Ever since the reviews hit, critical voices were quick to declare Suicide Squad dead on arrival. However, many fans rather enjoyed the movie, and didn’t understand how Suicide Squad could be rated rotten. Also, while Suicide Squad did open lower than projections, it opened higher than and continues to outperform the hit movie Guardians of the Galaxy, and it was number one at the boxoffice for three consectuve weeks, so how can it possibly be anything but a hit?
In this editorial @AndreEinherjar gives his take take on the discrepancy between how the fans and professional critics view the movie, explores how the boxoffice fits in with the bigger picture, and why Jared Leto returning to the role of the Joker is not a sure thing.