>
>>But it is kind of the left that called the movie out just
>>based on the trailer alone, like months before it actually
>>dropped.
>
>The script leak played a huge role in the backlash, because
>many people had been worrying since before the trailer
>dropped. Then, when it did, that poured a bit of gas on the
>fire, to be sure-- but even then, the "outrage" didn't really
>hit its stride until the first reviews started dropping.
>That's when those who may have been privately concerned
>started going public. And then when the FBI story hit, shit
>*really* took off to the next level.
>
>>I almost feel bad for him (as bad as I can feel for any big
>>Hollywood name...which is not very). The left is throwing
>him
>>under the bus, and yet defending himself and his movie makes
>>it seem like he made the movie for the right.
>
>He also just needed to say the same things WB and Joaquin
>said: "depiction doesn't equal endorsement." That's it. That's
>all they've said. And that's all they needed to say. But he
>can't resist trying to fire back at those who question his
>film. Which is so fucking stupid.
>
>>You can not make some Travis
>>Bickle shit in today's climate and not expect to catch a
>>boiler room's worth of heat for it.
>
>He's trying to make a Scorsese movie, right? But look at two
>of Scorsese's most recent, Wolf of Wall Street and Silence.
>Both got blasted by some folks who claimed those films were
>something they weren't. But Scorsese didn't come out and try
>to roast people for their bad interpretations. He just talked
>about the movie.
>
>Phillips's problem is he is neither the filmmaker nor the
>thinker that Scorsese is. Scorsese sees criticism as a net
>good for cinema, and Phillips sees criticism as an impediment.
>Scorsese's dealt with backlash the types of which Phillips
>couldn't even fucking *dream* of, and he's handled it with
>grace for the most part, because he knows that his films have
>very clear morals and statements at day's end.
>
>Meanwhile, Phillips is coming out with "artists should be able
>to say what they want!" Forgetting that critics saying what
>they want is exactly what's pissing him off. All of these
>"freedom of speech" people are so fucking thoughtless, because
>they don't believe in freedom of speech-- they believe in the
>idea that they should be able to say and do whatever they want
>and get paid to do it without ramification.
>
>And ultimately, Joker is EASILY gonna cross 100 mil at the box
>office. So his protests look even *stupider.*