With the release of the DC Comics film "Suicide Squad" came a slew of bad reviews from critics, primarily from the popular website Rotten Tomatoes, which takes reviews from other publications and posts them on its own site. Before the film was released to the public on Friday, the reviews started to pile up on the site, some even said the film was "disappointing" and contained a "muddled plot."

Many fans of the comic books were frustrated with the disheartening reviews and decided to create a petition on change.org calling for Rotten Tomatoes to shut down because they were angry at the site for judging the film so harshly. The petition was drawn up before the film was released which is when it had a score of 37% but now that the film has been released, it has a disappointing score of 27%.

Although the critics have voiced their opinions on the film, I don't believe people should unleash their anger out on Rotten Tomatoes itself. The site, and the people it's run by, don't put their own opinions on the website, but gather reviews from other publications and other critics in order to put them on the site.

Some people may say that even if that is the case, Rotten Tomatoes still has a powerful influence on which films people choose to see. I do agree with this to some extent; however, I don't believe people should be easily swayed by the opinions of certain critics nor do I believe Rotten Tomatoes should be shut down because of the film's poor reviews.

If people think a film is going to be enjoyable for them to watch, then they should go watch the film anyway in order for them to form their own opinion about the film, regardless of what critics say.

"Suicide Squad" was also made for comic book fans and not for the critics themselves. Some critics probably haven't read the comics in order for them to know how the characters should be portrayed. Joel Kinnaman, who plays Rick Flag in the film even told The Hollywood Reporter that he believes what matters is what the fans think and that he is proud of the film.