The PG-13 rating ruined what could have been the most entertaining Super-hero movie of the year

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2016)

I put off watching the film based on the internet consensus that is was "god-awful", a travesty, and "insulting to the source material". I had very little faith in the movie going in, but having watched Deadpool and realizing how much more amazing a superhero film is when it is catered to adults, I decided to give it a shot and ignore the internet nerds who will take any chance they can get to complain about their beloved comic book based properties. I don't know what movie those people watched, but the Suicide Squad I saw, was entertaining, funny, engaging, visually appealing, and extremely fun in almost every single regard. Aside from the stereotypes played by Will Smith and the dude in the Croc suit, the rest of the cast was interesting and varied, with each anti-hero having their own personality. The stand-outs, of course, being Joker/Harley Quinn and Enchantress, but I really liked what they did with Diablo and his powers, and how they chose to work blue in a very limited PG-13 rating.
The last few superhero movies (save for Batman vs. Superman) have been forgettable at best, and downright boring at worst. Captain America: Civil War as a snooze fest, and Avengers 2 was sophomoric, catering to children and teenagers (the Star Wars audience). I loved BvS, and I craved for something more stylish, violent, and indicative of the comics I enjoyed reading. Comic Books have been for adults for several decades now, so to make a superhero film PG-13 is an insult to not only the source material, but the audience as well. Deadpool demonstrated how entirely EPIC a film could be when it didn't talk down to its audience, and the R-rating made for a film that was made by adults, for adults. This is what every stupid needs to aim for with these types films. An anti-hero film with no blood, no foul language, and no sex is like watching a porn with no sex. Watching SQ, I really wished they would have made two versions; the child friendly PG-13 version we got, and the R-rated version the rest of us deserved. To me, this will forever be known as the missed opportunity DC had to be the first to compete in the adult superhero genre of film. DC was a ground breaker when they created Vertigo for their more adult titles; why didn't they have the same confidence for their film properties? This screams of a studio (WB) that was more worried about appeasing children and the child-minded, and making profits, than actually making a wholly compelling picture. As it stands, this film is my favorite superhero movie of the year, and if they ever make a sequel, I really wish that it goes all out in a hard-R rating it deserves.
As an aside, it feels like I am in the minority when I say that I prefer Snyder's DC cinematic universe over the one Marvel has created, and it really makes me sad that people would rather have movies made for teenagers and children than have comic book films reflect their adult audience. Comic books are not for children, and the people who read them are not children. Why do the films have to be? It's insulting, it's degrading, and it's disingenuous to the creators of these properties. Stop supporting comic book films that treat their audience like children, and start supporting creators like Snyder that are willing to take a risk with creating a dark, more serious take on the genre of movies that have grown stale, tired and washed out.