Coming up: @BIRDSOFPREY appreciation thread.

!!!SPOILERS!!!

Mute if you haven’t seen. #BirdsofPrey #BoP https://twitter.com/LaurenNakaoWinn/status/1228910845859684353

annnnd WITHOUT FURTHER ADO! @birdsofpreywb rocks bc it’s the first time in years WB has allowed a team of creators to do the damn thing, (seemingly) no outside interference. It’s almost like if you let people maintain their vision, it makes for a better film. #birdsofprey #bop

Gonna try my best to do this as chronologically as possible. I’ve seen this movie FIVE TIMES! Not bc I *am* that bitch, but bc this movie *made me* that bitch! @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

K so I *love* that the intro is animated! What a lovely callback to the birth of Harley Quinn, an OG character from Batman: The Animated Series @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

SPEAKING OF THE INTRO another fun thing about the animation is it provides a vehicle for Margot’s VO to be more cutesy. The “puddin” “noooooo” and “hrmph” sounded so adorable

Another thing with the intro is right away it references Suicide Squad by showing Harley in her Debbie Harry outfit, making it v clear that this isn’t a retcon. And it shows her iconic jester outfit too!

And before this sh even starts it’s playing @charlottelawr’s Joke’s On You, which, 2 things! Musically it plays off of the minstrel-sounding You Don’t Own Me (Leslie Gore) and erotic vibes in Kehlani’s Gangster, which were Harley’s themes in SS @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

God dammit I’m so excited I keep forgetting to tag. SECOND THING! The @charlottelawr is also dramatic af with the operatic vocals. What a lovely way to set the stage before a single visual even appears on the screen @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Continuing with the intro... WE GET CANON BISEXUAL HARLEY QUINN. Her third love interest in the game show is a woman. Also they didn’t *need* to make that look like Pam but it so does lol. Coiffed red hair, green background. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Speaking of CANON LGBTQ peeps and representation in general, pls note this movie’s main cast:

Women: 6/8
POC: 4/8 (majority of protags are POC! 3/5!)
LGBTQIA: 5/8 (characters, not actors)

@birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Plus! @cyan852 is the first asian woman to direct a superhero film. Screenwriter Christina Hodson is Hapa/half asian (AYYY ), and cinematog Matthew Libatique is also asian! @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Oh god I don’t think I’ve covered even the first two minutes. bear with me y’all, this is exactly why I need to write all these thoughts down. Bc there’s so many

Love that one of Harley’s post-breakup outfits is a pink onesie with slippers. SO ON BRAND!! @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Another post-breakup outfit is one she wears at the roller derby, where THIS DISASTER BISEXUAL TAPED HER FUCKING CHOPPED-OFF PIG TAILS ON HER GD HELMET LIKE A BIKER. The femme energy is so, so much @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Also, guys? Harley on skates? It does not get more Harley Quinn than that (yes she’s wearing skates in that first one) @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Also I feel like I’m skipping on some obvious stuff we’ve seen in trailers but it’s remarkable af how they nailed these details. SKATES! PET HYENA! Can you even begin to imagine the list of discarded ideas for this movie? @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

The inclusion of the line, “I got a PHD, muthurfuckur” @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

(1/2) The club sequence with the Doja Cat song, incredible filmmaking. The blocking: Margot drinks & ducks behind the cam & reappears to talk drunkenly to a bust, ducks & drinks some sorta green pudding & reappears to vomit, ducks & reappears to dance @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey

(2/2) that, after the intro, really told me we were going to get a unique demonstration of filmmaking. @cyan852 didn’t have to flex this hard on us! But she did and it’s an amazing oner to watch! @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

After this scene Dinah and Harley talk and LOLOLOLOL @ Dinah calling her a “janky ass clown with bad eye makeup.” Accurate. Also I can tell Margot both dehydrated herself and didn’t sleep to sell her appearance here @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Also note the micro moment of comedy that is the SQUEEGEE noise Harley makes when she slides up to Dinah at the bar. It’s the fucking little things, man. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

