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Birds of Prey! Pretty good reviews, some people still seemed unhappy with it, so let's check it out. Here's everything right with Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn!
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The “is she laughing at me” scene is so unsettling. I cringed at that more than I did all the violence.
It is violence, too. Also, that is how violence usually works. How it usually feels, the helplessness, the horror.
This is what abuse usually feels like.
It's supposed to erase the smile of everyone's face. So...
hes unhinged. i hate how they killed Black Mask off. hes truely an awesome villain
@@marduke45 He is. But he absolutely had it coming. Very gratifying death scene. He was despicable trash, and he got thrown away like trash. He was inflated and full of himself, and he flamboyantly exploded into the hot air that used to be his flamboyant but vapid personality.
I started tearing up
I like how they made sure not to just mention the fact that Harley's a psychiatrist and she basically diagnoses a couple of people along the way
Yeah I loved it when she went into "Psychiatrist mode" lol
Wait when
@@mikkat8613 i think one of those were when she met the kid
@@somerandomfern when she called her a kleptomaniac?
@@mikkat8613 when she diagnosed ewan mcgregor as misguidedly trying to win his father’s approval
My favourite thing about the funhouse fight (apart from the hairtie moment xD) was that they kept tossing around the kid and coming to her rescue when she needed it like a group of pissed off moms lol
Ugh me too lol - it also reminded me of baby groot in guardians 2
Less mom and more like angry aunties
Kinda cool that Huntress gave Cassandra the toy car to hold onto. I loved Huntress.
I really like how the movie didnt sexualized the shit out of her. It displayed Harley as a legit person with thoughts and feelings rather than eye candy shoe horned for fan service.
I think Margot said she was uncomfortable with what she wore in suicide squad. so the next couple appearances she isn't overly sexual
"Voted for Bernie..."
I mean... her beaver is called Bernie...
Even funnier is she doesn’t pay taxes
Plot twist: She voted for the beaver!
@@danatedawg1018 noice
@@winsuma8253
Plot Twister: The Beaver won 30% of the popular vote
@@danatedawg1018 exactly why would she pay taxes
i think something genuinely distinct about this movie is that it isnt a “we are women hear us roar” movie but id say its about women supporting each other and having each others backs
Sam Chiang Except Harley outfits look better. Seriously it seems Margot Robbie wanted everyone to look worse then her. Also this is definitely a girl power movie.
Jim Harrison excuse me every woman in that movie had me quaking and i want black canary to fucking obliterate me. and yes, it is a girl power movie, but its not a girl power movie in the sense that the only defining characteristic of female characters are “i am strong”. each character has their own vices. its cool that this is a movie that doesnt rely so heavily on the protag as “strong independent woman” and more on the relationships that the protag makes, in addition to the way that she develops due to those relationships
@@samschiang Ah, except this movie killed a dudes roles. Margot Robbie making this movie fucked over Jared Leto
@@diablotry5154 Okay but here's the thing, with how much everyone hated Jared Leto's joker, was he really going to be in another movie, not to mention Suicide Squad basically did the same thing
@@dragon9261 Jared was actually going to be in the next suicide squad but because of this movie, it ruined that opportunity.
Some facts about this movie: the live-action Joker stand-in that appears in one of the flashbacks is still designed to look like Leto's.
The actor who played the last guy standing ('please... no more'), Shad Gaspard, has recently passed away.
Daniel Pemberton made the music, win off for you for not mentioning it.
RIP Shad. Great wrestler, good guy all-around.
@@rkstevenson5448 Apparently he told lifeguards to save his son instead of him 😭😭😭
Fran Gorno “fun facts”- someone died
@@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961 he told the lifeguards to save his son & everyone before him
@@danielland3767 What in the world happen to him??
"We're not pretending Suicide Squad didn't exist" Speak for yourself!
I think he speaks from the movie's perspective.
I loved that movie
When he mentioned living in a Studio Ghibli film, I just want to eat the food from those films. I'm shocked he hasn't done any of those movies. I remember watching Spirited Away when it first came out and then watching Toonami when they did the Month of Miyazaki. All of those movies are awesome!
Avoid the foods that turn you into a pig! (But yeah...it would be awesome to live there).
If you ever get the chance to visit, the Studio Ghibli museum is a masterpiece. kinda like walking through mickey mouse's house at Disneyland but way cooler
He hasn't done any of the movies because studio ghibli is pretty hard on copyright claims
I think it's also because the channel focuses on looking for the good in underrated, "bad" (by general consensus), and divisive films. And the Ghibli movies are all quite widely beloved. While I know that he has done all of the Marvel films (partly to reach a wider RUclips audience I'm sure) and Lord of the Rings for example, I think the spirit of the channel is still mostly rooting for underdog movies. I think he will eventually get around to the Ghibli films though, but I think it's not a priority and tons of other people have done it, so it's going to be a while.
They're huge copywrite claim magnets.
Man, if he did an EGA Spirited Away, the video would be four hours long.
8:00 Harley is talking to the beaver. His name is Bernie, he appears in the Harley Quinn comics. He talks to her... So she is replying to him. Not talking to the audience or breaking the 4th wall.
Something you overlooked, its subtle but harely grabs the picture from the nun school before her house is blown up. Showing it has sentimental value to her, and explaining its existance besides contrived backstory.
“Baking soda”
Uhh who should tell him...
Yeah, it’s actually flour!
@@paulbennett2284 Non-dairy creamer.
@@LadyOnikara
Coconut dried milk
@@paulbennett2284 I’ll be the one to say it.
It’s speed.
Hey there!
I just wanted to suggest three winnable movies:
"Song of the Sea" an Irish film about Celtic folklore
"Kirikou and the Sorceress" a French film about Guinean folklore
"Like Crazy" an Italian film about two women who escape from a mental institution in search of happiness
Hey! May I ask why Kirikou and the Sorceress is a great film? I watched it but I thought it was a little weird.
The secret of kells is also a great movie
@@shawndvorak5899 yeah, I know, that would be awesome too.
@@Matcharsiu Michel Ocelot's style is very unique. The scenes in his movies look like they are all different settings on a stage, and his storytelling techniques follow the format of folktales. This is rather strange at times, but can also be a positive for its anormality. I Also think the core message of not believing in witches and charlatans is one that can still be important to this day. And the animation is beautiful.
