The Reel Rejects - BIRDS OF PREY (2020) IS DELIGHTFULLY UNHINGED!! MOVIE REACTION!

Episode Date: August 15, 2025

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So let's do that right now. Get into it here. All right, Angela Vance. Thank you so much for being a royal reject. I love this movie. Harley Quinn, that's my girl. I'm with you. I love the movie too, and Harley Quinn is a badass.

I think you would agree as well, Tara. Oh, yeah. Love this movie. the vibe I love how much of a character arc Harley Quinn had throughout this movie

especially when it came to cast and I especially love all of her outfits all the set deck and how much of a badass she is. For sure the color palette was we mentioned it a few times I think Margot Robbie

I love how badass she was but also too she was extremely vulnerable she brought this intensity to it she was what I'm thinking here she's as I said she's vulnerable she was a badass

but also too she showed that she really didn't need the Joker and I think like she read this arc that she had throughout and she showed you that she's an extremely strong character and she like you know when I mentioned she's a badass like watching her in these action sequences

it was just it was a joy to watch too yeah so yeah and also too I would say like The physical comedy, Margot Robbie, and seeing, like, how vulnerable she could be, she just did such an incredible job. She did it great. I really adored watching Margo Robbie in the film. I also really, really love that she did a lot of her own stunts.

You could very clearly see that on camera. That's a little bit of, like, John Wick-esque type of a vibe. And I very much appreciate it, because in that way, we don't have to do a lot of, like, wide masters and cutaways. Especially the stunt where she's on roller skates. She's on the back of that motorcycle. I mean, that's amazing and that's an actually very dangerous stunt. Sure, via camera we can maybe make it look a little bit faster than how they're actually going.

But overall, she's still in roller skates back of a motorcycle holding onto a rope and doing a stunt. And a lot of other stunts as well, which I very much appreciated. I'm sure there was still a stunt person when we maybe cut to over the head shots where there's like a lot of like cartwheels or high kicks and stuff I'm not sure if that was all her might have been a stunt woman but overall what they kept in of Margo Robbie it shows that she did the work when it comes to the stunts

which I greatly appreciate. Yeah, no, it shows that I mean not only is the star but she also produced the film that she's willing to get in there and do the dirty work. So, like, very appreciative. Like, she sells that she's doing the stunts. And, like, she's doing them. So it's impressive.

Like, I actually, like, as fun as those scenes are and crazy, like, they're terrified. Like, that specifically, that last one on the roller skates, it was terrifying to watch, but it was so awesome too. Like, the contrast between awesome and terrifying, like, to find a happy medium in there was really cool to see. Yeah. Because I know I said I had seen the film, and again, this is before. like right before COVID hit, so like that felt a million years ago, like the only thing I literally remembered about this film

was that there were roller blades were involved in the climax. That's literally. Hard to forget, yeah. Yeah, I mean, yeah, but that's literally the only thing I remembered was roller blades were involved. But I didn't remember the actual sequence or anything. So I'm glad to have like be reinvigorated

and my synapsis finally fired. Yeah, but it was a cool, it was great. So props to Marga Robbie. She did great. Okay, you want to take the next one? Renee Cardenas, Terran Andrew, love you guys. Thank you. Love you back. While this is personally one of my favorites from the DC-EU,

I've seen a lot of hate thrown at this film by fans. An argument was raised that Harley isn't strong enough of character to lead a film. Do you agree? Do you find her interesting enough on her own, or is she better in a supporting role? Even here, she's part of an ensemble. Well, I mean, everyone's got a right to their opinion. It's all subjective film.

I think she's definitely interesting enough to... I mean, yeah, first of all, let me just finish my thought there. She is interesting enough to be the lead in her own film, I think. I love Harley Quinn. I've loved her ever since I watched as a kid, Joker's Favor, which was where we got introduced to her because she was not from the comics. Paul Dini and Bruce Tim came up with the character in that episode. And there was just so many different layers to that character.

I mean, yes, this was part of an ensemble, but I feel like a good stretch of the film really did focus on her and kind of was her own film in that sense until the whole group, but the film did a good job of balancing, like showing parts, because a lot of it was from her perspective. She's explaining who these characters are, and then we're getting things like, you know, on that end, but I still feel like a lot of the film was still her own

until the end where they all came together. So, yes, it was an ensemble in the end, but I feel like a lot of the film still was a solo. I mean, do you feel the same way or do you feel like I'm off on that? Yes, because number one, it's from her point of view. She is the narrator. She is in any other film when we hear most of the time, a narrator doesn't tend to switch out of that point of view.

