Guilty Pleasures

Rating: 7/10 (7 September 2016)

Now about a month down the road from watching, it strikes me that SQ is a far better variation on the standard CGI-based superhero film that Marvel and DC have come to own. When I watched CaptAmer-CivWar (to use shorthand) it was going to be another gigantic CGI fight after another and when Ironman-Cap go at it, well neither is going to be killed. More of the same. So the concept of taking the bad people and putting them to work is a very good idea. It is impossible to improve on Heath's wonderful JOKER of course, and Leto needs more time to put humor into his character. But the plot and action stayed to a local scene (not worldwide massive huge destruction as in X-Men Apoc) so that was more believable too. I do fear though that the CGI-Superhero vein has been mined to pieces by now. Nothing new most of the time. Which is why this particular film is good because it is DIFFERENT.
Remember the magic of SUPERMAN in 1978? Batman in 1989? We are far gone from those two films now. Enjoy them too when the world was primitive and effects were real and we had a really good Lex Luthor and Joker.