The fact that he puts a discaimer because the movie is rated R while most people don't makes me so happy.
It is such an amazing show it is just sad that most men thought it was about man hating when it was never about sexism in the show. It was just about Harley and the gang. The title was also short tho, if they put Harley X Birds of Prey it might have been better.
It is about sexism. But rather... Like many experience it, just like the everyday shit women just have to deal With. Yet.
it was about man hating, the writer made sure that every male character in the movie was presented negatively even though every male led superhero movie ever made always includes female characters in large positive supporting roles. it was like this movie didnt want male audiences to like it.
@@andyrobin7196 Why can't men like a movie where the men aren't praised? Women are forced into a patriarchal society where women have to settle for the "supporting" roles? Just bc you don't like something doesn't mean only your perspective is valid.
Thanks for this. A small thing I enjoyed was Winstead's social awkwardness which is of course how she would be with her childhood and formative years. It's a great touch to lean into that.
I’m glad I never heard any of the controversy for this film. I like to try and avoid news about movies that interest me, but sometimes the internet makes it hard.
Everyone kept complaining about the fight scenes being so slow or poorly cut. They did that on purpose! Honestly, I think they did to show the rawness of the fighting. Like, these girls aren't your perfect superheroes. They slapped together their weapons and started fighting.
I like Harley in the shows and few comics I've read. Hated her in Suicide Squad (hated the whole movie really) and talked a lot of shit about this movie from the trailers alone. I was happy and surprised after actually watching Birds of Prey though. Turns out is DCs most underrated movie and the only one I'll voluntarily rewatch.
You have no idea how great it feels for someone else to agree with you on liking a movie that everyone hates, I'm tired of reading "This movie was shit" in the comments
Can we give a win to Margo's roller skating? That was badass.
0:52 this is even better because of the current situation between the two on the new Harley Quinn tv show... I _really_ would love to see a live-action movie based around Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy
Please do:
Tangled
Avatar
Dinosaur
Brother Bear
The Shallows
5:50 also second time Ewan Mccgregor gets interrupted by Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend.
“If I had a nickel for every time Ewan McGregor got interrupted by Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?”
9:53 through the part about persistence, the way he said it was the cutest thing I've heard all year lol
As someone who's wore roller skates those things are heavy as hell so when Harly did that backflip with those roller skates my respect for her went 📈📈📈
This movie is funny, fun and action packed. This is a movie I will defend from sexist hatred because genuinely that’s the only real reason men tend to review this as bad
This movie just made me love Magot Robbie even more
I feel they made the emotions in this movie very relatable. Some people thought it was stupid she was so dramatic over a sandwich, but honestly as a woman, I've cried over less. (Men too sometimes, not just woman.)
Birds Of Prey has been my favourite movie so far for this year.
I think the E in "Prey" references the brass knuckles that Lady Ex-Cop (just invented a hero name for her) pick up before the battle.
the “E” in “Birds of Prey” is Montoya’s brass knuckles!
20:04 I haven't seen the movie and honestly don't know that much about it but I like that outfit harley is wearing. It looks like somthing elton john would wear with a touch of david bowie
If only they did DC live action movies as well as the animated ones
Wow you are actually first
Congratulations
Oh no
I can’t get over Ewan’s little gasp when he sees the grenade ring 😂😂😂
as a derby girl!
1. skates can handle car speed
2. idk about banked track derby, but we can't punch each other like that in flat track derby...
Alot of people forget that Harley isnt just some dumb bimbo who's in love with the joker, she's got a genius level intellect, is incredibly well read, has a PHD and was a Olympic caliber gymnast before her love for the Joker caused her to throw all of that away.
Legitimately, I would have loved it if the grenade that killed Black Mask didn’t go off until her was underwater and the end credits showing Black Mask crawling out of the bay.
one thing to add to the post commentary, at the start of the injustice 2 comic series she almost did since she was invited by batman
Hi, Great Review, finally someone who seems to take this movie as a movie and not just as either feminist-propaganda or feminist-milestone.
Everyone was focusing so much on that, no one actually talked about the movie itself.
I'd love to see you talk about Jojo Rabbit, I feel like you could touch very interesting topics in that one (plus it's an amazing movie)
And for next october I suggest Coraline as your Halloween pick!
Stay healthy everyone!
1:57 the thing in the logo is brass knuckles, they can be seen being worn at 16:08
Honestly this is the best we could get out of a proper portrayal of Black Mask and Victor Zsasz. They're both creepy demented hellions who make your skin crawl every time they're on screen!
It's nice to see a man who negatively criticizes a lot of movies say something positive about this one, especially since it didn't do well with critics and sexist DC fanboys.
I always love that Batman's female Rouge's gallery is never all good and all bad. They always fight for what they believe in, and they take whatever means to do it.
all of batman's female villains have become (bisexual) anti-heroes over the years so they just get to do whatever they want and they never get beaten up and punished like the (exclusively straight) male villains do, it's just a double standard
One of the things I only noticed after watching this and I'm kinda disappointed never got brought up was that the title card of Black Mask's introduction where he shoots through his own name gets continued in the final battle when the birds were exiting the fun house and Roman shoots Renee. Same shot compositon and everything. That's incredible cinematography and foreshadowing.
14:21
Just remembered that "Samurai Cop" was done in 1991...
Only heard the spirderbait cover in Without a Paddle. That’s cool that it was brought back
this is an amazing video i really loved watching you give out opinions about certain scenes and the fact u keep your laugh in one some scenes making the video feel more personal as if watching the movie with a friend
My least favorite part of this amazing movie
Is the fact that the villains death didn’t capitalize on the fact that Gotham has quite the shark population
Only grievance
Deadpool: Your so dark! Are you sure your not from the dc universe?
Harley: *o k*
Yall remember when people (men) said this movie was bad it was unrealistic that Harley could fight guys twice her size but they actually didn't like it because it's a women empowerment movie.
It can be hypocritical. People adore Wonder Woman, an Amazon, kicking ass with her god-like powers, yet some people (mostly men) would get all annoyed when Harley kicks ass with her unique acrobatic skills & proficiency of weapons like in the comics- unless she is hyper-sexualized with the Daddy’s Little Monster outfit & the camera constantly aiming at her body like in Suicide Squad.
