Hyped? yes. As bad as everybody says? not really.

Rating: 6/10 (29 August 2016)

I definitely am not a DC apologist, but this movie truly isn't as bad as some of the reviews say.
(review includes spoilers)
001. the actors
I feel as though the actors did the best with what was given to them, both script and direction-wise. Margot Robbie and Will Smith really held their own and all the other actors weren't half bad either. Although, Slipknot really was there just to give the feeling of some stakes, which ended up quite lackluster seeing as how he only has like 3 lines of dialogue and no introduction like all the other characters had.
002. story
Well, here is where i have no idea what to say. It wasn't like the story was hard to follow, but something about it was just off - there were things that I felt were completely unnecessary and some bits where I needed some explanation from the DC fan I went to see it with. For one, the Joker was completely unnecessary throughout the movie, he could've just shown up at the end to set up the next Batman or whatever. I do however like the theory that's been floating around, about how the Joker is all part of Harley's imagination and how he's been dead for years.
SUICIDE SQUAD IS A SOLID 6/10
(this probably makes no sense because this is the first review for a movie I've ever done, but I'll get better.movie seen 29/08/2016)