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I heard it was better than BvS and X-Men, so that's a good sign
Trending at 37% on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment.
Damn. I could have sworn this was the one. I'm still seeing it.
Any movie about villains and bad guys I'm in 
Anything is better than a shit sandwich and a cup of Shit soup.
Well Damn!!
The Reviews for Suicide Squad Are In, and They Aren't Pretty
Suicide Squad, the anti-superhero movie about a bunch of psychopathic bad guys who have to save the day, hits theaters after what feels like a decade-long promotional cycle on Friday, and the reviews have finally begun popping up online. The Warner Brothers tentpole (which stars, among countless others, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, and Jared Leto) is being called a “crushingly puerile” and “nonsensical” film filled with “mildly appalling sexism.” What fun!
Below is a selection of some of the more notable comments.
Germain Lussier, io9
The movie itself is also a motley amalgamation—a strange blend of different tones, stories, and pacing all mashed into something that has cool individual elements, but never really comes together.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
Warner Bros. even commissioned reshoots, reportedly as recently as April and costing in excess of $10 million, to add more action and humour. Even by a generous count, that works out at a sum in the high six figures per memorable action sequence, or million bucks gross per gag that actually lands – although eardrum-puncturingly bad dialogue, scowling self-pity, covert pornography and scrappy CGI are apparently a lot more affordable.
Peter Debruge, Variety
Ayer allows Harley Quinn a certain deranged sense of humor, giving her the chance to deliver the sarcastic zinger to multiple scenes, but he only half-recognizes what a tragic character she is, and it’s discouraging to think that the film’s biggest laugh comes at the expense of Batman punching her in the face.
Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
It’s simply a dull chore steeped in flaccid machismo, a shapeless, poorly edited trudge that adds some mildly appalling sexism and even a soupçon of racism to its abundant, hideously timed gun worship.
Fiona Williams, SBS Australia
It overcomplicates a simple plot by plonking in franchise-friendly breadcrumbs (oh, here’s where I’m probably meant to tell you to stay to the end of the credits), and kills its early buzz with uninventive, repetitive call backs to its characters’ past tragedies as a shortcut to empathy.
David Ehrlich, Indiewire
Just when you think the summer movie season can’t get any worse, along come the “Worst. Heroes. Ever.” And while the film’s official tagline is selling its stars a little bit short (surely last year’s incarnation of The Fantastic Four still holds that dubious distinction), the mundane, milquetoast, and often mind-bogglingly stupid “Suicide Squad” almost makes good on the threat of its marketing campaign.
Jen Yamato, The Daily Beast
Do you like montages and flashbacks? Writer-director David Ayer loves them. He cannot get enough of them. He leans on both far too heavily for far too long in a movie so stuffed to the rafters with colorful characters, there’s barely any room for a serviceable plot.
Matt Singer, Screencrush
From the first scene to the last, it’s an absolute mess, one whose harried pacing, jumbled narrative, and blaring soundtrack of radio hits suggests a desperate post-production attempt to reconfigure what Ayer got on set into something palatable and poppy.
Joshua Yehl, IGN
Every “twist” that comes, if you can even call them that, can be seen a mile away, and none seismically affect the trajectory of the plot or the emotions of the characters. For a movie called Suicide Squad, it feels strange for it to play everything so safe.
But not everyone despised it, and most people praised some performances—Viola Davis and Margot Robbie’s, specifically. Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Nashawaty gave it a B-, calling it “a small step forward” after this year’sBatman v Superman. Comic Book Resources’s Kristy Puchko gave it a positive review after admitting she “dreaded” seeing it. But it honestly doesn’t matter what the reviews say, as the movie is on track to beat all kinds of box office records this weekend.
Suicide Squad, the anti-superhero movie about a bunch of psychopathic bad guys who have to save the day, hits theaters after what feels like a decade-long promotional cycle on Friday, and the reviews have finally begun popping up online. The Warner Brothers tentpole (which stars, among countless others, Margot Robbie, Will Smith, and Jared Leto) is being called a “crushingly puerile” and “nonsensical” film filled with “mildly appalling sexism.” What fun!
Below is a selection of some of the more notable comments.
Germain Lussier, io9
The movie itself is also a motley amalgamation—a strange blend of different tones, stories, and pacing all mashed into something that has cool individual elements, but never really comes together.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
Warner Bros. even commissioned reshoots, reportedly as recently as April and costing in excess of $10 million, to add more action and humour. Even by a generous count, that works out at a sum in the high six figures per memorable action sequence, or million bucks gross per gag that actually lands – although eardrum-puncturingly bad dialogue, scowling self-pity, covert pornography and scrappy CGI are apparently a lot more affordable.