That character is our lead. And that was Harley Quinn. I think she has enough foundation for her to obviously lead a film. I thought it was a lot of fun, you know, the foundation that they set in the very beginning with the animation, with the Joker, that was a lot of fun. So that when we see how everyone sort of

in this movie is seeking revenge, at least throughout, through the girls, right? And everyone's sort of coming after Harley and everyone else, which made it a lot of fun. Sure, like the ensemble had to happen. If we don't have enough, like, people in a cast, it's going to be a bit of a snooze.

But I think they were really just trying to hammer down on the fact that Harley Quinn, the way that she moves throughout an environment, throughout the world, she's going to run in constantly to people who want to kill her. And she ran into the girls at the end and they obviously become her friends and family, which I really appreciate. I like that that's part of her character arc. It makes her grow, even though she left them high and dry in the end.

But that just shows good writing because it's sticking to who actually Harley Quinn is. She's kind of a bit of a lone wolf, right? I mean, she fell in love of the Joker. Come on now. So I do think she's very much a lead. And, yeah, I mean, if the ensemble wasn't there, it wouldn't have been as great of a film. But it did that.

Me saying that doesn't take away from how great Margot Robbie did. And that I still want to watch her on screen and Harley Quinn on screen. Still was down. Yeah, I would love this. If there's just a solo film with Margo, like, I would be so interested. Or any version of Harley Quinn is. well, whether it's Margot or some other actress that's going to play

Harley-Gwen. I think the character is so damn interesting for sure that I would warrant a solo film, but Jay Rushden. What up, Jay? Birds of Prey, Andrew and Tara, who would you want to cast as the next Joker in

the new DCU? That's a very tough call. I was serious, that's a really tough call. I mean, we've had some phenomenal jokers over the years, decades, Tara, We've had, obviously, Caesar Romero in the, excuse me, in the Adam West series. We've had Jack Nicholson, of course, in the Michael Keaton film. We've had the great and late Heath Ledger in the Dark Night.

We've had Jared Leto. I was not the biggest fan of. We had Joaquin Phoenix. And I forgot the actor from, what's it called, Barry Croy. I forgot his last name. He was in a deleted scene or so. of the Batman, but I know you're asking the DC, you know.

He's probably too old, Tara. I don't care. I've wanted to see him play the Joker for so long, and I know he already played the Green Goblin. I'm going with Willem Defoe. I think he would make a phenomenal Joker. It's a good choice. Yeah, but what about you?

Anybody specific that you... Oh, my God, you guys, I found it. Remember the little prick prince from Game of Thrones, the blonde guy? He was a real dick. I haven't seen it so don't spoil. Now he left the acting community after Game of Thrones because he got so much hate because he was so good at his character, Joffrey, that he had to just like peace out. Now he's coming back. He is acting again. Yeah. And I think that he would do a

phenomenal job at being the Joker because he was such a good just playing such a prick on that show and he's really good at showing his tenacity and his like his

meanness without saying really anything. Yeah. But I also think that he could flip it and do the laughing and the play type of stuff that the Joker has where he he has like his highs and his lows,

he'd be great at that. Yeah, he's vindictive and mean-spirited, even though I did know his name was Joffrey. That's the only thing I know about the show. The only reason I know that is because people always put up this funny little meme or this thing, like, why would Batman save this kid in Batman Begins? And it ended up being the kid who plays Joffrey in Game of Thrones. So he was the actor was in Batman Begins.

Okay, got it. But it would be cool for him to come back to Batman, I guess. Oh. But, yeah, when I one day. see Game of Thrones. I will let you know how I feel about this opinion. But yeah, that's an interesting choice. He's a prick. Let us let us know who your pick would be in the DCU for the Joker. We'd love to hear your thoughts on that. Thanks, Jay, for the question. All right, Craig and King, you mean the discontinuation of the DCEU? There are a few films left.

I know there was the second Aquaman film right after this. one what other films were there i can't remember every single dc e u film that was after this it's my memory's a little foggy right now but i know there was the lost right the lost kingdom of aquaman i'm i'm not going to look it up but i remember there was aquaman been it does say that we replied that there were a few films left so i'm going to assume that is correct besides aquaman so yeah cool all right from kev b Howdy, Tara and Andrew. Well, howdy, Kev?

