![]() It is more say on the level of Parks and Rec acknowledging there is a camera there than the Deadpoolactive engagement and I liked it. I think you see this the most with the character of Harley that narrates and slips into different times and ever breaks the 4 th wall every not and again. One thing I appreciated in this film is how it embraced its comic book roots in style as well as just the characters. I liked that it incorporated more elements of the comic book into the film. So while not every piece of dialogue or joke landed, most of them did because this cast was just so game for it. ![]() This is one of those films that shows the strength of an ensemble cast even when there is a clear lead, and if you build those characters up they will work. ![]() You need The Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) with her super dark back story and you need Cassandra Cain to help ground the story and the characters. You need Dinah Lance (Jurnee Smollett) who cares about everyone a little too much but is also looking out for herself. You need the gruff Renee Montoya, who is good at her job, which the film showed in a fascinating sequence. You also need these very different characters so that they can all bond but also bounce cross-talk off each other. There are these big set-piece moments that each character gets and they are all really interesting, but each of them sends everyone else on the path of meeting up and oh boy, the more that they interact, the more this film shines. But more than that, this is an ensemble film, and it is that ensemble that makes it work. However, one of its few strengths was when it let Harley be her own character, rather than Joker’s offside and I am glad they made the most of that here. To be honest, I did have some big reservations coming into Birds of Prey, because it was a sequel to Suicide Squad and for many, including me, Suicide Squad was the weakest of all The First Run DC films. This film let the characters shine, which is a step in the right direction. Meanwhile, Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez) is trying to find out who is going around crossbowing local goons and a young pickpocketer Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) is about to pick the wrong pocket potentially shifting the balance of all of Gotham City. Well, that’s not what Harley thinks and to prove it to everyone she blows up the symbol of their love the chemical factory which does not quite go to plan. However, everyone thinks she’ll get back together with him, it’s only a matter of time. So to set the scene, in the time since Suicide Squad ended, Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) broke up with The Joker and it was entirely amicable … okay maybe not. However, coming into Birds of Prey, I was a little hesitant given what came before, but thankfully I had nothing to worry about. However, in recent times that trend has started to change with Aquaman being a fun little film and Shazam! finding some real heart, showing that the studio can make it work on something other than Wonder Woman. ![]() As things have been going, I think it has been safe to say that the DC expanded Universe has been made up of more misses than hits. ![]()
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