Biggest Misfire Ever

Rating: 2/10 (13 December 2016)

Honestly, the biggest problem with this crap of a movie is the main concept: the point of Suicide Squad isn't to combat superheros like Superman, which is so dumb btw. The main point of Suicide Squad was that the team would go on shady black ops missions for the government, so that the government couldn't get in trouble in case the mission goes wrong. The concept is quite genius, actually: if the team gets caught, the government then promptly blames the mission on the team members, who happen to be prominent criminals; if the team is killed, good for society, less criminals in the world; if the team is successful, then the government gains what they need without any problems. And the insurance in case one of the team members goes AWOL: an explosive implanted in their head blows up, killing that person. In return for success, the criminals' prison time is lowered.
You would think that after the success of recent unconventional blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, and Deadpool, that Warner Bros would see that audiences tend to embrace fresh and original and weird movies, and that they'd give creative freedom to this movie, and allow it to fully blossom (even if the original premise is still fundamentally flawed). But unfortunately, due to the "mixed" reception that Batman v Superman got, Warner Bros. had to make sure that this film wasn't bad, or else they wouldn't get that billion dollar movie they want so badly. And it clearly shows in the finished product how badly they messed up.
So besides the already fundamentally broken story, the cinematography is also pretty bad. Like, it's not poor quality bad, but more like there-is-a-room-on-fire-and-it's-still-dark-as-hell bad. The editing is also laughably bad, with so many bad cuts I just can't. The costumes are pretty stupid (like why would you put the eye-thingy on the side of his eye that he doesn't rely on shooting? Also, that volleyball mask is so funny). I would say the makeup is one of the extremely rare upsides this movie has, because of alligator man, but then again, the Joker's tattoos are sooooo dumb, but honestly, that's on the part of the director.
The performances in this movie are also pretty damn poor. Harley Quinn basically had no character in the movie other than to be the "strong and free-spirited female character in the movie that feminists can fall in love with". Except she doesn't really do anything empowering other than some laughably bad action scenes that don't make any sense at all. I will say though Margot Robbie was at least tolerable, and that it probably wasn't her fault that her character was a piece of crap (Though she shouldn't be getting the praise everyone is giving her). Will Smith was Will Smith, Jai Courtney was actually good (relatively), and everyone else was just unforgettable. Except Jared Leto, who, despite all odds, manages to become the worst joker ever. Like, this isn't even the director's fault or the studio's fault, this is just really bad and stupid acting.
Now, one of the biggest problems with the film, which is part of the broken story criticism, is the lack of any characterization or clear understanding of these characters. Instead of taking a risk with these flawed and complex characters, and giving them a satisfying and original arc, Warner Bros. dumbs down these characters and makes them clichéd, forgettable stereotypes (the overpowered guy who won't fight, the silent and pragmatic Japanese lady, the soldier who's ultra serious and snarky, Will Smith, etc). What's even worse, they thought it'd be a bright idea to give someone maybe a tiny bit of character development, and have Jai Courtney have a fetish for pink unicorns. That is so laughably dumb and lazy, I have no idea how these people get jobs at Hollywood. I mean, how bout you make this Boomerang guy a man struggling with his own unimportance, and like maybe give him a huge ego, so that throughout the movie, he'll grow into a man who starts caring about others. Or not, and have his character be a tragic one, who's ego ultimately leads to his downfall and death. But alas, this is Dc we're talking about here, and apparently they don't know jack about telling a story.
And what really grinds my gears is how it's so obvious that Warner Bros. cut out the famous abusive relationship of Joker and Harley. Honestly, it would've made Harley an even stronger character, a woman trying to get free of a relationship that clearly isn't healthy. It would also add a hell of a lot of depth that's clearly missing in the movie. But, Warner Bros. again messed up. They also completely misfired on the character of the Joker. The Joker isn't some gangster who does random stuff and laughs about it, and loves Harley Quinn; the Joker is a scary character that takes pleasure in toying with people, and sees the whole world as a trivial place, making fun of the amount of work people put into trying to make sense of everything. But for some reason, Warner Bros. and David Ayer decide that this new incarnation should be a gangster, cause that's original, duhhhhh (it's also stupid). The Joker also doesn't love anyone besides probably Batman, and that's more of a fascination. The Joker's obsession with Batman is due to the situation: if Batman kills him, the Joker wins, if Batman doesn't kill him, then Joker can keep messing with him. It's a win-win. The Joker plays around with Harley, and abuses her too, but never ever does he even remotely like her. But Warner Bros., again, messes up badly.
Overall, this movie is crap, the effort put into it was crap, and it makes me wanna throw up. Wtf, Warner Bros.? You had one job