Rest in Peace DCU

Rating: 2/10 (6 August 2016)

Suicide Squad was an immense disappointment; I enjoyed the trailers leading up to the film's release and was hoping that this would be the first DC Comics movie to actually good or even great, or at least be watchable... Unfortunately, this was not the case. This movie was so terrible that it was embarrassing. Every aspect from the writing, to the editing, to the performances were all absolutely horrible. Starting with the writing, I literally cringed when some of the characters spoke, namely Killer Croc, Harley Quinn, and the Joker. I have no clue if the actors had any input on their character's dialogue or if the blame completely rests with David Ayer. Killer Croc made me feel like I was watching a Tyler Perry movie, Jared Leto's Joker sounded like he was trying to be Christian Bale's batman crossed with some other version of the Joker. Lastly there's Harley Quinn... She seemed to serve no purpose other than to spit out garbage one liners, give the movie sex appeal, and she was there so there was a female on the squad that actually spoke*cough* Katana*cough*. I really had hopes that this movie would have funny, exciting dialogue like other projects that David Ayer wrote, but I guess he lost his mind or the producers shot his ideas down (more on the producers later). Moving on to the editing, it was shocking how poorly edited this film was. I cannot believe that John Gilroy did this seeing how he worked on good movies in the past. The quick cuts they used in fight scenes and the ridiculous neon sign like overlays that would introduce characters were so distracting and completely took me out of the movie. I think this movie shines as an example of what happens when producers have their hands where they shouldn't. Earlier this year we all heard that this movie had large re-writes/re-shoots to make the movie seem funnier, or some crap like that. Those re-shoots did not work; all they did was cause confusion and plot holes that were once again embarrassing. To finish, this movie was not funny or enjoyable in any way at all; it was cringe-worthy, lame, and cliché. It looks like this will be the last DC Comics movie i'll ever watch... Such a shame because I am a huge fan of the comics.