Not that it needed confirmation, but I can now confirm that Suicide Squad was truly awful. And on so very many levels that it is hard to do justice to just how bad it was. But perhaps on just the most fundamental level, the two biggest flaws were that the plot was inane and unbelievable, and so were the characters.
As far as the characters, perhaps the biggest shame of it all is that there was just so much potential. Growing up, I was always a Marvel guy, to the point where I practically ignored D.C. I mean, I know who some of these characters are. But aside from Joker and Harley, I don't feel like I know any of them well. But even coming in with that dearth of knowledge, I could see so much missed potential. There were moments in the first 1/3 or so of the movie where Harley in particular really made me smile and say, "Even though this movie is failing, I LOVE this character." But that pretty much dissolved in the latter half of the movie. The Fresh Dead Shot of Bel Air was likeable, and you couldn't help but root for him at times. But...eh. Enchantress was pretty cool when she was in creepy mode before she and her brother went all Gozer the Destroyer for some reason that was not explained nearly well enough. But the biggest problem was that these characters just never felt like they were who they were supposed to be, if that makes sense. They never REALLY felt like villains beyond the first few minutes of the film. They were just...not very good guys that just kinda wanted to be friends and wanted to escape, but instead decided to bond for no apparent reason.
I went into this with very low expectations, so I'm kind of surprised that I am this disappointed. Perhaps that is because the beginning of the film was actually pretty good at points and made me think it was going to be better than it was. I dunno. I just know that, in the end, it's a perfect entry in a series of D.C. failures.
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