Missus RC and I did Suicide Squad last night. I thought it was fine. Better than BvS certainly. This may be low expectations coming into play because it was painfully obvious the studio execs had monkeyed with it considerably in the edit.
There's way too many characters but if you don't know that going in, well, why are you going in? It makes no sense, but do any of these superhero movies anymore? Harley Quinn and the the Enchantress are fun to look at, and Robbie actually manages to pull off an intriguing performance with what's really a one note character. (People's obsession with how much this is or isn't Harley Quinn is fucking stupid. There really was very little meat to the character to begin with.) Will Smith never quite realizes he's better then the movie he's in and keeps it light and fun while still managing to be the film's emotional heart. Leto's Joker is again, fine, though somehow doesn't feel like the Joker. Ledger was better. Hell, Cesar Romero was better.
The story, motivations, and plot devices make no sense. Some magic lady/creature is discovered and the government wants to use it as a Superman contingency plan. They then proceed to lose control of said magic being. Their answer to the magical problem they created is to send in a bunch of thugs with guns and knives. It's the dumbest plan ever. Yet once you're on the "band of misfits going after bad guy" train, it's easy to switch your brain into numbness mode and enjoy it.
Also on the plus side, it's got an end of the world MacGuffin happening, but it's strangely insular. Other than the flashbacks (of which there are many), the whole movie seems to take place over the same ten hour period in the same city which grounds it in a way that made it easy to just stare, drool, and connect the dots.
It's not great. It's probably not even good. But it's far from offensive, and the sad truth about superhero movies these days is somehow that's enough.
