Suicide Squad 2016 [ AUTHENTIC ]

Let’s set the scene: It’s the summer of 2016. We had just watched Batman v Superman tear up Metropolis, and the world was desperate to see DC catch the lightning in a bottle that Marvel had been holding for a decade. Then came the trailers for Suicide Squad —set to Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Twenty One Pilots’ "Heathens." They were gritty, colorful, and looked like a blast.

After the dark reception of BvS , the studio panicked. They hired the team behind the Trailer to recut the movie to make it "funny." The result is a film that feels like two different movies fighting for the steering wheel. suicide squad 2016

Let’s talk about (Jared Leto). Leaving the behind-the-scenes drama aside (the "used condoms," the dead pig, the method acting), the final cut of the film features a Joker who is barely in the movie. He’s a side plot. A flashback machine. Leto’s "gangster with grills and a damaged forehead tattoo" had potential, but the theatrical cut reduced him to a music video cameo. It felt like watching the deleted scenes reel. Let’s set the scene: It’s the summer of 2016