the 1st trailer for "Rings" is really bad.

Remember back when I practically begged for this movie to be good? What happened to our deal, Paramount? The first trailer for Rings is not very good, and here's why. Before we get started, let me just say that I fucking love The Ring. It's one of my favorite movies of all time. It used to scare me as a kid and continues to intrigue me as an adult. Now let us begin. First of all, the original tone of the movie is completely gone. You remember how in The Ring, where the color of the movie had this blueish tint that really helped make the atmosphere really dreary and depressing? 

Well, for Rings, it's now gone! Another thing I liked about the original is that it's not just a flick full of jump scares like most horror movies. It built up to it's scares, so that way, it's more suspenseful as you keep watching. But for Rings, I guess they're just going for the basic horror scare cliches. So far, I'm not loving what I'm seeing, It's leaning towards more of the generic "Teens get themselves into deep shit" horror movies, like Ouija and The Gallows, which I pray to god isn't how the actual movie turns out. If Rings needs to follow another movie's example, it should follow Lights Out, a fresh, original and scary movie that is very reminiscent of the original movie. But who knows what the actual movie holds. Maybe the trailer just doesn't do it justice and the full movie is actually very good. I've seen good movies get fucked over by awful trailers before. And to be fair, there are some good things about the trailer. Like the scene where Samara attacks an entire airplane full of people just to get the one passenger who watched her tape. And the scene where that goth girl tries to break her TV so that Samara can't get her. But only time will tell if it's really worth it.

Suicide Squad: a movie that sucks SO good

I'm back, Y'all! It's been a while. Anyways, I've made my opinions on the DC cinematic universe(It sucks) But then I saw Suicide Squad, and my thoughts on it? It's bad. really bad. Like, wow, this is a low point for DC movies. But oddly enough, I found myself really enjoying it. This movie takes good "Bad" movies to a whole new level.

So this movie takes place after Batman V. Superman. A movie I still haven't seen. #ProudOfMyself. So this movie alludes a lot to things that happen in Batman V. Superman, which sort of confuses me, because again, I haven't seen Batman V. Superman. Anyways, Annalise from How To Get away with Murder is now the head of a government defense something, and her second in command is the idiot boyfriend from Lola Versus, don't ask me how I know that, I just know. Idiot Boyfriend is dating an archaeologist called Dr. I'm a model trying desperately to get into acting, who is possessed by a witch known as the enchantress. Seriously? that's the best title they can come up with? They might as well just call her "Evil Witch Meanie". So Evil Witch Meanie wants to take over the world, and if this was the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nick Fury would walk out of a shadowy corner and gather good, heroic people to stop the arriving evil. But this is a DC movie, and therefore devoid of all common sense and intellect. Instead, Aibileen gathers the most dangerous, psychotic criminals to fight Evil Witch Meanie. You know, because if Satan ever comes out of a volcanic crack to destroy the earth, we should send Hitler, Jeffrey Dahmer, Osama Bin Laden, Brock Turner and Elizabeth Bathory to stop him. So the team is comprised of Deadshot AKA Exactly what you'd expect Will Smith to play in an action movie, Killer Croc AKA I look more realistic than anything from Jurassic World, El Diablo, AKA if Firestarter was a Mexican cholo stereotype instead of a young Drew Barreymore, Captain Boomerang AKA What The Fuck, Slipknot AKA it's obvious I'm gonna be the first to die and Harley Quinn AKA Everyone else might as well quit because she's the only thing that really shines in this movie! They battle with Evil Witch Meanie in exchange for shorter prison sentences, while being watched over by Idiot Boyfriend and Katana AKA what a Japanese greeting card would look like if it was a person. Now rather than a regular movie review, I'm gonna pinpoint the movie's strengths and weaknesses and what it could've improved on, because I already feel bad for the movie based on the mean spirited reviews it got.

GOOD: HARLEY QUINN

Harley Quinn is this movie's saving grace. In this messy cluster fuck of a movie, Harley just shines. When I first saw set photos of Harley in costume, I was skeptical. Her look is just awful. It's so boring and so predictable. It feels like the costume designer just got really lazy and sent Margot Robbie to Hot Topic. I would've preferred her Arkham City look, or even her original Jester suit. What was wrong with that? Heck, she even wears it for a bit in a sequence where her and Joker are dancing in a black background, and she finds it again while digging through a box of her old stuff when the Squad is getting ready. But despite her unfortunate wardrobe choice, this version of Harley Quinn is one of the best. Margot Robbie's performance is just unbelievable. When you see her in the movie, you're not gonna see an actress playing Harley Quinn, you're gonna see FRIGGIN Harley Quinn. She's funny, sympathetic and a total Badass. And what I like about this Harley is that  she's not just Joker's unappreciated doormat of a girlfriend , like most other incarnations are. In other versions, Joker does something to hurt Harley's feelings, she cries for a bit, he does something that's barely nice for her, she forgives him, and the cycle starts all over again. Hey, I don't care if you're a psychotic clown who killed a teenaged boy and raped and crippled a police chief's daughter, you don't treat you're lady friend like that. And luckily, in this version, Joker genuinely cares for Harley. Isn't that sweet? But we'll get more into Joker Later. I also like the fact that Harley does get some solid moments that aren't just action sequences or funny one liners. The best scene in the movie is when the Squad are sitting in a bar, feeling defeated, and Harley is making them all drinks. El Diablo tells them the story of how he accidentally killed his family one night when his powers got out of control, and everyone is speechless, especially Harley, and instead of being sympathetic and feeling sorry for El Diablo, she snaps at him, because having a family is her biggest dream, and he burned his down to the ground(literally) and the fact that when Joker supposedly dies, Harley is sad over this, butshe doesn't fall apart like she does in the Arkham games. She shows that she's sad for her loss, but she quickly puts on her big girl face and rejoins the squad.

