Suicide Squad Review

So i really wanted to like this movie. The advertising did change my initial reaction to the film from a maybe see to a really want to see. After watching it though, im torn. There are parts that were fun and less somber, as seen by the ads but then there were times it tried to shoe horn some emotional weight with the whole, "don't hurt my friends" thing. I did, overall, have fun with the movie. It was more like the hero movies of old (see early 2000s) with smart mouthed heroes who never break the pg 13 barrier but bristle in such a way they make you feel like they are close.

I like the characters if i dont look too deeply. Problem is, there are no establishing movies with these particular versions so having the weird, almost trailer like first act. The movie was very uneven with the film not finding its footing till around the second act and that footing was cliche at best (enjoyable though) or just plain stupid at worst. I liked Harley, Deadshot was OK after you got over the fact is just Will Smith in a funny suit (he always just plays Will Smith in a funny suit though), and everyone else was pretty forgettable. I hated the Joker. I never once believed he'd be a king pin of some crime syndicate as I just couldn't take him seriously, not like the Dark Knight's Joker. There was a guy, completely insane, but maybe he wasn't? Maybe it was all an act. That's what was so unnerving about him. The fact that he could be so brilliant that it could all be a ruse. This Joker was edgy with his tattoos and grill but that's all it was. Decoration. I never felt true menace from him and he was more of a deus ex machina really with no real development.

The worst had to be slipknot...Honestly? Kill him 45 seconds or so after introducing him. Yes, we all saw it coming with him not being in most of the trailers but come on.

The movie felt so uneven though and the antagonist was the antagonist because they assembled to protagonist. Talk about a flimsy setup. The only reason there was a bad guy was because they assembled the "good guys"! Total bullshit.

Overall, once you realized you wouldn't care about them as people with real thoughts or real feelings, they were great action figures duking it out on screen.