The movie posters of "Suicide Squad" at the announcement stage show people with exaggerated, grotesque, and rebellious comic styles. The character images shown in the trailer also seem to suggest to the audience that this is a group of freaks, mental illnesses, violent maniacs, The "wonderful" squad of anti-socialists, and this anti-traditional superhero is exactly what is lacking in today's highly homogenized comics and movies. The box office of "Deadpool" is so popular that it proves that the audience needs to be more subversive. , Personalized superhero to reconcile the aesthetic fatigue caused by traditional comics and movies. From the subject matter to the trailer, "Suicide Squad" shows a tendency to break with tradition and deviate from the main theme. However, what is disappointing is that the actual content of the movie is quite different from that shown in the trailer.
Even if you haven't read the original comics, as long as you briefly understand the background information of the movie, you can also know that the suicide squad was established based on the unconventional concept of "villains have their own wickedness" and "violence with violence". "Evil" and "evil" are the most intuitive portrayal of the team members' behaviors. However, the film goes against the main theme of the dogma, weakening the overall rebellious spirit of the film, and is reflected in the flashbacks of each team member. A plot of "whitewashing" was added to the clips to win the audience's pity for the characters.
As a death shooter who is a core member of the team, the film focuses on his true feelings toward his daughter, the overall view and sense of responsibility in his actions, but ignores the "evil" side of his personality, and is used to the positive image of Will Smith. In the film, it is also just like a gentleman.
Santana, the most talented Balrog in the squad, was also portrayed as a "Mother" with confession and anxiety. As for the supporting role members such as boomerang and killer crocodile, they basically played the role of "soy sauce bottle." The shaping of these characters is extremely sloppy, and the display of their special abilities is not comprehensive enough. However, fortunately, there is Harley Quinn (Harley Quinn) in the film.
Although there are many problems in the role positioning of the film, it has also successfully portrayed the very cult character of the comic book "Harry". The thick smoky makeup, cute double ponytails, ultra-short mini pants, and bright baseball uniforms have already reflected the sexy, rebellious, glamorous and crazy contradictions of this character in their appearance, and they have also become the film used to capture men. The erotic output point of the gaze.
Margot Robbie's interpretation of this character is in place. In the film, it portrays Hallie's wildness and meekness when she is intoxicated in love, and also shows her madness and irritability when she pursues the pleasure of crime. It is the neurotic nature of Halle that makes this suicide squad have such a rebellious and subversive taste. In addition, most of the humor in the film revolves around the interaction between Halle and the team members. It can be seen that Halle is the real soul of this "Suicide Squad", and the clown that had received much attention in the film appeared for a very short time, and most of it was to show the emotional scene between Halley and the main The storyline is not too much involved. Therefore, it is difficult to make a clear conclusion about the Leto version of Joker, after all, the space provided by the movie is really limited.
As the overall positioning of "Suicide Squad" is biased towards mainstream values, the role of "Harley Quinn" is impressive, but it seems a little unhelpful. The film follows the friendship, responsibility, and spirit of cooperation in the traditional cartoon film, but it dilutes the dark, violent, and unscrupulous rendering of the team members. For the audience, what they like more is the "black and black" fight between the suicide squad and the villain, rather than the rapture after being recruited.
The harmonious tone of the film can still be understood as a compromise with the market and the film classification system, but the confusion of plot and narrative makes the film completely unlike a qualified large-scale production. In fact, the opening of the movie is quite exciting. It introduces the background of the team members from the perspective of comic rendering and flashback. Among them, the appearance of "Master" and Flash also meets fans' expectations for Easter eggs.
When the film began to enter the routine of "group-brush mobs-fight the BOSS", it highlighted the flimsy nature of the story. In the film, only the clown rescued Hallie was a branch plot, and the screenwriter handled the plot well. Extremely sloppy. The flashback clips inserted in the main story even cut the thin story into pieces. The story, rhythm, and tension of the film are all disrupted by inexplicable flashbacks. Before the decisive battle, a group of people sat in a bar and talked about life principles. It was this kind of cliché and procrastinating boring plot that ruined the movie.
In addition, the film also has a common problem with most comics and movies, that is, the villain is "too weak", and the Charm Witch is not a qualified BOSS regardless of aura, wisdom or actual combat ability. In the final decisive battle, there was no scene worth expressing except for the "Blazing Demon Transformation" that was eye-catching. In addition, in order to implement DC's "darkness" purpose, the main battle scenes all take place at night, coupled with the film's own cool tone, low-brightness picture style, for the audience, it is definitely a strict test of eyesight.
The word-of-mouth and market expectations of "Bat Super" affected DC's positioning of the overall tone of "Suicide Squad". From the current point of view, the storm of re-editing and temporary re-shooting still somewhat affected the quality of this film. It is not wrong for DC to adjust the film to a relaxed and humorous style that is more suitable for passers-by, but it is too conservative to follow the main theme, and to abandon the rebellious nature of the subject matter itself, which is somewhat overkill.
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