Not nearly as bad as the critics said it was, better the BVS. A good movie but lacks some edge

Rating: 8/10 (8 October 2016)

Let me start off by saying that this was my most anticipated movie of 2016. Ever since November of 2014 when they announced that they were making a suicide squad movie I was stoked and checked the web for every detail. I love the comics and I couldn't wait to see the joker and Harley Quinn together in a live action movie. The trailers were great! and after I and many others were disappointed by BVS the pressure was on this film to save the DCU. So did it live up to the hype? Was my year and a half wait worth it? Well for me I would have to say yes and no. I thought it was a really good movie but not as good as it could've been. Well let me say that the thing I liked most about the movie was the characters. I thought the film had great characters that were generally interesting and each actor fit their role perfectly. This is what makes the movie good, which are the great characters. Every character worked for me there was not a dull character here. Every character made me want to see more of them. The stand outs however were Deadshot, Amanda Waller and Harley Quinn. Will Smith surpassed my expectation as he turns out one of his best performance in years as Deadshot. It was basically Will Smith playing himself but he was great. I love the flashback with Deadshot and his daughter and then batman shows up. Ayers did a great job with the deadshot/daughter subplot without making it feel cheesy. Viola Davis was perfect as Amanda Waller. I wish she was bigger because I like the heavy set Amanda Waller but other then that Davis was great! She was like a female Dick Cheney. I loved how dead she looked behind the eyes. I can't wait to see more of her in future movies. Margot Robbie was perfect as Harley Quinn. I thought her voice was great, which is the most important thing about Harley. I think she had more of a Long Island accent instead of Brooklyn like in the original cartoon. Her outfit was great! It was like biker chick meet roller derby. I love her baseball bat and I especially love her pants with her butt cheeks hanging out. The scene where she walks out the elevator and you can see her butt is priceless. Also I loved seeing her in her iconic court jester outfit. However there's not enough time to develop her as much as she needs it. But like I said every character worked, Diablo was great. Captain Boomerang provided a lot of comic relief and this is the first role Jay Courtney is really great in. Killer Croc was great but he looked to skinny when he took off his shirt, he looked better with the hoodie on. Katana was great and I would like to see more of her. I thought Enchantress made for a good villain, I thought she had an interesting backstory and I like the creepy horror movie like effects on her. Also Cara Delevine gave a solid performance as well. Joel Kinneman was also great as Rick Flagg, I think he brings a lot of personality to what could of been a 1 dimensional character. Now last but not least the joker. I don't think it's as easy as just saying he was good or bad, so I'll put it like this. Every scene I saw him in was great. Leto's joker looks like a fascinating character but the truth is he wasn't really given enough screen time or character development. Like for example the film never explains why he has the tattoos or what they mean to him. However like I said I do like what I saw from him. I really like the whole pimp thing he got going. Unlike Heath Ledger's joker he cares a lot about his appearance and image. He's well dress, drives a nice car and has a good looking woman. I like that he seems to be a criminal business man that owns a strip club, which he has Harley dancing on stage. I also love his henchmen who wear bizarre outfits like one guy dressed in a panda suit and another guy dressed in goat mask. However one of my problems with the movie is that it's poorly edited and the greatest victim of this is Jared Leto. I feel bad for him because these idiots cut out most of his scenes. Scenes that were in the trailers are not in the movie like when he says "I can't wait to show you my toys." I love that. I think the worst of it is Harley Quinn's flashbacks to Arkarham and I really wanted to see the scene where joker has Harley strapped down to a table and say "I'm just gonna hurt ya, really, really bad" and then proceeds to give her electric shock therapy. I think if they would have shown more of this it could've done a lot to develop the joker as a more three dimensional character. However I do like his obsession with Harley Quinn and I like how insane he looked when he was shooting out the helicopter. However my biggest problem with the movie is despite how much I like the characters I think they're simply not bad enough. They're suppose to be "worst of the worst" and "the worst heroes ever" but nobody within the squad dose anything really bad. I think WB wuss ed out on doing something edgy but instead played it too safe. Simply the movie is not as crazy or as wild as it could've been and that's a little bit of a let down. Although I think there's a lot of potential for these characters. I would like to see a Joker & Harley spin-off. I also like the music and visuals by Ayers. Overall a good movie but not great.