BIRDS OF PREY DISNEY MOVIE
While DC introduced Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in 2016’s widely-panned Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey is presented as a literal emancipation for the character (from Jared Leto’s Joker) and the movie itself from the universe Suicide Squad initially hoped to spawn. Or any cinematic timeline at all, really.
However, where Birds of Prey and its latest DC contemporaries obviously differ is that they aren’t tied into two dozen other movies in a contiguous timeline. “Elaborate action sequences with compelling character development” is the backbone of every Marvel movie. Lemire, intentionally or not, describes Birds of Prey in the exact terms we tend to use to lionize movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Christy Lemire of writes, “By detailing the character’s origin story and establishing her own franchise, director Cathy Yan pulls off the tricky feat of blending elaborate action sequences with compelling character development.” The “something right” appears to be simultaneously emulating the Marvel model and rejecting it entirely.Īt the time of writing this piece, Birds of Prey stood at an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 111 counted reviews.
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