it expecting to be inspired by the filmmaking. But I thought it would be an arms-length, intellectual exercise that I would eventually I wouldn’t think of working like a film, but I will appreciate it for what it is,” said the director. “And I’m neutral enough to just enjoy a movie that doesn’t work as a movie. It’s kind of like a big, giant mess. And I don’t find it an intellectual exercise. I really got into it. I really liked the musical sequences.
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