The ratings were bad, the reviews were even worse. DC’s most priced project at the moment didn't seem to be doing too well, and it hadn't even come out to the public yet. And then it proceeded to make almost 200 million dollars within the first week of being released. So what happened? Did the reviewers lie? Did Marvel pay them off? Did DC show them a different movie? Well, who knows. What we do know is that the movie "Suicide Squad" got enormous amounts of criticism, yet developed a huge fan base who supported the movie and even called for Rotten Tomatoes to be shut down. So why did the “professional” reviews differ so much from civilian reviews?
Someone once said: “If the movie is not 'The Dark Knight,' they’ll complain," (not exactly in those words) and I agree. I believe that critics expect so much from movies that they completely look over all of the good aspects that might be there. If the movie is not the next "Avatar," or the next "Captain America: Civil War," then they don't want to be wasting their time with it. I have seen dozens of movies that have gotten awful reviews yet I believed they were very good when watching the acting, the special effects and the storyline.
But back to "Suicide Squad." Yes, the storyline might have been rushed a bit, but that is expected from a movie that brings together the storylines of almost a dozen characters and tries to not only put enough background into them for people to get hooked, but also has to provide a new storyline in which all the characters participate, without it being a four hour long movie. Critics also said that Jared Leto’s depiction of the Joker was downright embarrassing, but I don't know if they were informed that Heather Ledger was not playing the Joker anymore. Most people can agree that Ledger was the best Joker there ever has been on the big screen and probably will be for a while, but comparing Leto’s performance to his and judging it based on how similar it was or was not is nonsense. Leto did a great job of portraying a villain who does not think like other villains, one who is unpredictable and has no real goal set in mind except for having fun. Also another thing i believe critics failed to realize is that Leto’s Joker was not meant to be the same as Ledger’s. Leto played a Joker who was more modern, one who was more immersed in the culture of today while also standing apart from it, hence the tattoos and his purple Lamborghini.
Maybe critics saw issues with the movie that none of us could, or maybe they were just mad that "Suicide Squad" was not what they wanted it to be — *cough* a new Avengers movie *cough* — but I think the one thing we can all agree on is that the music and soundtracks played during the movie, trailers made for the movie were completely and utterly badass, and that alone made it a movie worth watching.