Sometimes it’s the other way around. In the MCU, the majority of the fanbase would bitch & whine over Captain Marvel being overpowered, yet there are no complaints when Black Widow can effortlessly take down dozens (if not, hundreds) of men twice her size with her various martial arts & marksmanship, & even Scarlet Witch when she’s literally bending reality at this point in Wandavision- at least from what we saw in the first 2 episodes.
My best guess is that they like strong women, but hate it when the girl power is pushed a little bit (depending on how well done or forced it was).
@@TeresaKinsley well captain marvel and BOP have in common the fact that the females aren’t sexualized, and even though Wonder Woman isn’t sexualized in her own movie she wears a more revealing outfit than captain marvel or the girls on BOP, plus i believe Wonder Woman looks more docile, feminine and approachable, while captain marvel is clearly more aggressive and less feminine, and even tho Margot Robbie is gorgeous, her looks in this movie are clearly just for fun and not to attract men nor is she acting hipersexual or flirty, I think it is a double standard that they are ok with black widow (very sexualized over the movies) taking down a lot of bad guys but not Harley considering that in the comics Harley has super strength
Speaking of Ghibli, as an anime watcher I would like to point out that Ghibli is different in that they tend to me actually respectful towards females and isn't focused on giving fan service or satisfying typical straight men's sexual desires.
@2:00 brass knuckles like the one rosie perez had towards the end
Another win for me is when Harley gets tranquilized towards the end of the movie, she recovers from it really fast, a subtle homage to the source material - in the comics, Harley, just like the Joker, is either immune or highly resistant to any and all toxins)
That... explains a lot. I was watching clips from Batman and Robin earlier and wondering how Harley could possibly kiss Poison Ivy and survive when Ivy produces venom from her lips. Now I know.
Wasn’t that because of poison Ivy giving her an injection though?, it doesn’t make sense in this scenario. Unless I’m thinking of a different sort of continuity because I know that poison Ivy can control her own toxins but she also injected Harley with a drug that rendered her immune to the effects of her toxins.
@@jamestheawsome100 yes poison ivy injected her, and we don’t see her physically in the movie, but in the animation in the beginning when she is talking about heart brakes you can see poison ivy so it makes sense in the movie that she already is inmune and also that injection gave her super strength
@@mephostopheles3752 in Batman the animated series, ivy gives Harley a shot that protects her from her poison so they can be around each other and she seemed to heal faster and be stronger as well. Whatever helped her survive joker’s abuse
@@noviglove8093 what
I always thought Harley’s Marilyn Monroe scene was just a reaction to when every someone would physical harm/abuse her, her brain would go to her “happy place” as a coping mechanism. She had to deal with what the joker did to her somehow.
I had a similar thought, the first time I saw the movie. Something along the lines of Black Mask potentially becoming her new Mr. J and the cycle of abuse starting up again with him
That's exactly how I read it as well, once I got over the initial shock of the transition. :) I really liked it.
Good theory.
Same
@@WhyWeWatch1 That is exactly what I thought it was, and I was super worried she'd fall back into it, but then he hit her again and it seemed to like snap her out of it. Like, she remembered suddenly how awful it really was, or that he just wasn't Joker.
I'm only wondering how you never mentioned the fact harley repeatedly uses her psychology back ground throughout this movie. Adding to her complexity and depth. She's a crazed loon having fun her way, but she can also get right in your head without even trying and put you further off what you thought you knew about her.
Harley maybe shown as dumb but remember she actually is really smart and from time to time harleen comes out
I admit, I was HIGH AS A KITE when I first saw this movie.
I legit cried when the egg sandwich hit the ground. Like, I had to leave the theater, go home, cry about it until I wasn't high anymore, then come back to the theater and get another ticket to see it all the way through again.
Lmaoo
This comment legit made me laugh loud. I think my sister heard from the other room. Wow
I felt that
LMAO
This is hilarious 😂
Props to the scene where he makes the lady strip for not being gratifying in any way just realistically horrific
Amen. I think that's why Black Mask was so terrifying in this movie, he's the kind of character you've met in real life. (atleast i have) Which makes him a very real feeling villian.
Hard agree!
I agree, that scene made me squirm and cringe, terrified for the poor woman who was just having a good time, but it was a great scene to showcase how insane he is.
Arguably, to be fair, we already had that with the face cutting scene, but the scene was well done and did not glorify or romance it, it was degrading and scary as hell with having a crazy maniac giving the orders and leering at her.
It almost got prevented from being in the movie because the studio thought it was too much.
P J I think the big think is that this was a movie that was directed by a woman. Your statement would be right though if it was directed by a man though. And that’s not being political it is the truth.
"Margot Robbie is still the best live action Harley Quinn by far"
ummm.... isn't she the only one?
@Karsyn zzstu Beauchamp Forgot about that, but she wasn't exactly Harley Quinn in the same sense.
@Karsyn zzstu Beauchamp I've seen the show. I meant she is more of the regular person Harleen Quinzel, the psychiatrist, not the crazy clown joker sidekick. At least from what I remember.
I feel like they’d have a hard time finding a better one in the future so that statement still stands.
Exactly
First woulda been Madonna if Batman 5 got made
My favorite line in the whole movie: Harley: "Run Piggy RUN!" I love how she sold that line in Police Station!
@@alexandermarquardt597 I like the line because it was funny, that's all. Forgive me if I'm wrong. Why do I feel the sense of sarcasm in this comment was rudely poking fun at my opinion?? If you genuinely ment what you said I apologize.
@@alexandermarquardt597 I wasn't clear enough with my comment, and I understood yours. What I ment by, "I love the way she sold that line" referred to me finding it personally funny with her tone. I understood your sarcasm, using literal criticism of the movie. My comment wasn't trying to be an openly criticized comment about the movies quality. Mine was a personal opinion on a funny moment. I don't think the way she said it was "award winning, phenomenal acting" I just thought it was funny.
Harley is my favorite part of the movie
Fake
You said police station as if it was a call out in a videogame
If I didn't love this film enough already, Harley is randomly giving her ladies advice that calls back to her psychology past which I love that they didn't forget who she originally was and still pokes through her "insanity" occasionally
which is also continuity, since she did that in suicide squad too!
exactly! even when she was tied up in that chair she was trying to get in Black Mask's head to manipulate him to let her go
I laughed out loud when she went, "Dumb bit**, please, I have a PhD"
I believe she also did gymnastics in highschool so I was glad to see that worked in
You have no idea how great it feels for someone else to agree with you on liking a movie that everyone hates, I'm tired of reading "This movie was shit" in the comments
Plus can we talk about the all-female soundtrack????
