There have been a few controversial movies over the last couple of years. These are the movies we hear about in the press before they’re even released to the public.
Critics warning people about how controversial a movie is before it is released, does more good for the movie than harm, in most cases.
Joker is a recent example of this. Critics were warning people that this would cause violence and mass shootings in the US. All this scaremongering helped the movie and made people want to see it more. This was proven by the box office records it broke and how much money it made. “There seems to be no stopping Warner Bros and DC’s Joker movie, as it has now made over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.” (ANDERTON, 2019). Hitting over $1 billion worldwide shows that even being labelled controversial by the media before release, didn’t stop the movie succeeding.
If the ‘bad’ press did anything, it made more money for the movie, made the internet go crazy and made people dance on some stairs in New York.
As we can see, people on the internet are making light of the movie and this shows the bad press was slightly unnecessary.
As an aspiring filmmaker myself, I left this movie speechless at how good it was. It has made me want to create movies that leave an impact on the audience once they leave the cinema.
ANDERTON, J. (2019). Joker has achieves another box office milestone as global takings pass $1bn mark. [online] Digital Spy. Available at: https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a29827102/joker-box-office-milestone-1-billion/
Matthews, B. (2019). Public Dancing On Stairs That Appear In Joker. [image] Available at: https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/b45db6ee37b84a918336ffde83d0575f/1000.jpeg
Screen Rant (2019). Joker Meme. [image] Available at: https://static2.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Joker-Running-Away-From-Your-Problems-Meme.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=555&dpr=1.5
Warner Brothers (2019). Joker. [image] Available at: https://miro.medium.com/max/750/1*6mdRN2BAK7kk2dvicIzCMg.jpeg
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