Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) (1 Viewer)

[Traveling Matt]

By this logic, Batman should be the same as when Bob Kane wrote the character in 1939.

There have been many, many, many different versions of the Joker over the years.

You've made me realize I'm seeing both these characters through the lens of film and TV portrayals only. I don't read the comics. Has Harley been updated there?

Because film/TV removes a certain amount of subjectivity by saying explicitly, "this is the character," I expect a certain allegiance in future productions. I understand that isn't necessary for some, and maybe for few who follow and approve of the comics' trajectory, but it doesn't work for me. The Joker can have variation, as he does from Romero to Nicholson to Hamill, but he's always the Joker. While I actually love what Ledger did from a performance standpoint, it's an extreme deviation from what came before and so lost the unique qualities of his predecessors. That makes him a different character IMO.

 

[AshJW]

Batman himself had various incarnations, in comics and in films.
I don’t see a problem here. Neither with Harley nor with anyone else.

I recommend to see these films as another approach to these characters.

 

[ponset]

Not sure about this movie but I do like this poster with Harley and her pet hyena.

 

[Patrick Sun]

I want to like this movie because I was a fan of the "Birds of Prey" comic a decade ago. But the cinematic treatment, I suspect, will bear very little to the comic book roots of BOP. Oh well. I'll still see it, because, well, A-List, ya know...

 

[Sam Favate]

The movie has been rated R.

https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/12/18...TIRtwrmo52OuVjsU5LKbzVjjAv4vDtoez5OKaloatOyH0

I think that's a mistake.

However, everything on DC's streaming service is the equivalent of R-rated, including the new Harley Quinn animated series, which - I have to admit - is funny as hell. Hopefully, the new movie can capture some of that.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

The movie has been rated R.

So, I saw a trailer for this prior to a showing of Uncut Gems, I believe, and it was certainly selling it as an R-rated film. Full of foul language which seemed like they intend the film for adults. It also seemed to portray some mental illness which I guess would be an appeal to people that liked Joker.

Personally, I think these films needed an injection of serious weirdness that leans toward any sort of person that has a super power or certainly is a super villain would be mentally deranged. Interesting to me anyway that is what they seem to be doing.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Trailer #2:

 

[JimmyO]

re-"ehhh"

 

[Jason_V]

This looks totally out there and has a very distinctive look and feel behind it. I don't know if it'll be for me, but I'm down.

 

[AshJW]

One of my most anticipated movies of this year!

 

[Tino]

I think it looks terribly generic. Pass.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I’m open to the possibility that it’s a crazy unconventional movie and the studio didn’t know what to do except make a boring trailer. But I think it’s more likely to be a bland film that thinks its being edgy.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

My big problem is that the marketing hasn't done anything to sell us on any of the characters besides Harley Quinn. Anybody who's seen the first Suicide Squad knows that Margot Robbie's performance was one the few highlights in a dreary, underdeveloped movie.

But nothing I've seen has given me any reason to care about Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Huntress, or Jurnee Smollett-Bell's Black Canary, or Ella Jay Basco's future Batgirl. Two of those characters could been seen for free on "Arrow" via The CW. I've yet to see a compelling argument for why I should spend $15 to see them in theaters.

 

[Jeff Adkins]

Social media embargo has been lifted. Reading rave reviews on Twitter. I'm really excited for this now.

 

[dpippel]

Aren't there always rave reviews on Twitter?

 

[Jeff Adkins]

EW: Birds Of Prey Early Reactions

 

[Tino]

Aren't there always rave reviews on Twitter?

Yeah. Gemini Man also had rave reviews on Twitter. Look how that turned out.

 

[Jeff Adkins]

Currently at 92% at Rotten Tomatoes.

 

[Wayne_j]

Reviews are much better than I have expected.

 

[dpippel]

Reviews are much better than I have expected.

Always a good thing.