Good as a movie, not so much as a comic adaption

Rating: 6/10 (7 August 2016)

I went into the theatre with pretty low expectations considering BvS, but I was hoping this would be better. Sadly the many things that made me cautious came true. 1. Will Smith as Deadshot; I love Will Smith, but when it comes to Deadshot I feel making him a snarky character with humorous lines takes away part of what I love about him in the comics, his professionalism amongst all the crazy people.
"That's yer problem, lady. You believe people can be cured, be made healthy, be made normal -- that they can be saved. That they should be saved. But maybe the only way to cure some people is with a bullet between the eyes." -- Deadshot It's thinking like this that makes Deadshot who he is.
2. Jared Leto; I had hoped that Jared Leto would do great as joker, but I was sad to discover that his performance left me wishing that he wasn't in it. He acted like a gangster and not like the multi- layered clown that Joker is. Now you can argue that this is because it isn't his movie, but I felt they took the clown part away and left us with a normal crime boss.
3. Joker and Harley relationship; Now to make it clear I don't condone the type of relationship I'm about to make a case for. The relationship between them in the movie is one of crazy "love" where they both genuinely care for each other, but in the comics and most other versions it is a very toxic and abusive relationship where Harley eventually gets away from him and is better for it. The Lovey thing in the movie doesn't feel right for the characters.
4. Slow motion; My final thought is about the use of slow motion especially in the final scene, Where Croc throws a bomb and Deadshot shoots it; this little scene takes about 5 minutes because its all in slow motion my companion and I both were dumbfounded when this happened because it was out of place and really annoying.
Now because some might look at this and go "He keeps saying whats bad and nothing good." Well I thoroughly enjoyed Margaret Robbie as Harley, El Diablo was actually pretty good, same for Amanda Waller, and boomerang was acceptable also. The main reason I didn't mention this all at the beginning is that aside from Waller and Harley none of these characters were really fleshed out enough to mention in any depth.
In conclusion, I don't think it was a horrible movie, but as a huge comic fan it disappointed me that it was as bad as it was.