Back for another Tuesday Blog post, featuring  my personal thoughts on the Suicide Squad Movie.

 

Do not worry about spoilers for this post, I am doing what I can to avoid them.

 

First, I will discuss what the movie does right.  

 

And right off the bat, see what I did there?) we are able to understand the characters without an incredibly dull amount of prologue to set up the movie.  This style was a serious strike against Batman Vs Superman, but for this movie, they improved the concept and made it work.  

 

Also fantastic was Harley and Mr. J’s relationship.  It felt like the authentic Stockholm Syndrome that I expect from these two characters.  While we are on the subject of the Joker, I loved Leto’s depiction of the character.  After all of the darker iterations of the joker thanks to Nolan, it was nice to see a different type of villain.  The clown prince of crime has not acted in the way shown in this movie in many years in modern mediums.

 

Another strong point was Deadshot.  In a movie where the staring cast is all villains, the viewer needs at least one character to latch on to.  Otherwise audience induced apathy occurs. Deadshot is still an obvious villain.  But one that it feels right to root for.

 

A few of the other moral dilemmas presented in the movies were a welcome change from the far happier Marvel Universe.  And while Marvel did bring some more darkness into Civil War, I still enjoyed the darker DC Universe.

 

But all movies have their downsides, and there was one serious problem I had with the movie.  Whenever a borderline reality warper character exists in a story, they cannot suddenly forget about their powers. This irked me to no end during the movie and when you see Suicide Squad for yourself, you will understand what I am talking about.

 

Besides this major flaw, I completely disagree with the reviews of the movie.  I highly recommend that all see it.  just don’t expect the greatest movie ever and you will be fine.