Birds of Prey: It’s Harley’s Time to Shine

Birds of Prey stars Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Ewan McGregor as Roman Sionis AKA Black Mask. This movie is a spin off of Suicide Squad and has Harley on her own without the Joker. This movie continues Harley’s character development from Suicide Squad and make her more relatable. She’s more human and has the same problems as you and me, like dealing with a breakup and trying to find a new career.

Margot Robbie is the best incarnation of Harley Quinn. She captures the voice, the personality, including the psychologist background the Harley has. Harley Quinn was created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini for the Batman: The Animated Series in the nineties. She was later put into DC comics and other cartoons and video games, including a new cartoon on DC Universe. Birds of Prey reminded me of this new cartoon. She breaks the fourth wall and talks to the audience and it’s great. She is narrating and telling the story like a real person would. She forgets parts and rewinds back to them.

Ewan McGregor plays Black Mask and he is hilarious. His performance is animated and over the top. He definitely stands out and has fun with his role. He has an interested relationship with the Victor Zsasz. Harley must work with Black Canary, Huntress, and Detective Renee Montoya, who form the Birds of Prey. They are played by Jurnee Smolett-Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Rosie Pérez. They all have good chemistry with each other and it’s nice to see Rosie Pérez in a tough role like this.

The final fight take place in a carnival funhouse and they use the element of the funhouse to their advantage. Since this movie wasn’t doing so well in the box office the name was changed so people would recognize the title better. It went from Birds of Prey(The Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn) to Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. The original title was a reference to the movie Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). While it was a clever title most of the audience my not have understand the reference and for a movie about Harley Quinn, her name is the last word of the title. This movie was funny, it didn’t have a giant CGI battle at the end, and should be making more money than it is. Hopefully the new title will help. 🍔🍔🍔 and 1/2 🍔