Review of Suicide Squad (2016) by Michael C — 24 Jan 2018

This movie is pure garbage. After the disappointment brought on by Batman V Superman, it was quite evident that things were heading in the wrong direction for DC. Here, expectations were set at rock bottom, and even then, it failed to reach them.

I can easily say that this is the most boring superhero movie around, at least of those that are part of current canons. After the first third of the movie, which is entirely introducing characters, it consists primarily of the Squad walking.

The first part, with the exposition, wasn't that bad. It got dull after a while, but still could've been worse. What's worse is that the story is just plain dumb. Basically, after Superman's "death" in Batman V Superman, this officer named Amanda Waller (who is quite possible the most hateable character is this whole dang thing) recruits some of the most dangerous criminals in the world (some of which are shown being beaten by Batman and The Flash) to fill in his role.

The idea was so heavily criticized, that even the Lego Batman Movie made fun of it. Anyway, this group of baddies needs to fight this sorceress named Enchantress. She was pretty cool for her first 2 minutes, then she got dull really fast.

She's also got this brother named Incubus, who is just about the most generic movie villain, ever. He also looks like Volga from Hyrule Warriors. Perhaps the most glaringly wrong thing about this film is Jared Leto's portrayal of the Joker, which I think is a viable contender for worst book-to-screen portrayal of a character, in general.

While Heath Ledger did set the bar pretty high, there wasn't enough of him here, and he felt like a mashup of other previous Jokers, with no consistency. It also has all this unnecessary sexualization, of characters both male and female.

In some cases, notably Harley Quinn, we can expect that given the source material. But holy crap, I swear Harley's ass gets more screen time than the Joker. Some of the squad's members, namely Katana and Slipknot, are totally useless.

All in all, this is easily the worst comic book movie in recent years. No matter how bad it is, we must never forget our deepest loss, brought on by this movie. R.I.P Slipknot. We'll never forget.