IMDb plot summary: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroines Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Birds of Prey is a movie in the DC Cinematic Universe which follows the Joker's now-ex-girlfriend Harley Quinn, as she tries to regain her footing and her identity now that she's on her own. Problem is, now that she's not under the Joker's protection, everyone is out to get her. When I had friends recommend movies for me to watch for this challenge, I allowed them to include franchise films, despite having sworn off of them in my own personal viewing. This film reminded me why I don't watch them. It's so hard for me to process this as its own story. It feels like a footnote in some bigger story, a quick tangent to set up a future series, or like watching the middle third of a movie and then leaving, and so none of the arcs land for me or feel like they have any staying power. I can definitely find some moments of fun -- Margot Robbie brings a lot of charisma to this character, and Ewan MacGregor chews an entertaining amount of scenery as the villain, but it all feels like an empty half-story. It's going to be hard figuring out how to rank this one, but here we go.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Birds of Prey < The Girl on a Motorcycle
Birds of Prey > The Third Man
Birds of Prey > The Big Trail
Birds of Prey < Lost in America
Birds of Prey < Miss Rose White
Birds of Prey < Extraordinary Measures
Birds of Prey > Once Upon a Time in America
Birds of Prey < The Browning Version (1994)
Birds of Prey > Peter Pan Live!
Birds of Prey < The Commitments
Birds of Prey < Horror of Dracula
Birds of Prey < Frosty the Snowman
Final spot: #2457 out of 3996, or 39%.
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