\u2026it DEFINITELY had it’s issues. But don’t think it was as bad as a lot of the summarized responses you’ve might’ve seen online. But yea, definitely had it’s issues as a movie. But I did enjoy it WAY more than BATMAN v SUPERMAN, and I didn’t feel like I wasted my time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But if you want me to build on that? Check out the review after the jump.<\/p>\n
I can only assume your all familiar with the setup for this movie? Government heavy weight, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), puts together a team of bad guys to take on metahuman threats?<\/p>\n
Well, like I said, this movie does have its issues. Let me see if I can\u2019t break it down\u2026<\/p>\n
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- THE EDITING: <\/strong>I don\u2019t know where the team was at with the editing. It kind of felt like it was all over the place. Cuts that looked like they would be from the last third of the movie were in the middle, and vice versa. I don\u2019t know if they were trying for a non-linear, PULP FICTION, approach, but it wasn\u2019t working. And for me, left the narrative feeling a little disjointed.<\/li>\n
- THE JOKER: <\/strong>I know what you\u2019re probably thinking, \u201cTHE JOKER WAS AN ISSUE?\u201d Now let me clarify, Jared Leto as the Joker was AWESOME! Much like Ben Affleck as Batman, I definitely ate crow with my initial reaction to his casting. Leto was fantastic! The issue here was the Joker was SO UNDERUSED, almost like he was reserved for LOST-style flashbacks. And that was definitely disappointing.<\/li>\n
- THE VILLAIN: <\/strong>Now the marketing for this movie might have you believe the Joker was the villain of this movie, sadly no. It was the Enchantress (the witch in the trailers & TV spots)\u2026 and her brother. Who oddly, really didn\u2019t have a name outside of \u201cbrother\u201d in the movie. I can only assume that director David Ayer went with the Enchantress to give moviegoers the \u201cnot so obvious\u201d choice for the villain. But, outside of the fact you chose a B-team villain\u2026 if you\u2019re having the Joker in there, ESPECIALLY with such a great performance by Jared Leto, it\u2019s just gonna over shadow your Big Bad. And to add harm to injury, there really didn\u2019t seem to be a significant build to the Enchantress\u2019 motivations to destroy all the things. So it just kind of fell flat.<\/li>\n
- HARLEY QUINN: <\/strong>Now, much like the mention of the Joker, the issue here was not with the character\u2019s inclusion, or the character herself (which was portrayed spectacularly by Margot Robbie\u2026 I think I\u2019m even more in love her, haha.), but more with the fact that so much of the movie was devoted to her. Almost to the point that you could have called this a Harley Quinn movie. It\u2019s no doubt, that even before this movie opened, that Harley was a fan-favorite and probably a big draw. But so much of the movie was focused on her, as well as her origin. Almost, if not more, 3 times the other characters in the movie. With so much focused on her, it seemed to conflict with the main story in terms of what I should be focusing on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So got a little long-winded there, but I could probably sum it up as the issues this movie suffered was a disjointed story, and poor character development.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know how much of the issues I had with the movie were a result of studio influence & the reshoots. But I would DEFINITELY be interested in seeing a Director\u2019s Cut when it\u2019s released on disc, because I have a feeling it will be a different movie, and not the marketing ploy of simply adding cut footage just to make a longer cut.<\/p>\n
I sure after reading all of that, I\u2019m sure you probably think I hated the movie? On contrary, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was fun, hilarious, and action packed. I already raved about Jared Leto\u2019s and Margot Robbie\u2019s performances, and although all the cast was awesome in this movie, Viola Davis\u2019 Amanda Waller was a BAD ASS!<\/p>\n
OH, and this was SO MUCH more enjoyable than BATMAN v SUPERMAN.<\/p>\n
Seriously, I think there\u2019s a solid movie in here. And like I said, I had fun in the movie. I just want to give you a head\u2019s up about issues I saw, as a girlfriend told me once, \u201cI\u2019m just trying to manage expectations\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
So go, check it out, and have a good time. Because the movie is fun, and really, the way this movie was marketed, isn\u2019t that all you want?<\/p>\n
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