DC films are such a spectacular turd-laden morass of wasted effort, I'm not sure I hold out much hope for this third effort to reboot the Suicide Squad mythos. This time they decided that sticking a qualifier -- the word "The" -- in front of the title will do the trick. Maybe "The" Justice League could fix that abortion. Or "The" Green Lantern could repair that stinkhole. Maybe "The" Dawn of Justice or "The" Aquaman wouldn't suck gangrenous balls. I mean, I know they're trying this same strategy with Twinkle the Vampire's "The" Batman (coming soon) so this must be the genuis. Stick a "The" up there and it's all good!
Or not.
Or hey, let's steal a Marvel director and he'll fix it all! That worked out so fucking well with Whedon and Justice League, didn't it? I'm sure the guy who brought us Guardians of the Galaxy will make it all better!
Or not.
Margot works her adorable ass off as Harley Quinn but is typically wasted in every effort. Lackluster script, awful direction, flattened character, tepid supporting cast. Sadly, I suspect this will be the same. The rest of the cast definitely doesn't move me.
Fuck John Cheena. Knee bending cuckhole. (Hey, let's get a wrestler! It worked for Bautista and Guardians! *sigh*)
Fuck that no talent addict-looking Pete whatthefuckever. (Hey, lets get some scrawny ass piece of shit everybody hates! That always works!)
Hey! Let's get a monosyllabic animated character. Not a tree, but a SHARK!! That'll be cooler! He can just say one word or something.. Not Groot, that's taken, but still...
Hey, let's get an animal! I know, a racoon!! Get a racoon!! No, fuck. That's aready taken too. What's close to a raccoon? Ummm groundhog? No, groundhogs can't be cool. Weasel! A WEASEL! That'll get the kids in!!
The problem is that no matter how good this is, DC has already laid such a foundation of shit that this will likely be relegated to that same turd pile. My gut says it's not going to be good enough to escape the suck, no matter crazy/sexy Harley is. I have a feeling this is going to end up being one of those cringey-sad ripoff movies like Battle Beyond the Stars -- one of a number of films that tried to cash in on the Star Wars train in the 70s.
Here's the trailer. It feels more like a SNL parody of Guardians of the Galaxy than anything else to me.