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Post by punksnotdead on Aug 9, 2016 12:09:46 GMT -5
Someone has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros for falsely advertising The Joker's role in Suicide Squad. Like because he was barely in it?
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Post by Word™ on Aug 9, 2016 13:42:29 GMT -5
Someone has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros for falsely advertising The Joker's role in Suicide Squad. Like because he was barely in it? Basically. linkI mean, knowing what I know now compared to what I thought was going to happen with The Joker in the movie.. I would have been 110% wrong.. From marketing alone I would have believed he was the main antagonist.. And if he wasn't the threat I thought he would have been showing up off and on throughout the movie to try and get Harley away from the Squad. From what I've heard and the little bit I've seen, his part in Suicide Squad was pointless and disappointing.
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Post by rowdy1971 on Aug 9, 2016 15:37:54 GMT -5
I liked "Suicide Squad" but there were just too much going on. You could have spent the film mostly on how each one of these villains were caught and whatnot. They had too many people in in it. I liked "Katana" and she had a good story but there just was nothing else to her in this film. Now if it was just Deadshot, Diablo, Killer Croc, and Harley Quinn played by my future ex-wife. I thing that would have been better.
Did I miss something with the guard who snuck Harley the cell phone? She said that he was "screwed". Did I blink and something happen to him?
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Post by JokerFC on Aug 9, 2016 18:09:40 GMT -5
A LOT of the people I work with who rent really comic book folks were really pissed because Joker was hardly in it. One guy wasn't because I had told him what to expect but other folks were walking up to me all day Monday saying "hey Franko where the f*ck was the Joker like...."
And ya see that's another problem. The trailer, advertising, merchandising and basically the entire magilla make it look like Joker was a major player. Now WE knew he wasn't from following news sites etc like rabid dogs for the last year.....
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To John Q Public? It all seemed like he was gonna be huge in this. Even I was starting to think they were deliberately undermining Letos part in interviews etc to surprise us.
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Post by Nivro™ on Aug 9, 2016 22:22:19 GMT -5
Saw Suicide Squad today and honestly thought it was a great movie. I really dont get the hate that its receiving. I could understand the hate BvS got because it was trying to tell multiple stories at once and was really jumping all over the place, however suicide squad flows just fine. The plot it easy to follow and there is plenty of action unlike BvS. I keep seeing people saying they wish other characters had better development but they have to understand that guys like Boomerang & Katana were just secondary characters. The movie was always going to be centered around Harley, Deadshot & Joker. Everything else was just filler. To me this movie just sets up the solo Batman film which I am completely ok with.
The mid credit scene, much like the Wonder Woman metahuman scene in BvS, gave me goosebumps as it foreshadows whats to come and I can not tell you how excited I am for that.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 9, 2016 22:26:05 GMT -5
Saw Suicide Squad today and honestly thought it was a great movie. I really dont get the hate that its receiving. I could understand the hate BvS got because it was trying to tell multiple stories at once and was really jumping all over the place, however suicide squad flows just fine. The plot it easy to follow and there is plenty of action unlike BvS. I keep seeing people saying they wish other characters had better development but they have to understand that guys like Boomerang & Katana were just secondary characters. The movie was always going to be centered around Harley, Deadshot & Joker. Everything else was just filler. To me this movie just sets up the solo Batman film which I am completely ok with. The mid credit scene, much like the Wonder Woman metahuman scene in BvS, gave me goosebumps as it foreshadows whats to come and I can not tell you how excited I am for that. But the movie didn't center around Joker?
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Post by Nivro™ on Aug 9, 2016 23:06:54 GMT -5
Saw Suicide Squad today and honestly thought it was a great movie. I really dont get the hate that its receiving. I could understand the hate BvS got because it was trying to tell multiple stories at once and was really jumping all over the place, however suicide squad flows just fine. The plot it easy to follow and there is plenty of action unlike BvS. I keep seeing people saying they wish other characters had better development but they have to understand that guys like Boomerang & Katana were just secondary characters. The movie was always going to be centered around Harley, Deadshot & Joker. Everything else was just filler. To me this movie just sets up the solo Batman film which I am completely ok with. The mid credit scene, much like the Wonder Woman metahuman scene in BvS, gave me goosebumps as it foreshadows whats to come and I can not tell you how excited I am for that. But the movie didn't center around Joker? "Centered" might not have been the best word...lets say they were the more pivotal character. Harley & Deadshot were obviously the main characters but you cant tell Harley's story without Joker. To me, BvS was to set the foundation for Justice League (and to an extent a new Batman) and Suicide Squad was to set the foundation of Harley/Joker whom I fully believe will be the main antagonist in a solo Batman film down the line.
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Post by Jimmy Toucan (+ The Flipout) on Aug 9, 2016 23:42:17 GMT -5
I might see it soon, but have no real expectations going in. I can still remember reading the Suicide Squad comics as a kid, especially when 'The metropolis Kid' Superboy teamed with them. Knockout was in there too somewhere.
