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Birds of Prey
Jun. 27th, 2020 08:49 amI have gotten waaaaay behind on movie reviews; I watched Birds of Prey all the way back in May, but it has languished in review limbo ever since.
Partly this is because I was distracted by current events, but partly it was also because everyone else loved this movie and… I didn’t like it that much. I think I’ve just reached my limit on anti-hero stories.
Harley keeps meeting up with people that she’s wronged, and by the time we got to the guy with the clown make-up she goaded the Joker into tattooing on his face, I was like, “That’s pretty awful, I am actually super on board with the idea that someone needs to stop Harley Quinn. Probably not the clown make-up guy with his chainsaw, and probably not Gotham PD because they are clearly worthless, but… someone?? If only this canon had some kind of kind-hearted cape-wearing vigilante who would… oh. OH.”
But of course “someone needs to stop Harley Quinn” is emphatically not the point of this movie, and it’s not much fun to watch if that’s what you’re thinking every time we find out about Harley breaking another guy’s knees for funzies.
Partly this is because I was distracted by current events, but partly it was also because everyone else loved this movie and… I didn’t like it that much. I think I’ve just reached my limit on anti-hero stories.
Harley keeps meeting up with people that she’s wronged, and by the time we got to the guy with the clown make-up she goaded the Joker into tattooing on his face, I was like, “That’s pretty awful, I am actually super on board with the idea that someone needs to stop Harley Quinn. Probably not the clown make-up guy with his chainsaw, and probably not Gotham PD because they are clearly worthless, but… someone?? If only this canon had some kind of kind-hearted cape-wearing vigilante who would… oh. OH.”
But of course “someone needs to stop Harley Quinn” is emphatically not the point of this movie, and it’s not much fun to watch if that’s what you’re thinking every time we find out about Harley breaking another guy’s knees for funzies.
