Suicide Squad: 5 Things Critics Got Right, 5 Things They Got Wrong

WRONG.

Some critics really didn't like Suicide Squad. It's been called worse than Fantastic Four (2015) and Green Lantern. It's also been called the most disappointing movie of the summer and one of the most disappointing movies of all time. It's all hyperbolic nonsense.

First, Suicide Squad never carried enough expectations to be one of the most disappointing movies of all time. Second, it is, as can plainly be seen, a more adequately made film than Fantastic Four (2015) and Green Lantern. Such negative comparisons are bogus and tip the hand of the critic.

When a movie like Suicide Squad already has so many negative reviews, there can sometimes be a game of oneupmanship. The only way to garner sufficient attention and clicks for merely adding to the pile of bad reviews is to be the critic who is saying the worst things about the film. "You think it's the worst film of the year, well I say it's the worst film of the decade!"

Suicide Squad has enough redeeming factors to prevent it from being a total disaster even if one does not ultimately believe it's a good movie. It has interesting characters that are worthy of the audience's emotional investment. It has genuinely fun moments and is good for several (intended) laughs.

A fun time can be had with Suicide Squad despite its flaws. It may not be everything we hoped it would be. It has fallen short of fulfilling the role of DCEU savior that people have forced upon it. It is not a great movie, but it has great moments that really do work and make the movie, at least in part, worthwhile.

Granted, that's not the most ringing endorsement, but the point remains that Suicide Squad is far above the depths some critics have tried to drag it down into.

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