SPOILERS!! You Have been warned!
Suicide squad; arguably one of the most awaited movies of 2016. The hype was surreal ever since the trailers went out earlier this year. But after months of waiting,sitting through 2 and half hours of the movie, was the hype all worth it?
In short, Yes! The movie is unlike a typical superhero movie where average Joe discovers superpowers, defeats the super villain and restores peace in the lovely city of movie world. No! It's about a group of outlawed super-humans who are used as weapons to fight against terrorism. A band of bad guys fighting a common enemy; kinda sounds like the DC version of the Avengers, but with.... well.. bad guys!! And the super villain? well she's just bad ass; a powerful, eerie witch seeking revenge against humankind. The enchantress and her brother were so powerful that the only superhero(from the squad) that could take them head on was Diablo, that too in his most powerful form. And the character was beautifully portrayed by Cara. Talking about characters, I loved Harvey Quinn; she had a nice balance between insanity and sanity, which is fitting considering her backstory. Others were pretty good too. But the joker, After Heath Ledger, in "The Dark Knight", I have to say I expected a bit more insanity from Jared as the Joker. Some minor things; I loved how each character had their own backstory, loved the cameos from Batman and The flash and.. well.. Superman's Coffin; and some of the minor plot twists in the movie made it lively.
Now for the things that could've made the movie better. First of all, the plot is really "A snake biting its own tail". Out of nowhere, they make a task force out of these "outlaws", along with the strongest one; "The Enchantress". She is initially under their control, but then she escapes and tries to bring an end to human-kind. So, it was basically a story about trying to make something, making a mistake, and using that something to fix the mistake, The End(sounds pointless, putting it like that, doesn't it?) It would have been better if the super villain was someone else, someone who would've compelled the government to make the said task-force.; like, Batman! Next point is, that the plot has more "fairy-tale". For instance, Joker and Waller dying wasn't that serious and people could easily anticipate them coming back. But when Enchantress/June died, a moment of sadness could be felt in the hall. Then again she came back, which made the story more fairy-tale. Her death would've mixed the story up a little bit. I was desperately awaiting some major plot twist. Sadly, there wasn't any. Finally, the cliffhanger wasn't that good either. The joker was expected to return, and he did. I would've appreciated a more surprising end that would've created a huge hype for the sequel.
But overall it's a good movie.
Suicide squad; arguably one of the most awaited movies of 2016. The hype was surreal ever since the trailers went out earlier this year. But after months of waiting,sitting through 2 and half hours of the movie, was the hype all worth it?
In short, Yes! The movie is unlike a typical superhero movie where average Joe discovers superpowers, defeats the super villain and restores peace in the lovely city of movie world. No! It's about a group of outlawed super-humans who are used as weapons to fight against terrorism. A band of bad guys fighting a common enemy; kinda sounds like the DC version of the Avengers, but with.... well.. bad guys!! And the super villain? well she's just bad ass; a powerful, eerie witch seeking revenge against humankind. The enchantress and her brother were so powerful that the only superhero(from the squad) that could take them head on was Diablo, that too in his most powerful form. And the character was beautifully portrayed by Cara. Talking about characters, I loved Harvey Quinn; she had a nice balance between insanity and sanity, which is fitting considering her backstory. Others were pretty good too. But the joker, After Heath Ledger, in "The Dark Knight", I have to say I expected a bit more insanity from Jared as the Joker. Some minor things; I loved how each character had their own backstory, loved the cameos from Batman and The flash and.. well.. Superman's Coffin; and some of the minor plot twists in the movie made it lively.
Now for the things that could've made the movie better. First of all, the plot is really "A snake biting its own tail". Out of nowhere, they make a task force out of these "outlaws", along with the strongest one; "The Enchantress". She is initially under their control, but then she escapes and tries to bring an end to human-kind. So, it was basically a story about trying to make something, making a mistake, and using that something to fix the mistake, The End(sounds pointless, putting it like that, doesn't it?) It would have been better if the super villain was someone else, someone who would've compelled the government to make the said task-force.; like, Batman! Next point is, that the plot has more "fairy-tale". For instance, Joker and Waller dying wasn't that serious and people could easily anticipate them coming back. But when Enchantress/June died, a moment of sadness could be felt in the hall. Then again she came back, which made the story more fairy-tale. Her death would've mixed the story up a little bit. I was desperately awaiting some major plot twist. Sadly, there wasn't any. Finally, the cliffhanger wasn't that good either. The joker was expected to return, and he did. I would've appreciated a more surprising end that would've created a huge hype for the sequel.
But overall it's a good movie.