FullMetaltech
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Suicide Squad Review Thread: As Fresh As Green Lantern!
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JigglesBunny
Banned
Here's my civil review. Don't crucify me pls.
LordOcidax
Member
Ok, characters a lot better than expected... I loved it...Especially DeadShot, Joker not the best, but really good + Harley Queen. But the movie.. well... The action scenes a blurry mess. IGN score was on spot.
Piku_Ringo
Banned
Killer Queen
Banned
Seeing some of the fan impressions in here makes me (very) cautiously excited again.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
I'm curious if "decent/fun action movie" will be enough for the general audience to split with critics on this. Guess we really won't know until a few weeks from now though.
We should know by next weekend. If this has decent daily holds and then a solid 2nd weekend then audiences will have told critics they don't agree.
BvS dropped had massive drops.
Lights and Waves
Member
JUST SAW IT!
Of course, GAF yet again exaggerated. This movie was seriously not bad, it was a hell of a lot of fun!
Pros:
Harley and Amanda STOLE the show
The origin stories were really neat
Loved seeing Batman and Bruce Wayne
The final scene was great
Cons:
Jared Leto was barely in it and was pretty bad...why did he keep growling?
Wish the Joker cared less about Harley
The editing was weird...scenes definitely looked like stuff had been cut out
Too. Much. Music. Way too many music video sequences.
Of course, GAF yet again exaggerated. This movie was seriously not bad, it was a hell of a lot of fun!
Pros:
Harley and Amanda STOLE the show
The origin stories were really neat
Loved seeing Batman and Bruce Wayne
The final scene was great
Cons:
Jared Leto was barely in it and was pretty bad...why did he keep growling?
Wish the Joker cared less about Harley
The editing was weird...scenes definitely looked like stuff had been cut out
Too. Much. Music. Way too many music video sequences.
Lights and Waves
Member
Might I add that Margot's delivery of Harley's lines and comedic timing were flawless? My theatre loved her.
WB better getting started on that Harley and Ivy movie.
WB better getting started on that Harley and Ivy movie.
It's not.
Looking back at CW you realize that its legs were no that impressive. 2.36 multiplier which is the lowest for any MCU film.
That is for a film with great reviews.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Margot Robbie has legs.
TheSecondSpitter
Member
GAF doesn't influence the RT score.
Killer Queen
Banned
There are plenty here who exaggerate all the time. Like acting as if BvS is unwatchable.
Lights and Waves
Member
Exactly! GAF exaggerates when it comes to almost anything. This movie was seriously a fun time.
They aren't wrong about this one.
TheSecondSpitter
Member
I know plenty of people outside of GAF that think BvS is unwatchable.
You'll be surprised to know that the "GAF hive mind" is a fallacy and GAF's opinions don't differ much from people in the physical world.
Just watched some of this guys videos. It has to be satire.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Except for The Dark Knight Rises! Well, that could be just a vocal minority I guess.
Eh, preferences. It's not unwatchable, but its a big time commitment so I honestly wouldn't recommend anybody on the fence to check it out, and personally wouldn't view it again.
Killer Queen
Banned
It's really not, I don't think some of you have legitimately seen an unwatchable movie. I'm not saying you can't dislike it or think it's bad and or unenjoyable but unwatchable? This is one of those those times that I'll agree that many of the users here can be incredibly hyperbolic when they want to be.
Alebrije
Member
Cinemex already had 75,000 ticktes sold for the premiere tonight and tomorrow. They will change them for other movies.
They are the second largest movie theaters in México and 5th of the world, they have around 300 cinemas in Mexico and 2500 screens
Not even Cinepolis ( the biggest company) can save SS here.
dancingphlower
Member
You said what I was gonna say lol
xXCrazyCostaXX
Member
Just got out of the film. I loved it. My girlfriend loved it. The whole theatre seemed to love it. I sat next to a guy in full joker cosplay that even had the tattoos drawn on his body. Everyone clapped at the end and were excitedly talking about it with each other on the way out. I think it's going to be a hit with the general audience
Notes
- Margot is the perfect Harley Quinn
-Leto was great but as many have said he needed more screen time.
- Villain was weak but the stuff going on around the cast getting to them was great.
- seriously I had a ton of fun and the girlfriend and I will probably go see it again Saturday morning
Also fuck AMC for giving us the wrong glasses. Had to hurry and switch them out. Gave us Real 3D instead of IMAX 3D. Apparently they aren't universal cause everything was blurry as shit
Notes
- Margot is the perfect Harley Quinn
-Leto was great but as many have said he needed more screen time.
- Villain was weak but the stuff going on around the cast getting to them was great.
- seriously I had a ton of fun and the girlfriend and I will probably go see it again Saturday morning
Also fuck AMC for giving us the wrong glasses. Had to hurry and switch them out. Gave us Real 3D instead of IMAX 3D. Apparently they aren't universal cause everything was blurry as shit
batman deadshot scene was fantastic
Astral Dog
Member
I think im going to puke, it was disgusting in so many levels its not even funny.
would rather waste my time watching BvS theatre version
would rather waste my time watching BvS theatre version
TheSecondSpitter
Member
That's funny because a couple left the movie theater never to return during the Flash-induced dream sequence. I guess they deemed it to be unwatchable.
