Oops, lost 'em. Moving on!
I actually enjoyed this movie. It wasn't fantastic - I mean you can read what's going to happen from a mile away, Batman's always going to be the surprise reveal, Waller's always going to be angry, etc etc but I did enjoy it.
Oh they harp on about it NOT BEING FOR KIDS and good for them. It's about time that people got their act together and realised that not everything animated is for kids. However, it's this part that bugs me. Violent deaths and sex scenes... you still pretty much get them in anything these days - even stuff kids watch. It's all whatever, right? Kids are doing worse on Instagram and Facebook anyway right? And that Tweeter I've heard so much about?
No, it was the laziness of it in this movie that offended me. More than once, a female member of the squad is brought to near nakedness in order to distract or entice a male enemy.
Are you for real? Do people still fall for that shit?
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I mean, this is the sort of stuff they *do* in kid's cartoons! The old 'yoo-hooo!' bait and switch. Not to mention any one who's seen any sort of suspense thriller, spy movie, action movie etc will know that basically any woman who flirts/strips/seduces is either bait or an enemy spy who's throwing you off your game to kill you!
Why would anyone EVER fall for that? I felt like the movie insulted our intelligence in this regard, and that of the two bit mooks that paid the price.
Not to mention the female members look like this:
Maybe a bit bony and awkwardly shaped, especially when it comes to waist size but just look how voluptuous Killer Frost's boobs become the second she gets nekkid. I mean, they're clearly bigger than her freakin' head! If it's just nakedness BECAUSE WE CAN it becomes such a bore as opposed to a hedonistic pleasure.
Also - I loved how Harley Quinn was Harley Quinn - a new outfit to reflect the changes she's gone through but still enough of a throwback to her classic costume that she could be called Harley Quinn.
A belt hanging that low would annoy the hell out of me, but looks good on a cartoon character.
I suppose her black collar and liliropes are supposed to reflect her inner darkness or something?
Whatever. She's still blonde, has her ordinary flesh tone and face paint/eye make-up. She looks great!
Granted, I'm not sure why she puts on the eye make-up in picture two if it's not there in costume on picture three, but we'll let that slide. Because she acts like Harley Quinn!
If the new Suicide Squad comic had this Harley Quinn, I would read it with minimal bitching. Hell, I might even buy the damn thing.
It just seems like the right balance between Classic Harley and the new 52 direction DC seems intent on pursuing. Although, keeping in line with the new Suicide Squad comic, they keep trying to make this a thing:
The scene itself, not too much of a bother, at least it was funny. It just reminded me of that stupid scene in the Suicide Squad comic that wasn't just Harley Quinn needing to scratch an itch, it was trying to make them a thing. Telling us how independent she is and not needing the Joker.. then hooking her up with another law breaking killer like ping pong.
In the movie they used it to get back at the Joker and create some tension yadda yadda but it's like Dc just wants to cram these couples down our throats *cough cough Wonder Woman and Superman cough cough*
I really liked the shoot Joker/intentionally help him escape without anyone realising.
