back after birds of prey

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2020)

Honestly just came back here to say that I stand by my 6/10 rating. But I wanted to add that I think it's still better than Birds of Prey. I don't understand people saying that regardless of what they think of BoP, "at least it's better than Suicide Squad". I rewatched SS today just to figure out how I felt and I can genuinely say this was the better film. Not that that's a very high bar though..
This movie is really below average at best. The plot doesn't have a good enough structure or a solid foundation but it's a fun enough film to watch if you are bored and wanna kill time. Its watchable, basically.
Margot as Harley was probably the main highlight. The formation of the team itself was believable enough but they could use some more development on screen before I accept them as a properly established squad. The cast did a good job overall and I liked pretty much all the characters, even though some of them weren't highlighted too much. Like they're the kind of characters you'd wanna root for.
El Diablo's death was sad and a typical cheesy sacrifice type moment. However, while I DO feel for the character, his death wasn't particularly moving? I feel like we didn't get to know the character enough to really mourn his loss. We knew his tragic backstory but outside of that we didn't connect much with the character itself so I got over his death by the following scene honestly. But I did feel that the characters themselves felt a true loss in his death which adds to the fact that this plot, although sloppy, does lead you to believe that the team has been formed well enough, it wasn't forced.
The soundtrack was cool but some of the music ques were so randomly placed and that could have been done in a better way.
I also personally believe Jared's Joker received too much flack for this. I liked his performance and think he did a good job. He's no Ledger or Phoenix but his portrayal doesn't deserve the poor treatment its given. Not too mention this is barely enough footage of him to go on to blatantly hate on the portrayal. People should have given it more of a chance in my opinion.