Saturday, August 13, 2016

Suicide Squad

Caution: Thus Might Contain Spoilers!
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This film is based off characters created by DC Comics, and a comic series of the same name. The government, lead by Amanda Waller, create a task force using the most dangerous captured criminals to defeat the witch, Enchantress (June Moone) and her brother. 

This film was directed and written by David Ayer. Okay, this film is part of the extended universe. So, if you watch the television shows it will be odd watching new actors playing familiar characters. The story is average per the genre. What makes it different is the characters. The villainous characters keep the story from being too familiar or dull. Even if the plot is a little thin, the characters and their interactions make it enjoyable. Oddly, the characters alone were uninspiring and barely explained. This film assumes that its audience knows these characters and their stories. However, much like Superman v. Batman, the story is way to filled with new characters and histories. The action is good for this type of film. The computer animation looks good on screen. The music was a great rocking song list that played nearly every sinister song they could find. There is a planned sequel for this film.

Obviously, there are a lot of characters, so I cannot list all of them. Margot Robbie played the role of Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn. Her performance made this film enjoyable. Strangely, she felt more like the Joker than the Joker. Will Smith played the role of Floyd Lawton/Deadshot. His dark approach worked for the film. It still felt like Will Smith action role, but it worked. Joel Kinnaman played the role of Rick Flag. Sadly, his performance and his character fell by the wayside just a little too much. Cara Delevingne played the role of June Moone/Enchantress. Her performance was great as a trapped woman forced to do evil things. Jay Hernandez played the role of Chato Santana/ El Diablo.His performance created a much needed balance. He was a more serious character to oppose the comedy aspect of the film. Viola Davis played the role of Amanda Waller. Her performance as Waller was amazing. She made this hatred character tolerable. Jared Leto played the role of Joker. Having a film with Harley Quinn will naturally need to include the Joker in some fashion. Unfortantly, the film took too much time focusing on him that it detracted from the story. The performance was decent for the film. He attempted to make the Joker feel more gangster than previous films. However, this approach makes him feel less like the Joker than he needed to be.

I give this film 3 out of 5 stars! It is good change in the genre, but it could've been done better.

This film can be seen in theaters.

Answer to last blog: Alexander Gould was the original voice actor for Nemo in Finding Nemo.

Que: Who commonly voices the character Harley Quinn?

Ingrid Oliu
Arleen Sorkin
Melissa Gilbert
Adrienne Barbeau

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