It took me five watches to notice this but when Harley meets her roller derby friends, one of them has a tampon hanging out of her nose this movie was made by women and I fucking love it. We’ve all seen SHE’S THE MAN AND IT SHOWS @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Another sound queue that gets me is the very muted “knocking” sound Harley’s heels make when she sneaks up the the 18 wheeler. Literally an animation technique applied to full cinema. This movie
@birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

You know, if I would have tried to imagine Harley’s drunk voice, I would imagine it more dirtbag Staten Island sounding. I love that Margot went thw opposite direction and made her sound like any other drunk girl. Small detail that speaks to the psyche of Harleen @birdsofpreywb

Last tweet, “I have the best idea!” @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

And when she blows it up? That’s some Disney World shit @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Once again, this movie doesn’t try to disavow SS. I love that they include Harleen’s free fall into ACE Chemicals @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

The THIRD scene that made me go “WOW CINEMATOGRAPHY” was the choice to do a flashback of a crime WITHIN the crime scene itself. I don’t think it’s a true oner, but there’s a lot of impressive work to make it seem that way. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Very small detail: the fact that restaurant has stained glass french windows. That shit doesn’t exist. Not in the pattern they had. They did it for the movie. It absolutely correlates with the vaudevillian and colorful aesthetic @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

SPEAKING OF AESTHETIC I can’t hold back any longer. HNGH @ @BenachErin’s costumes for this. Fashion + superheroes. LITERAL KINK OF MINE. Plus @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop was the first of DC movies to do costume tests

So, to start. Yes we know there's caution tape. STILL AMAZING. Also, it's concealed very well but the bra is a two-part swimsuit with clasps. Again, a sign that women made this bc it's a highly practical solution when she's running around
@birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

THEN THIS! Inspired by an "it" item from @BALENCIAGA 2018 @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

And the shorts! Not confirmed but very similar to Patricia Field's ARTFASHION creations - which, one of their clients is Debbie Harry. Pls tell me I don't need to give you THAT history lesson again @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Ugh. Also custom Discount Universe jacket + ISABEL MARANT PANTS. BITCH WENT OFF. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Lots a peeps are bitching about this one. I bet none of them notice the practical knee pads in the cover-alls, which helps bc she does eat shit in this outfit lol @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

I love there's a bit of background with Helena too. She's raised by these Sicilian men who wear track suits so she trains in her own and her costume is still very much the cut of one. Also those gloves. Omg. Want. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Then there's Dinah who wears lace and denim in her comic book costume... and Erin blessed us with those here too. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Also every piece of jewelry Dinah wears on her neck, hands, in her hair - all of it. OOF. OOF. <3 Btw check out Erin's jewelry line Billie Valentine if you're in love like meeee @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Speaking of Dinah and fishnets and stunning and my literal kink of fashion + superheroes. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

I can't comment much on Renee's costume (intended) but the I SHAVED MY BALLS FOR THIS felt an awful lot like @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Then there's Erin's interpretation of this narcissistic asshole who PRINTED HIS OWN FACE ON HIS SHIRT @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Back to Helena. L O L @ this vengeance-obsessed dork who gave herself a code name and A FRIGGIN MASK bc she wanted to be a hero so badly. She's the only one at the end with a mask. DORK. Also the shades slide down so she can ride her bike, amazing @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

I've been at this for an hour and I don't think I've gotten past the first five mins. Rockin. Where was I? @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

I love Margot Robbie (duh). I've seen some incredible acting from her (GO SEE BOMBSHELL). This is some of the most impressive face acting I've seen @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

re: face acting, I had to see this photo of her to realize in SS she held her eyes wide open for the entire duration of filming. That's... not an easy thing to do. Somehow she was able to do that and more here, add a whole ton of nuance to it @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Also, her accent. She's so much more settled into it! Margot really lapped herself with her grip on Harley, and it was already impressive @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Back to the sandwich? Felt like I was watching a dang McDonald's commercial. They didn't need to go off and yettt @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

And when she gets her sandwich she walks off, still one (1) shoe on. There are literal memes about sloppy characters and their one (1) sock or one (1) shoe and they really went for it. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

....... I can't untag Cathy or Erin. Fuck. SORRY.