It was BOMB
@Trey Stephens yes it’s good
did kinda bang like crazy
@Trey Stephens it's crazy good
@Trey Stephens HIGHLY recommend.
Favorite thing about this whole movie: FEMALE GAZE. The actresses are able to be sexy without being over sexualized. The costuming differences between Suicide Squad versus BoP is huge. The focus moved from T and A to the fighting and conversation.
As a woman, its NICE to just see a movie with female characters telling a story. And a few funny nods to female issues and relationships. No secondary agenda involved. No women fighting over a dude. They dont hate each other because of a guy or just because. Ect.
@Axsoul CAMPBELL OOP
Yess! 👏👏👏👏 Like the difference between the Amazon’s costumes in Wonder Woman as opposed to their horrendous costumes in Justice League! (I’ve only seen pictures of the JL ones but it’s so obvious the difference between a female director and a male director!)
Suicide squads director was a male, Birds of Preys director was a female, the actor for Harley even said she was SO uncomfortable in the Suicide Squad outfits
@Axsoul CAMPBELL I don't know why you are doing this but please, for if nothing else then for your future self, stop.
@Axsoul CAMPBELL "ok".
two of the most depressing scenes in the movie:
1. the death of cheeseburger
2. the "death" of good ol' bruce
Two of the best scenes:
1: return of cheeseburger
2: bruce lives
Death of egg sandwich not cheese burger
End credits were also so great!
Not... Harley disassociating? Okay. 🙄
Throughout the entire last 3rd of the movie I kept asking, “But is Bruce okay!?” I squealed in delight when they revealed he was alive❤️
It is an egg sandwich. Probably the best looking one I've ever seen. You literally watch it being prepared right in front of you and still call it a cheeseburger?
2:01
I think the E is shaped as brass knuckles by the way
Ah hello
Just Some Guy without a Mustache fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Just Some Guy without a Mustache beat me to it. Lol
Ahhh makes sense
Oh dang
Excuse me, but you missed a win for Ewan screaming "SHE'S A CHIIIILD!!!" at the top of his lungs. He killed the entire audience of my screening with this one line.
Obi-Wan to Anakin on Mustafar.
@@mikaelcyr3942 Wait...Who is the child in this situation? Meaby Padmé because scheint died of god damn sadness...
Obi wan be like
He also missed the bit where Harley randomly gets roller skates and Canary lampshades it.
Lucas I think confirmed that the fan theory that Palpatine drained Padmé's life to keep Anakin/Vader alive is correct.
2:00 Those are Montoya's knuckledusters! Also, two things I feel like you missed, personally: first, I liked that Black Mask was both fun to watch and just completely awful. I like complex villains, but between the typical superhero-movie World Domination Tyrants and Former Friends, it was refreshing to have a villain who was just plain terrible, and in a way that felt realistic- a spoiled, entitled, psychopathic manchild. Second, one small detail I loved is that Harley intermittently switches into psychiatrist-mode, like during her interrogation under Sionis when she interrupts him by psychoanalysing his theatrics, and when she randomly tells Helena that revenge "rarely brings the catharsis that we hope for". It's just a nice touch- a reminder that she was someone before the Joker, and is smart and capable independently of him, but without making it feel inorganic.
On a more controversial (?) note, I really didn't get the reviews that kept saying it was a man-hating feminist-propaganda movie. Even one of my favourite reviewers said that they felt Black Mask was verging on cartoonishly misogyonistic by the end- but honestly, it never felt heavy-handed to me, and every sexist moment from a male character was a variation of something I've seen or experienced IRL. And it's not like the main characters are flawless- all of them have some "bad" qualities. Harley Quinn is pretty terrible overall (and only becomes "a slightly less terrible person" over the course of the movie), Black Canary willingly works for the villain and refuses to use her abilities for good until her conscience kicks in, Montoya is a capable detective but also a heavy-drinking cowboy cop with Issues, and Huntress is murdering bad people out of revenge, not because they're bad people.
This got way too long, but I wasreally happy to hear you saying that there's no "we are women, hear us roar" moment, because that's exactly my response. It's not a feminist-propaganda movie, it's a good movie that features badass female protagonists, who go up against a male villain who is terrible in multiple ways (I mean, his hair-trigger temper and face-slicing gets far more attention than his sexist comments).
For me when they complain about how the men were shown in this movie, I say one thing..."its gotham"
Come.on. its the city of crime where everything is possible and being a good samaritan is unknown. In a city surrounded by crime and the fact that u can get away with anything, if course anyone would be wild and do what they wanted. Including both men predatoring on girls and women being imperfect as u mentioned in ur comment
Agreed
Humans are way less likely to like a movie they can't identify with. And of course, men have a harder time identifying with a bunch of girls. Just like how women have a harder time identifying with a movie full of men. The difference is, that most DC and Marvel movies have male characters so all the male fans (which there probably are a lot of when it comes to comics) are suddenly mad because they are not used to watching a movie they can't relate to.
They feel that way cause Ian and the cast kept saying it was super feminist and he was battling misogyny. If they had kept their mouths shut nobody would have zoomed in and.focused on it.
What makes these men as villains interesting is the way almost any woman recognises how sleazy and horrible they are because they've seen the behavior in real life. It's realistic because it was made through the lense of a woman's experiences.
As someone who used to put my hair in a bun while actively doing ballet, I loved that little moment in the fight scene. If you've had your hair long for a few years, you eventually just become able to do stuff like that.
@Black Ninja probably didn't have a hair band on her and couldn't grab one since the whole forced to go there thing? maybe?
@Black Ninja I mean I personally don't but like each to their own?
@Black Ninja i can never find a damn hair tie
There are people saying the girls aren't attractive?? I'm a raging lesbian and i was melting after seeing Huntress appear for 0.5 seconds in the trailer alone
I'm pan but can confirm Iwas also melting after seeing Huntress
Idk why but goddamn i feel harley looks so much better in BoP than she did in SS. I felt like the outfit in BoP truly showcases harley as well harley. It fun, it's all-over-the-place, and just a colorful mess and i love it since it just suits her soo well.
