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

[Adam Lenhardt]

Reviews are much better than I have expected.

Just coming to post the exact same thought.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm going to see this Friday morning as it has a couple of my favorite actresses.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Seeing it tonight via A-list, keeping expectations super-low.

 

[Jason_V]

Seeing it tonight via A-list, keeping expectations super-low.

Same. The DC movie universe has a sketchy run with me...but if BoP is as entertaining as Shazaam, it'll be a win for me.

 

[YANG]

It's... as light hearted and entertaining as Shazaam but with strong violence(not much gore) and strong offensive profanities. Although in terms of laughs, it cannot be compared to kid-turned-superhero flick, but BoP will sure brings out lots of chuckles from ya!

I wonder is this a spoiler... At the near finale chase, the Mercedes with the plate HDR133... is that a hint of a new HDR format?

 

[Jeff Adkins]

I thought it was a lot of fun. It reminds me of a female hybrid of Deadpool and John Wick.

A-

 

[Patrick Sun]

I enjoyed it, the script moves, it's fun while not taking itself too seriously, Harley drives the action, and enough character foils show up to provide contrast to her brand of day-to-day insanity.

 

[Jason_V]

That was a heck of a ride. Really enjoyed every second of it and Margot Robbie is crazy bonkers fantastic.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Wow, looks like most of you guys enjoyed the movie. I'll be seeing it in a little bit.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I enjoyed the movie and laughed a couple of times out loud. With that said, I don't think I enjoyed it as much as you guys.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I must say Jurnee Smollet from "Eve's Bayou" (1997) is all grown up now. I forgot her brother is Jussie Smollett.

 

[TravisR]

I saw it today and it's entertaining. I appreciate the shorter run time. Hopefully, DC keeps making movies that are more fun and less serious because those have been their best.

 

[Bob_S.]

The character Cassandra Cain is who brought me back into reading comics again years ago. Happened to come across her Batgirl graphic novels one day at the library and couldn't get enough of her. She was such a bad ass! I always hoped she would get to be in a Batgirl movie or tv show. Seeing her character portrayed in the trailer really turned me off, so I'll pass on this. Hopefully, she can resemble her comic book character in another movie.

 

[TJPC]

Is this being shown in 3D? I did a few searches and I can only find an early reference to 3D in England.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

This is a 2D-only feature.

 

[Sam Favate]

The movie really underperformed this weekend, earning about half of predictions domestically.

I think the R-rating had a lot to do with it. Speaking personally, I would have taken my kids to see it if it wasn't rated R, meaning four of us would have gone this weekend. As it is, none of us did. (I can't justify $80-$100 for a babysitter to see this.) I will probably end up waiting for blu-ray.

I will say again: There is no reason for an R-rated comic-book movie.

Birds of Prey’s opening box office was ... not good

https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/9/21130326/birds-of-prey-box-office-revenue-dc-films-money-list

 

[TravisR]

I will say again: There is no reason for an R-rated comic-book movie.

It's not a one size fits all kind of thing. I think characters like Deadpool or Harley Quinn exist quite nicely in an R rated world (though 30 million bucks means that this will definitely be the last time that happens) but I agree that the standard spandex superhero probably shouldn't be R rated.

 

[Sam Favate]

It's not a one size fits all kind of thing. I think characters like Deadpool or Harley Quinn exist quite nicely in an R rated world (though 30 million bucks means that this will definitely be the last time that happens) but I agree that the standard spandex superhero probably shouldn't be R rated.

Why would Harley Quinn be a character for an R-rated film? She's from Batman: The Animated Series. My kids love her; they have toys of her. Why make a movie of a character with exposure like that and say "Sorry, kids, not for you?"

I agree it won't happen again.

Isn't Robbie playing her again in next year's The Suicide Squad by James Gunn?

 

[TravisR]

Why would Harley Quinn be a character for an R-rated film? She's from Batman: The Animated Series. My kids love her; they have toys of her. Why make a movie of a character with exposure like that and say "Sorry, kids, not for you?"

Because there's also comic books where she does R rated things. Deadpool didn't start out as the violent and profane character in those movies but he became that over time. That's not to say that the Harley Quinn character must be R rated but I can understand why DC and Warners went R rated in this case.

 

[Jason_V]

Trying to fit every single comic book movie into a PG-13 or less rating seems foolish to me. There are some it works for (like Shazam!) and some it will never work for (like Deadpool). R-rated comic book movies will and do work. The DC Movie Universe is still carrying the stench of a lot of failures despite the success of Wonder Woman and Shazam! I wonder how many people say Harley Quinn, associated her with Suicide Squad and said pass.

I'm also going to look at it being released in February and tickets didn't go on sale until about a week or so ago.