The chase sequence with Montoya, Ralph Murray, Roman's Driver, and co has some serious Scott Pilgrim energy. And shout out to @DANIELPEMBERTON bc the octaves he uses for this sound like sirens @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

This is also where we get our first GRIEVANCE. AND I FUCKING LOVE THE GRIEVANCES. Pls note while WB instructed Trailer Park to use the captions for momentum in SS, #BoP doesn't rely on them so much @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey

the grievances are also why I am THIRSTING for this release on home video. I want to read all the ones Roman has with her. I swear to god I read the word "QUEEF" in there @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

I appreciate the little bit of foreshadowing of Cass coughing at the police precinct. We had no idea then that she swallowed... @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

This is literally as fucking B:TAS as it gets. Gothic. Old Hollywood. And somehow serving Bugs Bunny energy on top of it @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Speaking of Loony Tunes, the only thing they didn't do was have an ACME safe fall from the sky @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

This turned into another bonkers sequence where Harley was extra af. Shooting hacky sacks, paint balls, glitter bombs (actual. glitter. bombs.) and the like at cops. Btw if you somehow forgot she was bi there's this. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Fucking fuck I don't even think I've talked about a third of the movie. To be continued bc I'm OCD and have to finish what I started. COMING UP: feminist fight choreo, the actresses kicking ass, the score/soundtrack, recurring use of the word ANUS, humor, homoeroticism-

-Harley's layers and the persistence of HARLEEN, Ella Jay BOSSSSSSco, Helena the fucking Dork Bertinelli, Ewan McGregor's "ew's," THAT FIGHT SEQUENCE, THAT CHASE SEQUENCE, production design, and every other thought I have to praise this movie @BirdsofPreyDC #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

280 TWEETS IN THE LAST HOUR. LIKE A SIXTH OF THOSE ARE MINE.

AIIIGHT back at it. Let’s talk CASTING @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

(1/2) Honestly Margot is the best casting DC has done since Christopher Reeve. I might even say she’s the best ever, but, fanboys consider all the (literal) batshit insane stuff she has to do in this movie while keeping it under one roof. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

(2/2) it’s quite remarkable how she is able to portray Harley is consistently CRAZY and consistently SHARP and consistently HUMAN but she does! Oh, also? Hot take: no interpretation of the Joker will ever be as perfect as Margot’s Harley
@birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

(1/3) With race-bent casting and stylized direction for the character, Jurnee was set up for a ton of backlash as Dinah. And she got it, but she also kicked the crap (literally) out of this role. Again, NUANCE(you’re gonna get tired of this word). @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

(2/3) Dinah is hardened but empathetic, on her guard but also reactive. One of her most fascinating scenes for me is her entertaining Roman during his living room walkthrough. She doesn’t seem scared? She doesn’t seem pandering? @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

(3/3) @jurneesmollett was able to switch gears so quickly and believably from Dinah’s defensiveness & good nature. It’s a recurring talent with the whole cast. A concept: comic book characters can have LAYERS in movies when you don’t go for the cheap thrills @birdsofpreywb #bop

(1/2) MEW’s Helena, same praise. It would have been so easy to have her remain angry and just that. But? She’s angry, protective, insecure, awkward, DORKY, and woof that girl needs friends. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

(2/2) one of the reasons I tell people to rewatch is all these character moments are difficult to absorb with the cray pacing + stunts during round 1. I highly recommend close eyes on MEW for round 2, she’s the gift that keeps giving @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

This seems obvious but I still have to say it? It’s SO important to have an older badass woman in this movie. Women are treated like dirt once they hit their 30s and here we have 55 year old Rosie Perez killing it and yanking back the agency the world is so ready to take #bop

Ella Jay BOSSco (Basco), shout out to this talented young lady for being able to bring it amongst a cast with decades of experience. Her interrogation with Harley + the mercenary army reveal are standout!
@birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

I’ll circle back to Ewan & Chris, there’s a dope action scene waiting for me break down!!