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Post by TheLastDude on Aug 10, 2016 15:06:51 GMT -5
Like because he was barely in it? Basically. linkI mean, knowing what I know now compared to what I thought was going to happen with The Joker in the movie.. I would have been 110% wrong.. From marketing alone I would have believed he was the main antagonist.. And if he wasn't the threat I thought he would have been showing up off and on throughout the movie to try and get Harley away from the Squad. From what I've heard and the little bit I've seen, his part in Suicide Squad was pointless and disappointing. Honestly, this guy sounds like he's very young, very sheltered and naive, or maybe mentally challenged. Has he never seen a movie before? This isn't the first time scenes from a trailer aren't in the movie. Also...is there only one movie theatre in all of the UK? There were NO other theatres between Scotland and London?
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Post by marino13 on Aug 10, 2016 15:39:28 GMT -5
I admit going in, I thought Joker was gonna be a major character. One trailer that sold me on the movie was when you hear the Joker laugh and everyone looked alarmed. And Harley says "Uh oh".
When I saw that I really liked how EVERYONE was scared of this Joker. That he's the one guy that even other bad ass villains refuse to mess with.
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Post by T R W on Aug 10, 2016 16:46:26 GMT -5
If Joker had been the main villain, it would have been a much better movie instead of the craptastic villain they had, and was not a good foil for the SS to take on.
I also thought Flag sucked pretty hard. They should have gone CGI with Croc. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't very good. I think I liked BvS more and that isn't saying a lot.
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Post by LtD73 on Aug 10, 2016 16:53:32 GMT -5
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Post by Suckasays on Aug 10, 2016 18:37:25 GMT -5
I saw it today. I enjoyed it and was entertained. But didn't love it. It was a risky movie that didn't take the risks it needed to take. At the end of the day, it was (storyline wise) a formulaic super hero movie right down to the primary antagonost unleashing a large group of faceless villains. And the lead villain was really bad. I actually really liked he squad themselves. I liked the characters and the portrayals. Otherwise it would have been a bad movie.
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Post by Word™ on Aug 10, 2016 21:01:02 GMT -5
How many movies can shoot a beam of light into the sky of a city?
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Aug 11, 2016 7:58:26 GMT -5
I finally got around to watching it today and apart from one, I can't figure out why this movie got such negative reviews. Harley Quinn stole the show, although she did feel forced at times. When I first saw her in the trailer, she looked more like someone on Halloween but she nailed the role. Same goes for Will Smith. He seemed like an odd choice but he was great too. I was also disappointed at the lack of Joker. I wasn't expecting him to be the main villain but he didn't exactly do much. He seemed like part of the background, like wallpaper. It may be an unpopular opinion but Jared Leto's Joker was much better than Heath's portrayal. It would have been better if he was shown a bit more though.
This certainly didn't make up for the abortion that was Batman v Superman but it was a step in the right direction. Especially considering DC movies have been on a downhill for quite a few years.
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Post by JokerFC on Aug 11, 2016 20:59:28 GMT -5
That's the right move and I think its now confirmed. Using Ocean Master is WAY too like Thor & Loki....so yeah this is a smart move.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 0:57:16 GMT -5
I loved Suicide Squad. I liked Flag, but I think I would have liked him more if Tom Hardy wouldn't have had to drop out. Overall I will definitely get this when it's released, I hope there's an extended version upon release.
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Post by JokerFC on Aug 13, 2016 9:31:17 GMT -5
I loved Suicide Squad. I liked Flag, but I think I would have liked him more if Tom Hardy wouldn't have had to drop out. Overall I will definitely get this when it's released, I hope there's an extended version upon release. Tom Hardy didn't drop out man.......He walked when He signed up to the movie under the impression from talks with Ayer he would be playing Deadshot and was then offered Flag..... Ayer wanted Hardy, Studio wanted Smith. that's not the official line but loads of insiders said that's the way. Hardy playing Flag would have been one of the greatest misuses of talent in cinematic history. Joel did a fine job with him for the amount he was in it. Its like Smith "turning down" ID2. Fox didn't want to pay his wages because they said he wasn't worth that $$$ anymore.
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Post by Jimmy Toucan (+ The Flipout) on Aug 13, 2016 16:34:11 GMT -5
How many movies can shoot a beam of light into the sky of a city? It'd be great if Screen Junkies did a comparison of every film that did, huh?
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Post by Word™ on Aug 13, 2016 17:48:59 GMT -5
I loved Suicide Squad. I liked Flag, but I think I would have liked him more if Tom Hardy wouldn't have had to drop out. Overall I will definitely get this when it's released, I hope there's an extended version upon release. Tom Hardy didn't drop out man.......He walked when He signed up to the movie under the impression from talks with Ayer he would be playing Deadshot and was then offered Flag..... Ayer wanted Hardy, Studio wanted Smith. that's not the official line but loads of insiders said that's the way. Hardy playing Flag would have been one of the greatest misuses of talent in cinematic history. Joel did a fine job with him for the amount he was in it. Its like Smith "turning down" ID2. Fox didn't want to pay his wages because they said he wasn't worth that $$$ anymore. I think Tom Hardy playing anything in Suicide Squad would have been a discredit to Tom Hardy.. Dude is one of the greatest actors of our generation.. He shouldn't waste his time on a DC/WB film if WB can't keep their sh*t together.. And what you said just proved the ery that WB does.. Tom Hardy goes in under the impression he's getting one role, and WB does the ole switch a roo and offer him another role after he gets interested. They knew Tom wouldn't had taken a meeting with David Ayer for Suicide Squad to talk about Rick Flagg.. WB absolutely did that purposely.
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