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James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has received the best reviews of any DCEU film in the series thus far, despite having a lighter and more sarcastic tone than many other entries to date. The tone and style of The Suicide Squad are in fact so different from previous DC products that it distinguishes itself from both the 2016 original and the rest of the DCEU including the abysmal Birds of Prey film. Does this mean James Gunn’s film could serve as a model for how the DCEU moves forward?
Other than a few hits like Aquaman and Wonder Woman, and even the positive reception of the Snyder Cut of Justice League, most of the DCEU films have gotten poor receptions leading fans to think the experiment may be winding down, but maybe the DCEU isn’t as dead as people thought.
The Hollywood Reporter asked director James Gunn about the label that WB/DC tried to shed several years ago, but it turns out that it’s still being used internally… sometimes. Gunn said: “Yeah, it is. It is, sometimes. Yeah, I think that there’s definitely an eye. I got a lot more of it after the movie was made, frankly, because they’re really just trying to make everything fit together much better. And I know a lot of it because of working on Peacemaker and doing that, which is definitely connected to The Suicide Squad and it ends up being connected to other DC properties. So yeah, I think that, more than ever, there’s sort of an eye to connect stuff a little bit more. But also, they’re willing to take those properties like Joker and make them stand-alone DC properties. So I think that’s a good balance.”
While this news made most DCEU fans very happy, others felt some of Gunn’s comments about how “boring” superhero films had become was out of line. But perhaps few things got those easily triggered comic fans on Twitter more riled up than seeing the name of DC Comics artist Ethan Van Sciver thanked in the credits of the film.
I would like to issue a Special You’re Welcome to all of the SJWs still crying about my Special Thanks. https://t.co/EJMMrABry2 pic.twitter.com/3fAG2lN1Kp
— You’re Welcome for SUICIDE SQUAD 2! (@EthanVanSciver) August 8, 2021
It’s crazy to me,that these people think you shouldn’t be credited for your contributions.
— Kayla Adrienne (@ComicsandCleave) August 8, 2021
Haterz gonna hate, I guess?
For Gunn’s part, he wanted to include anyone and everyone that worked on making The Suicide Squad the film that it is, and even took to Twitter to mention a few more names that wound up not being included in the credits.
Sadly some great folks who worked incredibly hard on #TheSuicideSquad were accidentally left off the credits. They are:
CONCEPT ARTISTS
Sebastian Meyer
Shane Baxley
Dave Levy
Simon Murton
Ed Natividad
David Swayze
Henrik Tamm
Josh Viers
Marek OkońMODEL MAKER
Brett Philips— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 6, 2021
Good to see that James Gunn respects the comic medium and the creators who brought the characters to life that Gunn now gets to play with. Maybe it’s time we forgive him for those sick pedo jokes he was such a fan of? Well, maybe not all of us are ready for that.
And yet, all this talk may merely be academic. Deadline is reporting that The Suicide Squad had a lackluster opening weekend with $26.5M domestically and $35M internationally bringing it up to $45.7M internationally since a few countries opened a week before. So, the overall number to date is $72.2M. While they’re talking about offering the expected excuses such as the dreaded Delta Variant and the day-and-date release on HBO Max for no additional fee… they’re also comparing the movie to the box office of the previous Suicide Squad film and the Harley Quinn / Birds of Prey movie.
But perhaps the days of the huge box office weekends are behind us, at least for the foreseeable future. James Gunn’s turn in the DCEU has been extremely well received and reviewed overall and it should be considered a success, but if you’re an accountant who only looks at the numbers, then you won’t see that here. Hollywood may need a new way to judge what’s considered successful, at least for the foreseeable future.
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