Had so much potential

Rating: 5/10 (9 February 2020)

This movie had alot going for it, new and bold characters, a refreshingly different take on the usual superhero movies, and a phenomenal soundtrack. But the rest was sloppy and disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed watching it, even went to see it a second time in theaters, but this didn't overshadow the poor forethought of how they presented the movie.
First of all, this was a Will Smith movie. Plain and simple. He was the biggest name in the cast and got an incredible amount of screentime which could have been better spent evening out the other characters.
Secondly, the characters were extremely unevenly distributed. They spent significant amounts of time discussing the backstories for Will Smith and Margot Robbie's characters but only a few minutes on the other characters who should have been equally important. Then a few other characters only got literal seconds worth of an intro, even though a couple of these characters were present throughout the rest of the film. This made them feel awkwardly placed compared to others who had been very thoroughly introduced.
And finally, the people in charge of this film couldn't seem to decide if they were making a backstory movie for Harley Quinn and the Joker or if they were making a Suicide Squad film. Even though they ended up cutting the majority of Joker's scenes, the film had enough background there to beg the questions- why didn't they do a full film on these two, and if the hidden focus of this film was supposed to be the relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn, then why was Deadshot given so much attention on his own too?
Overall, the sloppy distribution of time spent on the different characters didn't seem to have been given much thought and resulted in a film that was enjoyable to watch but didn't hold up to what it could have been.