[Music] hello my name is Bella Rossa you are watching for the latest news of the world Joker folad do review frustrating sequel is most electric when joen Phoenix and Lady Gaga sing dance and romance the 2019 movie was a surprise winner of the Venice film festival's Golden Lion a prestigious honor rarely bestowed upon a major Hollywood studio Blockbuster of that type not only did it gross a fortune it went on the following in year to win Oscars for guacin Phoenix's by turns pitiable and disturbing lead performance and for Hilder gader haunting score returning to the Venice competition Philip's uneven sequel Joker foli ad do will likely be embraced or dismissed for some of the same reasons it doubles down on key aspects of the earlier film's divisive character study by confining Phoenix's Arthur to prison or a courtroom for the duration aside from a brief Taste of freedom toward the end and fantasy musical numbers that turn Jazz pop and show tune standards into interior monologues of A Sort or physical expressions of the person Arthur imagines himself to be in blocking the Joker from his maniacal dissemination of Mayhem on the Gotham City Streets the movie all but neutralizes him not to get too spoilery but even more than its predecessor the sequel reduces the arch villain to a hollowed out product of childhood trauma and mental illness which means there's little we didn't learn last time even the dance interludes are carried over from Joker the portrait is a long way from the cackling criminal prankster we've loved since Cesar Romero first on the clown makeup and purple suit in the campy 1960s TV series even further if you trace him back to the characters 1940 introduction in the DC Comics Lady Gaga wins Joker Folia do red carpet at Venice film festival with Epic headpiece and her fiance at the Italian event where she walked the red carpet with her co-star joen Phoenix the film's director Todd Phillips and her fiance Michael palansky Gaga wore an appropriately glamorous look she rocked a voluminous black gown with a plunging neckline and massive skirt the star of her outfit though was her sparkly lace Philip trecy headpiece the lace piece covered Gaga's eyes and came to two points at top her head for dramatic effect the singer also accessorized with her go-to platform boots which peaked out from beneath her dress when she lifted her skirt on the red carpet I found it bizarrely overpraised and overrated by saucer eyed pundits but it became a prize-winning sensation and perpetuated the awards season tradition of rewarding the idea of comedy on the strict understanding that it's not supposed to be funny thanks for watching