@@stxrkilla I feel like im the only one who likes both. SS was more true to her comic look which is why it think some like it better and BoP was more inventive while staying true to the character's personality.
@@coin2094 Thank you!! Me too!
@@stxrkilla An in-universe explanation (we know it's director difference IRL) is in SS, Harley is being dressed by/for the Joker, where in BoP, she's dressing for herself.
I have to say this movie is one of the most satisfying I've ever seen. Every few minutes I was internally cheering because it felt so GOOD. Can't even begin to explain how it made me feel seen and humanised rather than objectified an all-girl squad. It wasn't some sleepover chick-flick (although it would definitely be a great sleepover movie). It's a movie that does so many things so well and didn't make me cringe at over-sexualisation or lines about how women can control men like animals through seduction (soo overdone). It felt like I was seeing people.
@@alexandermarquardt597 Yeah unfortunately fanboys think a movie where women aren't portrayed as sexual objects is 'PC bullshit' that isn't worth watching.
@@fairy5668 Or maybe it was the fact that several of the leading ladies, production staff, and marketing campaigns specifically told men "Hey this movie isn't for you, we don't want you or need you." Great plan chase off half of the movie-going audience, in a shocking twist telling people not to see your movie, gets them to not see your movie.
@@alexandermarquardt597 Those aren't all-woman teams though. The lead protagonists are a whole team of women. We see all-man squads all the time
@@TheOldOwl8 I can only see the first four lines of your comment. I think that's a poor marketing decision but a lot of action flicks are, consciously or unconsciously, geared towards men, yet women still see them.
This movie was just a fun time and as a big lesbian sometimes you just wanna see some ladies kick ass and dress cool. For real I wanna have as much fun with my clothes as Harley does.
When Harley is patting Bruce and she says that she loves them both equally she is talking to the stuffed beaver as a reference to the Harley Quinn comic book series (the new one) she has a dead beaver that only she can hear.
A5
Am I the only one who loves how socially akward Huntress is?
Mysterious akward lesbian energy.
@@hMusic-tb8hl oh 100%
You don’t get a lot of chances to socialize and make small talk back in the old country, learning how to take bloody revenge on a bunch of capos. And it’s a take on her character I absolutely adore. She’s tough as nails but her social awkwardness makes her instantly adorable too.
@@sxblck yup, though it maked a lot of sense hehe
She’s such a mood honestly
I adored this movie and so did my wife. The big thing I realized was that every nit I wanted to pick honestly doesn't hold up if you apply comic book logic. Does this make sense in a real scenario? No. Would it make sense in a comic book? Oh yes, 100%. Suddenly even the most out of place or weird moments just end up that much more epic because BOOM we're looking at a LIVE ACTION COMIC BOOK AND I LOVE IT.
Can you please do a CinemaWins for Dungeons and Dragons (2000)? I feel like that movie could use some love.
Hell yeah, I agree with that a lot, this sort of, lack of realism allows the writers to come up with a lot of fun stuff
Totally agree we need to get EGA a out all of dnd movies,especially second
There are Dungeons and Dragons movies?
@@bessieburnet9816 Absolutely. They are somewhere between ridiculously bad and really fun. Best way to watch it is to imagine it's a game run by twelve year olds because the overacting, ridiculousness, and AGGRESSIVE use of hammy tropes fits in perfectly with how you'd expect kids to play.
@@bessieburnet9816 yeah,whole 3 of them
I liked how the WOC and the white women both experienced sexism differently. Sure, Harley was treated poorly by the Joker but her close relationship to a powerful white man afforded her some protection. Meanwhile, Canary's relationship to a white man afforded her no real protection. Also, I loved the resolution to everyone's plot, especially the cop's. It would have been easy to give her a huge win, but more realistically, that was stolen from her and she finally saw that the best way to change the system was from the outside. Also also, I noticed how Harley started to dress more like Harley for herself rather than the Joker, who was who she dressed for in Suicide Squad.
Joker and Harley were dating and joker was quite possessive and abusive so it was more of an upside downside sort of thing. Upside, joker protection and downside, no protection against the actual joker himself.
Black mask and canary were not romantically Linked what so ever so the only “protection” with mask she at most may have got was the she is one of my things sort of protection if any. Harley was a love interest and a stooge/sidekick and possession while canary was an above average lackey that was pretty to look at who could also kick ass for black mask. This wasn’t a difference between white vs non white sexism. It was beneficial while extremely harmful relationship vs hot female lackey of a sexist male boss
Good point
The Joker is clearly mad as a bag of cats, but he is does not meet the legal definition of insanity. The insanity defence is HARD to win - only 1% of legal cases in the US attempt to argue "not guilty by reason of insanity" and less than 50% of those 1% of cases win. The Joker knew where and when he was in reality, he knew what he was doing was wrong, he knew it would hurt people, he knew it would have real-world consequences, and he chose to do it BECAUSE he likes hurting people.
@@anjafrohlich1170 well I was just saying since sexsomnia can easly be forgiven by the cort even if you have intercouse with them i theis sleep. Mabye or mabye not.
@@msk-qp6fn well I was just saying since sexsomnia can easly be forgiven by the cort even if you have intercouse with them i theis sleep. Mabye or mabye not.
i loved this film and that they let Margot kinda take charge of the character and i think she did amazing!
@@alexandermarquardt597 how is Harley woke in this movie? Just by being a single woman?? By not wearing booty shorts? By kicking ass in roller-skates?? By giving somebody a hair tie??
@@alexandermarquardt597 please tell me. I really want to know
@@alexandermarquardt597 first of all I'd like a source for them wanting to show that women are greater than men. Shouldn't be that hard to find if it's like you said.
Second of all I don't think it's incriminating to say that you want to hire women in a field dominated by men. There are so many movies that had a mostly male crew behind it, I don't really have to imagine it the other way round. I find it especially not bad in a movie that has many female main characters (which is comic accurate).
