I saw Birds Of Prey on February 8, 2020! This was such a fun entry into the DCEU! I've always been a big supporter of DC, particularly many of the female heroes and villains from that brand. This movie has a tremendous cast with larger than life characters. It's a movie filled with chaos, color, and unexpected camaraderie.
This is Margot Robbie's movie! Her performance as Harley Quinn is so captivating! It's about as perfect of a portrayal as you can get in a live action version of the character! She's so incredibly charismatic at every turn of this movie! Robbie is such a fantastic actress, and she has done such a good job shaping this character borrowing from the source material, and putting her own edge to it! Her weaving of the narrative echoes how her mind works in a tangled web of madness! Her mind is jumbled because of how The Joker has twisted it to his liking, but what I like is how Harley is learning to stand on her own, and show everybody that she's being underestimated. What a performance that definitely shows just how good Robbie really is, but also shows just how exciting and intriguing the character of Harley Quinn is! Robbie made her the ultimate female anti-hero, and I absolutely loved it! Watching Harley's bond grow with Cassandra Cain (with a brilliant young performance by Ella Rae Basco), we see her realize that she is her own person, and somebody that can be the leader. I really like watching Harley gain more confidence in herself, and become less of a terrible person as the movie proceeds.
Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are fantastic in their roles as well. I love the back story Harley gives us on these two great female characters. I was so impressed with Bell's performance as Dinah Lance aka Black Canary! Bell is an incredible actress, who I've loved since I first saw her in Friday Night Lights. Black Canary is sassy, sexy, and strong! Her ability to rise above her upbringing and make her world matter on her own terms is amazing to watch! Black Canary's fighting style here is truly bad ass! I love watching her just throw those kicks and show how awesome she is! MEW has always been a solid actress, and, IMO is one of the more underrated actresses in the industry! She was fantastic as Huntress! Loved her dialogue-definitely had some good humor in her lines that had me laughing. She looked great, and I loved watching her battle through the obstacles she's had to overcome to be who she is! Once again, we have a woman standing strong taking down those who have tried to break her down. Her no nonsense personality actually adds such a great foil to Harley's intense charisma and Black Canary's sassy attitude. Beautiful women just battling back and showing everybody who the boss really is! I also think Rosie Perez gave a fantastic performance as Renee Montoya! She's a no nonsense cop intent on making things right, and she definitely is able to accomplish that. I thought she served as a good conscience throughout the movie. All four of the main girls have a good conscience in them, and we see it one way or the other.
Ewan McGregor was absolutely menacing as Roman Sionis! His penchant for insecurity, insanity, and ingenuity as a villain make him a big threat. While The Joker is definitely the biggest villain Gotham City has seen, I think Roman is definitely somebody that has Joker tendencies. The way he conducts himself and the dark jokes he tells make him somebody you don't want to have running amok on a city. Harley probably sees a lot of Mr. J in Roman, and each girl has some sort of vendetta with him in some way, because this guy constantly creates anarchy around him. Chris Messina was extremely seedy as Victor Zsasz. I just wanted to see these two guys get what's coming to them, because they really did well as antagonists. They made you dislike them every time they were on screen, especially Zsasz.
The action sequences were really fun to watch! There was a lot of innovative fight sequences in terms of what objects were used and what settings were fought in. The amount of color, dark humor, and witty dialogue, mixed with excellent bad ass female action made these scenes so awesome! Watching these girls fight together despite the different personalities and means for being there made it even more special.
I give Birds of Prey a definite 5/5 for an incredible performance by Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, amazing side performances by Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, and Ella Rae Basco, larger than life characters, awesome colorful scenes filled with well written dialogue, artistic action sequences, and an all around fun movie!
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