Chris Pratt Talks About SUICIDE SQUAD's Flaws and Why THE AVENGERS Worked Better

In a recent interview with io9, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 star Chris Pratt opened up about how he feels about the DC films. He specifically picked out Suicide Squad and explained why it's a flawed movie and why The Avengers worked better.

Before we get to what he had to say, I have to say that I actually enjoyed the hell out of Suicide Squad! I thought it was a blast. 

"I really like all the Warner Bros. movies. I think they're really cool and I'm not a real tough critic on those movies. But one of the flaws might have been they were introducing too many characters in Suicide Squad. They spent 10 minutes telling us why should we care about these characters, rather than creating trilogies for each character and convincing us to care about the characters."

I know a ton of people that would agree with him on that. Regardless of the way the characters were set up, though, I still thought the movie was fun. He goes on to explain why The Avengers worked better, saying:

"It's like hardwood. They grew it really slowly so it's strong. They didn't create The Avengers first. They did Iron Man. And they tested it to make sure it worked. Then they did [Iron Man II] and [Iron Man III], then they did Cap, and then they did Thor. And they created a thirst for these characters, and that's when they put them in The Avengers."

I get that, but I'd like to hear how he thinks Guardians of the Galaxy is a better film. It's more of a comparable film because it didn't have a bunch of solo movies based on each character before the team got together. Like Suicide Squad it just threw all the characters together in the first film and it worked brilliantly! 

Guardians of the Galaxy didn't need five solo movies to make an awesome movie. Hell, it ended up being even better than The Avengers! It just goes to show that it all comes down to solid storytelling and great writing. If you have those, any film could be great with the right filmmaker at the helm. Of course, each individual person has their own preference of what they think makes a great movie. 

 

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