Review of Suicide Squad (2016) by Eupatorus — 20 Aug 2016

Let me preface this by saying I'm not one throw out low scores to films just to spite them because I didn't enjoy a movie. Suicide Squad really is a bad movie. I found it to be a hard 2 with little to redeem it.

Do not watch this movie. It's the most dead on arrival pile of garbage I've seen since Jupiter Ascending. I was excited for this movie like everyone else. It looked like a blast! Once we got a Batman v. Superman that left me saying "Meh" I became a bit worried and even more so after the mixed reviews for Suicide Squad came rolling out. But I went to see it anyway secure in the idea that even if it wasn't good it would at least be a fun little ride and a fine way to spend a couple hours on a Saturday afternoon.

Boy, was I wrong.

I could go on and on about all the problems SS has but I'll save us both some time and just go over what it does well.

1. The acting was fine from the main cast. Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and Viola Davis' Amanda Waller in particular stood out. Will Smith seems to be gaining some praise for his performance but I think people are confusing his Deadshot being a central character as him giving a good performance, because I thought he really phoned it in and it was completely lacking in the Smith charisma he's known for.

2. Enchantress looked cool, at least when she wasn't dancing an unexplained portal weapon into existence like a goof.

3. That's it. Yep. Solid acting with a few exceptions and a cool *looking* villain.

So what's bad about SS? Literally everything else. Story was flat. Dialogue was bad. Laughable at times and not laughable when it was supposed to be ("I'm beautiful!" says Killer Croc "Grooaaan. Why are you even in this movie?!" says me). Pacing and editing all over the place. Simply riddled with plot holes. It's just bad and worse than that, it isn't even fun. Thirty minutes in I was bored. An hour into it I was debating on leaving, and by the time the credits rolled I was so happy it was over. Not only to end the boredom but also so I could "Boo" it. I've been going to the theater for 25 years and this is the first movie I've ever actually booed. Save yourself ten bucks. Watch the "Bohemian Rhapsody" trailer again. There, you just saw a better version of Suicide Squad than the actual movie. Ugh.