Y I did like Suicide Squad despite not being a masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2019)

I liked Suicide Squad (only the extended cut) despite some issues here and there.
I must say that I have never read a Suicide Squad comic book but I have seen almost every DC's TV show or movie ever made: the old Superman movies, the Batman animated series, Lois & Clark, The Dark Knight, etc, etc.
What I have also done is reading 'Suicide Squad: behind the scenes with the worst heroes ever'. This book helped me better understand David Ayer's motivation for his script and the characters. I think he has largely been misunderstood by hardcore fans who can't really relate to his version of the property. And I do understand why.
This a modern take on most of the characters like Leto's Joker. As Ayer put it: "he's a 21st century villain with an iPhone". And as for the story it is pretty much as good/interesting or as bad/senseles as any other one from almost every DC or Marvel superhero flick made to this day. From the likes of the first Thor or The Incredible Hulk up to more recent outings like Age of Ultron or Shazam!.
Do you really think the motivations behind Enchantress' actions are poorer or thinner than those of Red Skull or Dr. Sivana for example. Really? Really???
This is comic book material and villains in comic books tend to have the weirdests and flimsiest of excuses for their actions to begin with.
I did notice the film was given a more colourful and blockbuster look by producers than that of Ayer's original idea. They wanted more fun added to the movie and the result suffers from this. I guess they achieved this through more one-liners, the neon colouring and the (otherwise great) pop music.
Nevertheless I also hoped for more character development but I understood that couldn't have been possible with so many characters in a feature clicking on the 2 hour run-time.
On the whole I wished they had more time to develop their motivations and the whole plot. I would have added another 20 min. to the extended version just to fill those gaps/holes. But the studio didn't want a theatrical 150 min-long film and the result.... is this.
On the other hand, I can't understand some people comalqining of things they do not usually complain about with the likes of Marvel feature films. It is like they are pouring hate for the sake of throwing out hate. If you watch the movie carefully most complaints are found to be false or tainted. Just one example: June finds the statuette of Enchantress and people say it is quite unrealistic for a real scientist to have opened the urn/statuette in the first place. But if you've seen the movie you can clearly notice how June is sort of bewitched and gets entranced by the statuette and so she kind of feels and irresistible urge to open it.
The same goes for some many other things but... anyway. This is just my opinion.