I wanted to like it, but a mess of a movie is still a mess of a movie.

Rating: 3/10 (8 August 2016)

I want to preface this but saying I am a long time comic reader, nearly two decades of reading DC comics have given me an expansive knowledge of the universe.
So it's possible that I have a bias based on my knowledge. Unfortunately even as a movie this becomes a huge mess after the first act.
The first act feels nice, you can't get into to much characterization with such an expansive cast so we have to make due with one character telling us about them. It works as a set up, but after that it becomes one big mess. Scenes felt cut and added for no reason other than trailer fodder. There is no connection between some scenes and it becomes terrifyingly noticeable to the extent that it draws you from the film.
The best part of the movie was Jai Courtney, which is weird to say. That's not to say Margot Robbie and Will Smith weren't good in their parts. But when you have to keep Dead Shot's mask off just to give Smith face time it becomes a problem. As for Robbie, well you can certainly say someone looked through some comics and found every one of her jokes to add into the movie. Otherwise she's there for eye candy. Killer Croc looked like a joke (what the hell was up with his huge traps and then tiny tiny TINY body?!?!) and that was a huge waste of the villain of Enchantress (who just looked like she was hula dancing in every one of here scenes.)
Last but not least let's talk about Leto. I was holding out hope for his portrayal of the Joker. But between his lack of actual scenes in the movie (most of his scenes are in the trailer) and the fact that he MUMBLES every one of his lines thanks to all the metal they put in his mouth, he is easily last on my list of favorite Joker portrayals.
It's not a terrible movie, there are a few stand out scenes, but it's definitely not a good movie.