Suicide Squad has been one of the most talked about movies this summer, from Jared Leto’s method acting antics to the fact that Suicide Squad beat Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy’s opening weekend box office records. Being one of the summer’s biggest hits means that there are going to be tons of reactions to Suicide Squad. Here are ten.
1. Belle Reve is Hell
Did anyone else want to stab the guard that treats Harley Quinn like meat and mentally and physically abuses Deadshot? I mean supervillains are still human beings and should be treated as such. That’s why I’m glad the Joker interrogates that abusive guard later on. On another note, why do they have a sewer big enough to fit Killer Croc in? Do prisons come with standard Killer Croc sewers nowadays? So many questions rack our minds when we consider that prison is in the middle of nowhere. We can all agree, though, that none of us would want to be in there, even though Harley got an espresso machine in Belle Reve.
2. The Dark Knight is keeping Deadshot from his Pursuit of Happiness
I, for one, have always loved Batman. He’s my favorite superhero, but even I hated him when he captured Deadshot while his little girl was watching. That was wrong.
No child should have to see that, and no parent should have to go through that. Deadshot would have stopped killing people for his daughter. But no, Batman had to arrest him. While I technically understand why Batman had to do it, I think I’m not the only one that thought that was cringe worthy.
3. Slipknot who?
In all seriousness though, Slipknot was only in the movie for five minutes and was fairly useless. What was his purpose? To assure the audience that the chips in our favorite supervillains’ necks were real? I could have used more backstory on our main characters than having Slipknot be used as an example for five minutes.
4. El Diablo breaks our hearts.
Bartenders are not only lovely people that give us alcohol, but sometimes are also our therapists. Or in this case, Harley Quinn is the insane therapist to a sober and haunted El Diablo. As our main characters have a pity drink before deciding to fight again (as all good movies do), we learn the reason why El Diablo doesn’t use his seriously awesome fire powers: El Diablo lost his temper and accidently killed his family one night.
And if that doesn’t break your heart, then maybe his self-sacrifice for the team will. You can view his sacrifice in the light that he died for the others, not because he saw them as family, but simply because he doesn’t have anything to live for anymore. And, that is heart breaking.
5. Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn is our new Halloween costume.
If you have not been active on the fandom side of Instagram, then you need to be. Not only are really brilliant cosplayers cosplaying Suicide Squad’s Harley Quinn, but so is every female and male fan that appreciates Harley Quinn. Yep, men too are doing gender-bent Harleys. And who can blame anyone? Harley Quinn herself even understands that she is quite vexing. Did you see the gymnastics in the elevator scene? All Margot Robbie, no stunt person here. Also Margot Robbie is producing a solo movie for Harley Quinn and some of the other wonderful women of DC. So it’s safe to say that Margot Robbie and Harley Quinn are badasses.
Now if you’ll excuse us we need to tattoo a heart on our cheek to give us an advantage over the other costumed Harley Quinns this year.
6. Joker loves Harley?
Many people coming into Suicide Squad don’t know much about the comics that inspired this movie, but even they know (hopefully) that the relationship between Harley Quinn and the Joker is a very toxic and abusive relationship. So why did Suicide Squad shy away from the abuse? Instead the Joker is painted as a psychotic clown that really loves Harley in his own twisted way. And we all know (or should know) otherwise. Yet now people are setting Harley Quinn and the Joker up to be a cinematic example for relationship goals and that’s just not healthy. Even Harley knows, from the montage that the Enchantress showed her of what her deepest desires are, that a healthy and great future would be one that was more normal, and less trying to kill the Batsy because he ruined “date night.”
7. Killer Croc is underrated.
Did Waylon Jones have scales since he was born? Was he bullied as a kid? Did people try to dissect him? Did he go through a superhero accident like Spiderman’s bite and just get the short end of the stick? Why does he have clay cats on his wall? Why did Suicide Squad not explore his backstory when they did everybody else’s? We’ll never know. And we need to know. Killer Croc is truly underrated. (If you don’t believe us check, out the interview done with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje by Collider, and then you’ll see why we’re mad that Killer Croc didn’t get more screen time.)
He also has the best one-liners: “Not me, I’m beautiful on the inside.” (When Harley says they’re all ugly on the inside, and Killer Croc is ugly on the outside too.)
Killer Croc is also part crocodile and that in and of itself is cool. And who can’t relate to wanting good television as a reward (BET in Killer Croc’s case)? He also kills some of the abusive guards, and that is a wonderful example of karma. (We’re still not over the inhumane treatment at Belle Reve.)
8. Enchanting or Boring?
While our Suicide Squad left us happy or wanting more, we can’t really say the same for the Enchantress. She was there and portrayed by the amazing Cara Delevingne, but she fell flat. When a movie has heartbreaking villains like El Diablo and Deadshot and insane, theatrical villains like Harley Quinn and the Joker, then the antagonist has to be interesting and pure evil. All we got was a whining witch who wanted to be worshipped again and kill everyone. While this could work for other films, this just didn’t for Suicide Squad. We have higher standards for our villains!.
9. Useless Katana
Why was she even there? She did nothing. Her sword was more useful than her in the end, and she didn’t even use it. Harley did. Enough said.
10. Viola Davis slays
Did anybody seriously ever doubt her? We didn’t. We’ve seen How to Get Away with Murder, and we knew Viola Davis could pull off a strong female role. She was brilliant and everything comic Amanda Waller would have wanted her film portrayal to be. Viola Davis came, she saw and she conquered. Amanda Waller is horribly manipulative and could have been a true antagonist rather than the Enchantress if only Suicide Squad would have let her shine.
There is a sequel in the works though, so we can hope and dream for more Amanda Waller.
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