The Batman Makes Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker 2 Even More Unnecessary
Warning! SPOILERS for The Batman.
Barry Keoghan's surprise character in The Batman makes the potential sequel movie Joker 2 feel even more unnecessary than it already seems. As a complete reboot of the Batman mythos, The Batman provides a brand-new look at Gotham without retreading old ground. Director Matt Reeves skips the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne, Bruce Wayne's first battles, and Batman's first encounter with the Joker in order to tell an original story involving Gotham's corrupt individuals and the vigilantes who seek to take them down. Nevertheless, these offscreen elements are likely to influence the story of Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne in the future, even more so considering that The Batman introduced Barry Keoghan's Joker as a villain who's ready to wreak havoc in future sequels.
While the already established DCEU keeps expanding with new releases,such as The Flash, Black Adam, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Batman is building a self-contained franchise filled with grounded narratives. However, the Justice League universe and The Batman franchise aren't Warner Bros.' only two continuities. Todd Phillips' Joker also exists as a separate story. This poses the question: should all active live-action Jokers continue to appear in future movies?
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Like The Batman, Joker is a grounded and self-contained story — so much so that it leaves virtually no loose plot threads for a future movie to resolve. Besides another opportunity to witness Joaquin Phoenix chew the scenery as Arthur Fleck, there really is no need for a sequel to Todd Phillips Joker. The Batman only reinforces this, as it plants the seeds for an extensive franchise where
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