Quentin Tarantinois praisingTodd PhillipsandJoker: Folie a Deuxafter the Warner Bros. film bombed at the box office.

Like, tremendously, and I went to see it expecting to be impressed by the filmmaking.

Thats like a big, giant mess to some degree.

Quentin Tarantino talks ‘Joker’ director Todd Phillips

Quentin Tarantino talks ‘Joker’ director Todd PhillipsTaylor Hill / FilmMagic / Scott Garfield / Warner Bros. / Courtesy Everett Collection / Monica Schipper / Getty Images

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I didnt find it an intellectual exercise.

I really got caught up into it.

I really liked the musical sequences.

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I got really caught up.

I thought the more banal the songs were, the better they were, he added.

Tarantino also said theJokersequel worked on a different level, saying that Phillips was actually the Joker himself.

The Joker directed the movie.

And then his big surprise gift haha!

Hes saying f*** you to all of them.

Hes saying f*** you to the movie audience.

Hes saying f*** you to Hollywood.

Hes saying f*** you to anybody who owns any stock at DC and Warner Brothers.

And Todd Phillips is the Joker.

Un film de Joker, all right, is what it is.

He is the Joker.