A good film with some problems! Deja vu with a DC film!!!

Rating: 6/10 (6 August 2016)

Going into this film I was hoping that it would be better than batman v superman, which i never thought I was ever going to say, and steady the Warner bros / DC ship. Did suicide squad steady the ship and be a better film than BVS, well yes and no. It seems i am repeating my thoughts towards both DC properties that have been released this year, good films with some/ a lot of problems. Now i believe that suicide squad has similar problems to BVS, which are story, structure and the third act. However there also some different and more worrying problems about this film. The first problem with the film is the villain, who is incredibly weak and not threatening in anyway. I really liked enchantress early on in the film when she was more of a witch, however when she turned into this "arm waving" queen thing it didn't work. This really bugged me especially once she started turning people into this weird and meaningless creatures just for the squad to kill. The other problems of the film are the structure and the third act which are both all over the place. It really shows that director David Ayer was reportedly only given 6 weeks to write the script, the ending is very predictable. However there is a lot of promising and good things in this film, which for me tips the scale to make this film good. The performance all across the board are fantastic, Will smith wasn't "will smith" he actually played a character that I cared for. Margot Robbie is fantastic as Harley Quinn, she absolutely nails the spirit and the craziness of the character. Those two are a step above the rest, even Jai Courtney was likable in a film, hallelujah!!! Now lets get onto to the Joker, who I can't really comment on because I haven't seen enough to judge the performance. I think Jared Leto did an good job but I just need more, like appearing in a batman film, for me to appreciate and acknowledge the performance fully. Talking of batman, once again in the DCEU his is absolutely fantastic and Ben Affleck is brilliant, although his only in the film for about 5 minutes he is one of the best parts of the film. Another little side note is the Flash, which was surprising and makes me more excited to see him in Justice League and his standalone film. Finally suicide squad has a lot of problems with script , structure and the third act however the characters and the performances for me just about out weigh the negatives of the film. However I can see how the critics have torn this film to pieces and the reaction of people who really enjoyed it. DC have had 2 strikes this year lets just hope that Wonder woman next year can safe the day and its not 3 strikes and out.