Suicide Squad 2016 Info

Then the movie actually hit theaters. And, well… the rest is chaotic history.

Revisiting Suicide Squad (2016): The Ultimate Case of "What Could Have Been"

After the dark reception of BvS , the studio panicked. They hired the team behind the Trailer to recut the movie to make it "funny." The result is a film that feels like two different movies fighting for the steering wheel. suicide squad 2016

Let’s set the scene: It’s the summer of 2016. We had just watched Batman v Superman tear up Metropolis, and the world was desperate to see DC catch the lightning in a bottle that Marvel had been holding for a decade. Then came the trailers for Suicide Squad —set to Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Twenty One Pilots’ "Heathens." They were gritty, colorful, and looked like a blast.

Is Suicide Squad (2016) a good movie? Objectively? No. It is disjointed, tonally confused, and features a final battle that feels like a video game boss on easy mode. Then the movie actually hit theaters

Where does one start? The plot is a disaster. The team assembles, then fights waves of CGI goo-monsters, then fights a witch named Enchantress who is doing a bizarre interpretive dance while trying to destroy the world.

If you remember nothing else about Suicide Squad (officially titled Suicide Squad , but unofficially known as the birth of the "damaged" Joker meme), you remember the marketing. Warner Bros. sold us a dangerous, R-rated-style heist movie about villains forced to be heroes. What we got was a studio-edited patchwork quilt. They hired the team behind the Trailer to

C- (But an A+ for memes) What’s your take? Do you defend the 2016 Squad, or do you pretend it doesn’t exist? Drop a comment below. Suggested Tags: #SuicideSquad #DCEU #HarleyQuinn #MovieReview #PopCulture #JaredLetoJoker #Retrospective

Let’s talk about (Jared Leto). Leaving the behind-the-scenes drama aside (the "used condoms," the dead pig, the method acting), the final cut of the film features a Joker who is barely in the movie. He’s a side plot. A flashback machine. Leto’s "gangster with grills and a damaged forehead tattoo" had potential, but the theatrical cut reduced him to a music video cameo. It felt like watching the deleted scenes reel.

If you haven’t seen it since 2016, watch the Ayer Cut fan edits (if you can find them) or just watch the "Bohemian Rhapsody" trailer again. The trailer is still a masterpiece. The movie… well, it tries.