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Old 08-08-2016, 15:12
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there is no real joker. just like no real superman. they cant be done wrong as there is no right way.

just a new take on it thats all
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Old 08-08-2016, 15:42
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One thing that wasn't explained very well was quite what Harley Quinn's special abilities/powers are (apart from being the aforementioned arse)..
I'm not sure in this movie but in the Animated Series:

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Old 08-08-2016, 15:45
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there is no real joker. just like no real superman. they cant be done wrong as there is no right way.

just a new take on it thats all
lol what nonsense.
A new take only goes so far, at some point it starts to be something new entirely.
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Old 08-08-2016, 16:06
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lol what nonsense.
A new take only goes so far, at some point it starts to be something new entirely.
general consensus from public and reviewers seems to be that they liked letos joker.

i liked the pimp/gangster style joker. something different. the scene in nightclub where harley dancing was quality. he just staring at her. hopefully more of that in batman movie.
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Old 08-08-2016, 16:22
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general consensus from public and reviewers seems to be that they liked letos joker..
Yeah and the general consensus of BvS is that it's utter garbage.
Didn't change your opinion so why should it change mine?
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Old 08-08-2016, 16:24
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Question to those who have seen the film:

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The way I read into it was that
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Old 08-08-2016, 16:26
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Yeah and the general consensus of BvS is that it's utter garbage.
Didn't change your opinion so why should it change mine?
ive not asked you to change your mind. i am saying most seemed to like the joker in this one. interesting to see what other scenes were clipped. apparently one where he slaps harley

i understand backlash to BvS, i just enjoyed it personally.

you hate 2 films. you living up to your name.
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Old 08-08-2016, 16:28
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I hate neither of the films.
They don't evoke enough of an emotional reaction to hate them.
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Old 08-08-2016, 23:43
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This is why I see movies alone. The dude next to me talked all the way through the WW trailer and it was the first time I had seen it on the big screen and then talked throughout the first 5 mins of SS. I seriously thought about threatening to strangle him.
Some people are just rude. I try my best to stay as quiet as I can. I had a quick sneezing fit during Star Trek Beyond and felt really guilty

His ringtone was that old annoying Nokia one too. During the 4th, I turned to him and was about you say "you know those things can be put on silent right?", but I saw he was turning it off.
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Old 09-08-2016, 00:13
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I actually enjoyed the film a lot, It was heavily flawed obviously but the performance's carried and it was the best of the new DCEU films (although MoS and B v S were terrible)

It also sets the scene for future films quite nicely without feeling like too much of an afterthought and I think it was the right decision to keep Joker to a minimum, he cluttered the plot imo but it was a decent enough alternative interpretation of the character. A Solid 7/10 for me and nowhere near as bad as some of the critics have me out
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Old 09-08-2016, 08:35
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Didn't really like this at all.

- The whole thing looked cheap, it's hard to see where that huge budget went - the settings were boring, the CGI wasn't very good and the action of choppily edited.

- I never really brought Deadshot was a villain, there was way to much moral compass stuff with his character.

- Robbie was great as Harley. But the material the script served her with was weak, most of the jokes fell flat.

- Croc and Cap Boomarang might as well not been in it. Croc had maybe 6 lines of dialog, and Boomarang did absolutely nothing.

- The Joker was awful. Such a tryhard look at me i'm 'mental'. I bet he has a 'You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps' sign on his door.

- The main threat was crappy, her the henchmen looked like walking blackberries and the final fight was feeble - possible worse than the final fight in the latest Fantastic Four movie.

Cheap looking with a boring threat. Robbie alone makes it from a 3/10 to a 4/10
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Old 09-08-2016, 09:20
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I'm not sure in this movie but in the Animated Series:

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Thanks for the info. I don't think any of that was really explained in the movie, or I just missed it.
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Old 09-08-2016, 09:24
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I'm not sure in this movie but in the Animated Series:

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Thanks for the info. I don't think any of that was really explained in the movie, or I just missed it.
I think because
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A way around this could be down to the chemicals that Harley jumped into gave her some sort of abilities, but they were never really stated.
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Old 09-08-2016, 10:31
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I think because
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A way around this could be down to the chemicals that Harley jumped into gave her some sort of abilities, but they were never really stated.
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Old 09-08-2016, 10:46
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Old 09-08-2016, 10:53
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:10
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Christina Hendricks as Poison Ivy would be epic but I doubt Hollywood would cast someone "so old", sadly.
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:30
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Going to see this tonight.

From what most friends and most critics have said, I will want to be Harley Quinn when I leave but will be seething at the thin plot and wasted opportunity, yet again, for what could have been an excellent film.

Let's see shall we?
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:37
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Going to see this tonight.

From what most friends and most critics have said, I will want to be Harley Quinn when I leave but will be seething at the thin plot and wasted opportunity, yet again, for what could have been an excellent film.

Let's see shall we?
i dunno your tastes. having seen it myself i think you wont find it worse than 7/10

its an enjoyable film.
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:39
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i dunno your tastes. having seen it myself i think you wont find it worse than 7/10

its an enjoyable film.
Loved the Nolan trilogy, disappointed with MoS and BvS.

I won't feel cheated if its at least a 7/10.
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:42
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Loved the Nolan trilogy, disappointed with MoS and BvS.

I won't feel cheated if its at least a 7/10.
its very different to MoS and BvS

think GOTG mixed with expendables lol but still in DCEU

i loved all nolan trilogy and MoS/BvS just to let you know.
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:43
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its very different to MoS and BvS

think GOTG mixed with expendables lol but still in DCEU

i loved all nolan trilogy and MoS/BvS just to let you know.
I loved GOTG!
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:45
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i would rate GOTG 9.5/10
SS 8/10
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:51
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Me too. But I thought SS was a huge letdown.

Apart from the basic premise of a bunch of rogues teaming up to take down a big bad there is really no comparison.
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Old 09-08-2016, 11:59
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Me too. But I thought SS was a huge letdown.

Apart from the basic premise of a bunch of rogues teaming up to take down a big bad there is really no comparison.
I saw this with my mum and she said she thought it was better than GOTG. *Shakes head* I know. I thought it was in the same vein, but missed pulling it off. I fear she may have been dazzled by the cracking soundtrack.
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