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MSUDC11

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Any thoughts?

Critics seem to hate it while many audiences look like they don't think it's that bad.

I saw it Thursday.... And I personally think it's a really bad movie. Just all over the place with a story that doesn't make a ton of sense.

Deadshot and Harley were fine.... But just fine. Not a huge fan of Leto's Joker. Not sure Jack and Heath will every be topped, but I didn't think he came close. The rest of the crew got very little story development, and the villain was awful. She and her army seemed like they came straight from an episode of Power Rangers.

So yeah, I had high hopes for this movie and it didn't deliver, even after early reviews tempered my expectations. Some have enjoyed it so I'm not saying don't go see it. I just thought it sucked.
 
11thEagleFan

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I was disappointed too, but I've been tempering my expectations since the PG-13 rating was released. I had heard that it initially had an R rating. Will Smith was one of the high points for me, and like you said, even that wasn't great. Leto's Joker was very "meh" to me. I would've liked to see what Ledger could've done portraying The Joker in future films. Seems like DC is trying to catch up to Marvel by rushing films out. But don't listen to me, I'm one of the few who actually thought Batman v. Superman was decent.
 
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No and no. I think it got a B on Cinemascore, which is the equivalent of getting an F from a pool of 100+ IQ viewers.
 
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I saw it today and it wasn't a terrible movie but it pisses me off because it could have been great.

Whomever the actor is for the Flagg guy needs to give up acting. He almost single handily ruined the movie for me, he was so bad. I thought Robbie as Harley Quinn saved the movie and I actually liked the joker but I can see how comic book fans would not like his take on it. The editing of the movie was horrendous. How do you become a top flight director but put out a film where the editing is terrible? Blows my mind. It's like they didn't watch it before it was released
 
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DC is mishandling their characters in a freak out move. Rushing and not getting it right. The studio execs freaked out about the BVS fan reaction and did a ton of last minute changing/reshoots to Suicide Squad. I'm sure it suffered greatly as a result. It's too bad -- comic-wise I've always thought they were superior overall characters to Marvel's. Marvel has taken mediocre comic characters(Iron Man) and made them mega stars with good casting and good movies. DC has taken great comic characters(Green Lantern) and made them less popular by destroying them in movies.

Suicide Squad should have been a phase 3 or 4 movie. Long after we had met most of these characters previously. I liked Harley -- liked Joker with what he had to work with -- liked Deadshot -- thought the impression of Amanda Waller was spot on. But the movie itself was crap. I don't have high hopes for the DCU at all going forward.
 
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Justice league trailer looks just as bad but the Wonder Woman trailer looks great
 
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I think it's safe to assume that all the DC movies will suck. Thanks Snyder (I loved Watchmen).
But, is there really any movie worth a dookiestink that has, or will, come out this summer? Seems like a pretty freezy year.
 
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It's been a terrible year for movies. Star Trek was good and I pray rogue one is good but other than that nothing notable.

ETA: deadpool was great. Almost forgot
 
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Oh 17 yeah on Deadpool. If Rogue One is Phantom Menacesque then it's a disaster of a year
 
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Hell or High Water looks interesting to me, but I was a huge fan of No Country for Old Men.
 
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Everything that I've read or heard about Rogue so far indicates that it's going to be a train wreck.
 
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Rouge One is being filmed with the look and feel of the original trilogy. Lots of costumes and lots of real props. It's going to be good.
 
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I thought it was fine. I went in with lowered expectations

after watching several reviews. Harley and Deadshot were great, minus a few terrible lines or questionable actions. Diablo was surprisingly good, Killer Croc was surprisingly bad. Seemed like all they cared about was making sure you knew he was black. I liked Kinnaman as Rick Flagg. Enchantress is a neat character, but was very generic as a big bad. Amanda Waller was perfect.

Leto as Joker was... fine? Nothing about him was bad, he had a bit of a "The Killing Joke" feel to him, but they made him too 1 dimensional. Everything was about Harley for him, which is not true to his character. I think if he had more to work with (or, if all of the cut material were included in the movie) I would have had a lot more to like.
 
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engie said:
DC is mishandling their characters in a freak out move. Rushing and not getting it right. The studio execs freaked out about the BVS fan reaction and did a ton of last minute changing/reshoots to Suicide Squad. I'm sure it suffered greatly as a result. It's too bad -- comic-wise I've always thought they were superior overall characters to Marvel's. Marvel has taken mediocre comic characters(Iron Man) and made them mega stars with good casting and good movies. DC has taken great comic characters(Green Lantern) and made them less popular by destroying them in movies.

Suicide Squad should have been a phase 3 or 4 movie. Long after we had met most of these characters previously. I liked Harley -- liked Joker with what he had to work with -- liked Deadshot -- thought the impression of Amanda Waller was spot on. But the movie itself was crap. I don't have high hopes for the DCU at all going forward.
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