Peter Debruge, Variety
Ayer allows Harley Quinn a certain deranged sense of humor, giving her the chance to deliver the sarcastic zinger to multiple scenes, but he only half-recognizes what a tragic character she is, and it’s discouraging to think that the film’s biggest laugh comes at the expense of Batman punching her in the face.
Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
It’s simply a dull chore steeped in flaccid machismo, a shapeless, poorly edited trudge that adds some mildly appalling sexism and even a soupçon of racism to its abundant, hideously timed gun worship.
Fiona Williams, SBS Australia
It overcomplicates a simple plot by plonking in franchise-friendly breadcrumbs (oh, here’s where I’m probably meant to tell you to stay to the end of the credits), and kills its early buzz with uninventive, repetitive call backs to its characters’ past tragedies as a shortcut to empathy.
David Ehrlich, Indiewire
Just when you think the summer movie season can’t get any worse, along come the “Worst. Heroes. Ever.” And while the film’s official tagline is selling its stars a little bit short (surely last year’s incarnation of The Fantastic Four still holds that dubious distinction), the mundane, milquetoast, and often mind-bogglingly stupid “Suicide Squad” almost makes good on the threat of its marketing campaign.
Jen Yamato, The Daily Beast
Do you like montages and flashbacks? Writer-director David Ayer loves them. He cannot get enough of them. He leans on both far too heavily for far too long in a movie so stuffed to the rafters with colorful characters, there’s barely any room for a serviceable plot.
Matt Singer, Screencrush
From the first scene to the last, it’s an absolute mess, one whose harried pacing, jumbled narrative, and blaring soundtrack of radio hits suggests a desperate post-production attempt to reconfigure what Ayer got on set into something palatable and poppy.
Joshua Yehl, IGN
Every “twist” that comes, if you can even call them that, can be seen a mile away, and none seismically affect the trajectory of the plot or the emotions of the characters. For a movie called Suicide Squad, it feels strange for it to play everything so safe.
But not everyone despised it, and most people praised some performances—Viola Davis and Margot Robbie’s, specifically. Entertainment Weekly’s Chris Nashawaty gave it a B-, calling it “a small step forward” after this year’sBatman v Superman. Comic Book Resources’s Kristy Puchko gave it a positive review after admitting she “dreaded” seeing it. But it honestly doesn’t matter what the reviews say, as the movie is on track to beat all kinds of box office records this weekend.
marvel stay winning....
Movie Review: Suicide Squad Is Chaotic, Manic, and a Total Mess
Suicide Squad is a weird movie, and not just because it’s about a motley crew of supervillains set in the DC universe. The movie itself is also a motley amalgamation—a strange blend of different tones, stories, and pacing all mashed into something that has cool individual elements, but never really comes together.
Written and directed by David Ayer, Suicide Squad follows Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) as she puts together a team of villains to help on a dangerous mission. It sounds like a simple premise, but from a pure story standpoint, it’s exactly the opposite. Imagine if The Avengers had been made before any of the other Marvel movies—it would have to introduce Iron Man, Thor, all of them individually.
The same is true here. So before it can do anything else, Suicide Squad has to introduce about a dozen new characters and make you care about them. The first third of the film is nothing but set-up—there’s origin stories, table setting, villain introductions, and more. Surprisingly, all this, while excessive, is actually quite promising. It’s disjointed for sure, and things get a bit monotonous because the story isn’t really advancing, but there’s a certain energy to much of it. With this much set-up, you definitely want to see what’s next.
Unfortunately, once the assembled team begins their mission, that’s whereSuicide Squad starts to go off the rails. The goal of the Squad’s mission is incredibly ambiguous, gets even murkier as the narrative unfolds, and then falls apart once all is revealed at the end. Plus, the at least partially cohesive tone of the first act of the film segues into a second act that’s radically different in tone, and more of a war movie than anything else. Characters spend a good 20-30 minutes walking around just getting into gun fights. IfSuicide Squad were merely an action movie, this would be exciting, but these characters are villains, some of whom have superpowers. Merely seeing them shoot guns at things isn’t that exciting.
In a way, the film mirrors the actual Squad itself—a bunch of interesting parts that would often work better alone than together. For instance, the main character of the film is Will Smith’s Deadshot; he’s the first person we meet and the character who gets the most backstory. It’s a strong story too, but it’s also so prevalent compared to almost every other character, at times the film feels like it should be called “Deadshot plus Six” instead of “Suicide Squad.”
