I don’t put a lot of stock into ratings, but on Rotten Tomatoes, Suicide Squad is the
worst rated DCEU film whether you look at critics or the audience.
Wonder Woman is number 1 with 92% from critics and 89% from the audience.
Man of Steel is number two with 55% from critics and a 75% audience score, Batman v. Superman
got 27% from critics and 63% from the audience and Suicide Squad is dead last with 26% from
the critics and 61% from the audience.
So far, DCEU has just as much star power as the MCU, but in comparison to Marvel, they’ve
missed the mark.
A lot of that falls on the director, but the actors are forgivable.
Crowe’s Jor-El, Costner’s Papa Kent, and Shannon’s Zod actually shine in their supporting
roles and I don’t remember these folks being the problem with Man of Steel.
In Batman v. Superman, a lot of fans argued that Affleck has given us the best Bruce Wayne
we’ve seen to date which is surprising seeing how fans wanted to hang WB for the casting
choice just like they did with Gal Gadot who later made them take back their criticism.
In Suicide Squad, WBs has the Oscar winning Will Smith, Jared Leto, Viola and the list
goes on.
When the ends, you don’t know anything more about these characters than when the movie
began.
So far, Suicide Squad has had the worst direction we’ve seen in a DCEU film.
That’s a bold statement for a franchise that’s had Zack Snyder direct 2 out of 4
of their films.
The characters have nothing to do, but walk most of the time and it seems like David Ayer
couldn’t decide on making a movie for adults or a younger audience so it comes off as a
mess.
After the film’s release, Ayer even publicly stated that he wished he would’ve done some
of the elements differently.
Duh!
Say what you want about Marvel vs. DC, but on paper, DC has some of the best villains
and heroes in the world.
In Man of Steel, the introduction of the last son of Krypton is iconic and probably one
of the best scenes in the movie.
When the DCEU introduces Wonder Woman, it does a lot to erase female stereotypes in
Hollywood and show the audience, women can be just as tough as men.
You know straight out the gate, you’re not going to get your grandpa’s Caped Crusader
in Batman v. Superman.
He’s a lunatic that takes the law into his own hands and he’s just as crazy as the
villains.
In Suicide Squad, they download some League Gothic font and type the hell outta their
character introductions.
I kid you not, this goes on for 15 minutes and 9 seconds.
The only character they leave out is the Joker.
To their credit, Marvel isn’t the best when it comes to villains either, but at least
DC got the villain right in Man of Steel.
Zod is pissed over the democide of Kryptionians, I get it.
Ares is the god of war, which explains why he wants to start a war.
I get it.
Lex is jealous, I don’t like it, but I get it.
In Suicide Squad, I’m extremely confused.
Joker is just crazy.
Crazy for no reason villains went out in the 90s.
Even in the Dark Knight, they gave Joker a motive.
This Joker’s character development is thinner than his girlfriend.
With all the things that people complain that the DCEU gets wrong, I do feel like the world
they created is believable.
I believe a Kryptonian could exist in that universe.
Thanks to Batman v. Superman, I believe that this Batman would be upset that a Kryptonian
exists in this universe and thanks to Wonder Woman, I could see how an Amazonian goddess
could fly under the radar in this universe.
The only film that doesn’t fit is Suicide Squad.
I can’t believe that the government would want to work with criminals before they attempted
to make peace with meta humans and I don’t believe that these criminals would stand a
chance against some of the villains this universe has to offer.
The worst thing in the DCEU is the flashbacks.
It’s like these films are unofficial Back to the Future reboots.
The nonlinear storytelling in Man of Steel is bearable and I’d much rather have the
flashback then a full out origin story.
The same thing goes for Batman.
I prefer a flashback during the opening then Warner Brothers giving us a Dark Knight origin
story.
Wonder Woman avoided this trope the best because the entire movie is a flashback so it’s
no problem.
There’s flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks in Suicide Squad like Inception,
but with flashbacks, not cool.
In the words of captain America, if you’re gonna fight a war, you got to wear a uniform.
The Man of Steel Superman uniform is the best Superman apparel we’ve gotten to date.
The Batman uniform with the little ears looks just like the suit from the comics and Wonder
Woman’s (my my my uniform).
The hell is that?
What the hell is that?
The hell is that?
Stop it, please, stop it right now.
The casualties in the DCEU are up there with Roland Emmerich movies.
I like that angle because you feel like people are really in danger.
So much people die in Metropolis, so much people die on Capital Hill, so much people
die on Themyscira, but humans don’t die from villain in Midway City.
During the destruction scenes in these movies, all hell breaks loose.
Most of metropolis is destroyed which is why you see debris everywhere.
The same thing happens in Batman v. Superman and the small town in Wonder Woman.
This is a realistic depiction of what an attack should like an the DCEU.
In Suicide Squad, the entire city is destroyed and instead of broken concrete or dead bodies
everywhere, the only thing we get is water bottles.
Other than Teri Hatcher, I’ve never liked any of the Lois Lanes, but if it wasn’t
for this Lois, everyone within a 100 mile radius of Metropolis would’ve been killed
by the world engine.
If it wasn’t for Wonder Woman, the Nazi would’ve bombed America and if it wasn’t
for her, Superman would’ve died.
Earlier, I mean.
In Suicide Squad, the women are either crazy or whores or all of the above.
In addition, the DCEU movies have traditionally avoided the abuse of women which is why in
Man of Steel, Clark whooped Zod for choking his mom and Faora was beat down by gravity
instead of a man’s fist.