@@alexandermarquardt597 also anybody who thinks the clothes in the movie are not sexy, I just really can't trust your judgment, cause every single female character is very hot and good looking to me. It might just be your taste in fashion. Especially Harleys Outfits in this movie are way more appealing to me than that one Outfit she wore in suicide squad
@@alexandermarquardt597 Somehow, I'm not surprised to see that you're so entitled as to think that your silly Politically Correct garbage makes a "well crafted answer", or to expect people to be grateful to you for regurgitating it from whichever blog post you stole it from.
Harley makes a suicide reference when she was talking about her life she said that she had a bomb strapped to her neck and in suicide squad she had a bomb strapped to her neck
Thank you Captain Obvious.
Samur/Aye I actually didn't know that cuz I never watched Suicide Squad so it was helpful for me lol
@@SA80TAGE shut up
this comment is pretty old but she also sees a Wanted poster of that boomerang guy from Suicide squad, and she says "hey I know that guy!"
@@jinkkxx omg i couldn’t figure out who that was on the poster for her to say that so thank you for pointing that out !
The thing about people today is that they want everything to be serious, this movie isn’t serious and that’s why I like it
Same
Exactly my thoughts!! I thought everything about it was so fun, even the sad and serious moments are done in a fun way, it’s refreshing and it’s something new apart from the other overproduced superhero movies nowadays (Avengers im looking at you)
I get upset when I see people call a movie shit because it doesn't live up to their comedic geniuses or their high levels of drama-expertise because many movies these days are actually pretty good if you just sit down and take your time to enjoy them instead of just being so god damn pessimistic all the time. People often call me pessimistic in real life, and while it's true a lot of the time, I take my time to see the good in things instead of seeing one bad thing, then acting like the whole thing is ruined.
You have no idea how great it feels for someone else to agree with you on liking a movie that everyone hates, I'm tired of reading "This movie was shit" in the comments
@@snackeater4990 "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well"
2:00
"...is that a comb..?"
I'd say knuckledusters.
Yes. Thank you.
^ my thoughts exactly
So I loved this movie. As I teenage girl, this movie spoke to me. Especially when Harley gave Canary a hair tie. REALISM. I like that Black mask's misogyny is from entitlement, he thinks he owns everyone. I like that Harley does kill the landlord, instead she gets his motivation because she has got a degree in psychology. I like the frantic pacing, it feels like Harley. I like how when Black mask slapped her, she had a full suckerpunch moment. I love how Huntress is awkward(also her eyeshadow is amazing) because that makes sense for her background. I love how downplayed Montoya's alcoholism is. I understood Cassandra's wanting to be like Harley. And I understood why Canary was hesitant to get involved. Also the visuals are amazing, like I actually enjoyed the fight scene. Lastly, this movie would have been less fun if it was pg13.
I think you just wrote the best review I've seen for this film. And you're right. Every single character was grounded and real in a nutso over the top world.
@@Wednesdaywoe1975 thanks
The movie is bad, you should watch the reviews
*doesn’t kill the landlord
I think you meant doesn’t anyway
this is such a solid review, i agree so much
Wasn’t the E a pair of knuckle-dusters for Black Canary’s brawling style of fighting?
Yep.
Montoya picked up a pair of knuckles from the toy chest, but they didn't really feature them in the fight after.
@@phinneas8052 Montoya also used handcuffs as improvised knuckles in an earlier scene!
The more I watch this movie the more I like it. I think it’s extremely fun and charming. I am so glad it was rated R. I like when movies can go full out. We don’t have many of them in this genre so it was a pleasure. Also Ewan McGregor was awesome. He really enjoyed himself in this role. It was an extreme character done very well. I really hope we get more Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. She is so good in the role.
So glad Ryan Renolds walked so Margot Robbie could run. (also he ran plenty too)
I like how they wrote Roman Sionis as an MCU Tony Stark-type character. I mean, he quips and jokes while he's doing evil villain-y things. So... he's essentially MCU Tony Stark if Tony Stark was an evil sociopath who somehow became a rich-ass Mob Boss and lived his whole life in the Iron Man suit because he was horribly disfigured which is what I think drove him mad in the first place.
Don’t forget Logan and Joker.
One detail I loved in the movie was some references to Harley's knowledge of psychology. Like when she analyses the girl explaining why she was lying, such a cool detail.
1. Like if you want to empower have some good movies on this like kll bill or blade
2. If you just want a good movie then black panther Supergirl's batman or captain America will do but will nto be empowered cu it is unrealistic howether like kll bill and blade are empowering.
3. not all dislikers are offencuve eevn if it is a feminist movie lkie for example
4. Not all-female lead movies are feminist or else no film with a male lead would empower anyone in the 80s cus no misady back in the 80s
5. Also Not all dislike are offensive. And just because it is feminist does not mean that it is immune to criticism. Like if you make a female lead movie with a budget of 20$. and people. hate it. it is because it had a lowe bidge, nto becaus it is feminist.
For example, Harly quin is a stereotype and Captian marvel is unrealistic
Also just because you made a feminist movie does snot mean you are immune to criticism because then everyone who did not vote for Obama and the entire democratis bacty in 2008 and 2012 was offencive.
6. I like this movie.
7. Also female and black empowering movie existed since the 80s and they did into get as much dislike even feminist movies existed back then so it is not the fist female hero movie. They wher two branches empoering movie like llk*** bill and just good movie like Diana or fmeinist movies like mulan. Also when a movie flops they look at people who do not like the studio and people who are offencive and people who watched the movie.
11. Also If just because a high percentage of people are men doe Santo mean the disliker are offencive Mabye most of the audience are men. Does that mean that since most people who not vote for Obama are white. Hence, all disliker are offencive and all his competitor are offencive too. Everyone else even whe whole democratic party is too. Like Manny's reason to dislike her she was exposed to the teseract or was not her in infinity war and Ultron captian marvel is too unrelaistic but some peoepl like unrelistic movie.
12. Also Harley quin is already a feminin steryotype a nurse that doe snot cure patient is a steriotype that women are bad doctor and the evil nurse and the fact that her tuning evil because she could not do stuf on her won and tuning evil and trickery is a elam steryotype or getting made fun and uncomfrtable by a mentally sick person she was warned and wa supposed to cure and yes morally and legally he is not mentally insane but in the movie plot he is so we consider him as that. But I still liked her also people calling people ofencive cus of her clothing is niysmart like many fmale heros and non superos int he 80s do not have revealing clothes like real fans do nto care about that but also guess what ,ongere on panther and Franklin are noir criminals but in the prequal and they are still alive Ando not criminals and people get mad, are they evicneffo*** no they just usually do these thing like Harley usually had this clothing but we may like other non relvealing elamef heros and what about blade volverine or Manny others, I mean just because female most likely have lingerie means it needs to be equal but that does not mean not at all. I mean does that mean all noir villains form the 80s need to be good? Now I personally love Harley non revealing clothes and less her old clothes but like meaning you want Harley in her old clothes does not mean all file superhero need to.
