Suicide Squad Sequel

Sad Professor

I had very low expectations for this and ended up really enjoying it. Definitely the James Gunn of Super rather than Guardians. The trailers don't do it justice and make it seem like more of the same but really this is what the first film should have been.

Jump_In_Jack

I felt it was overly long, too gory for a child, yet too dumb for an adult. I'm sure there will be plenty of people that will enjoy it though, just not for me.

The Phantom Pain

Interesting. ^^^

I wonder why a film like Deadpool connects with audiences but not The Suicide Squad . Deadpool has a lot of goofy stuff in it but there isn't the same undercurrent of negativity. It also has a higher cinemascore.

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I think its because Deadpool is truly an adult film, and adults truly have the money to go see it and even go and rewatch it in the cinema

Foxtrol

People have an attachment to Deadpool whereas this was an ensemble movie with nearly all the characters are completely disposable.

I enjoyed this movie but it was missing Gunn's normal quality of getting you to care about the characters. It was a cool idea to bring out all these characters that basically no one has heard of but when you're introducing so many you end up with gore for the sake of it.

The Phantom Pain

I guess the film conditions you not to get attached to characters because you know they'll likely die.

pixelburp

It's an interesting compare and contrast I suppose in the rare field of R rates superhero films. Deadpool was a definitive comedy complete with gags, punchlines and puns, with occasional splatter;, whereas the humour in Suicide Squad was often drawn from its brazen vulgarity and gore. It pushed itself as transgressive IMO. I think the former was an easier sell. And the brand of Ryan Reynolds probably drew in the casual curious, whereas I still maintain the literal, titular closeness of this sequel to the maligned original was a mistake.

Slydice

Gave this a watch. It did feel like a Suicide Squad film.. but.. somehow.. it also felt like it dragged on a bit. Wierd.

It did feel like it delivered on what it promised and ticked all the Suicide Squad boxes.

If anything, it felt like it lay the groundwork for a vicious sequel..

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Waller, I am guessing, needs to re-establish that she's in charge.. although with the Peacekeeper setup.. it looks like Warner Bros might want to take the whole thing in a softer funnier direction.

One stand out performance in the film was Alice Braga. I was like.. she needs to be in a predator film immediately!.. and then I checked and remembered she was in Predators and I don't have any bad impression of her performance there too. I checked what else she's been in since then .. not much that I've seen: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103797/

Feels like she should have gotten more actioney roles. She totally reminds me of the lead alongside Arnie in the running man.. who was Maria Conchita Alonso.. who.. hah 🙂 now that I check turns out was in Predator 2 😀: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000744/