Quote:Saw the Suicide Squad movie last night.. LOVED IT!!


I can't see what the critics were complaining about, personally.

 

Well, that depends on the nature of the critic...

 

Your bog standard movie critic is inherently biased (against) superhero movies in general at their base unless it's an Avengers-based movie or, to a lesser extent, the X-Men (although to be fair, Apocalypse was a bad movie with a few amazing scenes). Toss in building superhero fatigue and you have a recipe for hate in the making. Then, they fall into the trap of trying to compare all superhero/team up movies to The Avengers, which doesn't really fly in the DCU as there has been a marked difference in storytelling styles of these companies since the dawn of the Silver Age. DC has no Avengers analogy in terms of tone. Sure, the JLA looks like the Avengers at the base, but the closest actual analogy to them in Marvel in terms of "feel" would probably be the original Defenders (Silver Surfer, Namor, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Valkyrie) imo. DC also can't tell a good, continuous story on-screen lately to save it's life. That doesn't help either. It had many of the same issues as BvS in that pacing was bad and it lacked consistency.

 

When you're talking about fanboys, it's a little bit different. In an attempt to avoid spoilers, the main antagonist for Suicide Squad was an extremely poor choice. That character, in any incarnation that I'm aware of, is a Justice League level threat and would/should have mopped the floor with any version of the Suicide Squad without breaking a sweat. The story was atrocious as a result although most of the characterizations were decent to downright awesome, especially Harley Quinn, El Diablo and Amanda Waller. On the flipside, they completely botched arguably the easiest character of the bunch to portray in Captain Boomerang. I like Boomers in the comics. I like Jai Courtney. That guy with the boomerangs was not Captain Boomerang. He felt/acted more like a destitute man's Deathstroke with an Australian accent. Additionally, while Will Smith did an OK job as Deadshot, he was playing Will Smith. Deadshot is very sardonic/deadpan in his humor which isn't really Will's strong suit. I'm still not quite sure what to think of Leto's Joker. I would have liked to have seen more of him but overall I was OK with his portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime (although I would have preferred the Agent of Chaos Joker).

 

Overall, I was OK with the movie for what it was. I honestly expected an unmitigated trainwreck with no redeeming qualities based on initial reviews. I'm glad I didn't leave with that impression which is a positive. This is doubly refreshing because this isn't really my kind of superhero story/movie in general...X-Men First Class and Man of Steel are. I prefer darker, serious movies with lots of character development, just like I like my comics.

 

I have a sneaking suspicion/hope though, that Wonder Woman is going to kill it based on the trailer(s) I've seen.

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