How a superhero movie should be made

Rating: 7/10 (22 October 2019)

At the beginning we are introduced to the Suicide Squad. Presentation sequences for all the members are not long, but detailed enough to understand the origin of every "villain", and more information will be added along the movie. The cast is composed by great names, Will Smith and Margot Robbie are the two that pops immediately in my head, but also Jay Courtney as Captain Boomerang with his scottish accent, and Jay Hernandez as El Diablo performed pretty good.
Jared Leto's Joker deserve a different paragraph. I don't really know what to think about it: there were some moments during the movie in which I found him brilliant, but most of the time it seemed too forced in his acting and not at all convincing. I have to admit that I have watched this movie after "The Dark Knight" (I don't think that there are any words that can describe how amazing was Heath Ledger) and the Joaquin Phoenix's "Joker" 2019 movie. I perfectly understand that are completely different, darker. Maybe they wanted to create something closer to the pop culture and they wanted to play a little bit safer this time. However, I can't say that I appreciated the interpretation: the character is annoying and I could not bound with, or feeling any kind of emotion for him.
There is a good mix between CGI and stunts scenes and in general, under this perspective the entire movie is very balanced. We get to see the right amount of destruction (that needs to be there in a superhero movie), but at least they did not raze to the ground an entire city like in 2013 "Man of Steel". The fight scenes seems credible and dynamic, but the movie leave also space for some dialogues between characters, developing them, even though not everyone has the importance that should have, like Killer Croc. He seems that he does not have any personal story, and he was left aside, so you almost forget is part of the team.
Suicide Squad is a big step forward compared to the other DC movies and is worth your time, it feels different, looks amazing, with of course some weak points, and I never thought that I could give seven stars out of ten to this movie. I was pleasantly surprised.