History YMMV / SuicideSquad2016

** [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Good Idea:]] keeping the incredible powerful witch at bay and on a leash by keeping her heart in an explosives laden brief case. [[WestenAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Bad Idea:]] keeping the incredibly powerful witch's brother on a shelf in your closet accessible to anyone.

* CriticalDissonance: Par for the course with the DC films at this point. Critics hated the movie and by opening it had a 26% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. Fans, however, have been vocal about having enjoyed the movie, and it ended up with a pretty good B+ Cinemascore[[note]]A research firm that surveys film audiences to rate their viewing experiences[[/note]] among the general movie-going public, rating particularly well amongst teenage viewers. But then, just like ''Batman v Superman'', it suffered a catastrophic drop in its second weekend, suffering the indignity of getting beaten out by the tepidly reviewed ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' on Friday (before recovering to win out the weekend).

* CriticalDissonance: Par for the course with the DC films at this point. Critics hated the movie and by opening it had a 26% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The fans however have been much more vocal to have enjoyed the movie and it ended up with a pretty good B+ Cinemascore[[note]]A research firm that surveys film audiences to rate their viewing experiences[[/note]] among the general movie-going public.

** The Joker and Harley's relationship invites a bit of this. Does this version of the Joker truly care for Harley, or does he only want to get her back because he feels she belongs to him? While their relationship as shown in the movie lacks much of the casual abuse, and Harley vocally consents to many of the more extreme things Joker puts her through, we also primarily only see the relationship through Harley's eyes, and don't forget, [[PsychoPsychologist Harley Quinn]] is [[MadLove dresses-up-like-a-clown-and-murders-people insane and notorious for her unhealthy devotion to Joker even when he is outright abusive of her in other continuities.]] On the other hand, the scene of the Joker lying in a depression among a circle of weapons and other objects lends credence to the idea that he does genuinely care about/misses her, which is ''not'' seen through Harley's eyes.
*** Did the Joker rescue Harley from drowning in the chemical vat out of a genuine fondness for her, or did he just realise that by letting someone so devoted to him die he was screwing himself out of some golden eggs?

** Whether or not the movie itself is any good. There are three main camps. Those who loves the movie for what it is, those who hates the movie, and was disappointed in it, and those who thinks it's merely SoOkayItsAverage. Reception so far has been very polarizing, with no real consensus.

** Despite Carla Delevigne's memorable performance and the impressive costume, the Enchantress ends up as nothing more than a GenericDoomsdayVillain and June is only a SatelliteLoveInterest for Flagg.

** Ever since the divisive reaction to the Joker's tattooed appearance in the first trailer, every subsequent trailer has been careful to show him with a fully covered torso (wearing a vest, a tuxedo, a purple jacket, etc.), as if to assure fans that his tattoos won't be visible for the entire movie.

* CrazyAwesome: Whatever possessed the Joker to arrange dozens of knives, bottles, and other items in a sigil-like manner, and then lie on the floor laughing like a kook, [[http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/suicide-squad-trailer-image-57.png it makes for a striking image.]]

** Even the freakin' ''Joker'' of all people is getting this treatment. What really helps is that he is played by PrettyBoy Jared Leto and [[AdaptationalAttractiveness looks more attractive compared to previous incarnations]].

** Now that Rotten Tomatoes has started showing a positive reaction from audiences, fans have now moved onto more precise targets to gloat over their failure to allegedly sabotage the film's success.

* RootingForTheEmpire: Quite a few reviews have noted that the Suicide Squad actually act more selflessly, and cause less collateral damage, than the [[DestructiveSavior "heroes"]] from the previous films.
** For a group of super villains they're surprisingly less angsty when compared to the heroes.

** Though one may not believe it, Amanda Waller could qualify depending on how her yet to be revealed backstory measures up with that of her comic book incarnation (who worked her way out of extreme poverty despite the murder of her husband and two of her children). When she tells Bruce Wayne that she values leverage over friendship, it almost makes one wonder what happened in her past and if she once might have been a decent person.

** Then there's the different argument where one side believes Joker really added to the film, while others think that Joker's presence was so inconsequential that he could have been completely written out and it would have had zero effect on the story.

* CriticalDissonance: Par for the course with the DC films at this point. Critics hated the movie and by opening it had a 26% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The fans however have been much more vocal to have enjoyed the movie and it ended up with a pretty good B+ Cinemascore[[note]]A research firm that surveys film audiences to rate their viewing experiences[[/note]] among the general movie-going public. But then just just ''Batman v Superman'' it suffered a catastrophic drop in its second week, suffering the indignity of getting beaten out by the tepidly reviewed ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''.

* CriticalDissonance: Par for the course with the DC films at this point. Critics hated the movie and by opening it had a 26% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The fans however have been much more vocal to have enjoyed the movie and it ended up with a pretty good B+ Cinemascore[[note]]A research firm that surveys film audiences to rate their viewing experiences[[/note]] among the general movie-going public.

* {{Narm}}:
** [[spoiler: Enchantress']] bizarre dance ritual in the finale.

