The Suicide Squad (Movie)

I don't understand why The Suicide Squad and season 1 of Peacemaker aren't to be included in the article for the D.C. Extended Universe. They're set in said franchise. James Gunn may have said that "a rough memory" of their events took place in the upcoming D.C. Universe, but they were originally part of the D.C.E.U. before The Flash created the D.C.U. Besides: they aren't officially part of the incoming franchise's first "chapter". So why won't they be included? Explain that to me.

Now, this isn't a question of what's your favorite DC film, but rather what film would you say best embodies the DC Universe in all its glory, or best represents its varied craziness, delight, drama, excitement. Granted, TV shows are better at this, but I'm looking for the one movie, live-action or animated, that you'd show a friend and say, "THIS is DC".

I'll go first: James Gunn's The Suicide Squad. It may be recent, but it perfectly captures the wide variety of genres and tones that the DC Universe balances, from the silly fun to the all-out insanity to the compelling drama to the gritty realism. It bottles them up into one film, much like how DC Comics bottles all these elements into one world, that, when you think about it, REALLY shouldn't work together, but they end up combining into something so unique that you've never seen before.

What's your pick?

Is it weird I kinda feel sorry for Starro in the new Suicide Squad movie?

The Suicide Squad by James Gunn is a really good movie.

It has a lot of good-placed jokes and is extremely funny. I really had the fear that James Gunn would overload it with jokes and make every death seem unspectacular and just use deaths to get some laughs, but no he got it perfectly right.

The movie has a ton of heartfelt moments and the characters are extremely likeable. This movie is the first media that actually made me like Harley (at least a little bit). The Suicide Squad does what it promises: a lot of characters don't even make it half through the movie, which makes us also fear for ur favorite characters' lives. Something a lot of todays media fails to do.

The movie is, like seen in the trailers, very gory. I think the gore was sometimes too over-the-top, but it isn't like I couldn't enjoy the movie because of it. There is also some unneccesary nudity, which was a little bit awkward, but its only in a short section and I could ignore it.

It's also good for people who don't know a thing about the DCEU or even DC in general, you can watch it and enjoy it on it's own, while being also part of the DCEU continuity.

There are a lot of twists I didn't see coming, I think the trailers showed a little bit too much though.

The music felt like it was handpicked and not randomly thrown around like in the first movie, which really helpt in building the atmosphere and was a great Addition.

I think The Suicide Squad is a great movie, which exceeds it's predecessor by far. I'd even say it's one of the best live action DC films (easily top 10, maybe top 5). You will be definetly pleased if you don't have a Problem with gore. If you habe the time you definetly should check it out.

I'd give it an 9/10 and on the entertainment scale about an A.

I think three trailers might be a little excessive, but this movie was always going to be an uphill marketing battle for one reason or another. But what are your thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5ciqQzmK0

Feast your eyes on these dope as f**k images from James Gunn's The Suicide Squad!!! Peacemaker's words, not mine:

This movie's gonna be the BEST THING EVER!!!