Go Watch Batman the animated series instead!

Rating: 5/10 (9 August 2016)

This movie I went into expecting exactly what I came out with. And that was indifference. I love DC comics! But a lot of the comic book movies have be trying too hard to bring them into the real world. Special effects constantly and bland over all villains made this movie tedious to watch. Honestly Gotham should not feel like LA or New York to anyone, they are comic book worlds. So 'modernizing' characters with tattoos everywhere,gang banger tactics, show downs at clubs, making everything about sex is just disturbing. Why was it more appealing to make Harley wear underwear and a creepy t-shirt rather than her court jester outfit? Because you can only be the ultimate bad guy if you have skin showing and are a sex kitten? I don't think so, bad ash villains come with class, dignity and just a pinch of crazy! The army enchantress created was terribly weak...but somehow the millions of bullets the Gotham task force fired couldn't hit one of those guys. Then you see Harley Quinn is killing them with a wooden bat. Yep OK. The dialogue seemed to be made up on the spot,flat and dull and lewd with swears tsk tsk. Violence towards women is always a crowd pleaser and yet it's NOT! Superheros and even the villains use to live by a code it's sad they thought it'd be cooler without it. Another big uh-oh was the music in the movie.I know everyone has their own soundtracks to life but the constant changing of songs was pretty annoying honestly. Finally the biggest thing I could not look past was the Joker/Harley Quinn moments. There was too many back stories, they really should have just made their own movie about them if they wanted to go that way. The Joker never loved or cared about Harley, she loved him but he abandoned her. I heard they were going to go that way but test audiences didn't like it. But why even make a movie about any of these characters if you're just going to change them into new ones. And finally my last grudge against Suicide Squad, The Joker laughs like the Penguin but I have always liked the Penguin more. 5 stars because it could have been worse but it definitely could have been better! If you want the best DC comics stories I suggest (other than reading the comic books) watching Batman the animated series. All the same characters but none of the ridiculousness of this movie. The characters in the animated series stay true to the comics and the stories always the viewers coming back for more.