The second biggest role goes to Harley Quinn, played by Margot Robbie, who’s actually the exception that proves the rule. Thanks in part to Robbie’s memorable performance, she’s flighty, she’s unpredictable and when she’s having fun, so is the audience. She adds to every scene she’s in, and when she’s on screen, Suicide Squad is at its best. But she also brings the Joker with her, and he brings his own problem. He’s such an iconic, important villain, and yet he’s an afterthought in the film. There’s no big, meaty, iconic Joker scene for us to marvel at. His occasional appearances detract from the smaller characters the movie is actually about, to the point you almost wish he wasn’t in the movie at all.
In terms of the Squad, Diablo (Jay Hernandez) gets probably the next most screen time, with Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) after that. But compared to Deadshot and Harley, they’re all supporting characters. The result is that whenever they’re around, things are very hit or miss: if they do or say something that advances the story, it works, but if they’re just standing there—which happens in a lot of the movie—you don’t care about them. Almost any of these characters could completely disappear and it wouldn’t matter in the slightest.
And then there’s the Enchantress. Played by Cara Delevingne, she’s also major presence in the film and one of the main villains. However, her storyline is criminally underwritten, which becomes a huge problem in act three, when it’s basically all about her. The movie completely ignores her most of the time; so when it suddenly pivots to bring her to the forefront, it’s too late for there to be any meaningful stakes or drama.
In an attempt to keep all these moving parts afloat, Ayer uses a copious amount of pop songs in Suicide Squad. Too many pop songs, if we’re being honest. From the Animals and Kanye West, to Eminem and the White Stripes, these songs are certainly nice to hear, but in almost every single case they’ve obviously been picked for very literal reasons. For example “Seven Nation Army” is played when the team comes together as an army. “Come Baby Come” by K7 is played almost solely so the line “Swing batter batter batter batter swing” can play in a key moment. By themselves, each song is enjoyable, but together they just clash with each other.
In that sense, the music ends up being almost the perfect microcosm of the film—the pieces are good, but together they somehow end up making something less than the sum of their parts. Some of the action is fun, some of the characters are great, and it does reach some nice emotional peaks. But it never feels like a true, cohesive movie. It feels a B-movie—an action-packed one, but a B-movie nonethelesses—that just happens to be set in the DC Universe. It’s as if Ayer had too many balls to juggle and when they all came tumbling down he said, “Well that’s still kind of cool.” Cool? Maybe. That doesn’t make it any less disappointing.
Suicide Squad is a weird movie, and not just because it’s about a motley crew of supervillains set in the DC universe. The movie itself is also a motley amalgamation—a strange blend of different tones, stories, and pacing all mashed into something that has cool individual elements, but never really comes together.
Written and directed by David Ayer, Suicide Squad follows Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) as she puts together a team of villains to help on a dangerous mission. It sounds like a simple premise, but from a pure story standpoint, it’s exactly the opposite. Imagine if The Avengers had been made before any of the other Marvel movies—it would have to introduce Iron Man, Thor, all of them individually.
The same is true here. So before it can do anything else, Suicide Squad has to introduce about a dozen new characters and make you care about them. The first third of the film is nothing but set-up—there’s origin stories, table setting, villain introductions, and more. Surprisingly, all this, while excessive, is actually quite promising. It’s disjointed for sure, and things get a bit monotonous because the story isn’t really advancing, but there’s a certain energy to much of it. With this much set-up, you definitely want to see what’s next.
Unfortunately, once the assembled team begins their mission, that’s whereSuicide Squad starts to go off the rails. The goal of the Squad’s mission is incredibly ambiguous, gets even murkier as the narrative unfolds, and then falls apart once all is revealed at the end. Plus, the at least partially cohesive tone of the first act of the film segues into a second act that’s radically different in tone, and more of a war movie than anything else. Characters spend a good 20-30 minutes walking around just getting into gun fights. IfSuicide Squad were merely an action movie, this would be exciting, but these characters are villains, some of whom have superpowers. Merely seeing them shoot guns at things isn’t that exciting.
In a way, the film mirrors the actual Squad itself—a bunch of interesting parts that would often work better alone than together. For instance, the main character of the film is Will Smith’s Deadshot; he’s the first person we meet and the character who gets the most backstory. It’s a strong story too, but it’s also so prevalent compared to almost every other character, at times the film feels like it should be called “Deadshot plus Six” instead of “Suicide Squad.”