This movie sort of feels like a step back in a different universe, doesn't it? How do you see Harley Quinn's journey in the movie reflecting the cycle of trauma and healing? Do you think her emancipation really frees her from the past or is it more like another survival mask she wears in a world that's pretty brutal and unforgiving? I'd agree with the latter part, Kev.

I think a lot of her points of view when she talks about, like, I do think that the world, especially here, is brutal and unforgiving. She did towards the end find sort of a friend, family, packed but now that she's escaped from that, I could see

it as it being a mask for a short period of time with her and Cass and her hyena. Because you can never really leave your past fully behind. Because of all the trauma that she has been

through, um, that's a lot to just go, well, we won now. And now I have money and people, I've killed a lot of people that were after me. And now I feel a little bit free. Um, it, whether or not you have tons of money and you feel free, your pass is still going to follow you around. So I think that you even saying that keb, where it's like, uh, is it really going to work? And I'm like, short time, I think long term, no. So. the emancipation in the moment, freaking awesome. But I do think it's eventually

going to come back to Biter and she may want to return to the old Harley Quinn and see like what she can fight or what she can take care of because my assumption is that rage and stuff that is in her is still there and she might have

to find a way to still get it out. Yeah, but I like though, it's a great question, Kev, but I like though in this film that she learned to like work together with others and not like just rely on just herself because it is a tough it is a shitty world out there so I like that you know she found kind of a cathartic experience like working with this whole crew you know in this ensemble and like kind of shepherding you know being a mentor as sort to Cassandra and like hey if I'm going to like emancipate myself like working with others is one way to do that and one way to escape my shitty past is to work with others and to rely on others as well

and not just like, you know, because she was so reliant on the Joker and she felt like that was her whole identity was the Joker. And that's the only way she knew herself. And I'm not saying she's relying on, she's not like identifying herself as a way to move through the future. But I think like she understands like no matter what it's going to be a shitty world.

and it's nice to have the comfort of others as a way to move through that shittiness. So, yeah, but I wouldn't say she's fully healed because, like, again, those things are always going to be with you. But I think this was, in sorts, a healing experience for her. But, like, again, it's everything that she dealt with from Joker to all the crappy humans that she has ever dealt with from her, what was it, her dad?

or her family that threw her out like she's dealt with a lot of shittiness in her life so the fact that she's got someone that she can like rely on like Cassandra and someone that will gives her those good vibes and someone she can resonate with I think gives her hope for the future though

so I do like that I think like when you're asking how how does this movie like how do we see it reflecting the cycle of trauma and healing is that I very personally needed and wanted and like the foundation that they set

especially in the beginning that shows us and lays out all of the trauma although all of the comic book readers and the nerd alerts and everyone who knows the full backstory of all the things in the universe may not have needed it I really liked it and it draws

me in closer to her that you know she's gone through some some shite and I understand that and I really like characters like that that tend to to, you know, they go through life and they can eventually overcome them.

Sort of like the huntress did. We saw an example of that as well. You know, she overcame a really huge tragedy and the way that she overcomes it, again, tragedy and healing. We see it with her as well, and especially when she gives the car to Cass to, like, help her. That just shows that deep down inside, there's still that love that everybody,

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D. Murdox says, hey, what do you all think about E. E.N. McGregor's portrayal. I personally had a lot of fun with his performance, even though this isn't one of my preferred DCU films. How do you guys think it would work if they kept Margot's Haley Quinn in the new DCU since James Gunn is keeping characters like Peacemaker and Blue Beetle? Or should the character be recast much love? I loved Ewan McGregor's portrayal. He was a lot of fun, and I, you know, he was sedictive, sedistic, thank you. Always mean mispronouncing my words.

