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Suicide Squad? More like Screw-icide Squad.
Coming out of the theater I had mixed emotions. I really did.
Part of me had a great time and had a lot of fun.
And part of me just wasn't interested.
So first let's talk about some of the things I liked about this movie because there were
many things to enjoy. There were some great characters and some great performances too.
I think Margot Robbie was probably my favorite.
Every time she was on screen I just loved it.
And her character was so well defined and just kind of nutty and strange.
Really likable too.
Will Smith wasn't bad
in this one, you know. He did okay.
But he did a lot of that stuff that you sort of expect Will Smith to do.
You know, but the nice thing about him is I feel like he's matured a little bit.
Viola Davis was good in this too. She was real believable as this government
agent. I bought it the whole time. It didn't seem like
they gave her quite enough to do. She seemed a little bit flat, but
all in all I really enjoyed her performance.
Jay Hernandez is Diablo. I really liked him in this. He brought a lot
of heart to the character and made him really likable. And that was one of those real
pleasant surprises in this movie for me.
Even Jai Courtney does a good job. Now, you may know him from films like
Terminator Genisys and A Good Day To Die Hard.
Now it feels like he takes away from those films but in this film,
he actually adds something to it.
Boy, there's a back-handed
compliment if I ever heard on, huh? Sorry there Mr. Courtney.
They took a lot of time to set up
these characters and introduce you to them. And I always find that
very important because you get to know a character and sort of be
attached to them. Soundtrack for this movie
fantastic. There's a lot of good music that
everybody's going to recognize. A lot of your favorite artists. Queen,
AC/DC featured in here. War.
Leslie Gore. Even that Come Baby Come, Baby Baby Come
from K7, remember?
Now it's time talk about the things I didn't like.
You know what really bugged me was Jared Leto's portrayal of The Joker.
[gasp] Oh my god, was that over the top.
I'm telling you, I feel like this performance took away from the legacy of The Joker.
And the laugh - I didn't quite get the laugh either.
It felt forced.
[The Joker's laugh]
[The Joker's laugh cont'd]
I felt like if Jared Leto pushed anymore when he was doing The Joker's laugh
he was going to have a baby. [laughs]
I thought Killer Croc was ridiculous.
I didn't feel like there was any heart to it. I felt that everything he did was kind of forced
and every time this character spoke I'm going, "Okay, enough
already. Let somebody else talk now."
Killer Croc killed the whole mood, didn't he?
As much as I liked the way they set up most of the characters in this
I really felt like I didn't care what they had to do.
I think that's really part of the plot really. And as far as the main villains in this one
I wasn't really attached to them. They weren't scary. They weren't frightening.
And I just wasn't invested.
They spent so much time setting the good guys, I feel like they almost blew past
setting up the badies. There was a lot of potential in this one.
But then it became a series of action sequences and they were trying
to bring a little bit of weight to these characters, but I've got to be honest,
I felt like it was too little too late.
So for Suicide Squad, I'm going to give this one 2 out of 4 eyes open.
This is more like Homicide Squad.
I mean, look at what they did to the story.
Is it just me or did Harley Quinn have a New York accent for part of the movie.
[beep]
Seeing a good movie in 2016 is almost like
the way I like a Roast Beef sandwich - rare.
[beep]
I like the "T" in Margot was silent, like the "P" in urine.
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"Suicide Squad" and not a sign of Jack Kevorkian.
I guess if he was in this then it would be "Assisted Suicide Squad."
