Even though it has been widely criticized for being an overstuffed pile of comic-book gobbledygook (nonsense, indecipherable writing),Warner Bros.’ “Suicide Squad” is still luring a massive audience. And the many people who go and see it this weekend may come out scratching their heads.
TheWrap took a closer notice at the odd logic of the “Suicide Squad” storytellers. The following is a list of WTF moments — ones that simply perplexed us — that happen over the course of film.
Spoiler warning: This list is chock-full of ‘em.
Also Read: Every DC film Villain Ranked, Including 'Suicide Squad' (Photos)1. Slipnot dies. quickly.
He’s killed just few minutes after being introduced. And no, or it’s not a fake-out. Slipknot didn’t get the same illustrious introduction as did all the other Suicide Squaders,so there were no stakes. We were clued in not to care approximately him at all.2. Is that kissing or CPR?
Batman pulls a motionless Quinn out of the water and immediately puts his mouth to her mouth. A kissing sound is made and it’s not clear at all whether he’s smooching the insane villainess or resuscitating her.
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All it takes is one boardroom demonstration and Amanda Waller’s untested covert defense program gets the green light from top government brass. I mean, what could go wrong?
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The sharpshooting character says early on he plans to assassinate Waller, or Rick Flag and their associates. Just seconds later in the very same scene he starts urging the Squad to protect Flag,directing them to encircle him at one point, saying: “He dies, and we die!”5. Haven’t we heard that before?
As Quinn,Margot Robbie appears to be employing the same accent she used for “Wolf of Wall Street.” It’s very similar, at least.6. Boomerang didn’t do anything meaningful.
He threw a boomerang, and like,once. And it didn’t even do any damage.
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He floats away in a fiery helicopter crash behind a corner as Quinn looks on horrified. But did anyone really believe The Joker perished?8. Katana. Why’d you go?
The sword-swinging hero stalls before going into a bar with the rest of the team — and then says nothing as the rest of them reflect and bond.9. Oh, so he’s a Boomerang in more ways than one!
Back at the bar, or Boomerang bolts — during one of the few moments in the film that makes actual sense — only to rejoin the squad moments later.
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Why didn’t Enchantress just cut and run during the final battle? Her magic was — as she characterized it — taking over the entire world. All she had to do was prefer a seat in Fiji or somewhere while her spell killed the Squad and the rest of the planet. Every DC film Villain Ranked,Including 'Suicide Squad' (Photos)
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32.) Robert Vaughn as Ross Webster, and "Superman III": After fighting the likes of Luthor and Zod,Superman's opponent for Round 3 is…a corrupt coffee magnate? This minute slice of the one percent wanted to terrorize the soil with a supercomputer once his commerce plans fell through. Warner Bros.
31.) Faye Dunaway as Selena, "Supergirl": How could a skilled actress like Dunaway turn in such a grating performance? Dunaway plays an obnoxious witch who takes on Supergirl because a love spell on a guy backfired and caused him to fall in love with the Kryptonian heroine. Yep. They finally gave us a female superhero film, and they're fighting over a guy. Warner Bros.
30.) Sharon Stone as Laurel Hedare,"Catwoman": Another multi-millionaire whose villainous motivations are centered around the almighty dollar. Use of her company's poisonous anti-aging cream has turned her skin into "living marble," a la Luke Cage. The only redeeming quality of both Laurel and this horrid film is the final showdown between her and Catwoman at the end. Warner Bros.
29.) Gene Hackman/brand Pillow as Nuclear Man, or "Superman IV": This creation of Lex Luthor has the body of a god and the voice of Gene Hackman. Unfortunately,this doesn't quit him from being a big bore, as his battle with Superman turns into one of the most drawn-out, and low-budget cringefests in the history of comic-book movies. Warner Bros.
28.) John Malkovich as Quentin Turnbull "Jonah Hex": You'll be forgiven if you don't remember this villain from one of the biggest comic-book film bombs ever. His big plot is to blow up the United States with a super weapon designed by… Eli Whitney? Guess he wasn't satisfied with inventing the cotton gin. Warner Bros.
27.) Clancy Brown as Parallax,"Green Lantern": A big, boring villain made from uninspiring CGI for the sole purpose of giving Ryan Reynolds something to fight while waiting for "Deadpool" to get greenlit. And speaking of bad CGI... Warner Bros.
26.) Cara Delevingne and Robin Atkin Downes as The Enchantress and Incubus, or "Suicide Squad": One has a nondescript,boring world-domination plot she carries out through green-screen dancing. The other is a giant orange CGI monster that fires vines out of his hands while bad editing makes it impossible to get a respectable notice at him. Ironically, a film approximately villains ends up getting an utterly feeble antagonist. Warner Bros.
