Suicide Squad (potential spoilers)
Just got out of the movie. It was ok. Nothing special. The hype was too much and almost all of the best parts are in the trailers. It really doesn't do anything new for the superhero/villain genre. Plus it's not very funny. Also if you're going to see this because of the Joker be prepared to be disappointed. When he's there he's good. But he's in it maybe 5 minutes.
Ps I'm not a marvel or dc fan boy. I like both.
Ps I'm not a marvel or dc fan boy. I like both.
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I'll still watch it but these reviews forced me to switch from a Thursday night XD showing to a Friday matinee.
I watched the available trailers on You Tube last weekend and said to myself I bet all the good parts are in the trailer.
Also the one liners are not very funny or original.
I will say Margot Robbie looks "bomb af"
If I was 20 years younger, I know who I'd be going as for Halloween this year (along with about 20 million other girls)
and the pre-released soundtrack songs are catchy as hell!
1. The overall editing of the film makes it really clunky in certain spots
2. The story and main villain(s) is just plain and boring.
3. Little Joker
I know it's Suicide Squad and not the Joker movie but I really think this movie could have went from Ok to great with 10 more minutes of Bad ass Joker shit. I know Nolan did great with a pg13 rating but it would have been cool to get this as an R rated movie and truly get some disturbing scenes. Instead it was pretty lame and standard cut away.
EDIT: I don't want to shit on the movie. It was ok, fine and decent. I don't want my money back. My Wife really liked it but agreed she was disappointed hardly any Joker.
Some things I liked
1. Margot Robbie is awesome and hot af
2. Jared Leto is great but so underused. He definitely has his own take on the Joker
3. They did a good job of introducing the characters without the need for drawn out origins. They were quick and to the point and got me up to speed with the characters
Cavil- good superman in my opinion
Affleck- great batman
Gadot- surprisingly really good WW
Eisenberg- terrible Luthor
The cast works. But the movies just don't deliver. Not in the way they should. Suicide Squad looks to be the same. Great cast but just can't deliver on its full potential.
This is frustrating. What's next, Wonder Woman? That looks great but damn, the past movies had great trailers as well.
Any ideas as to how they can fix this? I always thought Synder was the issue but this was done by David Ayer. I enjoyed his work on End of Watch and Training day. I really want DC to find their footing. Such great characters in that universe.
EDIT: quick Google search shows someone counting 7 minutes of screen time. But that's just a random Google hit
You get a much better appreciation of Kurosawa after you realize that George Lucas admits he's the main inspiration for the story structure and film making techniques of Star Wars. If Kurosawa made English language films with a Hollywood budget I can only imagine what they'd be like.