13.
Obviously the reason every homme is against harley quin is because everyone who is not a in a villain** in a villain** movie is bad and it's a Femme Club. Because in loki and other stuff the other people are mauvais people, and it's a femme only squad. And since most people in the movies are hommes therefore most people will be bad guys. However the response of the fans are, well, femmes were mistreated in other movies and complaining is hypocrite even if we think the femmmes being mistreated in other movies where mauvais.
Imagine having a minority empowring movie where basically
lauthing at france because of colinization or BC old movies where offencive too. Like ebacuse previous movies where mauvais doe snot mean that soignt hat is justified.
And yes halrey had previously a relealing costume and some DC heros as well but not all femmes had it however in this movie all the men where villains not because the studio dislike them but because most people in movies ar men and as I said everyone who is not ain the bad side team is a bad person according to the pad person. And volverine and martian hunter and blade had rreveealing costume of costume. So unless you complain about harley and her but not them or the men being mauvais in this movie, You are not radical.
i went and saw this by myself and i feel like everyone is so hard on it for no reason. it didnt change the world but it was a solid watch AND id seek it out to watch it again (as opposed to "oh its on, might as well) which is not always the case . also, can i just say as a victim of some heavy emotional abuse from past partners, it was liberating as hell seeing her pull herself out of the end spiral of the joker relationship. i empathized with her so much it was actually kinda hard to watch the first bit before she blows shit up to feel better, too close to home. it weirdly gave me a good amount of catharsis i didnt know i needed and thats a good movie quality you dont often find. lot of times its all over dramatized bullshit
Lmo honestly, why can't a movie be just good? A movie doesn't have to be a total masterpiece and please all the critics (whose critiques are mainly pretentious nitpicking that 90% of people don't give a fuck about) to be enjoyable, or at least that's what I think.
@@brooklynsbaby4367 That’s the real reason why I don’t watch critics.
@@graymatter8946 Same but recently I've found 1-2 who are pretty reasonable.
@@brooklynsbaby4367 I still have a lot of doubts trusting them still.. Since nowadays, there are a lot of Right-wing propaganda and that SJWs from the Right are going on a rampage.
The movie is bad, you should watch the reviews
"Toddler with a Machete" that's the entire human existence in general aint it?
Or "an Old Man with a Stick"
Now we have nukes 😄
From the perspective of an eternal, eldritch god, or just gods in general, yeah.
@@trevorgreenough6141 more or less my point exactly.
'Baby with a nail-gun'
Honestly, I love Harley‘s costume choices in this film. In „Suicide Squad“ her costume looked like it was made to look sexy and seductive. In „Birds of Prey“ it looked like Harley just wanted to have fun.
Her pigtails aren’t long enough for anyone to grab anymore. Her bags look more like fun then to „seductively surround her face“. Her shirt isn’t strategicly ripped to be sexy. And most important of all: She doesn’t wear a fucking dog collar!!!
I got that post from a pinterest post! This wasn’t originally written by me!!
(Sorry for my bad english.)
It's how you know that the director on Suicide Squad was a man, and the director on Birds of Prey was a woman.
As a gay, I gotta say she's much more attractive in this movie than Suicide Squad.
@@hyenaedits3460 As a bi, I think you're completely right.
Alex Gilmour Agree!
@P J Eeh, Wonder Woman is also made with a female gaze (female director), but I think where Birds of Prey feels different is in both the 'vibe' of the story (mythic, a serious story that's about a *GOD* and told from that god's perspective VS a recovering-from-a-breakup crime-romp from the perspective of a certified nutcase) and that Wonder Woman was made with like, the NEED to draw men, to get the buzz and prestige, whereas Birds Of Prey was like, 'if men come, cool, but we don't NEED them to like it', and that difference in vibe is where men feel un-catered to, I guess. WW was made for a gender-neutral audience, BoP was specifically for women.
I love how he gets all pissed about the beautiful beard being burned, but gives the win nonetheless.
It's a beautiful beard who the fuck would take that away
@@TheGhostly-Reaper141 I know right?
@@TheGhostly-Reaper141 Yeah.
It was a “brutal” win
Did anyone else’s heart just break when Harley’s egg sandwich got ruined?
Me, I love egg sandwiches.
What did you expect when you went to watch an R- rated movie?
I literally screamed NOOOOOOOOO!!! in the theatre lol I loved eggs, (bacon, ham or sausage) & cheese sandwiches. All the while, my fiancé laughed but j was devastated! 😥 I love breakfast sandwiches lol
Mine did. That thing looked freaking tasty.
Yes. Here's what'll break your heart even more. Margot Robbie is deathly allergic to chicken eggs. They had to use duck eggs and, if you've never had any fried duck eggs before, is super rich and delicious. I've actually stopped cooking with chicken eggs and I have duck eggs all the time.
Would you kindly do Everything Great About The Iron Giant and/or The Prince of Egypt please?
🥺
The Iron Giant is my favourite character. He is not a gun.
@@trevorgreenough6141 Fun Fact: The idea Brad Bird had that led to him coming up with The Iron Giant was "What if a gun had a soul and didn't want to be a gun"
A man chooses, a slave obeys.
@@interestingusername306 You beat me to it!
This was my favourite movie I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve always connected with Harley in a deep way. The thing that I loved about BoP is the manic energy and how aggressive it feels. The way I described it to my friends is that is if WW, Captain Marvel and BoP were your sisters, and your boyfriend did you wrong, WW and CM would give him a stern talking to or a punch in the nose, but BoP would burning their fucking house down.
I can’t be the only woman who is angry and frustrated with the world and this movie told me “hey we see it too”. Montoya having her hard work ignored, the guy feeding Harley drinks until she can’t stand, Black Canary being fetishized by Black Mask... These have all happened in my life or to my friends.
