one of the worst CBM's I have ever seen
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megaknocker — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 01:57 PM)
Make no bones about it - this was arguably one of the worst CBM's I have ever seen.
- Motivations were paaaaaaaper thin
- Disjointed and jarring editing job
- Improper use of flashbacks
- Forced obnoxious use of nostalgic pop tracks from multiple decades that don't lace into the narrative
- Cringe-worthy dialogue and excessive lip service due to character cramming
- Dark and dreary saturated cinematography throughout
- The main antagonists were the worst of all recent CBM's
- Forced cameos (Batman's somewhat ties into the film, but at the same time feels so shallow)
This movie was my worst fear. I thought I would give it a chance, even though my gut feeling was not good and that was well before the reviews started pouring in. The trailers came off like a kooky pop song bathed in sugar and having already seen what the WB has been up to the "bait and switch" factor was high. I can count maybe two or three things I liked - the hilarious Belle Reve main security guard and then DeadShot. But that's it. I initially enjoyed Amanda Waller and then the train started derailing as she progressed into outright villainy.
The screenplay was a messy, juvenile hack job and some of these characters simply should've have never made it to the big screen together - the worst offender being Enchantress. I mean David Ayer and Co. literally made themselves a baloney, grape jelly, and ketchup sandwich on gluten free tree bark. The battle in the third act was sheer nonsense, which is where you end up when the writing leaves you no choice and things are happening just to happen. Can't forget the absurdly blatant racial stereotyping with Killer Croc and El Diablo. Some of the comments coming out of their mouths made me want to smack David Ayer in the mouth. Can someone tell me why Katana and Captain Boomerang were even in this? The latter was more useless than Batman at the end of BvS. By the way there is no chance the events in this film would have gone unnoticed by the prematurely formed League members.
Jared Leto's portrayal wasn't actually half bad, but he and Harley's hamfisted love story was distracting to the overall narrative of the film. He was basically a glorified marketing tool. For God sakes please get rid of that distracting grill he was wearing. Just completely unnecessary and I'm sure I left out a lot other things too (oh ya Rick Flagg for one). Seriously I must've looked over at my sister and her boyfriend 15+ times - all of us with the "what the hell are we watching" on our faces. This movie should've never been made - at least not this early in the DCCU. It was a rush job, trying to capture the demo Deadpool and GOTG did (not a fan of those films either).
I give it a 3 out of 10. As someone who doesn't come from a background of knowing these characters from the comics (outside of the obvious), it's hard to ignore/forgive the flaws - they practically claw at your eyeballs making suspension of disbelief damn near impossible. This movie makes BvS actually feel like a coherent, well structured film. I just want to know how how any studio exec can proceed with something like this. The quality control has completely gotten away from the WB as they rush to unspool their DC universe.
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Ramboman24 — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 01:59 PM)
I actually agree.
I didn't think there was any way a Suicide Squad movie would be this bad. I was literally shocked. I've loved everything in the DCEU so far.
This sucked..
Make up your OWN mind. Don't be a follower.
I didn't quite nail it - Christian Bale -
Traviud — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 02:09 PM)
Besides all the valid points you made, it looked surprisingly cheap. The effects (especially on Enchantress) were really weak, the title screen and credits were chintzy and seemed to have been thrown together at the last minute, the green screen when Harley was danglingugh. Just awful.
And yes, the nostalgic music cues really hurt the film. Every overused pop/rock song ever is in this. All it needed was Bad to the Bone. -
Hassan_Scarborough — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 02:43 PM)
"I mean David Ayer and Co. literally made themselves a baloney, grape jelly, and ketchup sandwich on gluten free tree bark"
WOW!!!
And sadly there is not much to these characters in the books.
Harley's appeal is really on a superficial level. A lot more was done for Deadshot and it shows in the film. But that's it.
The characters in GOTG have more fleshed out back-stories' and their motivations are a lot more focused in the books which is why they have the better film plus they are directly associated with the main antagonist Thanos. Everything is connected.
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fastlake — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 03:01 PM)
Give the movie a chance, bro. You're acting like some marveltard bitch. No way this is worse than Fantastic Four or Xmen Apocalypse.
I wanna know why Fox Marvel movies get a pass when they are so horrible it's like it is because they're Marvel characters. -
assumedkilla — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 03:23 PM)
I liked it a lot. I didn't expect a lot of Joker or Batman since they weren't in the animated movie much. The villain could've been better, but she was better than most Marvel villains. At least I'll remember her name - who the hell was the villain in Thor 2, and I was hoping her human host wouldn't die. There were a few weird edits and no remarkable action scenes, but it was enjoyable.
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BrunoAntony — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 04:32 PM)
I completely agree with all of your points.
The key issues for me:- Horrible script (storyline, dialogue, thin characters)
- Extremely lame central antagonist played by a crap actor
- Poorly-shot action scenes on several small, boxy film sets
- Non-stop music
I gave the film 5/10, which is generous, but the 80s run of Suicide Squad is my favourite comic. If I had no attachment to the characters, I'd have scored it lower.
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megaknocker — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 02:34 PM)
There is only one cure for the affliction that we find ourselves plagued with right now STOP! Just stop going to these movies! Please!! There were two exclamation points in that last one. That's how serious this is. The studios will never stop churning out this mindless drivel that sucks all hope out of seeing a good superhero movie again until we stop throwing our money at them.