For such an awful movie, I must admit to being pretty
entertained. Sadly though, no matter how
much fun I had watching the banding of such bad-asses as Deadshot, Harley
Quinn, Killer Croc, Katana, Captain Boomerang and Rick Flag this is a cinematic
mess. David Ayer knows how to make a
film look great but he might have considered handing over the writing duties to
someone else. Who do you blame for this
colorful poop storm? Everyone
really. Whoever is in charge at Warner
Brothers, please, please, please do whatever you must to make better superhero
films. You have so many great
characters, they deserve better than this.
What’s especially frustrating about this one is that you have a great
cast in Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Viola Davis , Adewale
Akinnouye-Agbaje and Joel Kinnaman.
What could have been a fantastic Dirty Dozen-like picture instead turns
into a typical end-of-the-world mega-crisis. This film has it all: an
illogical plot, a cartoony over the top villain, and in your face
violence. Yes, I was entertained. In fact I was laughing at all the jokes and
thought some of the character building was great. I even like Leto’s take on the Joker and hope
he comes back to play the role. Still
in the end this is a bad film and I can only recommend it if you want to have a
good time laughing at how bad of a film it is. Grade: C (I want to give it a B- because I had fun but I just can’t
justify it. Shrug.)
Spoilers:
Suggestion on a sequel: keep the plot simple. Don’t have them save the world. Send them out on some top secret mission that
not even the Justice League knows about.
Think Mission Impossible, not Avengers with Villains. Also don’t ruin a great character like the
Enchantress. And whatever you do, don’t
have your villain dance around like some weirdo. No dancing.
Don’t blow up a city. Keep with
what this film does right: wise-ass bad guys having to work together to
accomplish a single goal.
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