Also, the costume design was impeccable. No one fought in high heels, everyone looked like they were real clothes, not a costume.
FYI the part when Harley is on skates getting pushed by the car is similar to a popular drill in roller derby called shopping carts, where you pull a line of skaters who are all crouched like that.
Anyway, thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Whatever you say is invalid. That profile picture is enough to make a man vomit
What's wrong with the pfp? That she has black lipstick?
Your summary is completely accurate for me and every girl I've seen this movie with. I know guys won't understand - I wish they would though because the feeling you get as a woman seeing this film after experiencing or knowing of the experiences mentioned above really makes you feel seen. Also, the fact that Harley's fashion changed drastically - in Suicide Squad she wore booty shorts and heels and a shirt that read "Daddy's Little Monster". In BoP she's wearing rainbows and sequins and comfortable shoes - loud clothing that's not intended to please anyone but herself. Every girl I saw it with picked up on it because we're more aware of it than guys. Again - not an indictment to men who don't see it, just an observation that it's more obvious for women.
@@alexandermarquardt597 women experience the world differently then men, even my autistic make ass can figure that out, so why are you so offended when a woman points this out?
@@alexandermarquardt597 who's auf? I don't remember seeing that name. And you completely missed my point, women aren't men with tits, they have a different experience than men. So do black people different than white people, everyone has different experiences that relate to them more than other groups.
Well harley still rocks in High heels? I have nothing against it its badass
Lmao “like a toddler with a machete” l love that 😭
The jail break scene can be looked from another perspective: It's all in Harley's head. The glitter, confetti, and smoke are how she sees it. Those guys are dead as hell and we watched them get splattered. That was blood but in Harley's head it's pretty glitter.
Also I have to respect how much stunt work Robbie did in this film. She should always be a win. She has earned it in my opinion.
I like that theory, but I have a hard time actually believing it. If she had done that indeed, I doubt Montoya would have been so on board to ally herself with Harley.
Solid precedent for this, checkout the video for the Pyro in team fortress 2. Makes perfect sense.
pyrovision?
NO! NO THEY AREN'T! THIS THEORY IS FUCKING DUMB! THAT ISN'T A SHOTGUN! WE SEE THEM ALIVE AND BATTERED LATER!
@@christianschoff2490 Woah, easy on the caps there dude, it's a RUclips comments section, not Uncle Phil's conspiracy theory facebook post. :-P
JUDE CAN TALK?!? How long have a been watching this channel it feels like he’d only be a couple months old.
This movies was made for wlws by wlws and that’s a fact
I loved the little references to them not being straight especially the fact there was an ex which we barely see when it comes to wlw relationships. It was just really nice to see the little things that weren't there for "wow look our first gay character!" Yet still made it clear they weren't straight.
I want the Huntress to step on me.
Lmao yeah
@@standardhuman400 agreed lol
my gay ass loved this movie. the aesthetics. the characters. harley and her laughing doggo. perfect
I thought this movie end up being exactly what it was trying to be, and I loved it. Not every movie needs to threaten the end of the universe. Most of the time, I'd rather see an (anti-)hero save a little kid. Far more relatable, and much easier to suspend your disbelief.
Someone said the confetti in the police station is actually blood and we were seeing the scene through the mind of Harley. I though it was a nice theory.
so she shot blood out of a grenade launcher?
P R I think it’s the blood from the person is seen as confetti to Harley. Does that make sense?
@@darylesese so she used a point blank grenade launcher? I mean it wouldn't be totally out of character but kind of uh suicidal
@@pr6897 shotgun rounds or dummy explovise shells, ehich can. Crack open a person's sternam. But I reslly fucking doubt they put any sort of thought into something like that
Nah dont think like that its a light hearted movie
We don't need DC to confirm that Harley and Poison Ivy are gay when this movie did.
Well Ivy may be gay but Harley is definitely Bi or pan maybe.
@@fleurosity6062 doesn't ivy want to be with Batman? I don't know any DC stuff, just things I've picked up.
@@mojn4249 she's not "into" him, more like...that's how she is. she uses her sexuality as her advantage, and likes to use it on batman too, like every other guy she sees. or atleast that's what I've seen haha
@@mojn4249 she want's to seduce him for funding purposes, which, tbh, relatable.
@@fleurosity6062 ivy’s bi too
I can't believe that there wasn't a Ewan McGregor always a win !!
Yeah I wasn’t there
Because this prove that Ewan McGregor can't make better something with this kind of horrible script (Sorry, English isn't my native language)
jeSUS AGElvis but he’s still a win even if the film isn’t amazing
@@jesusagelvis4917 he actually did just that. Not horrible script, but he gave life and colour to a thin-plotted villaim
Dude even if it was too much watching Obi wan act his exact opposite was literally a treat
the female gaze is part of what makes this movie so much better than suicide squad
as someone who worked in a cinema, i love this film. that little extra at the end is one of my favourites. we were quite busy during the birds of prey run, and didnt get long to clean screens, usually, credits roll and everyone leaves so we can clean. then people sit there, and wait and wait. and watching them react to that, since they made us wait the entire length of the credits, which eats into our cleaning time, was very nice
Good for u buddy
Well in my Cinema it works opposite. Because people waiting were waiting for that stupid, non-important scene, we couldn't start cleaning until all people leave. Soo... Yeah, we had to do it in hurry and run quickly to clean after another movie.
Um too bad? The point of the credits is for people to watch them. That's the point of end credits scene is to encourage people to see the credits. If you are mad that it eats into your cleaning time, then that's the theater's fault, not the people.
People are allowed to sit there, even if there's no scene.
@@cooldude2251 Uh, first off, they weren't complaining. Two, no, most people leave when the credits start. Three, how are they supposed to know a credit scene was coming? That's the MCU's thing, not DC.
It's the little details that make me love this movie like how all of them have practical hair and for the one who doesn't she has to put her hair in a ponytail
Oh finally I thought I was the only one who liked this movie
Bruh, he likes every movie.
@@stonecoldsteveaustin5429 it was still an awesome movie
@@stonecoldsteveaustin5429 let me dream
Definitely not. This movie got a lot of things right for me. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ewan McGregor always make me like their movies anyway
It's not just you and Lee. This movie is frickin' hilarious.