Hate to admit, but this was severely disappointing
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b5erik — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 11:10 AM)
Generally speaking, I'm more of a DC fan. I tend to root for their movies as I've always preferred their darker, more serious tone and better villains. I had/have very high hopes for their new fleet of titles. But whilst I loved Batman vs Superman (and am very keen to see Justice League), I have to admit that Suicide Squad is absolutely terrible. Considering its hype, it's one of the worst comic book films I've seen in recent years.
So, why was it bad?
Poor structure / story: To be honest, I don't think there even was a structure to this movie. After a rushed and choppy introduction to each of the characters, a bunch of stuff just happens for them to fight. The story is non-existent. There's no central character to follow, or even a decent villain to understand/appreciate their motives. To sum up, it seems like they changed/re-edited the film AFTER they made it. Everything is so choppy and poorly edited, that you can't help but feel large chunks of it have been left out. Undoubtedly, this is not the movie that they started with.
Forgettable action: Okay, so the plot isn't very good. But as a comic book film, the action can salvage this, right? Wrong. It's not that the action is bad. It's just that there's nothing memorable about it. Batman vs Superman had the amazing first battle (followed up by the amazing Martha Kent rescue by Batman), and Civil War had the incredible airport fight. Suicide Squad has NOTHING. It tries very hard to create one meaningful/impactful sequence with Deadshot, but it is soooo underwhelming that you begin to feel sorry for them.
Joker: If you have high hopes for the amazing Jared Leto and the iconic Joker character that's contributed to most of the movie's hype, then prepare for an epic let-down. Firstly, he barely even features throughout the two hours. And secondly his introduction and the few scenes involving him, are so rushed and pointless in the grand-scheme of whatever the plot is. Again, when they edited this, Jared Leto's Joker became somewhat of an afterthought. There was no real insight into him, no progression, and quite frankly, you quickly lose any interest in him because his role is so meaningless. It's remarkable how badly they got this wrong!
Uninteresting characters: Harley Quinn quickly grows tiresome with her dittzy/crazy demeanour. If you've caught all of the trailers and promotional material beforehand, then you've already seen her best bits. The croc dude is pointless and just growls. The fire guy has a sympathetic backstory but offers very little. Jai Courtney is quite funny as the Australian bloke. And although Though I was cynical going in, Will Smith as Deadshot was surprisingly good (so props for that).
There are many other things wrong which, at this moment, I don't have the energy to put down. And as a viewer it's becoming increasingly frustrating to not get a good stand-alone comic book movie anymore. The producers are so franchise-focused that they concentrate more on setting up future instalments, than just making a good movie.
An honest and accurate assessment. Bravo.
This kind of review is the kind of thing that will push WB/DC to hire better writers and directors in the future (and to stop messing with the reshoots & editing so that the movies can actually be cohesive and have decent pacing). -
KYLE-D — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 12:24 PM)
I would like to bump this because it is quite true, although I wasn't disappointed because I expected as much. "Crash & Burn" was the phrase I used.
While perhaps not completely accurate financially, like Ghostbusters for example, but I wasn't expecting much & that's exactly what I watched this morning.
I wasn't surprised at all Joker wasn't part of the overall story, although I don't think the movie would have improved much if he was.
A side note, I had to roll my eyes at Mr. Fire-Guy's line of not losing another family. I may be wrong I admit, but didn't this movie, the bulk of the 'story', only span like a day and a half or two days? He really became emotionally invested with a hit man, a crazy girl, and crocodile man in that length of time.
Another side note, You have to give the government props for having such perfect camera angles that they can see live the destruction of that radar tower base & the warship in the middle of the ocean. -
exe_malaga93 — 9 years ago(September 04, 2016 10:46 PM)
I pretty much agree with everything, and also:
The producers are so franchise-focused that they concentrate more on setting up future instalments, than just making a good movie.
this sentence pretty much sums up how I felt about this and BvS, which I wish I loved it as much as you did (I really wanted to). The DC Universe is so full of potential, but so far we have to be content with this kind of movies, which are enjoyable, sure, and not the worst thing ever, but also missed opportunities.