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Oh man. My boy just got out from seeing it and texted me that it was pretty dope. He didn't like BvS as a comparison but generally likes most super hero flicks. He said "both Margot Robbie and Will Smith were the shit!"
Robbie killing it as Harley seems a common reaction at this point I think. Same for Will Smith as Deadshot, which nobody expected.
Well, guess I'm hyped to see it again.
Robbie killing it as Harley seems a common reaction at this point I think. Same for Will Smith as Deadshot, which nobody expected.
Well, guess I'm hyped to see it again.
NealMcCauley
Member
Better than BvS but still not that great. At least BvS was somewhat fascinating to watch unfold. This was just cookie cutter studio fare.
Leto reminded me of a bad Depp impression more than anything.
Reminded me a lot of the Schumacher movies in how much it felt controlled, like it was a product more than a movie.
Leto reminded me of a bad Depp impression more than anything.
Reminded me a lot of the Schumacher movies in how much it felt controlled, like it was a product more than a movie.
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
Saw the movie today with a friend, not a fan at all of the previous DCCU films but I really enjoyed this, just a lot of fun and some of the actors were great, 'both Harley and Deadshot were pleasant surprises, Joker wasw pretty insane, and Killer Croc was a funny surprise too. Overall not a great movie but a pretty good summer flick imo
Killer Queen
Banned
You know what, argue whatever you want man. We're just going to keep going around in circles and ultimately I don't really care what you or that couple thought about the movie. But it obviously couldn't have been that bad if you stayed.
bananafactory
Banned
30 mins for me!! Nice to see some good impressions in here
TheSecondSpitter
Member
Sorry I will never, ever revisit this movie, DC cut or otherwise.
Hated it.
Hated the Joker most of all.
He was just weird most of the time, he felt very off and not in a good way, like some kind of creeper.
From how he acts to how he looks, not feeling him at all.
Harley is kinda the same but at a much lesser extent.
Liked Deadshot and Crock though, only good parts of the movie.
Everyone else seemed like they were barely in it.
Hated the Joker most of all.
He was just weird most of the time, he felt very off and not in a good way, like some kind of creeper.
From how he acts to how he looks, not feeling him at all.
Harley is kinda the same but at a much lesser extent.
Liked Deadshot and Crock though, only good parts of the movie.
Everyone else seemed like they were barely in it.
xXCrazyCostaXX
Member
It really was fun. I'm dead serious when I say everyone seemed to love it. It's not perfect but damn if it didn't leave me and my girlfriend gushing about it the whole way home
'Suicide Squad' Unlikely to Get China Release
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squad-get-china-release-917206
Pack it up.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squad-get-china-release-917206
Pack it up.
They said that weeks ago.
It was okay.
The first act was a complete mess, just like BvS but worse. It felt like it should've taken 10-15 max to introduce the concept and some of the characters and yet it took upwards of 40 or so, all while feeling like a bunch of random scenes put together.
The last two acts were much better but there's not a single scene I could call great in it.
Way too much music.
Lots of jokes fell flat.
Harley and Deadshot were the clear standouts of the cast and Leto's Joker was pretty good but they didn't give him enough to work with, so, I couldn't really say how good of a Joker he is.
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Anyone have a link to the differences between the early and final cut?
The first act was a complete mess, just like BvS but worse. It felt like it should've taken 10-15 max to introduce the concept and some of the characters and yet it took upwards of 40 or so, all while feeling like a bunch of random scenes put together.
The last two acts were much better but there's not a single scene I could call great in it.
Way too much music.
Lots of jokes fell flat.
Harley and Deadshot were the clear standouts of the cast and Leto's Joker was pretty good but they didn't give him enough to work with, so, I couldn't really say how good of a Joker he is.
The funniest thing in the movie is that they used Rope Guy as a plot device to show that Waller would actually kill them. Dude had a total of, what, a minute of screentime?
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Anyone have a link to the differences between the early and final cut?
AlfredX1990
Banned
Man, there's no real consensus among "real people" for this movie, it definitely feels like a movie that gets low RT scores because there's nothing between a rotten score and a fresh score in RT so most of the middling scores end up being negative in RT's eyes
And since I'm talking RT scores, the movie now has 27%, the chances of this getting a lower score than BvS are getting higher
And since I'm talking RT scores, the movie now has 27%, the chances of this getting a lower score than BvS are getting higher
You'll probably dismiss this because it's me and I'm clearly Damaged but.. it was not that bad. Not 30% bad. At all. It's a fine 45% or something. It has some corny lines and stuff, but it's not worse than many, many others. I say it's similar to Jurassic World. I say go see it, you won't get bored, that's for sure. I think the general Audience will eat it up, it checks all boxes of modern popcorn cinema.
xXCrazyCostaXX
Member
It felt like a nod to assault on Arkham
User 479360
Banned
I keep himming and hawing as to whether I want to go see it, and go see it tonight. It's playing in 40 minutes.
I don't really know if I want to spend money to see it, though. I'm not a huge DC or comic book fan.
I don't really know if I want to spend money to see it, though. I'm not a huge DC or comic book fan.
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