We all know that bad guys are bad, but what one new movie supposes is… maybe they’re good?
For what feels like several decades, Hollywood has been yelling at us to be excited for Suicide Squad, a DC-universe-set summer blockbuster starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, and Jared Leto. The marketing blitz and manufactured buzz for the villainous flick are seemingly without precedent, almost as if Warner Bros. was really, really worried that it might completely bomb.
And now that the embargo on reviews has been lifted, we see that it had good reason to fear: Critics have savaged Suicide Squad in no uncertain terms, and it currently boasts a dismal 37 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. On social media, meanwhile, this dud is getting dragged like you wouldn’t believe. It’s an all-out bloodbath.
https://twitter.com/kept_simple/status/760517134564941825
Wow, Suicide Squad was TWISTED. Joker kissed another man on the mouth before he killed him! A man on the mouth! Could go to hell for that!!
— mike ginn (@shutupmikeginn) August 2, 2016
I saw Suicide Squad last night but I haven't reviewed it because it was so f*cking sick and twisted that I barfed in the theater.
— Tom Ley (@ToLey88) August 2, 2016
"Suicide Squad" looks like a movie made from what Tim Burton daydreams about while he's supposed to be writing a movie.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) August 2, 2016
Probably the best moment in 'Suicide Squad' pic.twitter.com/CtEmK4VInG
— Nick Greene (@NickGreene) August 2, 2016
Finally, a reviewer as twisted as I am. pic.twitter.com/O9FGPbVTxg
— mr. “just joined a new forum” (@Papapishu) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/760511837083435008
I was stunned at how bad Suicide Squad was. Expected a dumb romp, at least more coherent than Batman v Superman. It’s worse. Way, way worse.
— David Sims (@davidlsims) August 2, 2016
My skills include "walking wide-eyed into my own undoing" which explains both my personal relationships and why I'm seeing Suicide Squad
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/rustyk5/status/760525589459636224
https://twitter.com/jpbrammer/status/760521121917726720
The National Institute of Health recommends that Suicide Squad only be viewed through a camera obscura to prevent twistedness overdose.
— crisp mattman (@cushbomb) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/dantelfer/status/760520762381901824
suicide squad may be the worst movie of 2016 but at least the cast members got commemorative tattoos that will be on their bodies forever
— bobby (@bobby) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/trillballins/status/760518396777816072
Suicide Squad's one Asian is a samurai. Its one Latino is a gang member. If it had a Canadian character, it would be a bottle of maple syrup
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) August 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/HelloCullen/status/760541664893136896
https://twitter.com/saxbot/status/760515500979785728
https://twitter.com/Boringstein/status/760487860650676226
https://twitter.com/alejandrobates_/status/760345172567666688
*looks at poster for Suicide Squad*
— Joe Rumrill (@2tonbug) August 1, 2016
very cool how they made a movie out of the Warheads candy franchise
I don't want to see Suicide Squad because the version of it in my imagination is too stupid and hilarious to ruin with the real thing.
— Albert Burneko (@AlbertBurneko) August 2, 2016
[whispering to date while watching Suicide Squad when Suicide Squad first appears on the screen] That's Suicide Squad
— Sean T. Collins is seantcollins.bsky.social now (@theseantcollins) August 2, 2016
But hey, that’s just what happens when you try too hard to be cool. I’m sorry—I meant sick and twisted. Anyway, plenty of people pledged to fork over their hard-earned cash to actually see this turkey for themselves, which is very generous.
And the person who hates Suicide Squad most of all? That honor may have to go to Viola Davis, who seems 150 percent done with this shit—or possibly has beef with BuzzFeed.
https://twitter.com/suicidiskwad/status/760275518025523200
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