A Female Perspective of what could have been a bromance movie

Rating: 8/10 (7 August 2016)

OK so Im kidding with the title. Suicide Squad is far from being a movie where men come together and weep about how life has done them wrong but in some sense it was leaning that way a few times. Every single character had an Achilles heel. Some more more benign than others (Pink Unicorns anyone?) and it set up the movie in a way that I have to say did seem to be showcasing each character for a future movie. All except one. I hope he was well paid for his part. RIP. So to the meat and bones of this review. I want to focus on the females because thats where my interest lay. I wanted to see how the DC world would present strong female characters. I wasn't disappointed.
I felt invested in each and every villain and that is coming from someone who is new to the DC universe. If the idea was to introduce viewers like me to characters that did not fill their childhood lore then they surely achieved success. Harli Quinn did more for girl power in this movie than every single song in the Spice Girls collection. She was bad ass. She kicked ass when she needed to (What was that bat made of!) and submitted to her twisted love affair with the Joker at just the right time. I loved her and can not wait to see her again. Katana's character had no flesh. Literally. It could just as well have inhabited the sword with her dead husband. Honestly I was hoping that someone would put an end to her sooner rather than later. Sorry she brought nothing to the story at all. Enchantress seemed to be channeling Queen of the Damned for this role. All that swaying of hips and arm juxtaposing felt very very familiar. Cara tried her best and was a wonderful June but her destroy the world because no one worships me anymore alter ego was just blah.
Over all there was more than enough to enjoy and the missteps were just that. Missteps. This was an enjoyable movie that really did what all the hype claimed it would do.