The Suicide Squad: When Flawless Casting Meets Superb Storytelling (Spoilers)

Because some movies should just be about having all the fun, breaking all the rules, and kicking all the ass

The best cartoons began just before noon.

That gave us a few hours every Saturday morning to crush last night’s leftover junk food, down a few liters of Mountain Dew, and head to the comic book store.

On the way, my best friend and I would talk shop — which superpower we wanted most, which titles we were desperate to own, and of course, how cool it would be if someone could make a comic book movie. A real one. With uniforms, crazy villains, and all the trimmings.

It took a lot of cold pizza and enough soda to give the entire state of Ohio diabetes, but it happened. Someone started making comic book movies.

Real ones.

Of course, there have been misses (Spider-Man III, Ghostrider, Catwoman), but the less said about those, the better. Besides, what’s the point of focusing on the bombs when there’s so much out there to be thankful for; almost the entire Marvel Infinity Saga, Deadpool, Zach Snyder’s Justice League. And, of course, James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. A movie that has its priorities right from the start.