Review: Suicide Squad

So, same deal as my review of Batman V Superman. I will go over the things that worked, the things that didn’t work, the characters and explain who I think the intended audience was. Sew let’s get to it!

Spoilers from this point forward.

Good points:

Despite what the critics have been saying I like to think that the story was relatively uncomplicated and complete. Nothing crazy or extreme happened story wise. It was just a simple redemption type story for a bunch of supervillains. Actually not too bad of a story. The trick was trying to get all of the characters an appropriate amount of time to shine. This movie, like so many other team type movies, didn’t’ try to focus on all the characters but just seemed to focus on specifically Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and Rick Flagg.

The action was well choreographed and set up. I was entertained by it at least. Nothing says comic books like a bunch of Zombies fighting a giant human crocodile.

Bad points:

The movie was all action. The buildup to the main mission that the group goes on was pretty much all fighting and the finale ended with things blowing up. I enjoy a good action movie myself, but when action is all you have it gets boring. The best action movies space out the action parts with slower moments. Granted there were a couple like in the bar and such, but those moments were so far and few between and too short to really make a huge difference in the overall feel of the movie.

The characters.

Deadshot: definitely the most well rounded character in the film. He had a real reason to continue fighting, his relationship with Flagg was well fleshed out, definitely my favorite character.

Harley Quinn: the second main protagonist. I disagree with some that say she stole the show. While DC knows that Harley makes money and so they fronted her pretty heavily, yet I didn’t feel like she overshadowed Deadshot or Flagg. Her involvement was appropriate for the events of the movie

The Joker: probably the most anticipated of the bunch. While Leto’s performance was definitely different than ledger but that’s appropriate. Ledger was not the comic book joker. Ledger was nothing we have seen before. Leto is a joker that we have seen. I found it interesting that in this version the Joker does seem to have legitimate feelings for Harley which is quite a bit different than both the animated series and the comic books. It’s a nice change. We should keep it that way. I hear that there was a lot more than a half hour that was cut from this film so maybe we will see a bit more that can help put some critics at ease about Leto’s performance.

In Conclusion:

For all it was, original was what this film wasn’t. I felt like I was watching a dark and twisted version of Guardians of the Galaxy. Particularly with the soundtrack choice calling me back to “Awesome Mix Vol. 1”. The beginning didn’t feel like the end and there was what seemed like very low consistency in the flow of the film. I do have to appreciate DC for doing their own thing but maybe they are trying to be too dark?

Who should see this movie?

Do you shop for your wardrobe at Hot Topic? This is for you. This movie is NOT appropriate for kids with scenes of torture and an almost endless stream of swearing. I would recommend this ONLY if you are maybe older than 16 and if you REALLY like DC. Those who would enjoy this movie would be those who LOVE supernatural, love zombies, and like Arrow and it’s version of the Suicide Squad.

Anyway that’s what I have on the film. Have you seen it? What did you think? Let’s talk about it in the comments!

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