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[sl4ppy]

The Vanity Fair review looks awful.

 

Oof. that 2nd paragraph is beyond brutal.

 

 

Suicide Squad is bad. Not fun bad. Not redeemable bad. Not the kind of bad that is the unfortunate result of artists honorably striving for something ambitious and falling short. Suicide Squad is just bad. It’s ugly and boring, a toxic combination that means the film’s highly fetishized violence doesn’t even have the exciting tingle of the wicked or the taboo. (Oh, how the movie wants to be both of those things.) It’s simply a dull chore steeped in flaccid machismo, a shapeless, poorly edited trudge that adds some mildly appalling sexism and even a soupçon of racism to its abundant, hideously timed gun worship. But, perhaps worst of all, Suicide Squad is ultimately too shoddy and forgettable to even register as revolting. At least revolting would have been something.

 

 

The Telegraph goes so far as to label it "Pornography" for the absurd amount of female objectifying..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/08/02/suicide-squad-review-crushingly-puerile-comic-book-pornography/

Edited August 2, 2016 by sl4ppy

[Doktor]

That vanity fair article seemed bad but I also am taking that one with a grain of salt after the author pretty much used 2 paragraphs in the middle to shove their thinly veiled gun control agenda into the discussion on the movie. I'm wondering how much of a shadow that obviously major objection that they had cast over their opinion of the rest of the movie.

[jsilverjanet]

The vanity fair reviewer liked batman vs superman and Xmen apocalypse

 

:shrug:

[Rockyjo3]

It got good reviews from CBR and Comic Vine at least

 

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/review-suicide-squad-is-exactly-what-dcs-film-franchise-needs

 

http://comicvine.gamespot.com/reviews/suicide-squad/1900-4469/

[Rockyjo3]

The vanity fair reviewer liked batman vs superman and Xmen apocalypse

 

:shrug:

 

And if I read it right thought Will Smith has had a great acting career? I feel like he's pretty much played the same role in every movie he's been in.

[MetalPSI]

Of all the threads in this forum about movies, I think it's safe to say you've just gotta go out and see something for yourself.

 

I don't follow "reviews" It just doesn't make sense

[Bosco685]

USA TODAY: Suicide Squad finds sincerity in insanity

 

With shades of Guardians of the Galaxy and the original Ghostbusters, Suicide Squad takes its ne'er-do-wells — led by the assassin Deadshot (Will Smith) and oddball bad girl Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) — from their Louisiana supermax home to battling a magical enemy. Alliances are formed, bonds are shaken, and the group is constantly on the edge of implosion.

 

Because of the size of Ayer’s cast, some of the more interesting characters are shorted, especially samurai warrior Katana (Karen Fukuhara) and Australian hoodlum Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) — though the latter has a quick run-in with a superhero that knowing comics fans will adore.

 

Deadshot is the movie's emotional heart, and it’s Smith's best role in years — he gets to showcase some of Concussion's deep emotion but with that old Independence Day swagger. Jay Hernandez similarly impresses as El Diablo, a fiery L.A. gang leader with a horrific backstory.

 

Like The Dirty Dozen for the Hot Topic generation, the team gets in-your-face introductions and things just grow more mental from there. But compared to its ilk, Suicide Squad is an excellently quirky, proudly raised middle finger to the staid superhero-movie establishment.

[jsilverjanet]

Let's face it - most reviewers who are not comic book needs expect the Disney cookie cuter plot etc

 

If it's not Disney it's not getting good reviews

 

I predict this to happen with all movies going forward with the exception of Wonder Woman because she's special

[TeddieMercede]

Let's face it - most reviewers who are not comic book needs expect the Disney cookie cuter plot etc

 

If it's not Disney it's not getting good reviews

 

I predict this to happen with all movies going forward with the exception of Wonder Woman because she's special

 

Or... It could just be a bad movie. I wanted BvS to be good but it just wasn't - don't think anybody should be surprised if this movie is a mess.

 

[mschmidt]

Let's face it - most reviewers who are not comic book needs expect the Disney cookie cuter plot etc

 

If it's not Disney it's not getting good reviews

 

I predict this to happen with all movies going forward with the exception of Wonder Woman because she's special

 

A good movie is a good movie. Can we please dispense with this ridiculous notion that just because you're not a comic book nerd you can't accurately review a comic book movie? :doh:

[Bosco685]

I'm going to see it later this week. I'll judge for myself.

 

[Designer Toast]

I'm going to see it later this week. I'll judge for myself.

 

 

Same here.

[500hpAudiS4]

T-mobile tuesdays app is giving a free Fandango ticket for Suicide Squads friday showing. FYI

[greggy]

I can't wait to watch it tomorrow.

[ShawnDeath]

Let's face it - most reviewers who are not comic book needs expect the Disney cookie cuter plot etc

 

If it's not Disney it's not getting good reviews

 

I predict this to happen with all movies going forward with the exception of Wonder Woman because she's special

 

A good movie is a good movie. Can we please dispense with this ridiculous notion that just because you're not a comic book nerd you can't accurately review a comic book movie? :doh:

 

When some of these reviewers are critical of how the character is behaving in the movie, when that is what is laid out in the comics, they show they are heavily unqualified to review something they don't even have a base knowledge of.

[MetalPSI]

Ok I've gotta know. What exactly is the qualification for reviewing a movie?

 

I can't take this literally since the inception of the internet has basically left every single person on the planet the ability to show their opinion and there are no valid opinions, just sifting though the muck to find knowledge

[Doktor]

My only real concerns is the seemingly universal comments about jarring tonal shifts. Combined that with the supposedly extensive re-shoots, and it's probably not that surprising that there's a lot of tonal shifts that could be pretty jarring, if they changed or added/subtracted things in editing to get a different "vibe" for the movie, as a whole.

[cousin itt]

Seems like we hear this a lot from studios: "These massive reshoots were always planned. It's perfectly normal. Nothing to see here. Move along." That's what we heard on FF too. Unfortunately we're also hearing this on Rogue One.

[AnthonyTheAbyss]

Ok I've gotta know. What exactly is the qualification for reviewing a movie?

 

I can't take this literally since the inception of the internet has basically left every single person on the planet the ability to show their opinion and there are no valid opinions, just sifting though the muck to find knowledge

 

I miss Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Thumbs up, thumbs down...done.

[jsilverjanet]

Let's face it - most reviewers who are not comic book needs expect the Disney cookie cuter plot etc

 

If it's not Disney it's not getting good reviews

 

I predict this to happen with all movies going forward with the exception of Wonder Woman because she's special

 

A good movie is a good movie. Can we please dispense with this ridiculous notion that just because you're not a comic book nerd you can't accurately review a comic book movie? :doh:

 

 

:shrug:

 

Some of these people thought every marvel movie has been great when clearly they haven't been