Coming back a little bit on superhero movies, as much as I hated Suicide Squad and Justice League (theatre cut), The Suicide Squad is FUN. More bloody juvenile fun than the average summer 'comedy'.
Not perfect, there's some slow moments and the story still follows the basic blockbuster beats, but it has more gore than the 2 Deadpools combined in the opening act alone, has some brief frontal full male nudity. And appears to care about the characters. And unlike many DC movies they don't shy away from using colour; that final Boss
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After Druk and Black Widow, SS was my third theatre experience since the lockdowns ended. Druk (Another Round) is a good character movie, Black Widow was a missed opportunity for an interesting character, but The Suicide Squad was a bonkers anti-hero extravaganza. I'm glad I skipped FF9 and watched this one instead.
(disclaimer: I never read a single Suicide Squad comic, and did not watch Birds of Prey. So I even didn't pick up on when Harley mentions her former abusive lover, she was talking about Joker).
edit: for what it's worth, it's currently at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and the one negative critic says "It’s about as anti-woke as you could possibly fathom, and there’s a complete disregard for what might be offensive to some viewers." as if that were a bad thing in a Suicide Squad film.