Revisiting Suicide Squad (2016): The Ultimate Case of "What Could Have Been"
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 suicide squad 2016
Then the movie actually hit theaters. And, well… the rest is chaotic history. Revisiting Suicide Squad (2016): The Ultimate Case of
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. Warner Bros
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.
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.