A Movie that is Not Very Memorable, but Still Leaves Me Excited for a Possible Sequel

Rating: 4/10 (7 August 2016)

This is by no means a bad movie but the amount of cringe is ever present in the first Suicide Squad movie. The leading candidates for this would have to be Killer Croc (a very generic and sometimes stereotypical character) and Rick Flagg. Every line Croc said left me shaking my head wondering who approved this. Rick Flagg and of course Deadshot continually like an old record kept informing me that their "the bad guys". I heard you the first time no need to repeat the main idea of the story every 5 minutes. The dialogue tried to hard to be funny. I did find myself laughing a number of times, but overall I started to get annoyed by the whole thing, much like I do with Marvel.
The other annoyances I found were at the beginning where there was to much jumping around to each character in short spurts. There probably isn't a good way to show 5 origins in 15 minutes so they could have spread the flashbacks over the course of the movie. Many of the songs felt unnecessary or just didn't belong which took me out of the moment.
As for the overall story, I felt they played it to safe and made it feel to generic. I think that can be attributed to the backlash of BvS for having too much story in one movie. All I got was the basic idea of the Task Force X program, which is fine but they never really established the main relationship with Deadshot and Harley. Their chemistry keeps the team in proper check. Now this criticism could just be me but the final boss fight was too over the top for me. Why would the Squad's first mission be with one of the strongest characters in the DCU? They were not properly equipped to deal with that. I think they should have faced off with someone on their level as it would have been an easy victory and the movie could have focused more on character development.
Now the positives of the movie. I think the performances by Deadshot, Harley, and El Diablo really make this movie. The conversations between these three didn't feel clichéd or anything of the sort. El Diablo's story arc was very entertaining so entertaining that I think he became my favorite character in the whole movie. The chemistry between Joker and Harley was the best part of the movie and its one of the few reasons I am semi-excited for another installment. The action in the movie was well shot and fun to watch. I believe the best scene with the squad took place in the bar; you really connect with these villains.
Suicide Squad is a pretty meh movie. I didn't leave happy but nor did I walk away disappointed either. I will give it a pass since it was more of a set up movie to get to know the characters.