False alarm I forgot some details, mainly CANARY EXCELLENCE! Jurnee/Black Canary nailing It’s A Man’s World is one of 50 million blessed gems and it’s why I’m doing this thread. @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

THISSSS is the Black Canary I can believe is the combat instructor for the sidekicks in Young Justice. What an ass-whoopin!! And praise to Dinah for saving Harley’s sloppy ass bc GIRL CODE. ITS WHAT YOU DO! @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

Right after this scene we see a lil of Dinah’s hood and there’s a sign for a realtor (?) that says, JANUS. Naturally the J is marked out. 2nd watch I saw the same vandalized sign is in the bg when Harley pulls the van over. HOW MANY ANUSES ARE THERE ? @birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey

More Canary EXCELLENCE in the scene between Dinah & Cass. I feel in any other movie this scene would have been cut shorter for run time, even introducing a main character. But there’s heart to it, and honestly I think it was given room to breathe bc women produced the movie #BoP

ONE MORE SHOUT OUT to Erin Branch who gave Harley a jumpsuit for this homage instead of a dress. I will say my ONE (1) criticism of this movie is I needed 700% more of this scene. RT if you think this needs to be on the DVD sequence @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

BACK TO THE ACTION! @trishhmakes pointed this out to me - the jailbreak sequence starts with a nod to @TomTaylorMade’s Injustice. Reportedly Margot insisted the crew read comics and, well, HERE YOU HAVE IT!!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

I WAS SO SHOOK when the Halsey song Experiment On Me played. Like, YANKED back to 2006 on MySpace listening to screamo bands like blessthefall, Eyes Set To Kill, and more. What a fucking banger. Also? Sexy af title @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Harley has another straight outta B:TAS obnoxious moment here with beating the control board to the prison into submission - punctuated quite perfectly with her “POIFECT.” @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

If you watch this entire sequence btw, continuity with the state of her hair’s wetness is pretty well done (I wish I had pictures!) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

This scene btw? No other actress could do it. Margot did 90% of her stunts for this movie and BELIEVE ME I WATCHED FOR THAT BODY DOUBLE. I stg in another life she’s an Olympic athlete, her body-kinestheric intelligence is remarkable
@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

For SS she learned aerial yoga, trained to hold her breath for five minutes, did WIRE FREE stunts, and, this is a small, watch the bat here (twirling, not just rotating her wrist)

It comes back here, it’s a total Margot-ism to master physical flourishes, big and small. Btw that’s not easy to do - a bat’s balance point is about 6 inches higher than where she’s holding it. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

AND THEN there’s the one bit (no gif, just watch the movie) where she twirls and passes it behind her back! And I think it’s real?!? Bc Margot *is* that bitch!! It’s one of those moments I wanna watch in slow-mo @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Now let’s talk FEMINIST FIGHT CHOREO. @ElizabethBanks started this conversation in @CharliesAngels when she consulted with women to design fight scenes (check out her break down of a scene w Vanity Fair) but this movie is that on crack @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

I feel like this is the closest I can personally feel to being in the 50s with only beginning to understand something that might become the norm! “Feminist fight choreo?” The hell is that? It’s such a new concept but wow this movie has DEFINED @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

In every GD ScarJo movie I gotta see her flip a guy by throwing her snatch in his face, bc, I get it, women have a low center of gravity. But fuck that fetishy noise. Re: jailbreak, Harley flips a guy IN A WAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN DONE EVER @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Then I was talking to @thebravestheart and she mentioned how she didn’t realize she NEEDED TO SEE women get punched in the gut and keep fighting?! Bc normally it’s game over in every other movie. But it happens to everyone (skipping ahead), even Montoya! @birdsofpreywb #BoP

Truly this movie has ignited a fucking conversation about the portrayal of women. Our physical potential, our sexuality (THE COSTUMES ARE HOT, STFU), and more. Back to the fight @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Fuck I forgot to mention, another gifless moment, Harley pinning a good to the jail cell w the door, swinging off the door and taking down another guy like a fucking wrestler. I can’t get over how fucking physically competent Harley and Margot are!!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey

