[Paladin]

got talked into going to "Suicide Squad"

I fucking hated this movie.

There's so much wrong I don't even know where to start (spoilers below)...




*DC, you really need to hire someone who actually knows how to direct action scenes. Half the fights are shot through some dark haze and there's no real focus on any major action bits.
*Between the gratuitous slow-mo persistent in these fight scenes & the repeated close-up shots of Harley's ass, Zach Snyder's influence on production is PAINFULLY obvious.
*I'm not sure if it was the makeup or the actor, but Killer Croc felt almost completely unintelligible. I had an easier time making out Tom Hardy's Bane speeches.

*Deadshot's character arcs make absolutely no sense. His establishing profile is all about how much he loves his daughter (and could they have picked a WORSE child actor for that role?!) but later on he flat up admits he's basically a sociopath and has no regrets about what he does because he "cannot feel love." Also, there's a bit where he doesn't want to put his mask on because "bad things happen" when he does- are they trying to imply he doesn't want to be a killer after all?? (well, no- they're writing a reason to not cover up Will Smith with a mask after spending so much to get him in the damn thing. It's just a crappy reason).

*There's too many characters on the Squad. Nobody really gets a chance to stand out; its all just introduction & exposition. One member, Slipknot, shows up just to get killed off ten minutes later to "prove how serious the government is." And what the hell was Katana even doing there?? There's a bit that should be important where she reveals that she actually can speak English despite all of her dialogue being subtitled, and then she NEVER speaks to anyone on the squad again for the rest of the fim!!

*The "love story" background with Enchantress and Rick Flagg is painful enough, but nobody stops at any point to recognize that the situation they have to stop was only CREATED by someone wanting to form the Suicide Squad? None of this would've happened if this group of individuals had come together, yet only this group of individuals could stop it...

*You could cut Joker out of the film and not lose a damn thing. His total screentime's about ten minutes, and all of it sucks. Leto is easily the worst version of the character in memory and no amount of screentime would his incredibly dickish behind-the-scenes behavior.

*Captain Boomerang's a brony, for some reason. Also he gets caught by Flash- surprise cameo. And he looks awful, the suit is like an even crappier version of the new Power Rangers movie costumes & the effects used for him look worse than the TV show. BOTH TV shows...

*That said, the effects overall are pretty terrible. The CG used for Enchantress and her minions are laughably bad.

*Viola Davies is probably the only one in the cast with a decent performance, although I still hate the "beanpole" look for Amanda Waller. And her character's not immune to stupid moments either; she gets captured at one point & information is extracted from her brain that should be an important factor motivating the Squad to rescue her- but then it's never brought up and she just shows up alive & well after the big battle.

*And then there's Harley. There is SO much wrong with Harley in this portrayal. It's not funny, it's not charming, and it certainly doesn't seem sexy to me. The new outfit looks like she fell into a Hot Topic bargain bin (and there's a five-second cameo of her "Iconic" look for apparently no reason). Her character's all over the map too; she has a couple moments where it looks like she's rallying the Squad together despite everything that happens to them but overall she begins and ends the movie at the exact same point- she wants to fuck the Joker. That's ultimately all she's given here.


Definitely not recommended.