An Interesting Episode

Rating: 7/10 (3 November 2018)

First of all, I almost didn't even watch this goddam movie thanks to the overwhelming reviews I read. The critics gave it a measly 25%, and the audience (the better half), gave it a whopping 65%. Is it just me or do those numbers not add up to a 100...
Anyway, I decided to watch it, now in 2018, and I liked it. That says a lot considering that I'm a big fan of the Marvel world, and they've been killing it lately. So, I'm not necessarily some die-hard DC fan.
DC Universe; that's where the untold glory of this movie lies.
Suicide Squad had a lot to accomplish and not enough time. On one hand they're trying to introduce more than a dozen main characters to the world, and on the other they're trying to create a great story that includes everyone in the very same movie. The result is something that feels like just a single episode of a suicide squad show. And that's where the bad points come marching in.
This isn't some movie with some amazing plot and a twist so fresh you feel screwed at the end it of it all, no. So it's quite understandable why most critics hated this movie.
So who will like this movie? The audience with a feel for the DC Universe and its villains.
If you've watched about a hundred episodes of Batman and the likes, which you've undoubtedly have (everybody watches those things), then you'll probably appreciate this movie. I guess that's where the 65% came from. You get to see all of those villains you once loved (Joker, anybody?) come together and blow some heads off, in a way you'd expect from DC and the guys who killed Batman...no I'm just kidding, Batman lives.
Suicide Squad also continues to build on the background of the villains. Just a little. There's so many of them packed into this little film that there wasn't much space for an amazing story. But what it lacks in plot it makes up for in character development (in its own special way). Giving you a chance to love those characters just a little bit more.
I say try it, and enjoy it. There's also no doubt that Suicide Squad 2 will probably be what the critics were looking for, a fresh crazy new story, after we've already gotten the chance to say hello to the bad guys.