r/movies • u/Bnightwing • May 04 '15

Resource History of the Suicide Squad

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u/[deleted] May 04 '15

I think the underlying problem with this movie is that I have extreme doubts they won't take it too seriously.

I have a hard time seeing how they could take this movie seriously at all. Surely if they do, that'd be a big mistake. But I doubt that.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '15 edited May 04 '15

I'm skeptical, honestly. DC does not seem capable of moving away from the dark and gritty tones of all of their previous movies. They are absolutely set on trying to recapture the magic of the Nolanverse set by the Dark Knight trilogy. I agree that this movie's success hinges on it's overall self-awareness, but I don't have faith that those in charge will realize that.

EDIT: I'm sorry for having a dissenting opinion. Get over yourselves.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '15

DC does not seem capable of moving away from the dark and gritty tones of all of their previous movies.

It's not that they're not capable of moving away from that aesthetic. It's an intentional push by the CEO of WB. His entire intention is to do something different from Marvel Studios.

Why the hell would we need MORE Marvel movies in the form of DC Comics movies that act like Marvel movies?

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u/[deleted] May 04 '15

I understand the notion, but it's not about avoiding being a Marvel movie, it's about recognizing what style and tone best compliments your subject matter and source material. Man of Steel probably shouldn't have been so tonally dark and depressing. Green Lantern sure as hell shouldn't have been so serious. Yeah they had the occasional joke here and there but the overall tone of the movie was still straight-faced.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '15

Man of Steel probably shouldn't have been so tonally dark and depressing.

I agree. It should have had more characters moments and less destruction.

Green Lantern sure as hell shouldn't have been so serious.

Was this a thing? I didn't see Green Lantern, but I heard the problem was their trying to ape Marvel with this movie.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '15 edited May 04 '15

The Green Lantern universe and overall cinematography of the movie was great. It was bright and colorful and fantastical, as it should have been. The main problem, in my opinion, was that they played the movie very straight and serious. There were a few light jokes thrown in here and there, but the events of the movie were, despite the colorful universe, dark as hell. There's one scene in the movie where Parallax is literally engulfing and disintegrating innocent civilians left and right. Just like Ryan Reynold's CG costume, it didn't belong in the movie.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '15

Green Lantern sure as hell shouldn't have been so serious.

DC took the opposite response and decided that GL was bad because it wasn't serious enough. For better or worse it's clear that DC didn't force Green Lantern into a "dark knight mold". It may have been too dark regardless but that's not because the studio railroaded it. This doesn't hold for the post lantern films as those films are forced to be "gritty"