I hear that new Harley Quinn flick is really tearing it up at the box office. The lowest-opening DC movie since 2010 (Jonah Hex). When you think about the middling, uninspired stuff WB/DC has released these past few years - featuring receding hair Superman, Aqua-Brah, mall skateboarder Joker* and Batman Whose Lost His Razor), that’s quite a feat! You really have to drop the ball to make something more unwatchable than Justice League, Suicide Squad and Aqua-Man!
Congrats...?
This whole thing has been a wreck from the get-go. Gal Gadot and her portrayal of Wonder Woman has been the only good to come out of any of it. And I’m not saying that to be a white knight or score any Woke™️ points. It’s simply because she, like Chris Evans and his Steve Rogers/Captain America in the Marvel stuff, is the only likable, non-a-hole character in the bunch. One genuinely noble, virtuous person who embraces their role of superhero, surrounded by emo whiners, frat boys, smartasses, tortured schlubs and other annoying characters.
*Jared Leto, not Joaquin Phoenix
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