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I watched this film with a 5 year old. Not only did they get scared A LOT within the 10 minutes of the film, they got so bored as the movie progressed. They asked me if they could watch something else. I told them "the film is almost over", I then looked at my watch, only to realize there was another 40+ minutes to the film (around the 1 hour mark). I was also getting EXTREMELY bored as well. This movie's is a "grown-up/adult" animated film. I don't think any kid could truly appreciate the subject matter (the hardships of parenting/survival of the fittest/etc). There is nothing funny about it. There was no comedy factor or "joy" in the 1st hour. It was a serious movie. We both stopped watching it, so I never got to finish it. Nothing within the 1st hour got my hooked. The reviews for this movie seem WAY overboard in their positivity. I'd be curious how kids would rate this film, rather than adults. I can't imagine this is a film they'd want to watch over and over again. I'll rate this a generous 6 out of 10. I have no idea how this film ends, but I couldn't care really either.

Initially I thought: "People simply don't get it, but when I watch it I'll understand the vision". Boy was I wrong. This movie looks and sounds like it's not a Joker movie, but rather a Lady Gaga movie. Not a Harley Quinn movie either, but a Lady Gaga film to try to showcase her singing theater talent. They could have possibly saved the film by having WAY less musical songs and pushed an actual plot line that mattered. The movie seemed like an absolute waste.

What was even the point of this story and ending when this film is going to do so terribly that they might not be able to make a 3rd film? But I'm actually confused if a 3rd film was even part of the plan. What would you even do in a 3rd film? Do you suddenly have no singing parts? It puts you in such a weird predicament. Such a shame since the first Joker film was a classic. Loved the direction, the darkness, and execution of that film.

Warner Bros is going to go bankrupt if they keep on making bad decisions like this. They had everything on a silver platter to serve up another epic Joker movie and they entirely missed the mark. Who was this movie even targeted towards? They wanted female Lady Gaga fans to fill up the movie theater? One of the most iconic villains in all of comics and they give comic fans this. I just have to assume whoever pushed this as an idea was so out of tune with society. Who thought this was a good idea!? What a Mess. I Was So Looking Forward To This....

The premise of the film is taking the concepts/characters of the Roman Empire and thrusting them into a futuristic Earth. The film is 138 minutes long. You wouldn't want your worst enemy to sit through this entire film. It's artistic diarrhea. So many unnecessary scenes bog down the film. No one asked to see Aubrey Plaza naked. So many love scenes that add minutes to the film. The film is really weird. Like think of the characters of the movie "Grease" (starring John Travolta) being thrust into a drama. Snapping their fingers and dancing for seemingly no reason (they actually do that in this film). It's so out of place.

The film is all over the place. The only thing I got from the film was trying to compare the "politicians" from the Roman Empire to people living today. That was the only fun thing while watching the film.

Cesar Catilina = Elon Musk. A man bent on improving the lives of people on Earth through his genius & innovative thinking. Someone who is an unconventional genius (created an EV car company, a solar panel company, a company sending rockets into outer space, a company that bores tunnels for faster underground traveling).

Clodio Pulcher = Hunter Biden. An absolute degenerate. Clodio is having intimate relationships with his cousins/aunts/etc. Hunter dated his dead brother's wife after he passed away, and cheated on her with a "lady of the night" and got her pregnant (that actually happened. Check the news articles. Sigh... the Bidens).

Wow Platinum = Kamala Harris. She'll have intimate relationships with anyone in order to advance her career. Wow Platinum (Aubrey Plaza) hooks up with Hamilton Crassus III (Jon Voight... he's like 85 years old). Kamala had a romantic relationship with Willy Brown when she was 28 years old and Willy was 60 years old. Willy was the Mayor of San Francisco. That's how she started her career by using Willy. Just like Wow Platinum uses Hamilton Crassus. Both Wow/Kamala lie through their teeth. Only those gullible enough to believe them get used.

Mayor Cicero = Eric Adams (Mayor of New York). I'm sure you've seen Eric Adams all over the news today for his corruption charges. Cesar Catilina calls Mayor Cicero a "slum lord". That's exactly what Eric Adams has done to New York. Cesar Catilina's argument is that politicians like Mayor Cicero keep people poor on purpose to keep them in power. Empty promises for a vote (vote for me and you'll get all of your student loans abolished, a $25k housing loan on us, etc. All ear candy for a vote). Then none of those things that were promised get done, and the cycle of inner city mediocrity continues.

That was the best part of the film to me because those comparisons are absolutely spot on and relates to what is happening right now in America. So if anything the film was relevant to show that our great empire can collapse quite easily, just like the Roman Empire. The characters of those times are alive today and seek power.