Wacky but a little bit tame

Rating: 4/10 (4 January 2020)

The idea is great; make an insane team ouf of baddest bad guys and put them against a greater evil. But for some reason it doesn't work very well. It's hard to pinpoint what's the problem. There's just nothing excellent anywhere.
The actors are the best part, at least some of them are quite good. Margot Robbie is the highlight as Harley Quinn. That's a character that could have turned out very annoying in the hands of a wrong actress but Robbie is great every time she's on the screen. Also Will Smith does a solid performance as Deadshot. But Jared Leto is the worst-looking Joker ever. Luckily he doesn't have much screentime.
The fantasy element is a bit boring. The Enchantress is not familiar to me from any comics so I don't know how the film version compares to the comic character. But in any case my opinion is that with a more down to earth villain the movie would have been better. It goes a bit too much into a fantasy territory with some ancient god-like beings and an end battle reminiscent of the original Ghostbusters. Harley's wooden hammer would have been more useful if the enemy was something more physical. Also the cgi in the magic effects is too extensive and quite bad in my opinion.
Overall, the movie is not the worst but it's too meriocre. Considering the amount of interesting characters involved I can't understand why it turned out so indifferent. Except some little moments the movie just doesn't make me feel much anything.
Comic book fans will watch it anyway but even if they do that doesn't mean everybody should.