Suicide Squad starts poorly, has a few isolated moments of
mediocrity before ending poorly. It once again proves how much the DC cinematic
universe tries to take shortcuts. It has all the markings of executive meddling
as they try to follow the “make-it-fun” formula.
Suicide Squad follows the story of Amander Waller. She puts
together a team of bad guys who are meant to take out meta-humans (like
Superman) if they go bad. And this is where the dumbness starts. What on earth
is Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn or Deadshot meant to do against
Superman. I am not sure and the movie
never bothers to try to explain it either.
Their first mission is then a self-created problem (stopping
the Enchantress and her Brother). Here are where the moments that try to pull
it up to mediocrity. There is a scene at a bar where the characters actually
have some personality and interaction. The first fight scene shows people using
their skills and abilities. And the scenes with the Brother always make him
feel like a threat.
But every time that the movie threatens to find its feet and
be mediocre instead of awful, you get the dumb parts. The Joker’s scenes are
forever annoying. Him and Harley Quinn mostly remind me of the people that try
far too hard to be eccentric, with the I’m So Random tag thrown in. El Diablo
deciding he wanted to fight was unexpected and shocking. The great scene from
the trailer where Harley steals a bag, stating they are bad guys, feels like it
was cut and thrown in so randomly it feels like whiplash.
This all feels like it was cut to make it fun. Suicide Squad
feels like a mess. Where they should have made a dark comedy movie, they tried
far too hard for a fun movie. The DC Cinematic Universe once again falls over
into a pile dog faeces, after everyone had such high hopes. I guess DC once
again waits for the next movie before becoming at least mediocre.
1 out of 5 Suiciding Waffles.