The second biggest role goes to Harley Quinn, played by Margot Robbie, who’s actually the exception that proves the rule. Thanks in part to Robbie’s memorable performance, she’s flighty, she’s unpredictable and when she’s having fun, so is the audience. She adds to every scene she’s in, and when she’s on screen, Suicide Squad is at its best. But she also brings the Joker with her, and he brings his own problem. He’s such an iconic, important villain, and yet he’s an afterthought in the film. There’s no big, meaty, iconic Joker scene for us to marvel at. His occasional appearances detract from the smaller characters the movie is actually about, to the point you almost wish he wasn’t in the movie at all.
In terms of the Squad, Diablo (Jay Hernandez) gets probably the next most screen time, with Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) after that. But compared to Deadshot and Harley, they’re all supporting characters. The result is that whenever they’re around, things are very hit or miss: if they do or say something that advances the story, it works, but if they’re just standing there—which happens in a lot of the movie—you don’t care about them. Almost any of these characters could completely disappear and it wouldn’t matter in the slightest.
And then there’s the Enchantress. Played by Cara Delevingne, she’s also major presence in the film and one of the main villains. However, her storyline is criminally underwritten, which becomes a huge problem in act three, when it’s basically all about her. The movie completely ignores her most of the time; so when it suddenly pivots to bring her to the forefront, it’s too late for there to be any meaningful stakes or drama.
In an attempt to keep all these moving parts afloat, Ayer uses a copious amount of pop songs in Suicide Squad. Too many pop songs, if we’re being honest. From the Animals and Kanye West, to Eminem and the White Stripes, these songs are certainly nice to hear, but in almost every single case they’ve obviously been picked for very literal reasons. For example “Seven Nation Army” is played when the team comes together as an army. “Come Baby Come” by K7 is played almost solely so the line “Swing batter batter batter batter swing” can play in a key moment. By themselves, each song is enjoyable, but together they just clash with each other.
In that sense, the music ends up being almost the perfect microcosm of the film—the pieces are good, but together they somehow end up making something less than the sum of their parts. Some of the action is fun, some of the characters are great, and it does reach some nice emotional peaks. But it never feels like a true, cohesive movie. It feels a B-movie—an action-packed one, but a B-movie nonethelesses—that just happens to be set in the DC Universe. It’s as if Ayer had too many balls to juggle and when they all came tumbling down he said, “Well that’s still kind of cool.” Cool? Maybe. That doesn’t make it any less disappointing.
Jury is still out. 
Gotta see this for myself.
Personally, I can't trust the opinions of some of these movie critic articles (like Rotten Tomatoes) who are trashing Suicide Squad... when they have the new Ghostbusters movie ranked as one of the TOP 20 movies of the year.
Gotta see this for myself.
Personally, I can't trust the opinions of some of these movie critic articles (like Rotten Tomatoes) who are trashing Suicide Squad... when they have the new Ghostbusters movie ranked as one of the TOP 20 movies of the year.
Jury is still out.
Gotta see this for myself.
Personally, I can't trust the opinions of some of these movie critic articles (like Rotten Tomatoes) who are trashing Suicide Squad... when they have the new Ghostbusters movie ranked as one of the TOP 20 movies of the year.
Yep
Ill judge it when I see it and be honest about it.
^^^ This. Exactly.
Rotten Tomatoes shitted on Suicide Squad... But at the same time... they ranked Ghostbusters at #18... And ranked the new Jason Bourne movie at #30.
Really? The new Ghostbusters was THAT MUCH BETTER than Jason Bourne??? Like 12 spots ahead?!?
Sshhheeeeiiitt.
I refuse to believe what those same critics say about Suicide Squad.
No way. 
Yeah those Batman Movies, Guardians, Deadpool, and Civil War really put the bar damn near out of reach!
Now you know I've never been one to defer to others thoughts or opinions. If the movie is bad then I will call it out but until then I don't align just to align. Never have and never ever ever will!
good to have you back fam...
honestly this is all VERY suspicious to me
I can't lie I did hear bad things way early and the last minute addtions had me leery
but to just SH*T on the movie like this?
after the GARBAGE that has been released the last few months?
I'm gonna wait and see this for myself.
I don't see Will Smith letting this get THAT bad and the director is MORE than good.
I am actually gonna do something I didn't even do for BvS or Civil War...
I'm gonna go see this over the weekend.