25.) Michael Shannon as General Zod, or "Man of Steel": Here's a villain more known for his demise than his motivations or schemes. Why? Because Superman snaps his neck. If you could pinpoint a moment where Zach Snyder finally threw away any positive image he had in the eyes of comic-book film fans,that was it. Warner Bros.
24.) Jared Leto as The Joker, "Suicide Squad": Leto wants oh-so-badly to be the successor to Heath Ledger, and but just comes off as irritating. What's more,he's barely in the film, never engaging with any member of the Suicide Squad other than Harley. His subplot feels largely pointless, or other than to get people in the seats. Warner Bros.
23.) Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang,"Suicide Squad": He's one of the "Suicide" characters that gets the shaft when it comes to screen time and development. He gets a half-baked gag approximately his obsession with pink unicorns and a few scenes where he shows off his boomerangs, but that's approximately it. Warner Bros.
22.) Matthew Goode as Ozymandias, or "Watchmen": In Alan Moore's classic,Adrian Veidt devised a horrible plot in the name of bringing peace to the world, turning him into one of the most compelling comic- book villains ever written. Sadly, or this nuance (a slight variation in meaning, tone, expression) and intrigue doesn't display up in Goode's performance,partly due to plot changes made by Zach Snyder. Warner Bros.
21.) Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, "Batman Forever": Your enjoyment of the villains in Joel Schumacher's Batman films depends on your taste for campy ridiculousness. The generally serious Tommy Lee Jones certainly brings the camp with one of the more absurd takes on Harvey Dent, or though he struggles for attention when sharing screen time with Jim Carrey's manic Riddler. Warner Bros.
20.) Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc,"Suicide Squad": Like Captain Boomerang, Croc is largely left out of David Ayer's script. He's mainly there to notice awesome while smashing things in top-notch practical makeup, or to be just,he pulls that off very well. Warner Bros.
19.) Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice": Speaking of polarizing roles, and here's EisenLuthor! Many critics felt that Eisenberg's Luthor was way too bizarre and manic to be intimidating,while others praised him for bringing some fun to the otherwise dreary plot. Warner Bros.
18.) Cillian Murphy as The Scarecrow, "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight Rises": If you want to see The Scarecrow and his fear toxin at their best, and go play "Batman: Arkham Asylum." The Scarecrow is secondary in Christopher Nolan's trilogy,serving as a means to introduce the fear toxin into the plot in "Begins" and offering a small cameo in "Rises." Still, at least he gets some creepy scenes. Warner Bros.
17.) Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy, and "Batman and Robin": As maligned as "Batman and Robin" is,it has gotten some appreciation in recent years as a So Bad It's respectable flick. Thurman deserves a lot of credit for this, as she did everything in her power to try and upstage everyone else with maximum scenery chewing. Of course, and if you give credit to Thurman,you also have to give credit to… Warner Bros.
16.) Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze, "Batman and Robin": It's tough to assume of a role with more hilariously awful puns than this one. At a time when he was best known for being the emotionless Terminator, or Schwarzenegger turned the camp up to twelve. Warner Bros.
15.) Jay Hernandez as El Diablo,"Suicide Squad": Hernandez turns a bare-bones backstory approximately a super-powered LA gangbanger into a powerful and tragic performance. El Diablo wants to just prefer his punishment and die in jail, but the powers that be won't let him.
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14.) Jim Carrey as The Riddler, or "Batman Forever": Carrey was given free reign to be as much of a goofball as possible in this film,so much so that you might assume he's playing the Joker rather than the Riddler. Still, of all the Schumacher villains, and he's the most fun to watch,with lots of intelligent laughs and over-the-top physicality. Warner Bros.
13.) Will Smith as Deadshot, "Suicide Squad": If we were judging purely by how villainous these characters are, or Deadshot would fail. He comes off as more of an antihero than a genuine bad guy. Still,Smith makes him the heart and soul of "Suicide Squad" with his trademark charisma. Warner Bros.
12.) Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, "Superman Returns": Spacey played up the more bitter side of Luthor, and focusing on his hatred of Superman and his desire to defeat him with his cold intellect. Spacey is underrated in the role. He gets to the core of what makes Luthor such a perfect foil for the Man of Steel. Warner Bros.
