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Aug. 5th, 2016 07:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynSaw Suicide Squad last night. Really did not like the first ... I'm not sure, quarter? Third? ... of the movie much, as it was "HERE HAVE SETUP AND BACKSTORY" repeated several times over. Also, not really impressed by Jared Leto's performance, but he was better at making me think 'okay, Joker' than the guy playing Rick Flag was at making me think 'okay, best Special Forces soldier evar', so there's that.
On the other hand, the plot really picked up for me after the first third of the movie, and until it did Will Smith and the people playing Harley Quinn and El Diablo did a good job at keeping my interest. Seriously, I wound up really liking El Diablo as a character. And Viola Davis was a great Amanda Waller. So there's that.
Overall, not the best superverse movie I've seen, but I'd rather see it again than either The Wolverine or Avengers Age of Ultron. Granted, that's a pretty low bar. If I don't have to watch the disjointed stuff at the start again I'm a lot happier with it.
On the other hand, the plot really picked up for me after the first third of the movie, and until it did Will Smith and the people playing Harley Quinn and El Diablo did a good job at keeping my interest. Seriously, I wound up really liking El Diablo as a character. And Viola Davis was a great Amanda Waller. So there's that.
Overall, not the best superverse movie I've seen, but I'd rather see it again than either The Wolverine or Avengers Age of Ultron. Granted, that's a pretty low bar. If I don't have to watch the disjointed stuff at the start again I'm a lot happier with it.
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Date: 2016-08-05 01:12 pm (UTC)Don't know why but I've always liked the character.
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Date: 2016-08-05 03:28 pm (UTC)He actually had a plot-important task that turned out to be pretty critical, which is more than I can say of Captain Boomerang.
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Date: 2016-08-05 03:32 pm (UTC)