Well, at some point we had to disagree on something. I really didn't like this movie, honestly. I might agree with you that some things were worth saving, but overall I found the whole thing to be an unmitigated disaster. The plot was mostly banal and confusing, the characters were uninteresting, except for Deadshot who somehow managed to save the whole bunch. It is true that Marvel has set quite the high bar for this kind of movie, and that maybe 20 years ago my opinion would have been different.
I am somewhat biased by my dislike for Jared Leto in pretty much anything he does. I mean, the guy was born to play over-the-top characters, and yet he manages to be too much even for the characters he plays. I couldn't stand his performance in Blade Runner 2049, an otherwise perfect movie (in my opinion, of course).
Also the fact that every girl feels the need of dressing as Harley Quinn at every comic convention does not help much :P
I don't know, I will probably give this movie another chance out of the sheer respect I nurture for your opinion (which I always found to be aligned with mine), but I'm not sure I'll change my mind about this one :(
That's even more evident by the huge disparity of opinions in the comments, lol! And I get your references to some plot-holes (I couldn't talk much about them without giving too much away, but we both know they do exist). I also feel your dislike for Leto just added fuel to the fire which didn't help the movie from your perspective too, lol. But of course, I completely respect your opinion. Like anything, we predetermine what we are about to see and if it reaches or exceeds those expectations. In this case, for myself, they got pretty high. Possibly because I cut them some slack on the "character building" side of things given time constraints or simply being somewhat "too late to the party"? Not sure, but I still reckon they could have done a whole lot worse with the tools they had to work with.Hey there, @ziofeda! Oh, the stars just didn't seem to align on this one, eh, my friend? Never mind, the great thing about "any" movie really is no singular viewing will ever be replicated in the same way. By any of us.
Thank you for blessing my comment section with your presence and value again. Hopefully the stars "will" re-align once more for the next time... :
Well, you are probably right. I still enjoyed Suicide Squad better than I did Batman vs Superman, and I have to say DC is starting to get in the right direction, I really liked Wonder Woman, for the most part. They still have this way of letting conflicts resolve in what might be defined as bar fights, but they'll get better with that too.
The thing is, you should create a build up of tension and character development before a group movie. Maybe knowing some characters in advance would have helped. In Suicide Squad you don't really care that much about what happens to them because you haven't even had time to know them that well, and I feel that's the main thing that didn't really work with the movie.
Thank you for your kind and unexpected words!
I want to see the original David Ayer cut. This movie was cut by trailer makers. I like it though, they should have just made Joker the main bad guy, instead of the hot mess they went up against.