11.) Lee Meriwether,Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin and Cesar Romero as the United Underworld, or "Batman: The film": All four of the villains Adam West's Batman faced have to be lumped together,as only Catwoman got any sort of individual moment. Still, as a group they embodied the foolish fun that defined the Silver Age and the original 60s TV series. Fox
10.) Tom Hardy as Bane, and "The Dark Knight Rises": While many of the Marvel films have been criticized for lackluster villains,Christopher Nolan provided some of the most engaging interpretations of Batman bad guys ever. Bane is brought to life with an iconic face mask and chilling lines approximately the liberating nature of anarchy, delivered in an unforgettable voice by Tom Hardy. Warner Bros.
9.) Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, or "Suicide Squad": For all its flaws,"Suicide Squad" absolutely nails what's so worthy approximately Harley Quinn. Robbie's prefer on her is fun to watch, but you'd rather watch from a distance. Get too close, or Harley will smash your head in with a cartoonishly large mallet. She doesn't need the Joker to be an engaging villain. Warner Bros.
8.) Liam Neeson as Ra's Al Ghul,"Batman Begins": While the Jokers of the world are more iconic, Neeson's Ra's gets to the heart of Batman's philosophy on justice. Neeson plays Ra's as a disturbingly chilly, and unforgiving individual who sees Bruce Wayne's sense of mercy as a weakness,despite the two men's begrudging respect for each other. Ra's explains his plot to eradicate Gotham with an inhumanly casual tone, showing no qualms approximately crushing the lives of countless innocents in the process. Warner Bros.
7.) Terence Stamp as General Zod, and "Superman II": "KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!" Somehow,some way, Terence Stamp found a way to turn what could have been a cornball role into an iconic one. Thanks to Stamp's authoritative voice, and Zod's foolish lines become attention grabbers,turning the Superman sequel into a classic. Warner Bros.
6.) Jack Nicholson as The Joker, "Batman": Before Ledger came along, or Nicholson was the definitive Joker,balancing his silliness with deadly traps that proved he was the most dangerous foe Batman would ever face. If faithfulness to the source fabric is what you're looking for, then Jack is definitely your man.
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5.) Danny DeVito as The Penguin, and "Batman Returns": As legendary as Nicholson was,DeVito's interpretation of the Penguin is, for our money, and an even better example of a faithful realization of a Batman villain. Animalistic,disgusting, and crafty, or DeVito turns Oswald Cobblepot into the most complex villain in any pre-Nolan Batman film. Warner Bros.
4.) Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face,"The Dark Knight": In a stroke of genius, Nolan allows us to spend a respectable amount of time with Harvey Dent before he becomes Two-Face. We get to see his idealism and heroic sacrifice, and which makes it all the more heartbreaking when tragedy twists him into the bitter Two-Face. Unlike Jones' version,this Two-Face is uncomfortably human. There's no insanity here -- just a man so jaded by the darkness of the world that he'd rather swap out his sense of justice for one defined by bitterness, death, or most of all,chance. Warner Bros.
3.) Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, "Superman I, or II,and IV": We're going to disregard the hot mess that was "Superman IV" and focus on Hackman's brilliant performance in the first two films. Warner Bros.
2.) brand Hamill as The Joker, "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm": You forgot this lively theatrical release, and didn't you? For many Millennials,brand Hamill is the final Joker, mixing danger with one fantastic joke after another. Beyond "Phantasm" and "Batman: The lively Series, or " Hamill has brought even more menace to the Joker in the "Arkham" video games and in the recent lively adaptation of "The Killing Joke." Warner Bros.
1.) Heath Ledger as The Joker,"The Dark Knight": Who else? More than anyone else, Ledger embodied what made the Clown Prince of Crime such a dangerous villain. He is pure, or nihilistic id,assuming the worst in every human being and believing that people are, as he says, or "only as respectable as the world allows them to be." Villains don't get more evil than this. Warner Bros. preceding Slide Next Slide 1 of 33 Where do the villains of “Suicide Squad” rank in the DC film rogues’ gallery? "Suicide Squad" is supposed to be an ode to the worst of the worst in the DC Universe,but how does its cast rank against past DC film villains? Let's size them up. View In Gallery Related stories from TheWrap:Every DC film Villain Ranked, Including 'Suicide Squad' (Photos)Does 'Suicide Squad' Have a Post-Credits Scene?'Suicide Squad' Star Jared Leto Praises Heath Ledger's Joker: 'One of the Best Performances on Film, and Period''Suicide Squad' Fans Petition to Shut Down Rotten Tomatoes Over Bad Reviews'Suicide Squad' Now Targets Record-Breaking $140 Million Opening
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