After being thoroughly disappointed with “Dawn of Justice”, I was hoping that “Suicide Squad” would be the movie to put the DC movie universe back on track and completely make up for all of the letdowns that have come before it.
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Nabil Khan, who dressed up as Dr Octavius from the Spiderman series and won the Indian Champion of Cosplay recently, also cosplayed a gender-bender Harley Quinn.
As for her personal journey, Harley is an anti-hero on the path to redemption – even returning to her day job as a psychiatrist – or an all-out villain, depending on which continuity you’re following. Luckily, “Suicide Squad” is not your typical superhero movie. It wasn’t ideal, but it was a lot better than Batman v Superman.
Many fans seem to have mixed feelings about Suicide Squad.
The Enchantress is perhaps the most interesting addition to the movie of the Squad.
That brings me to Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, who has no superpowers, but in another sense might have the best power of all. The villain and the supporting cast receive as much attention as they deserve. Leto does the only thing he can, he changes the character slightly.
The Joker is a very popular character, which would make you think he’d get top billing alongside Will Smith and Harley Quinn.
Of course, she’s no stranger to odd and unsettling reactions to her ever-skyrocketing fame: last month she found herself at the centre of a worldwide media storm over Vanity Fair’s cover story, “The summer of Margot Robbie”, in which the writer made some seriously unusual remarks including, “Australia is America 50 years ago, sunny and slow, a throwback, which is why you go there for throwback people”. Oscar victor Jared Leto is given less than 10 minutes of screen time and then forgotten about halfway through. Women and men all over the country have started cosplaying the character, who is obsessively in love with Joker, but is used as a mere pawn by him. The Joker can’t be played any better than Ledger’s portrayal. That limits the damage he can do. Sometimes it gets dark When Marvel wants to fight another franchise, it fights Street Fighter.
Keep your eyes peeled online for ALL of DC Comics’ November 2016 solicitations Monday at 5PM EST.
Suicide Squad is not a flawless movie. But it isn’t a mess, either. Rather, Suicide Squad is a tightly edited, stylishly designed movie with a decent sound track that features Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Will Smith as Will Smith, so go get the popcorn and enjoy.
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