What I enjoyed most about Birds Of Prey – And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn is all the moments that Margot Robbie was on screen as Harley Quinn. I liked Robbie’s performance and the film’s very colourful and visually pleasing aesthetic.
Directed by Cathy Yan and set just after Harley Quinn breaks up with the Joker – then ends up joining three other female superheroes, I have to admit that I was unconvinced by all the female solidarity. I’m not saying that all that happened isn’t very possible. It’s just that the way the stories of each of the characters played out and led to all four coming together for one cause didn’t feel as smooth / seamless and satisfying as I’d imagined.
After the disappointment of Suicide Squad back in 2016, I had feared that Birds of Prey would leave me wanting, and it seems my fears came true. It certainly doesn’t help that I didn’t quite like Ewan McGregor as the villain either. I’ve just seen more engaging and interesting superhero movie villains in other stories.
Overall, even though I appreciate the message behind the story, I didn’t fully enjoy the delivery. I only really made it to the end of Birds of Prey because of Robbie and all the hype about Harley Quinn.
As some of you may have gathered, I’m more of a Marvel fan when it comes to superhero films. I mean, I’ll take Batman (the Christian Bale era) and Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, but everything else, DC can keep.
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I think it would have helped enormous if they could have had them all come together a lot sooner I mean Harley and Black Canary did bounce off each other really well with what they had so it definitely felt like a lost opportunity! But Margot is awesome 🙂
You’re not wrong, and I’m in full agreement about Robbie. 🤓
Now I’m just hoping that Wonder Woman 1984 is worth the wait.
This film had its moments. I agree, if they had come together sooner it would have been better, not to mention the marketing for this was bad. It was about Harley mainly. That’s why I think they changed the name after the film came out. I so agree on you on being a Marvel fan…. tho I am a huge fan of Wonder Woman….. have been way before the movie.
So true about the marketing. DC need to deliver great marketing and great movies; not one and not the other.
I loved the marketing for Suicide Squad but the film was a huge miss. Let’s hope that the next Wonder Woman movie is at least as good as the last.