“Impressive”
Birds Of Prey: And The Fabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn (that’s one big name) is directed by Cathy Yan, a Chinese-American director who is not exactly well known.
She only has 5 films to her name and Birds Of Prey is her 5th.
I think it’ll be fair to say that she’s a newbie and she has done a decent job with Birds Of Prey. Props to Warner Bros to trusting a rookie to helm a huge film like this.
This movie is supposed to be the film Suicide Squad aimed to be.
But that had failed due to studio reasons. That is another story. WB gave Cathy and the filmmakers all the freedom to do what they want just like they did with Todd Philips. With Joker earning 1 billion dollars, Birds Of Prey can also be that successful even though it is miles away from being as good as Joker. I know, there’s a lot of difference between those two films. In the DCEU, Birds of Prey will rank 3rd for me. It’s not as good as Shazam and way, way worse than Wonder Woman.
It is about the consequences of Harley Quinn and Joker’s break up.
I know it sounds stupid. But it is supposed to be like that. It’s entertaining to say the least.
The redeeming parts are the characters.
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn is phenomenal. She has nailed the voice and crazy persona brilliantly. She makes up about 80% of the film. Black Mask aka Roman Sionis played by one of my favourite actors, Ewan McGregor, is very good too. The problem was that he started off very strong but halfway through, they had to reduce his influence on the plot to show the other characters which was disheartening.
Ewan did a fantastic job.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the Huntress was memorable. The other side characters like Black Canary were meh.
It is a beautifully looking movie with great cinematography (done by the same cinematographer in Venom).
The action scenes were a standout. The plot dragged in the second half but the music choices were hilarious. I think it’s fair to say, DC are on the right track.
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Story: Average
Treatment: Excellent
Performance: Excellent
Recommendation: Watchable just for fun.
Film reviews by the Youngest Film Critic 