Suicide Squad (2016)
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If the movie is really shit, I hope it bombs at the box-office, because it manages to make them money despite the bad reviews they won't change the way they do things.
BvS did not do as well as expected, and WB changed their plans after the results...but it still made close to 900M. Imagine if it had totally bombed...maybe Snyder and co would have been gone, rather then keep them and tell them to change a bit.
This doesn't benefit from Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman...3 of the most recognizable comic books IP in the world. Bad reviews for this might kill it.
BvS did not do as well as expected, and WB changed their plans after the results...but it still made close to 900M. Imagine if it had totally bombed...maybe Snyder and co would have been gone, rather then keep them and tell them to change a bit.
This doesn't benefit from Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman...3 of the most recognizable comic books IP in the world. Bad reviews for this might kill it.
Caliane
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yeah.
I mean, to recap my thoughts on it, possibly lost to forum move.
I was super psyched at announcement. Villain movie. D-list alternative comic book.
Every bit of info announced killed my hopes more and more though. Particularly, I was infuriated with big name actors being hired, and high profile A list characters.
A Suicide Squad where in, Joker, Harley, Boomarang, Croc, katana, and Will Smith can't die. It defeats the purpose. Its idiotic that we all know Slipknot is going to die, the second the character is announced. Robocop is not a particularly good actor, either.
Eldiablo and Enchantress are the wildcards admittedly. El D is a z lister, who could die. If marketing, comanpion comic, etc didn't show him to be the "deadshot" of this movie. Aka, reformed gang member who is in the SS to actually be a hero. hes the hero, in the way Deadshot was in Assault on Arkham. Enchantress is a hero. usually outright a good guy. Much like Raven, wherein possessed by evil, so does go bad at times, until she was cleansed entirely. Katana is outright a superhero plant, so yeah.
Marketing team sure did a great job. But, still didn't really sell the movie. just sold the marketing..
I want a SS movie to actually be the Dirty Dozen its based off, and 7/10 of them dieing. or even Inglorious Basterds, in the same way.
I mean, to recap my thoughts on it, possibly lost to forum move.
I was super psyched at announcement. Villain movie. D-list alternative comic book.
Every bit of info announced killed my hopes more and more though. Particularly, I was infuriated with big name actors being hired, and high profile A list characters.
A Suicide Squad where in, Joker, Harley, Boomarang, Croc, katana, and Will Smith can't die. It defeats the purpose. Its idiotic that we all know Slipknot is going to die, the second the character is announced. Robocop is not a particularly good actor, either.
Eldiablo and Enchantress are the wildcards admittedly. El D is a z lister, who could die. If marketing, comanpion comic, etc didn't show him to be the "deadshot" of this movie. Aka, reformed gang member who is in the SS to actually be a hero. hes the hero, in the way Deadshot was in Assault on Arkham. Enchantress is a hero. usually outright a good guy. Much like Raven, wherein possessed by evil, so does go bad at times, until she was cleansed entirely. Katana is outright a superhero plant, so yeah.
Marketing team sure did a great job. But, still didn't really sell the movie. just sold the marketing..
I want a SS movie to actually be the Dirty Dozen its based off, and 7/10 of them dieing. or even Inglorious Basterds, in the same way.
Void
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I bought a ticket for tomorrow night to give DC another chance. And because I'm off Friday so why not go see a movie the night before when I'm going to be bored? I'm not expecting much of anything so maybe that will help me enjoy it a little more.
Carrying over from the other forum, I stand by my assertion that there is no way Leto can be as bad a Joker as Eisenberg was a Luthor. I'll know tomorrow whether or not I was right!
Carrying over from the other forum, I stand by my assertion that there is no way Leto can be as bad a Joker as Eisenberg was a Luthor. I'll know tomorrow whether or not I was right!
Soygen
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RT doesn't really "give" anything. It's a composite score of reviews.
Rolling Stone roasted it.
'Suicide Squad' Review: DC Bad Guys' Movie is Anything but Super
Shonuff
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Ouch. The reviewer said it made the new FF movie look good. That was the worst movie I've seen in the last 20-30 years.
spronk
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'Suicide Squad's' Secret Drama: Rushed Production, Competing Cuts, High Anxiety
Remember when SS went into big reshoots a few months ago, and people were a bit concerned? Turned out to be weirder than anyone thought. The writer/director made one version of the movie, the studio and the guys who made the trailer (!) made another version, and they focus tested both and then made a third version of the movie based on the feedback, which is why it needed extensive reshooting.
Its insane the script for SS was done in only six weeks, when will these guys learn that the script is the foundation of a good movie and rushing that part will make it impossible to ever have a good movie
Just like B v S it sounds like there is a TON of extra footage too, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a bluray directors cut that is quite different from theatrical.
Remember when SS went into big reshoots a few months ago, and people were a bit concerned? Turned out to be weirder than anyone thought. The writer/director made one version of the movie, the studio and the guys who made the trailer (!) made another version, and they focus tested both and then made a third version of the movie based on the feedback, which is why it needed extensive reshooting.
Its insane the script for SS was done in only six weeks, when will these guys learn that the script is the foundation of a good movie and rushing that part will make it impossible to ever have a good movie
Just like B v S it sounds like there is a TON of extra footage too, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a bluray directors cut that is quite different from theatrical.
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They had decent template with the dvd cartoon they released not long ago. It was not their best but it was enjoyable and there was some cool stuff in that.
Caliane
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"The movie's got to do $750 million, $800 million to break even. If they get anywhere close to that, they'll consider it a win."
This can't be real. This has to be just some rando making shit up. Right?
Thats, "Tomb Raider had to sell 6million copies" insanity.
This can't be real. This has to be just some rando making shit up. Right?
Thats, "Tomb Raider had to sell 6million copies" insanity.
Frenzied Wombat
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If I was on the board of directors at WB I'd be demanding some resignations about now, if not years ago. They're getting completely trashed by Marvel despite having access to some great IP's like this one.
Mahes
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"Forget Batman v Superman — at least it tried. This botch job makes Fantastic Four look good."
That line makes me sad from the Rolling Stones review.
Nebuchadnezzar
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Not really kept up on this movie, but impossible not to see the current marketing blitz.
I read the Rolling Stones review, and the thing that struck me the most is that it is PG-13? That couldn't be right I thought, but IMDB lists it as age limit of 12 in Norway.
You make Suicide Squad, a movie about villains. Market it with constantly talking about Jared Leto being crazy at the set as Joker, scaring the crew. Then it barely features the Joker and tone it down to where children can watch it? The vast majority of the market for these characters are 18+ aren't they?
Did they learn nothing from Deadpool? R rated comedy super hero movies work. And while not all movies need scenes that turn them R rated, I certainly thought this movie would be one "super hero" movie that warranted it.
I don't understand Hollywood at all.
I read the Rolling Stones review, and the thing that struck me the most is that it is PG-13? That couldn't be right I thought, but IMDB lists it as age limit of 12 in Norway.
You make Suicide Squad, a movie about villains. Market it with constantly talking about Jared Leto being crazy at the set as Joker, scaring the crew. Then it barely features the Joker and tone it down to where children can watch it? The vast majority of the market for these characters are 18+ aren't they?
Did they learn nothing from Deadpool? R rated comedy super hero movies work. And while not all movies need scenes that turn them R rated, I certainly thought this movie would be one "super hero" movie that warranted it.
I don't understand Hollywood at all.