Admittedly this was a hate watch. The first film was so bad I had zero expectations for this. Joaquin Phoenix phones this performance in. Lady Gaga is the only actor who seems engaged with this story, but the dialogue is
So bad that her efforts are wasted. 

The only thing that lifts this movie at all is the theory that Todd Phillips was trolling his own Joker fanbase by making a nicely shot but boring and pointless film. 

Whatever incels identified with the first film will surely be disappointed in this.