 Originally Posted by bassman
Agreed, it looks fun. The best thing going for this film is that it’s pure, untamed James Gunn. He’s stated on multiple occasions that Warner Brothers gave him the green light and then never once interfered.
This movie features both Lloyd Kaufman and Sylvester Stallone. Just wanted to point out that weird fact....
1) Excellent. I think more studios should remember who the filmmakers are. The suits haven't got a creative bone in their body most of the time, so they should recognise that and let the creative folks do their friggin' job.
WB demanding Justice League be two hours max was one crystal clear example of studio interference that was catastrophic.
2)  Lloyd in enemy territory, haha! Mind you, he must be chuffed to see his former employee doing so well. Marvel made an idiotic decision shoving him out the door in a panic (over an issue that had already been dealt with years prior). They caved to cancel culture, wielded instead by the right wing, and made themselves look like total fucking idiots. At least they corrected their mistake and brought him back for Guardians #3 - but I'll be really interested to see what Gunn does with The Suicide Squad.
Apparently there's some talk going around about The Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad - some folks hashtagging to release it, which would be interesting.
Despite it's flaws, I really enjoyed Suicide Squad, which was the most comic-book-like comic book movie I've ever seen, quite possibly. The way it was structured, how the scenes were edited, etc - it all felt very much like pages of a comic book and how the story is told in that medium. Now, of course, they maybe went a bit too far with that (e.g. the crunching exposition for Katana). It's messy and scrappy, but it's a lot of fun and has numerous stand out moments.
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