A box of uppers, shoved down your throat

Rating: 1/10 (15 August 2016)

I guess I'm one of those people whose first review in this site is not out of love, but out of hate. I confess: I was appalled by this movie and everything it entailed. And I'm here to rant.
If somebody asks me in the next few days (until I can shrug the rant off): "What's wrong with the world?" I'm going to say "That movie, Suicide Squad".
The very thought that this movie exists, a truckload of money invested in it, and people going "wow awesome!" is what's wrong with the world. I guess that's what happens when everything and anything around you today operates as some kind of "upper". And this movie is yet another box of uppers: every element that goes into the art of cinema - sound (echo that laughter), music (shuffle: on), editing (don't stop time is money gogogo!), character development ("that's slipknot, man who can climb anything"), plot (belly-dancer who wants to destroy the world with an army of people turned into goo ***SPOILER ALERT*** is defeated by BAD BUT SOPHISTICATED people), cinematography (MAGIC TENTACLES! KABOOM!!) - each act as some sort of stimulant to get you "up" on your seat, with the obligatory trivialized sexuality thrown in ("wow that woman is a stunner, and she's crazy!"), for a full 2 hours. For the young and eager it can result in a trip (a bad one that you'll regret later), for others who've been there it's likely to bring you down instead.
I guess back in the day I did have a more tolerant approach like "meh, it is what it is." Or maybe I was somewhere between that and "this is BS". Now I'm firmly at "this is BS and I want my 2 hours back". And you know what... Even BS used to have some dignity, and integrity.
To end this on a less rantish note. Do yourself a favor and watch "Assault on Arkham" instead. Or play one of those Batman video games (or watch a "game movie" version of it on youtube)... Or maybe stare at a wall and think about things... Oh well, there goes the less rantish note.