![]() Fortunately, the rest of the support cast make up for this, especially Huntress, the mysterious yet socially awkward assassin. In a movie that depends on its characters to lead the story, it needed more from Black Mask. The guy is going for an Al Pacino type high energy gangster, but he can't seem to stick with the accent or the persona consistently, and at no point did I ever get the sense that he was dangerous or powerful enough force for the heroes to not simply shoot him in the face and be done with him. ![]() The second weak point of the movie is Ewan Mc Gregor as the villain Black Mask. I was worn out by Dead Pool doing the exact same shtick even before the end of his own movie, and a lot of the jokes in Birds of Prey fall flat for the same reason. Quinn is the weak point of her own movie her fourth-wall breaking, anti-hero wacky antics range from harmless viewing to obnoxious. The movie unnecessarily convolutes this plot, showing scenes out of chronological sequence for no apparent reason other than to replicate the high-energy, demented narration provided by its protagonist, Harley Quinn. A day before yesterday, I watched Birds of Prey, a movie that cost half as much as Aquaman and managed to have some of the most creative, fun and well shot fight scenes I have seen in a superhero movie.īirds of Prey is, on paper, a simple movie about a misogynistic gangster and various misfit women fighting to get their hands on a precious diamond. Yesterday I watched Aquaman and yawned my way through CGI fight scenes that must have cost tens of millions and thousands of manhours to make. ![]()
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