MrCunningham
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I saw the theatrical cut at the cinema, and I thought it was OK for what it was. Now I saw the extended cut, I do think it is better in some ways. The movie itself is still flawed.
There is one thing that I picked up on while watching the Extended Cut. I honestly think there was a jettisoned Harley Quinn story arc that gets a little more touched up on here. If you notice, Harley gets her phone back with her gear early on in the movie. Her phone is also oddly charged and the battery works. Did Amanda Waller purposely give Harley her phone back fully charged without saying a word about it so Harley could contact the Joker?
Now that I think about it, the Joker was not locked up in a prison and even Batman couldn't capture him. The Joker used Harley as a fall girl so he could make an escape while she gets prison time. I guess he is suppose to be impossible to imprison in this universe.
So there seems to be remnants of a story line here that involves Harley being bait for the Joker (hence the phone). And it does play out that way as the Joker does track down Harley, and even is believed to be dead by Amanda and crew. But The Joker may have known that it was a trap and feigned his death. Maybe he used this opportunity to track down Harley?
I do believe that may have been the intention of Harley's inclusion in this movie. But it was later changed through editing, or downplayed. But this seems like a secondary objective in the movie, outside of the whole Enchantress thing.
But maybe I am just reading too much into that.
There is one thing that I picked up on while watching the Extended Cut. I honestly think there was a jettisoned Harley Quinn story arc that gets a little more touched up on here. If you notice, Harley gets her phone back with her gear early on in the movie. Her phone is also oddly charged and the battery works. Did Amanda Waller purposely give Harley her phone back fully charged without saying a word about it so Harley could contact the Joker?
Now that I think about it, the Joker was not locked up in a prison and even Batman couldn't capture him. The Joker used Harley as a fall girl so he could make an escape while she gets prison time. I guess he is suppose to be impossible to imprison in this universe.
So there seems to be remnants of a story line here that involves Harley being bait for the Joker (hence the phone). And it does play out that way as the Joker does track down Harley, and even is believed to be dead by Amanda and crew. But The Joker may have known that it was a trap and feigned his death. Maybe he used this opportunity to track down Harley?
I do believe that may have been the intention of Harley's inclusion in this movie. But it was later changed through editing, or downplayed. But this seems like a secondary objective in the movie, outside of the whole Enchantress thing.
But maybe I am just reading too much into that.