BAD: EVERYONE ELSE

This movie is full of characters, and unfortunately, none of them really shine as brightly as Harley or Joker does. There's so many characters and storylines, that it's sometimes hard to keep track of. Maybe if you're a comic book fan, you'd know who all the other randos are, but if you only know superheroes from movies and TV, like I do, You might get really confused. Aside from Harley, Deadshot and El Diablo comes the closest to being kind of memorable, because of their detailed backstories, but aren't really that great either. Then you have Rick Flag(Idiot Boyfriend) Slipknot, Katana and Killer Croc, who the movie probably should've left out. I mean, Slipknot dies early in the movie, Katana comes out of nowhere with this crazy bananas backstory I just don't understand, you could've replaced Croc with any other scary looking monster and the movie would still be the same, and Rick Flag is just so, very, very, very unlikable. He's hot, but unlikable. Then you have Amanda Waller, who is a mixed bag. On one hand, she's played flawlessly by the great viola Davis, but on the other, every decision this character makes in the movie is either wrong, or REALLY wrong. This movie probably would've been better if it's only squad members were Harley, Deadshot and El Diablo, and if they had a competent leader.

GOOD/BAD: THE JOKER

The good news is that Jared Leto is surprisingly a good Joker. I know there's a lot of people who aren't okay with "Lejoker" and I can't really blame them, but I thought Jared Leto was good. It was no Heath Ledger, but Leto's Joker was Definitely something differen in a good way. The bad news? He's barely in the fucking MOVIE! Joker was one of the major selling points of the movie, but feels more like an afterthought. It's like when they were halfway through the production of this movie, they suddenly remembered that Harley Quinn is Joker's girlfriend and decided to put him in the movie because MONEY! So Joker gets sidelined, while the "Wicked Witch of the Nobody Gives a Shit" gets to be this movie's big bad. That's like if in Sleeping Beauty, it turned out that Maleficent wasn't the bad guy, and that it was actually a nameless villager you don't care about. You DON'T do that to a great villain! If they really wanted the Joker to be in this movie. I would've liked it better if instead of going after Evil Witch Meanie, the Squad was sent to go after Joker and his army, which would be interesting for Harley, seeing how Joker is her "Puddin" 

BAD: EVIL WITCH MEANIE

Wow. Talk about a let down villain. Not since Sharon Stone from Catwoman have I seen such a weak antagonist. I give props to Cara Delevigne for making Evil Witch Meanie look creepy, but let's face it, she always looks creepy. Heck, I don't think she was even trying to look creepy, I think that's just her resting face. I feel like the creators of the movie we're like, "Okay, what's a female villain that's popular now? Charlize Theron from Snow White & The Hunstman? Okay, we'll rip her off, and her voice too. And what's a really creepy female villain? That Ghost Girl from The Grudge? Great! We'll rip her off, too" and let me remind you again, The Joker got sidelined so that she could be the villain of this.

GOOD: THE ACTION SEQUENCES

The strength of this movie is when the Squad is kicking ass, and thankfully, that's a good chunk of the movie. The scenes with Joker(Or little there of) are really fun to watch. The scene where Harley is fighting one of those rock candy eye people in an elevator is really fun to watch. Or that ending battle where Evil Witch Meanie starts attacking the Squad. 

BAD: IT'S SOOO CONFUSING

So I have some Questions for this movie? Harley is clearly insane (She has voices in her head) So why is she in a prison? Shouldn't she be in Arkham Asylum? You know, that place where you put crazy people in? And when Evil Witch Meanie was destroying an entire city, where was Wonder Woman, Batman & The Flash in this? Wonder Woman clearly has magical powers too, so why didn't she just go after Evil Witch Meanie? And where the hell did Katana come from? She just jumps into that plane full of characters I already have to remember, and we're just supposed to accept that? The problem with ensemble cast movies is that you have to remember ALL of the characters for the first time. The reason I really love The Avengers is that the characters in it were already established in earlier movies, so you don't have to remember anyone. Because you already know who they are and what they've been through. And why is the security for this world so terrible at their job? Joker just breaks in and out of places, and all the security guards ever do is get killed by Joker's goons. And let's not forget that scene where El Diablo randomly turns into a giant fire skeleton monster? Is that ever explained? 

Well, those were my thoughts on Suicide Squad. I thought it had A LOT of problems, but overall, it was really enjoyable. It might have just convinced me to go finally see Batman V. Superman...NOT!!!!