** [[spoiler:The Joker. After all that build-up in the promotion, he doesn't have very much screen time. Some reviewers have suggested that his entire presence in the movie is basically just a BackDoorPilot for the upcoming Batman movie starring Ben Affleck.]]
** [[spoiler:Fans who were looking forward to Katana were disappointed with her relatively small role. Some sites even compared her treatment to that of ComicBook/{{Jubilee}} from ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', another Asian superhero who fans were excited for but turned out to be fairly inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Although she does get more of a backstory, and is at least involved in the central conflict to some extent.]]
** [[spoiler:It is never fully explored how or why El Diablo can change into a Aztec fire god/demon, or how he even got his powers in the first place. This would have been very interesting if it had been explained at all, and given his death, probably never will be.]]
** [[spoiler:Fans were also disappointed at how both Boomerang and Killer Croc weren't given much to do. Boomerang was essentially minor comedic relief and wasn't really given much depth. Killer Croc basically lurked in the corner and barely had a few lines of dialogue. There were hints of a deeper backstory for Killer Croc where Waller mentioned he only became a villain due to mistreatment based on his appearance, but it's never expanded upon.]]

* WhatAnIdiot:
** The helicopter crew for [[spoiler:Waller's extraction from Midway City]] fire off bright chaff despite not facing a conventional foe, and all it does is draw attention, resulting in its crash.
** Waller actively wanted Rick Flag and Dr. Moone to get involved, even though he's her handler and thus the person who will have to put her down if she slips her leash. Anyone with half a brain would realize that's a task you want to give to someone objective.

** El Diablo calling the Squad a 'family' and Harley referring to them as her 'friends' can come off as this, as there's very little screentime showcasing the Squad actually spending time interacting in any way. Beyond slight banter, nothing really justifies the UndyingLoyalty they express at the end of the film.
** The way that the film's obvious scads of deleted scenes containing important material makes it impossible to tell if [[spoiler:the Joker's UnexplainedRecovery from the helicopter explosion]] is a deliberate reference to the numerous times the character has pulled this kind of thing off in other iterations, or just yet another important plot point that got cut out.

* InternetBacklash: When reviews were released in the 30% range for the film following screening for critics four days before the theatrical release itself, fans of the film [[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/suicide-squad-fans-petition-to-shut-down-rotten-tomatoes-following-bad-reviews-a7169446.html started a petition]] to shut down Website/RottenTomatoes, the site that aggregated said reviews. Keep in mind that [[{{Misblamed}} Rotten Tomatoes is not a review site, but instead collects reviews from available sources and comes up with an average rating]], and that [[PraisingShowsYouDontWatch the film was not released publicly for another four days]]. The petition's creator admitted up front that it was nothing more than a symbolic gesture, and took it down after a few days but not before the petition was signed over 15,000 times.

** Jai Courtney generally has his fair share of detractors in any movie he's been in, but his performance as Captain Boomerang in the trailer has drawn something of a HeReallyCanAct response. It helps that he also gets some of the funnier moments, and isn't playing a WhiteMaleLead or a generic ActionGenreHeroGuy for once.

* UncannyValley: [[spoiler:The Enchantress' visions showing Harley Quinn her fantasy, a normal life with Joker, marriage, kids and everything would not nearly be as unnerving as it is when we ''see Joker without makeup'' (Green Hair and White Facepaint)]].

** The Joker and Harley's relationship invites a bit of this. Does this version of the Joker truly care for Harley, or does he only want to get her back because he feels she belongs to him? While their relationship as shown in the movie lacks much of the casual abuse, and Harley vocally consents to many of the more extreme things Joker puts her through, we also primarily only see the relationship through Harley's eyes, and don't forget, [[PsychoPsychologist Harley Quinn]] is [[MadLove dresses-up-like-a-clown-and-murders-people insane and notorious for her unhealthy devotion to Joker even when he is outright abusive of her in other continuities.]]

* CriticalDissonance: Par for the course with the DC films at this point. Critics hated the movie and by opening it had a 26% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The fans however have been much more vocal to have enjoyed the movie despite the obvious flaws, and it ended up with a pretty good B+ Cinemascore[[note]]A research firm that surveys film audiences to rate their viewing experiences[[/note]] among the general movie-going public. But just like ''Batman v Superman'', it ended up zigzagged as after a spectacularly successful opening weekend (beating previous August record holder ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' by more than 40 million dollars), it immediately lost a huge chunk of that audience.

* CriticalDissonance: Par for the course with the DC films at this point. Critics hated the movie and by opening it had a 26% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The fans however have been much more vocal to have enjoyed the movie despite the obvious flaws, and it ended up with a pretty good B+ Cinemascore[[note]]A research firm that surveys film audiences to rate their viewing experiences[[/note]] among the general movie-going public. But just like ''Batman v Superman'', it ended up zigzagged as after a spectacularly successful opening weekend (beating previous August record holder ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' by more than 40 million dollars).

** Deadshot is either an anti-hero with some codes and ethics who genuinely loves his daughter, or an amoral sociopath with DelusionsOfEloquence who uses his MoralityPet as an anchor to feel better about his bad deeds. [[spoiler:His sexism towards his ex-wife, demanding full custody despite being a deplorable role model, while resenting her boyfriend and having casual discussions about his life as an assassin to his daughter suggests he's someone who simply has no awareness of his own amorality. Then again, it's questionable whether it was actually was sexism towards his ex, or disgust with how she was treating their daughter. Considering his daughter indicated her mother wasn't even ''feeding her'', this hardly seems unjustified. Is he a bad man? Undoubtedly yes, but at least he could support his child.]]