He was sadistic, but, like, there was a level of charisma and charmed him as well that he was kind of mesmerizing when you watch it. You could see he was kind of hamming it up and having, like, being kind of cartoonish, but it was still, like, a lot of fun. The energy he, like, was instilling in himself in the, this performance he i just i i just really had a good time watching him even though he was doing creepy and evil things and it was also too he was able to like flip on a dime uh when he got like scared like when he made that girl stand up and get rid of her clothes like he got scary there for uh you know in certain moments so i think that speaks to the power of his level as an actor so i was really impressed with his performance not that i should be impressed with eun mcgregor because he's such a damn

good actor and I've seen enough of his acting to know how good he is, but I really enjoyed his performances. In short, what I'm trying to say here, he did a phenomenal job. And I also thought it was fascinating to watch his co-dependence as well between him and Victor. I thought that was a fascinating relationship to watch between the two of them. Again, you can tell with Victor, he's the kind of guy like he really relishes in his sedictiveness as well, a sadistic Ignatia, rather, in regards to, like, just skinning people alive and just brutally torturing and harming people, like, he gets off on that. And also, too, it seemed like he got off on just the approval of Roman Sionis. Like, that was just a very fascinating relationship, and I like that

they were really touching up on that. And I found that very fascinating, too, because it's not your typical bad man henchman type of relationship usually that you just take orders and then he barks type of thing but i thought that was really nuanced and i thought it was like very fun and balanced and fun and interesting to watch as well so to the other part of your question do i think would it work if they kept margot uh margot's heartily Quinn rather in the new DCU. I mean, I don't see why it's a problem. Maybe some people might be confused about it, but I'd be totally cool. I think she's so good as Harley Quinn. I would love to see if they kept her, but if they did recast, I mean, I would definitely be sad just because I love her as Harley Quinn,

but it's kind of like what, James Bond and other iterations of Batman in the past and super, I mean, you know, the character still lives on and we've got these other great interpretations from Margot Robbie or performances rather from Margo Robbie so I would definitely be a little bit sadden but you know as long as the new actor does a great job I'll be happy. What about you?

Yeah, I think Ewan McGregor does a really good job of like when you're acting and I think and you're playing sort of a vicious character you kind of have to operate like a teapot where you're like there's steam coming out and then eventually you're going to have some blowups

that really scare people. people and he did a really good job of that like especially when he gets really angry about when he finds out the diamonds stolen it's so great and again like he brought up like when he asked the girl to to stand up on the table again that's a roller coaster right he goes from um also being uh very vicious i think with his words and very powerful to like kay all right um which is little harley quint too she she plays around with that but i think it keeps the character from becoming obviously one note where it's just like a good villain is always going to give you a ton of different notes in the performance that even though

it may sound nice we still know they're very evil and i think he does a good job of that um in regards to margot and the harley quinn thing um i don't know anything about the james gun movie but i mean now I kind of do. If you're telling me that he's keeping Peacemaker and Blue Beetle, but he wouldn't keep Harley Quinn, I would, if I was Margo Robbie, I would be, like, offended if I wanted to keep playing it. I'd be like, why, right?

It seems a little, it seems a little weird. If he's going to keep some characters, then keep as many as you can, I guess. But then again, it comes down to director's discretion, whether or not he liked those actors in the performances. But if you're good enough to director, which I believe James Gunn to be, that even if he didn't really, really fall in love with this movie

or Margot Robbie's portrayal of Harley Quinn, she's a phenomenal actress, and he could direct Harley Quinn to be a different type of Harley Quinn and still just as badass and lovable, but seen in a little bit of a different performance, which people may come out to be like, That's the Harley Quinn I was waiting for. I know that you guys were saying earlier

that this film didn't get a lot of love from the fans. I'm not sure why, but again, I'm not the nerd alert who was addicted to all the comic books. I just love these movies, but I haven't seen them before. So I didn't have already a tie in to be like, man, this wasn't good because when I read it in the comic book, it was better. I'm not that.

So I still really enjoy. this and I would feel I don't think she should be recast. I think James Gunn is a good enough director to lead her in the direction that he would want. Yeah, I mean, as someone who's obsessed with Harley Quinn from the animated series, I love this movie

personally, but again, it's all subjective, so I respect everyone's opinion. And I would also say, too, in regards to Ewan McGregor's portrayal, I agree with everything you said. I forgot to also say, too, there were times two where he was vulnerable as well. Like when he felt betrayed by Dina Lance,

or Dina Lance, excuse me, if you pronounce her first name, like, to see his reaction to that, like, Thleperty betrayed me? Like, I agree with you that it makes it more interesting to watch when a character, a villain, is not so one note. Like, to see all these different types of visceral,

like, types of expressions and reactions that you get from him, whether it's him being, you know, scary, it's him being fun. It's him being, like, vulnerable. Like, it was great. to watch you and like display his acting like a range rather you know what I mean so I thought

he did I thought he did an excellent job that the acting you know from everyone I thought was really good not just Margo and not just you and everyone the girl played Cassandra Mary Elizabeth Winstead who else did we have in there the one who played

Renee Montoya she did great Dinah Lance she was great as well I thought everyone really brought there again the guy who played Victor Zaz he did great as well I thought everyone did really good. The main cast was really, really good. All right. All right.

