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Johnny Hoxville said:
Is it Doc Hollywood?

I bought Suicide Squad on Google Play last night. I thought Margot and Will were excellent. I liked the show overall but some of the acting wasn't the best.

Cara Delevigne should not act. She was moving awkwardly doing these odd body shimmers all movie and I could not figure out what she was doing.

I thought Jared Leto did a really good job as the Joker, I still prefer Heath though. Heath Ledger had an iconic performance for the ages on his character, but I thought Leto was amazing too and I liked where he took the character.

I liked Will Smith in the movie quite a bit, and the Pyro and Croc guys were really cool. But Harley Quinn stole the show for a number of reasons. :naughty;
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Volica said:
I watched that movie like a week ago; man... I'm happy it didn't get any of my money. The movie got chopped to bits, it's hard to follow, the story is just strange, Will is by far the best actor; and we're talking like... multitude of times better than his cast-mates. Like you mentioned Hox, Care Delevigne should just stick to being T&A; because she was horrible. They tried to build these back stories and it just kind of failed.

I had the opposite opinion on Leto; I thought that was the worst Joker ever created for any screen media (Movie, TV, Video Games). Just from how bad he looked to how he was portrayed. I don't know if it's Leto, the script or the way that cut that thing; but I was like... so he's just a gangster who likes to drive fast and laugh? We didn't get to see that pure madness that someone like Ledger brought out (to be fair, Dark Knight is an amazing film, where as Suicide Squad was horriblay).

I did enjoy seeing Ike Barinholtz though :laugh:
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I watched this last week and couldn't agree more. One of the worst movies I've seen in a while. Leto's Joker was awful, story made no sense (I understood that studio demanded re-cut for some reason). Seems like DC tries to copy Marvel as much as they can (prequel to next film during closing titles, for example) but they just don't have the skills to do it.
 
I actually really didn't mind the movie, but the acting in some parts was terrible. Also, I don't think Leto did a bad job, he just didn't have that much of a role. There was barely anytime to show any depth to his character. That was a movie failure more than it was on Leto. But yeah Heath was the GOAT, and I have to put Jack ahead. But I liked this character, I'd just like to see more done with it.

Lastly, why was Scott Eastwood not given more than 1 line? Those eyes and that 5 o'clock shadow should have been the focus of the whole show.
 
I'm sure how credible this rumour and/or speculation is, but I read somewhere that Leto's screen time was cut because he was a complete ******* during the filming :laugh:

Those origin stories felt like glued in and really forced and underlined, like "look now everybody, this character is like this because this happened before". And Leto's Joker felt like something a 15 year old middle class suburban kid would come up with if asked "what does a really crazy person look and act like?".
 
Saw Rogue One last night. Pretty much everything I wanted out of a non-Jedi-oriented storyline. The CGI for the space battles is on point.
 
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Saw Rogue One last night. Pretty much everything I wanted out of a non-Jedi-oriented storyline. The CGI for the space battles is on point.
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The only thing that I was like 'uhhh' about was the Grand Moff Tarkin CGI. It's weird when they bring people back from the dead.

Overall the movie was also exactly what I wanted/liked. Rogue One is significantly better than Force Awakens IMO.
 
Rogue One was probably the 2nd best Star Wars movie made, IMO. Just ahead of ROTJ.

[spoil]I thought the Tarkin CGI was amazing to be honest, I actually preferred that to having a look-alike actor playing him. And the K2 droid was a fantastic mix of C3PO and Marvin from Hitchhiker's Guide. That everyone bites it at the end was also quite appropriate given the circumstances. [/spoil]
 
East Coast Icestyle said:
I must be the only one who has Force Awakens as the best Star Wars movie. Rogue one is 3rd behind Empire IMO.
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Probably, I have Force Awakens only above Jedi of the original trilogy.

Empire
New Hope
Rogue One
Force Awakens
Jedi
Sith
Phantom
Clones

There is massive drop from 3 to 4, and another huge drop from 5 and 6.
 
Saw Rogue One a second time. Still very good but there are certain things I don't love about it, and the second viewing confirmed it:

1) The cuts are somewhat erratic and don't linger on the moment enough to lend a proper sense of gravitas.
2) Perceived key characters (Saw Gerrera for instance) don't get nearly enough screentime to flesh out their motivations/story.
3) Jyn Erso is Kristen Stewart levels of emotionless for the majority of a movie that is about exploring her past to lead to a better future.

Overall the movie lacks a certain polish that VII enjoyed, but if I recall correctly, there were some "emergency re-shoots" ordered by the studio due to the financial success of The Force Awakens and this may have influenced some key cutting room decisions.

Really hoping for an Extended Cut edition when it's released for home viewing.
 
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Saw Rogue One a second time. Still very good but there are certain things I don't love about it, and the second viewing confirmed it:

1) The cuts are somewhat erratic and don't linger on the moment enough to lend a proper sense of gravitas.
2) Perceived key characters (Saw Gerrera for instance) don't get nearly enough screentime to flesh out their motivations/story.
3) Jyn Erso is Kristen Stewart levels of emotionless for the majority of a movie that is about exploring her past to lead to a better future.

Overall the movie lacks a certain polish that VII enjoyed, but if I recall correctly, there were some "emergency re-shoots" ordered by the studio due to the financial success of The Force Awakens and this may have influenced some key cutting room decisions.

Really hoping for an Extended Cut edition when it's released for home viewing.
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Saw Gerrara was in the Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels cartoons. His motivations would be understood if you watched them. I only saw him in Clone Wars and he was a rebel/freedom fighter for his planet against the Separatists. I'm assuming at some point when the Republoc became the Empire he continued his fighting in Rebels.

There's also a ship/crew from Star Wars in Rogue One. You see and hear Easter eggs, but there aren't obvious but rather conspicuous. Or too obvious.
 
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I pounded out Atlanta's first season in an evening. Show is beyond excellent. Great characters, fun story arcs, some episodes are just kind of throw away episodes that are absolutely rich.

The episode about transracial identity/talk show had me laughing out loud throughout.
 
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