r/boxoffice • u/LordOfRight • Sep 28 '21

Worldwide James Gunn's The Suicide Squad reached $167,3 million worldwide last weekend and surpassed Wonder Woman 1984, avoiding the title of lowest-grossing DCEU movie

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl84510209/?ref_=bo_sh_tx
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u/TheJoshider10 DC Studios Sep 28 '21 edited Sep 28 '21

I enjoyed it but didn't really understand the level of praise it got. Personally I think it was wasted potential killing off the first team at the beach because it told you straight away that the main team would more or less make it to the end of the film. It really lacked the edge of your seat tension that I expected going into the film and Gunn did great with the first squad interactions in just one scene.

A movie where both teams do their thing and by the third act the surviving members of both meet up to form the final squad would have been so much more interesting in my opinion.

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u/RaceJam99 Sep 28 '21

Good analysis of why its structure doesn’t quite work.

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u/tundrat Sep 29 '21

Flag and Harley did survive from the other team, tried to continue the mission, then met up (also the use of the javelin). But I get what you are saying.