From Malique. All right. Hi, Terran, Andrew. Well, hi, Malik. Hope you were both doing well. Which character or characters stood out the most? For me, Birds of Prey solidified Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. She was one of the only good parts of Suicide Squad 2016.

and this movie helped establish herself away from her abusive relationship with the Joker. I also saw some potential in Huntress and Black Canary. I wish we were given more scenes with them in the movie. Thank you, Malik, for the question. Yeah, I agree with you. I was not a very big fan of that 2016 Suicide Squad film either, and she was definitely one of the standout and positive things from that film that I took away as well. She was phenomenal in this film.

I would also say we've spoken a lot about Harley Quinn. I would say in this movie, too, again, there were so many standouts. I liked so many different characters. I thought Dinah Lance, or Dina Lance, excuse me, with this intensity, but she had this moral compass, like, she was doing the right thing no matter what. I really appreciate her character. And then, again, this whole buildup with Harley Quinn saying, like, she had this killer voice, and then we get that reveal at the end. I thought that was really well done. I like how they slowly built up to that,

and then the payoff for us, the audience, as well as her, the character, like, she could have done that, I'm assuming at any which point, she had this power, but to save it at a moment, at a time of need, was really cool to see.

So I thought she was a really layered character, and I appreciate it, a very resonant character, too, very deep, and I liked her a lot. And then in regards to Huntress, I liked her as well a great deal, like that whole reveal with what happened with the hit job on her family that was very fascinating to see like she's kind of like Bruce Wayne in terms of she saw her entire family gun down right in front of her and yeah they kind of took similar approaches where like they train themselves their whole lives but now she's kind of on the revenge tour whereas he is more on the you know like she's she's on revenge and vengeance tour and he's on like he's on the justice tour you know what I mean like he's going to abide by by the law unless you know you're talking about the michael keaton and ben affleck where sometimes it's they go a little

more more outside the law and they put people in the body bag but you know what i mean batman in general usually does not do that but i do find the parallels between huntress and and batman very fascinating for sure but i like the way mary elizabeth winstead played the role she's got this very like stoic vibe about her and she's very like myself very socially awkward and i'm I like how, like, usually with a character on a revenge tour like this, you don't usually see that type of, like, the way she's talking in the mirror, like, I'm huntress. You don't usually see that type of energy with a character.

Like, I thought it was, like, fun energy. They were bringing to a character that's got such a dark pass to it. And I like that. And then really quickly, and I'll let you go, I liked also Montoya. Like, and I think it came Tara into one of the themes in the film was about, like, corruption. You know, and, like, this woman and this man, world like she got passed over by a man on a job that she deserved nobody is listed she's got the evidence right in front of them she's telling them what she sends the evidence to her damn ex-girlfriend

nobody is listening to her and like the corruption around the city and like the people in front and they just pass her by and like and still this woman just like hey i'm still going to do my shit and still work hard and i'm still going to like rise above it like i appreciated that about her character. She could easily fold and be like, I'm doing the right things and I'm like getting dicked over, literally. So I appreciated her character a lot.

So they all stood out for me. And also, last thing, I promise, I know, I need to give her her chance, but I loved the residency between the way the two characters resonated between Harley and Cassandra. I like that. You know, both of them had

really been kind of spit out and thrown out by their families. and kind of mentally anguished in that sense and they saw a lot of parallels in themselves between that and I'll leave it at that. What about you? Any characters stand out to you? I was going to bring up Cassandra.

I thought that her at being her age and being thrown in, I don't know what I haven't seen her before, so I don't know how long she's been in the game, but her being thrown in sort of with all these heavy hitters of actresses. She did a really good job and she delivered, especially on emotion, but also the, the dry humor. Obviously, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, she's always going to be really good at the dry delivery and the humor. She's a great actress. So I like specifically, when we get to the taco

place, she does not know how to compliment her friends. Like, we can tell from that that they're all sort of like lone wolves, which I really liked. I think the huntress maybe stood out to me only because I thought that she was just a complete badass. And I loved how they wrote her to where in the middle of the movie, she takes down her hood and she's like, I'm, and they cut away from it. And you're like, we don't know who she is. But also she has difficulty delivering her freaking name, which I love, because that's not a normal superhero move, right?

