Over-hyped and disappointing mess

Rating: 3/10 (17 August 2016)

Suicide Squad was my most anticipated movie ever. I watched every trailer and TV spot the day they came out, and read the 1987 and 2014 comic series. Batman: The Animated Series is my TV show. After seeing the reviews, I lowered my expectations, going into the movie wanting to love it. This movie had the potential to become one of the best comic book movies, but it fails miserably in many ways.
1)The plot was one giant generic mess. It was a simple and filled with clichés, which is really disappointing considering the idea of a group of criminals forced to go on missions and do good is an incredible base for a great story.
2)For a movie full of villains, and where anyone could die at any moment, there was a huge lack of tension. You barely cared for any of the characters, and most of the action consists of the squad fighting against CGI monsters, which loses all of the tension this movie should of had.
3)The characters were badly written. None of the characters actually feel like villains, and are more like heroes. Harley Quinn is barely insane, Deadshot is Will Smith, and the rest of the characters are wasted. Katana and Captain Boomerang had nearly no role in the movie.
4)Horrible lighting and CGI. The movie looks like they spent all their money hiring Will Smith, and had no money left for special effects. The majority of the movie is barely lit, which causes a lack of color, which messes with the tone. The CGI is well below average.
5)The tone is lost somewhere in between light hearted and dark.
6)Too much action. In the movie Batman: Assault on Arkham (which was much better than this) the squad breaks into Arkham Asylum, which is very entertaining, but in Suicide Squad, most of the mission is fighting. The majority of the movie is carried by action, which becomes very boring.
7)Dialogue is poorly written. Throughout the movie, most of the things characters say are extremely bland and cliché. The final fight consists of cringe worthy and extremely off dialogue that will keep you asking "What?"
8)Many unanswered questions
9)Huge lack of character motive
10)Editing and pacing is easily one of the worst I've ever seen. It seems like this movie was actually well edited and consisted of full scenes, until Warner Bros. came in and edited it to hell. (Which is actually what happened)
There were only two short parts in the movie I actually liked, the only things in this movie that I don't absolutely despise.
Overall, this is one huge disappointing mess that is a huge disgrace to the superhero genre. DC fans and casual moviegoers alike deserve better then this.