Suicide Squad getting horrible reviews

[TheCount]

That's what I said about Batman v Superman

Speaking of that, anyone checked out the Directors Cut? Any better?

I didn't hate Batman vs Superman. It was a mess in a lot of ways, but only because they were trying to fit so much in.

I hate that DC feels like they need to catch up to what Marvel has been building for like a decade in just a few years.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

you would have to work your *** off for a lifetime to be worse than the latest fantastic four.

I like FF (Alva version) and FF:SS
Cool scenes and cool effects.

 

[mattjames2010]

That's what I said about Batman v Superman

Speaking of that, anyone checked out the Directors Cut? Any better?

Yep, it's better.

 

[Stash]

I didn't hate Batman vs Superman. It was a mess in a lot of ways, but only because they were trying to fit so much in.

I hate that DC feels like they need to catch up to what Marvel has been building for like a decade in just a few years.

 

[mattjames2010]

Let's also remember, critics actually enjoyed Ghostbusters 2016.

The amount of care I have these days in film critics is very, very low. It's gotten to the point I've actually unsubscribed to most of the critics on YouTube and rarely read reviews anymore. I think I'm fairly intelligent enough to judge what interests me and what doesn't and I'll take my chances on what intrigues me.

 

[Rockdoc]

Let's also remember, critics actually enjoyed Ghostbusters 2016.

The amount of care I have these days in film critics is very, very low. It's gotten to the point I've actually unsubscribed to most of the critics on YouTube and rarely read reviews anymore. I think I'm fairly intelligent enough to judge what interests me and what doesn't and I'll take my chances on what intrigues me.

perfectly said.
why would l let other people determine what i like before i decide.
thats part of the process. see it, try it, like it (or not)

 

[TheCount]

Let's also remember, critics actually enjoyed Ghostbusters 2016.

The amount of care I have these days in film critics is very, very low. It's gotten to the point I've actually unsubscribed to most of the critics on YouTube and rarely read reviews anymore. I think I'm fairly intelligent enough to judge what interests me and what doesn't and I'll take my chances on what intrigues me.

Ghostbusters is the greatest mind trick ever pulled on critics.

 

[Passepartout]

Well Suicide Squad may be #1 despite the horrific reviews.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Well Suicide Squad may be #1 despite the horrific reviews.

It'll still make a ton of money. Batman vs Superman wasn't all that great and it still almost hit 1 billion.

 

[Denim Chicken]

I trust the user reviews on RT way more than the critics.

 

[iceberg]

Well Suicide Squad may be #1 despite the horrific reviews.

they've been pimping it for a year. there's a set crowd who will go see these movies when they open. there doesn't seem to be much of a crowd that follows in the coming weeks after the initial one or 2.

 

[DallasDomination]

I enjoyed warcraft with the whole family and it got bombed by critics. Yet I don't know anyone that didn't at least enjoy it for what it was.

User reviews >>>>> critics any day of the week.

I'll still watch it and judge for myself.

 

[iceberg]

I enjoyed warcraft with the whole family and it got bombed by critics. Yet I don't know anyone that didn't at least enjoy it for what it was.

User reviews >>>>> critics any day of the week.

I'll still watch it and judge for myself.

i didn't like it. it was too cross between animated and real and just visually difficult to watch.

 

[cml750]

No way it could be as bad as Man of Steel. My son I will go see it one day next week.

 

[Stash]

It's a real shame that Warner Bros can't get their act together with The DC Cinematic Universe.

 

[Denim Chicken]

It's a real shame that Warner Bros can't get their act together with The DC Cinematic Universe.

And those jerks had the nerve to send my a piracy letter for downloading BvS Ultimate Edition. Figured they owe me after I wasted my month in the theater!

 

[Stash]

And those jerks had the nerve to send my a piracy letter for downloading BvS Ultimate Edition. Figured they owe me after I wasted my month in the theater!

You should send them a letter!

 

[DallasDomination]

I think it was a 6/10

The movie wasnt terrible like Fantastic Four but it wasn't too good either. I would put it below Batman vs Superman, so a real average movie at best. I think the biggest issue was that it felt crammed and rushed. Not to mention some of the scenes and lines felt forced. I did like Jared Leto as the Joker but he's no Heath Ledger let's get that clear...Will Smith is a really good actor but I feel like he made a mistake choosing to do this movie. A waste of talent to be honest.

That's my take on it anyways..

 

[BAZ]

...Will Smith is a really good actor.

What are his five best performances?

 

[TellerMorrow34]

First I didn't hate Batman vs Superman

I'll put that out there for those in here to understand that fact before I speak about Suicide Squad.



Now Suicide Squad...I watched it last night...it was a decent movie. It wasn't great. It wasn't spectacular and it doesn't wow you. I thought it was decent though.

I felt like Harley Quinn and Dead Shot were, by far, the best characters in the show. They were done very well and I enjoyed them. Robbie and Smith played them absolutely great, IMO.

I felt like the movie made Captain Boomerang actual seem like a decent enough character. Generally speaking I think the character is awful but in this movie he was passable.

Killer Croc was absolutely AWFUL. It wasn't the actor so much, as he doesn't speak a whole lot, but they definitely should have CGI'd the character because he's way, way, way to freaking small to be Killer Croc. It was just bad.

The lady playing Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) was excellent. I thought she absolutely captured the character pretty much to perfection. Extremely well done on her part.

Jared Leto as the Joker...I won't say a let down as I didn't expect much. All I can say really is that he didn't ruin the movie, as I was worried he would, but he wasn't good as The Joker IMO.

The only thing I felt he did well was he showed the crazy person side pretty well but it seemed more like just a regular crazy person. What I mean is if he was just playing in a movie about someone in a nut house and it was just a random movie about a regular crazy person he'd have done a pretty solid job because he captured that part.

But being as that he's playing the Joker, with a particular personality and such I don't feel like he did anything that actually captured the Joker's personality. His laugh was...ehhh. It just wasn't good. The voice was not good. And he completely whiffed, IMO, on the personality of the Joker.

But all that said he wasn't so terrible with any of it that it ruined the movie. Which is good on his part. At least he didn't ruin it.


Overall I feel like the movie was probably deserving of nothing higher than a 6, and if we're being real honest it probably shouldn't even get above a 5.

But the performances of Smith, Robbie and Davis bumps it up a bit more for me simply because I thought they did such a good job with their characters. So I'd give it a 7.5 just because of their performances.