re: Suicide Squad ***SPOILERS*** and Review Thread

The editing and the pacing of the first reel is pretty choppy. Very Scott Pilgrim in places.

The musical ques come in very hot and heavy. The score is distracting throughout most of the first reel as well.

The tone of the movie is spot-on DC Comics. I don't think that we've had a film that was closer to the DC comic book universe. I can see why the comic book sites gave it a positive review.

There were no bad performances. I wasn't a fan of Croc's persona but it wasn't a deal breaker. I was so excited to see that his appearance worked so perfectly that I gave his personality a pass. They made some odd choices with Enchantress towards the end. She came off sort of Gozer from Ghostbusters here and there.

Will Smith nailed it. Margot Robbie nailed it. Captain Boomerang was fun, Diablo was damn good (loved his fire constructs). Waller was a tad cartoony here and there, but not enough to be a concern.

The added villain was straight out of a B level comic book. Nothing to get excited about, just the type of bad guy that shows up in an issue of Action then you never see them again.

The audience was pretty young and they seemed to enjoy it. People dressed like Harley and Joker. The girls behind us were hoping for a sequel.

You can tell that a lot of the film was movie by committee, but the performances really do salvage the enjoyment level. BvS was confusing and depressing. This film isn't as confusing and isn't depressing at all.

Leto is in a good bit of scenes and works his way into the plot fairly well. When they said his scenes were cut I was afraid he'd be down to a few cameos. But he does well and leaves you wanting a little more.

The cameos were spot on. That's Batman. The other cameo went by too quickly, but was decent.

As a whole it's fun to watch but a missed opportunity. But if Ayers had made his complete dark action drama, people would be bitching that DC went dark again after BvS. It's a decent segue from BvS to Wonder Woman.