One of the most hyped movies of the summer, "Suicide Squad", is also one of the most debated movies of the summer. It's not often that there is a movie with such a huge disparity between critical reception and audience reception - so who's right? Are the critics being too harsh or did DC create the perfect formula to pump out trash movies?

This first part is going to be spoiler free so don't worry if you haven't seen it yet because I'm not a terrible person. If you don't care about spoilers, that's even better because NED STARK DIES. Wrong spoiler, but if that's still a spoiler for you then I have no sympathy, you've had five years. Anyways, let's get into this review.

If you don't feel like reading my expertly crafted analysis, then in short: "Suicide Squad" didn't do well with critics because it isn't a movie for critics - if you go into the movie with the right expectations of what this movie is, you're going to have a great time. "Suicide Squad" is by no means a perfect movie: the script had some hiccups and the editing and pacing were off due to Warner Bros panicking about making sure it wasn't as dark as "Dawn of Justice", but these don't take away from the moviegoing experience.

After reading all the reviews that were basically flushing DC down the toilet with Marvel cackling in the distance, I went in expecting a trainwreck. The movie could have been called "The Harley Quinn and Deadshot Experience" because of how much of the focus is on them - and rightfully so. All of the actors were great, but Margot Robbie and Will Smith literally killed it (I'm hilarious, trust me). These two plus my boy El Diablo had the most backstory of the squad which makes sense because Captain Boomerang is a hilarious beer-drinking knife-wielding Aussie and Killer Croc is quite literally a human-crocodile hybrid, so what else could you ask for? I liked what Jared Leto did with his 15 minutes as the Joker, and on that note I'll say that I really agree with the movie's choice to only have him as a small part. Any more than the time he had and we would have a new "Spiderman 3" on our hands with too many villains minus a goth Tobey Maguire. Aside from the solid acting, "Suicide Squad" did a good job at balancing the dark and brooding setting with a funny script and entertaining action. It can be cheesy at times, but isn't that kind of the point? Overall, I had a really fun time watching "Suicide Squad" and recommend watching it, despite all the crappy reviews.

**SPOILERS BELOW**

In case you were wondering why I didn't talk about Enchantress at all in my spoiler-free review, it's because she's the villain. If you're asking yourself, "Who is Enchantress?" then don't expect that question to be answered here. Basically, some archaeologist was exploring a creepy cave and opened up some demon spirit and it took over her body because of course it did. I have no sympathy for anyone that screws with that kind of voodoo stuff: they deserve to be haunted. Anyways, she's supposed to be a member of the squad because Viola Davis is controlling her with her heart, but they didn't foresee that Enchantress is basically a god and wants to take over the world (whoops). Long story short, she releases her brother from his totem-thing to have some muscle and she builds some machine that turns people into like a slave army hence the suicide squad is on the case. Not the best villain in the world, but "The Avengers: Age of Ultron" is guilty of the same.

I really liked what they did with the squad, forcing them to follow Viola Davis' orders with an explosive chip in their heads if they didn't obey. It's obvious that they're reluctant heroes just this one time, but they're still villains at heart. I also found myself empathizing with their humanity; Deadshot in particular slapped me in the face with how he's just doing all this for his daughter and Harley turned insane because of her infatuation with the Joker. Speaking of the Joker, Jared Leto went with a psychopathic mob-boss approach and I think it really worked. You can't really compare Heath Ledger's Joker to Jared Leto's Joker because they have totally different goals. In "The Dark Knight", the Joker has no real motivation other than wanting to "watch the world burn" which is perfect for the Nolan universe, while in "Suicide Squad" it's clear that the Joker has become close with Harley and actually cares for her, even if he is really cruel to her. One of my favorite scenes in the movie was his rescue attempt for Harley and he shows up shooting a mini-gun out of a helicopter while dressed in a tuxedo and laughing hysterically. I feel like it was just such an accurate Joker moment, and I'm looking forward to the possibility of Jared Leto reprising his role in a future DC movie.

To prevent any more rambling, here are some other awesome parts of this movie:

- Jai Courtney (I'm just as surprised as you)

- El Diablo is literally the devil and is an absolute boss

- Viola Davis as a bamf and definitely not a good guy

- When Deadshot shows the audience what he can do

- Amazing cheesy jokes and action sequences

- Batfleck and the Flash cameos

In the end, "Suicide Squad" has some flaws, but if you go into the theater expecting comic book entertainment instead of a masterpiece of film, you will have a good time.

As a B-Movie: 12 "Jaws" Sequels out of 10

As a Hollywood Movie: 7.5 "Dirty Harry" One-Liners out of 10

My One-Sentence Review: Way better than "Iron Man 2".