It's like she's a badass. You would think that she's eagat. or arrogant and has her shit together and she doesn't which i really like seeing that in that character and i will tell you i did get goosebumps when canary sang that note and she took down all of the people i did not see that coming with the killer voice move um and i got total goosebumps at that point and the way that they delivered that on camera which is the sound waves moving through and the people being taken out very cool thing to watch and to see and I like that they also showed us how much it took out of her and that she just

passes out at the end, which, you know, because I would assume that there's a lot of people thinking it through of like, well, why didn't she do it when that girl's on the table and dancing and the guy's ripping her clothes off and she's obviously uncomfortable because she has to use it in a circumstance where she has backup because otherwise, she's going to be just a dead burn on the ground they'll kill her right after yeah that's a good point so um them displaying her passing out directly afterwards and also being talked into it of like you know what you have to do that it's almost a risk to her life i really enjoy that writing i thought it was very smart very good call i agree all righty next one from brittany winter thank you

Brittany? Hey guys, so this is a personal favorite of mine. Margo is a perfect Harley. In this movie, she had to pull off a lot of crazy stuff. Did her Harley Quinn fit what you thought Harley is supposed to be? The Fun House scene is my favorite. It took the crew, a lot of work, and it was done in one take, which is crazy, to think about. One take?

And then let me just read the comment. Someone commented to her, Star Dust, and Madness said, I love that they mentioned things like tying their hair back for battle it made it a little more realistic like every other superhero movie is just like the ladies will wear their hair flying in their faces and it doesn't bother them me I get loose hair stuck in my eyelashes

and I have to stop and tie my hair back or the whole day is ruined I am absolutely with you stardust and madness yeah it's not something I would think about but I'm glad that the movie addressed that and now I will anytime I see a movie that's newer or from the past and I see that

that they're not wearing in a bow, I will be like, why are you not wearing that in a bow that should be bothering you? But thank you for bringing that up. I appreciate bringing my attention to that. Yeah, I would say this does bring a lot of what I feel fits Harley.

Again, she is a character that's dealing with trauma and, you know, a character that's got a lot of mental anguish. And Harley, Hargo Robbie, you know, really brings the character to life. And again, I love this. the how she's able to do with such physical comedy

and such gusto and and the vulnerability like she's able to balance all that out and I really love her performance and she's so damn vulnerable and and the way she emotes like I'm just so I got I just again I hadn't watched the previous

SS film from 2016 in a while Suicide Squad rather and but to you know to get me like invested in this character again I granted I already invested in the character itself just because of the animated series it's my favorite animates show in general but margot ravi just did such a great job of getting me on board with the character from the animated opening to like within the first five 10 minutes like you understand

the character right away that whether you agree with what she is doing or not or you feel her actions are justified like you understand her very well and margot does a great job of selling it yeah um Sorry, my mic. Yeah, I thought Margot Robbie did a great job. But again, I'm not the person who had any thoughts of what she is supposed to be. I think always I'm going to say with any character and any actor, do I believe them? Are they grounded when they get emotional? Do I believe that?

And I do. But Margo Robbie is just, she's, I mean, they make fun of it in the once upon a time and not Hollywood. The other, like, the Hollywood movement. movie with Brad Pitt and what's about time in Hollywood yes they they sort of make fun of that I mean she's she's good at being emotional just like right off the bat right and so that is on display I think in this movie that a lot of her pickups are great I didn't know I I do think I mentioned when we were in the fun house that when they were going around looking at the weapons that that was specifically done in a

oner. And the rest of the stuff maybe the slides, the slide, I could tell that that cut of her jumping on top of that guy, that was awesome. Yeah. That was very, very good. And again, the stunt team and whoever

I forget who shot this, but they did an awesome job. So I think it is crazy and a lot to think about, but that's like when you get really good actors and they can hit their mark and know what to do, then you can get it done in one take. People who are a little bit green, you're not going to be able to do that.

