Another Product for our Viewing Pleasure, Succeeds at Entertaining

Rating: 6/10 (8 August 2016)

After Batman v Superman, which I did like, the expectations for this movie went high. I thought, well BvS has its flaws and critics were kinda harsh, I think Warner and DC will save the great stuff for the summer and bring something new to the genre. Turns out, this movie only succeeds at entertaining because there's quite a lot of things that went wrong here.
Directed by David Ayer, known from Fury, which I didn't like much but still think it's a good movie, the expectations were high and with so many new interesting things to give to the franchise, I was hoping this would be better than most super-heroes movies this year, if not the best. But things went wrong too soon.
The writing was unbelievable at certain points. I'd like to leave here a line that the Enchatress said near the end of the movie that was so cringe worthy it took some time to sink in, let's just say it has something to deal with balls. The acting was some of the worst I've seen lately, even from someone like Will Smith who is still a great actor even though he has been in some bad movies lately. Not sure if the writing or the directing is to blame, but in the end that doesn't really matter. Although, I have to admit Jai Courtney did pull off a great Australian accent and kept his acting good, so did Viola Davis which I think had the best performance during the whole flick, and was one of the most interesting characters.
Joker was great, I think it's new, it's different and I can't wait to see more of him in the movies ahead. Harley Quinn was OK. Sure Margot Robbie has the looks but her character was the most predictable and although the movie tries, it never brings a solid emotional connection. Deadshot and Harley had a pretty natural relationship since Smith and Robbie have already co-starred in a movie called "Focus" which I enjoyed very much.
The squad is pretty unbalanced, I don't think someone really cared about Killer Croc, all he did was deliver a couple of lines and swim in the sewers, he's the most forgettable. Katana didn't get much attention, considering this character has a strong background, you end up not caring much about her though. The flames guy looked pretty bad-ass and his story was one of the best definitely. Boomerang was fine, he's responsible for getting Flash to make an appearance and that's all I can say. Deadshot didn't feel like the legit hit-man he is, that's probably because Will Smith can't make himself unlikable and we're to much used to see him portray the hero. Harley's best moments are in the trailers, and I've seen about two trailers, I didn't even know who the villain's villain was. Harley feels really, really out of place here. Everyone's caring guns and heavy suits and she's half naked with a baseball bat. I know her character is fearless but it doesn't feel right, you never get the feeling of danger when she's around 'cause you already know she's not going to die and cuts the intensity out of the fights. The Enchantress looked stunning and seemed threatening, but she was defeated in a pretty dumb way that makes you question what kind of powers did she really have.
As I was watching the movie I felt like it was calling me dumb. There's no complexity in the story, and the songs they used were stuff everybody has already listened to, just to make it appealing. It's so simple it's frustrating, this movie needed more and even though a lot was rushed, more time wouldn't save from being what I was expecting.
Production design is really great, it surely will become memorable in a few years. Visual effects were pretty great as expected from a movie with this much budget, I'm just really tired to see blue lightning shooting up into the sky in super hero movies. I could make a very respectable list of super hero movies that have a "blue lightning shooting through the sky" scene somewhere.
This movie is a missed shot that may compromise what's expected from this franchise. It doesn't deserve what the most awful critics are saying about it, it's worth to watch and entertaining but not much else really.