The Suicide Squad Reviews Are In…
Has a film ever had more trailers than Suicide Squad? I don’t know the answer, but it seems like there have been a lot.
David Ayer has bunched together a group of villains from the DC universe, put together a stellar cast, and consequently it’s been one of the most hyped films of the year.
Sadly, however, the reviews aren’t great, and I am starting to wonder if the disappointment of it all is why that good-for-nothing Alfie Powell called in sick this morning. If this all feels a little gloomy, don’t worry, we’re going to splice all the negative reviews with cheery photos from the movies’ premiere, just to dilute the plain.
Getty ImagesBut let’s start with the positives, because there are some, and it annoyed me how everyone slated Batman V Superman before even giving it a chance.
Empire gave it four stars, saying “Ayer might seem an unlikely candidate to rescue a comic-book blockbuster series, but, like his unpredictable, mismatched characters, he pulls it off with gritty-flashy aplomb.” It wasn’t all positive, they did bemoan ‘scrappy editing‘ and a ‘muddled chronology.’
USA today claimed that it is “an excellently quirky, proudly raised middle finger to the staid superhero-movie establishment.”
Getty ImagesOn to the bad, and there’s no shortage of critics who have bad things to say about the movie.
The Telegraph was perhaps the most brutal of the lot, saying:
“Eardrum-puncturingly bad dialogue, scowling self-pity, covert pornography and scrappy CGI […] the film makes you cringe so hard your teeth come loose. Crushingly puerile.”
Ouch. The general vibe is that the film has too much going on. The Guardian said that it’s a “clotted and delirious film with flashes of preposterous, operatic silliness. But it doesn’t have much room to breathe; there are some dull bits, and Leto’s Joker suffers in comparison with the late Heath Ledger.”
Getty ImagesVanity Fair delivered the ultimate burn, suggesting that “Suicide Squad is even worse than Fantastic Four.”
There has been some debate about Harley Quinn’s character, played by Margot Robbie, with Buzzfeed saying:
“Harley is a tricky character, but she’s been shaped into an intensely sexualised mascot for a film that yearns for edginess but can’t get over the rounded curves of its female lead.”
The Chicago Tribune blames a ‘lousy script,’ the Hollywood Reporter accuse the film of “not being as cool as it thinks it is.”
It’s just all so… disappointing. With all those horrible reviews there’s only one thing for it, to go to the movies and check it out, which I shall be doing without a doubt.