But obviously, when we're hitting like A stars here, it's great. I love it. Oh, you're right. When they were getting the weapons and you did call it was the one shot. I do now remember that. And also, too, there was really quick. We'll get to the next question. I do remember when we were at the, when she was at Roman's bar or club, rather, we were going

through that whole oner, but it was kind of like quick cuts that you weren't really noticing. Right. That was all. And we were seeing her in different parts of the club. Yeah. I love that. I thought that was phenomenal cinematography. Yeah, that was great.

That was awesome. And they sped up shots while they were doing that tracking shot too. All right. We have two more left from Michael Medina Catheria. Apologies if I accidentally mispronounced there. Thank you for the question. Appreciate you being a royal reject. While not the best movie for DC of this time, it's one of my faves.

I think the chemistry between the ladies sold a show. for me agreed who is your favorite new character if any i was most shocked in a good way by chris messina as victor zazz any favorite characters any favorite new characters yeah i mean victor's a good call but i think i'm i might have to go i i agree with you on the chemistry with the ladies i think that's probably why the question before is like oh was this a good movie or is it just good because of the ensemble and I'm thinking

Margo can lead an entire film solo the ensemble didn't make it great but that's any other movie of like you got to add characters to make it good so I think for me I really like Cassandra in this

pulling her into this script and having her be grounded and dry and also have just a bad background of trauma and in foster care and being felt like she is completely unwanted sort of turns the dial up on Harley Quinn's heart and her sort of emotional compass per se and makes her a bit more of a softy, which is like at the end, it's a good callback where she's like, call me a softy, I dare you type of a thing. But they grow in being bad asses together. So I think that I would say Cassandra

was one of my favorite characters in this because she really led a lot to Harley Quinn's performance or Margot Robbie's performance, especially once she was around. It was really great chemistry. They bounce off each other very well and the dry humor that was delivered by Cassandra's actress was really solid. Absolutely. And to your point too there's a scene with them very simplistic scene they're just sitting eating cereal watching cartoons i really love that scene it was just like everything seemed like you forget all the

background noise that's happening like that they're being hunted or that there's a bounty on them it's like they're at peace right now and they're just relaxing chilling and just having some cereal watching a cartoon like i'd enjoyed that rather than nicely and it also took me back to my childhood just chilling and having cereal watching a cartoon so but i enjoyed that they were like it was kind of a cathartic experience for them like like that they're not being judged and they're just enjoying themselves right now so i i love that i do agree with you though michael that christ massina zaz he was phenomenal you know because and he played it again so sadistic and so like and you could tell too he's having a lot of fun in the role but i usually with with movies and for the

reasons I said earlier like it's usually for me the characters that I usually like pick that stand out for me are characters I usually resonate with and you know being socially awkward myself I'm going to go with uh not black canary with uh what's her name huntress so again I just I love the way she was written and I love the way Mary Elizabeth Winstead played the role just again you got that balance between like really a stoic and really going uh you know with revenge on her mind, but also to having a fun side to it as well. And again,

that whole mirror montage of her saying the name of Huntress, I think that really encapsulates, like, the, kind of the contrast of, like, how you would normally, like, you know, show this type of character, like, seeking revenge and vengeance. So, but, again, I think the socially awkwardness of the characters, like, the part, like, again, that I resonated most towards.

So I would say she was my favorite character, but loved them all. They were great, and again, agree. Chris Messina was terrific. Thank you so much, Michael, for the question. All right, last one from Pierre the Reject. You're one of us. Appreciate the question, and for you being a royal reject,

four birds of prey, who would you want to cast as Harley Quinn in the new DCU? We know you want Margot Robbie, and I would love to keep Margo Robbie, but if for some way there was an alternative and there was a different actress that they had to cast. Anyone that comes to mind, I guess for me, I'll go while you're thinking.

If I had to, I guess, Samara Weaving, I think she'd be a good, do you know, Samarrow Weaving? Yeah, she's from Ready or Not. So it's like you would link her up because she looks a lot like Margarobie, which is why I think they cast her in Ready or Not. Yeah, I think she would be great. I could see her.

She's, I mean, she's very emotional. She does good physical comedy as well. I could see her playing Harley Quinn, and I think she'd be great Yeah Oh that's a That's a If you can't think of it

We'll go on a team on this one With Samar Weaving I mean She's sort of an easy one Because it's like She's directly linked to Margo Robbie But I'm kind of going like Man what if like Nicole

Oh God Nicole I wanted to say Nicole Cruz Nicole Kidman what if Nicole Kidman was like younger and we had her as a as a Harley Quinn because you know she is such a good actress she also sort of has that like sexy thing going on but she can also be a badass and a little bit evil and like kind of like whatever yeah that I think that that would be that would be a fun one to see but I will I will I will We'll tell you, Pierre, I may come back, like, when we watch something else and be like, I decided who I want for Holly Quinn. And I don't, I don't know yet. I'm not going to stand really hardly on the Nicole Kidman thing, but that's just something I pull out of my ass right now.

