8 Ways Suicide Squad Improved On Batman V Superman
3. The Pacing Was Much Better
Suicide Squad bears some scars from post-production tinkering, like scenes being jumbled around, characters disappearing – the Joker being the most obvious victim – and other weird issues. It still moves along at a fair clip, but it always slows down just enough so you get to know the characters too.
Suicide Squad balances its huge cast quite well, and by the time they all go for a drink – which is the best scene in the movie – you’re really along for the ride. Batman V Superman’s structure was a lot choppier, wasting too much time following Lois Lane’s tedious bullet subplot and the whole congressional hearing malarkey.
The story could have been cleaner of course – seriously, the Joker has no bearing on how the story plays out – but the movie rarely stops for breath, while BVS seemed to stop for a dream or flashback sequence every fifteen minutes.