Phantom Menacing Syndrome again

Rating: 4/10 (9 August 2016)

I would like to not talk about drama clouding this movie but it is unavoidable, it just is. So I'll cover that first and then go to the movie directly. RT and score aggregators should usually be considered as guide only and not as the final sentence of movie's success/goodness. That being said, I've watched couple of (too) positive reviews of Suicide Squad, for example Kevin Smith's and Angry Joe's, and I had to think about few things and ask some hard questions:
1. Have we really saw the same movie? Even if it wasn't pile of garbage, it still doesn't warrant that much praise.
2. "This one is for the fans, not the critics" bull. In 2016, have we forgotten the crucial role of the critics? And I mean really thoughtful ones, not all, but people that really know what they're doing when they're criticizing a movie, not just some random but loud fanboys. If the director has to defend his movie like that, you can bet there is something fishy going on.
Do you (DC) think your fans are idiots? Critics mainly pointed out the problems that maybe a DC fan(atic) would not be able to because they're "too much of a fan" to admit to themselves that this movie was trash (Phantom Menace Syndrome)? I mean, yeah, movie references a bunch of stuff, we get to see a lot of new stuff, never seen before in live action but it doesn't mean it's good. Is the bar so low that if the movie just references stuff and has easter eggs aplenty, no matter the actual content and quality and substance, is a great (or just - good) movie? No, people, no. References for the sake of references does not equal quality. Also, why do you regard it as "Hot Topic goes alive" as a good thing?
3. I am a DC fan and I think this movie is garbage. Now what? "Well you're not A TRUE fan!". Well you're wrong, I'm a decades long fan that is sad that the characters and the stories he love are adapted so poorly to the point of ruination and that I'll have to wait next wave of DC reboots to enjoy them. Because this as it is now is just fan maltreatment. Three movies in and DC just can't get it right.
I don't want to write about this anymore, let's go over the movie quickly.
Is it any good? No. But it's not a total catastrophe as well, because there is a good movie somewhere in there. Only the direction, editing and the script itself are bad.
Yes, the cool elements are there, the characters mainly but if you have all the toys and you don't do anything meaningful with them, what's the point of them then?
Movie has no stakes, editing is horrible and there's a fu_kton of cringe moments. Joker is disappointing at the best and the visual style of him is least of the problems he has as a character.
Despite some good performances from the cast, it does not outweigh the sum of other bad parts. So much potential and some much of it wasted. If you really believe in that "this is for the fans" speech, and you think this movie is awesome there's really nothing I can say to make you think a bit otherwise.