In Batman v. Superman, no one laid a finger on Wonder Woman and when she got touched in
Wonder Woman, the penalty was death.
In Suicide Squad, women stay getting knocked out by men.
Joker gives Harley shock therapy, Batman punches her, and Slipknot knocks out the woman with
the wedgie.
The heroes give a damn about humans even though we make their lives difficult.
Clark is arrested and turned over to Zod and his army, but he still fights to protect us
(audio of save them all).
All the chaos in Batman v. Superman is caused by Lex and Clark still saves his life when
Doomsday turns on him.
Wonder Woman finds out human beings are inherently evil and still gives us a chance in both of
these movies.
In Suicide Squad, innocent humans are possessed by demons and what does the Suicide Squad
do?
Kill them.
For a team named Suicide Squad, they sure like killing other people instead of themselves
(rim shot sound effect).
Speaking of dead characters.
Each DCEU film has a meaningful death that makes you feel for the character.
Clark loses his dad.
He blames himself, but it’s not his fault.
Bruce loses both parents and he blames himself, but he was way too young to do anything about
it at the time, so it’s not his fault.
Diana loses an Auntie and it’s clearly not her fault.
El Diablo’s family dies and yep, it’s his fault.
Daddy issues are responsible for over 80% of all heroes.
The words of wisdom or actions of a dad in this cinematic universe could make or break
a young child.
Clark becomes a hero because of the guidance of his biological father and his earthly father.
Bruce becomes a hero because of the death of his father.
Diana becomes a hero because her pop’s is Zeus and that’s what he designed her for.
Deadshot is a dead beat and instead of him being a hero because of his dad, his daughter
is more likely to become a villain because he’s the opposite of the previously mentioned
dads.
There’s absolutely no redeeming characters in Suicide Squad.
In Man of Steel, they manage to get you to side with Zod some of the time, he actually
sort of has a point.
In Wonder Woman, humans are evil, but Steve shows us we could be heroic at times and in
Batman v. Superman, Bruce hates Superman, but he forgives him when he finds out his
mom’s name (audio).
In Suicide Squad, it’s hard to cheer for Amanda when she puts innocent people at risk
and even kills innocent people sometimes.
It’s just as tough to cheer for Rick Flag because he sits back idly and lets it happen
(audio of judge free).
That makes the movie even less interesting because they risk their lives to save the
woman that you hate (audio of Will Smith Nelson Mandella).
In the other movies, the heroes risk their lives to save humanity.
When there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call?
Since the Ghostbusters aren’t available, I’d probably just call someone with heat
ray vision, someone who could fly, someone with a billion dollars worth of tactical weaponry,
a guy with a Kryptonite armored suit, call a chick with an enchanted lasso, the list
goes on, but I tell you who I won’t call.
A chick with a baseball bat.
The worst thing about all DCEU movies are the day dreams scenes.
All heroes have a dream sequence of an alternate reality if the bad guy gets what they want.
The heroes wake up from the daymare because the though is so unbearable to fathom.
The heroes in Suicide Squad enjoy their daymare because their wants are consistent with the
villain’s.
There’s a memorable sacrificial death at the end of all the quote unquote “better”
DCEU movies.
Colonel Hardy and Professor Hamilton die in the line of duty.
It’s memorable because they originally saw Clark as a threat, but risk their lives to
fight by his side.
Steve dies and it’s memorable because his death is what causes Diana to believe in mankind.
Clark dies in Batman v. Superman.
Even though no one believes he’s dead, it’s still memorable because it stops Bruce from
being prejudice towards meta-humans.
El Diablo dies in Suicide Squad and barely anyone remembers or cares about it.
The sad part is that El Diablo wouldn’t have had to die if his family would’ve jumped
in the fight (audio of family).
In all the movies, there’s a spectator that watches on the sideline, but jumps in at the
last minute to save a friend.
Batman was the spectator in Batman v. Superman.
He stood on the sidelines, but when they needed him the most he jumped in to help.
Look at how out of breath he is, you could tell he’s working hard watching from side.
In Man of Steel, the professor watches the fight, but his act is the deciding factor
in earth defeating the Kryptonians, In Wonder Woman, Steve and company sit back and let
Diana do all the heavy lifting, but as soon as they get an opportunity, they take down
the soldiers and Steve steals the explosives.
The heroes, for lack of a better synonym watch their friend get whooped, they watch him for
about a minute or two and never jump in to help.
The one thing that’s hard to forget in Suicide Squad is the fact that you’re watching forgettable
characters.
We know Superman, we know Batman, we know Wonder Woman, but casual fans didn’t know
the Suicide Squad at the time of it’s release and it’s clear that this movie is supposed
to be DCEU’s version of The Guardians of the Galaxy.
The reason it fails is because they keep putting in popular characters like Batman and Joker
who we already know enough about and unfortunately they steal time away from the B team that
could’ve been used for better character development.
More than halfway through the movie you’ll realize there’s no main character which
is why the story for Suicide Squad feels disjointed. Smith is the highest paid, but the writers
dedicate the same amount to his arc as they did for Harley Quinn, Waller and Flag’s.
Even in ensemble movies you still need a main character.
At the end of these movies, there are no post credit scenes.
Although Marvel didn’t create the end credit scene trope, they’re most known for it,
so avoiding after credit scenes is the DCEU’s way of avoiding copying off of Marvel.
They broke that rule in Suicide Squad.
Those are 24 reasons Suicide Squad is the worst DCEU movie.
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