Yep, Joker 2 is terrible, IMO But, IMO, it already showed signs of no purpose in the first movie.

Good cinematography means nothing if the movie is empty. And the first one already made me feel like they were trying to sell me a concept that was impossible.

The second one doesn’t even have a concept. It just has depressing musical numbers. Any possibility of a good storyline is dumped so they can show more memeable joker reels.

So, to me, a terrible rating is completely justified.