Yeah, that's, and I'm going to think on it. Yeah, back in the day, no, she'd be great. And this would also be, if she were to be Harley Quinn, which she's not going to be. I'd be her third time in a D.C. film because Batman Forever and Office. Aquaman, and I love, too, how both of our choices and obviously Margarabi, all three actresses, are Australian. So that's fascinating that we are picking that for a woman who's got such Brooklyn accents, like Harley Quinn or whatever, you know, her accent is that Harley Quinn does. Definitely sounds Brooklyn. Brooklyn, get some coffee.

Anyways, yeah, thank you guys so much for the questions. Any final thoughts before I do a couple quick things? No, let's do the trivia, yeah. But we really enjoyed the movie. Let us know your comments below. and then really quickly. Yeah, this movie was a lot of fun. Rotten tomatoes, Tara.

What do you think you go out and bother the critics? All right, because, I mean, you guys are already saying, like people didn't like it, but I'm going to go with critics probably gave it a 69, and I'm going to say that the audience gave it a 74. You are very, very close on both. Really? 79 by the critics.

Okay. And a 78 by the audience. Oh, good. So it was a little higher than I said by the highest. I like that. I like that score. And even better, you were so close on both. Yeah.

You were so close. Amazing. Okay, so the budget of this film, Tara, was $84.5 million. So do you want to guess the worldwide member? This is right before COVID had hit this came out. So I think this was like February 2020. Okay. Hold on a sec.

I'm going to say 312 mil 205 million 358, 4161 doll hairs I thought that it would be a little bit higher only because it's a DC film and very tied to like everything else that it would be like ooh that everyone's like clamoring to see it

that's still a very good return but I thought it would be a little higher Yeah, again, you guys have to... 200 is not great for an 85. Yeah, you guys will have to let me know I don't remember if the COVID a month later really impacted. I'm going to assume it did, but y'all let me know. Just do like two or three really quick trivias.

When Harley Quinn is leaving the police precinct, she points out to a wanted poster and says, hey, I know that guy. The wanted poster is that of Captain Boomering with who she worked with in the previous film Suicide Squad. I already pointed that out. Jernie Smulet does her own singing in the film director Kathy Yon hired her

knowing what a proficient singer she was. Remember how I call that? I saw literally, I couldn't even see her hair and I was like, that's that girl's voice. You did say that. I do remember. Harley adopts a hyena in the film as a pet in Batman the animated series and the comics. She kept two hyenas named Bud and Lou named after comic duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Final One because it mentions the animated series. Actually, make it two more.

When Harley remembers her heart being broken before she met the Joker, she recalls two guys and one girl, and the girl is animated in exactly the style of Poison Ivy and Batman the animated series. Oh. Cool. Last one.

In Montoya's room, when she receives the text from Black Canary, there is a woman in a clown suit shown on the TV on her dresser. This is a scene from Days of Our Lives, and the actor is Arlene Sorkins. pulled out on the wall. Not only is Arlene the original voice of Harleen on the Batman the animated series, but this scene was the inspiration for the character of Harley.

Paul Dini, who was friends with Arlene, saw the scene one day when he was homesick and was inspired to create the character with Arlene's voice in mind. Aw. Yeah. And I also, I think I said while we were reacting, it's like, I think that's from days of our lives. Yeah, you did. Yeah, cool. Good stuff.

I did not notice that the first time. So I'm glad I caught that this time. time. So that, what a, what a cool Easterigan again. R. IP to Arlene Sorkin. She was a talent. He was the best Harley Quinn. I love Margo Robbie, but if you listen to Arlene Sorkin as Harley Quinn, unbelievable. Anyways, guys, that was Birds of Pray. If you have stuck with us this long, we appreciate it. I'm not sure how many more DC-EU films or DC films we are going to be doing to the lead-up of Superman. We are getting very closer to James Gunn, Superman, rather. But however many we do, just be on the lookout. And again,

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