Suicide Squad: 5 Things Critics Got Right, 5 Things They Got Wrong
It's not great, but that doesn't make Suicide Squad the worst movie of the summer.
Suicide Squad was supposed to be the movie that got DC Films back on track after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Depending on how general audiences feel about the film, it still might be. For critics, however, the book has been written and Suicide Squad is another misfire for Warner Bros.
Ridiculous petitions aside, it's fair to look at the critical reaction to the movie and see just how much of the negativity is warranted. Suicide Squad's Rotten Tomatoes score is still declining and it is now approaching Batman v Superman territory of critical disdain. Is it really that bad?
Suicide Squad is far from great, but closer to being good than so many reviewers would have you think. Many of the most frequent criticisms are valid, but some are little more than piling on and hyperbole. This list highlights 5 valid criticisms of Suicide Squad and 5 more that are questionable at best.
10. The Plot Is Thin
RIGHT.
Suicide Squad is not the richest or most complex comic book movie. In act, its plot is razor thin with a few missed swings at trying to provide real depth. The entire story can be explained in one sentence.
The Suicide Squad are brought together by Amanda Waller and forced to go on a mission to save a city. That is the entire movie, so it is fair to criticize the plot for being far too simple and straightforward. This criticism probably would not have been thrown in the direction of a superhero film just 10 years ago now, but the genre is now expected to have moved past such things.
Even so, if thin plotting is a deal-breaker, how do we explain Deadpool? Yes, Deadpool is more fun and a better movie overall, but its plot is as basic of a superhero origin story as we've seen. Raunchy humor draws laughs, but it does not flesh out a story and critics failed to call Deadpool on it.