AND THEN. THERE’S THIS. PEOPLE WANTED THIS TO BE PG-13!?!??? STFU. You will never see a movie have the balls to do this in the playful and bonkers way it was done. Fuck, I love Cathy and Christina @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Oh speaking of “women can take more than one hit,” I loved seeing Harley get kicked through a fucking car door and get back up. Bitch is tough as nails and it’s why she’s alive (unlikealltheothergoonsmoaningdownthehall) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Reminder that Harley is on cocaine tho so maybe that’s why also, coked up Harley breaking a guy’s leg in one direction and re-breaking it for good measure. Yup, that tracks @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

The pacing of this movie is so fking bonkers, can we appreciate the context of why Harley is so pissed at Montoya - who - only hours earlier KILLED HER SANDWICH? Then we get a lovely throw to Harley’s gymnast bg when she expertly knocks Montoya out by flip-kicking her phone #bop

35 tweets and I only got one scene further. THIS IS WHY THIS THREAD EXISTS. Gotta go to work but when I come back @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Was looking at costumes again, by my count...

Harley: 10
Dinah: 4
Helena: 4?
Cass: 2
Montoya: 5 (changes)
Mask: also 10? wow what a queen
Zsaz: prob wrong but 3?

Anywho Erin Benach better get the Oscar for this.

@birdsofpreywb #birdsofprey #bop

“Some Frida Kahlo looking asshole” is not only the best grievance (except for this pending QUEEF one I’m dying to read) in the movie but also a sly moment of representation: women mercenaries exist too!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Love these moments where Harley shows off her medical degree (questioning Cass in the van). The funny thing about this entire thread is I’m not a huge Harley fan, but I love seeing bits of Harleen come out. Crazy-ish, but no less competent. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Repeat: I’m not a huge Harley fan and I’ve still authored this entire piece-y love letter to her movie @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

@ Margot’s escalation of Harley’s accent when Cass admits she can’t hand over the diamond.

Come again?
One more time.
WHY NAHT!!

After Ewan’s “ew’s,” the WHY NAHT was the line that kept repeating itself in my brain. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Then she looks to the camera to the cut that, all five times, me and everyone in the theatres cackled at. SMASH CUT to Harley grabbing bottles of laxative. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

This scene was p nice bc honestly I think my brain would have been pulp if the movie kept going at the pace it was at. They really understood the limits of their viewers. It’s also worth noting the strength in being able to dramatically pull back @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

To retread territory, Harley’s monologue “no one is like me,” reinforces two things I appreciate about this movie:

1. SUICIDE SQUAD IS CANON
2. HARLEY IS A GENIUS SORT

@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

ALSO EVEN THO HARLEY ROBS THE STORE SHE HAS HER OWN ECO-FRIENDLY GROCERY BAGS. Makin’ Pam proud #greengotham @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Little details in Harley’s apt btw:

-every dish she owns in the sink
-a giant bottle of hot sauce on her fridge. like, width of a basketball
-BOXES AND BOXES AND BOXES OF FISH SAUCE

@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

We’ve known this for months, but since this thread is supposed to praise EVERY detail:

-Harley has a hyena
-Harley has a stuffed beaver

Christina Hodson’s mind

@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

So many people, including me, compared Harley’s behavior to Looney Tunes, it was super nice to see some retro Warner animation on her old ass tube @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

small detail no 3824: when Harley and Cass are walking away in that gorgeous turquoise and fuchsia shot where they absolutely sprayed the roads for texture, Cass is holding the beaver. Harley is selling the kid out and she’s still taking her beaver with her @birdsofpreywb #bop

OH BTW SHOUT OUT FOR the dope photo of baby Margot with the Nuns!!!!! I love when movies use actual photos of the actors at a younger age (Gone Girl did this so well too) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Fuck I’m out of order again. I forgot to mention Margot’s I Tonya moment when she decides to sell out Cass. 5th time in the theatre I counted... about 25 seconds of a close up on her face? I love seeing how all her former projects have brought her here. CHOPS! @birdsofpreywb #BoP

In a movie where I expect humor left and right, nothing could have prepared me for Helena Bertinelli practicing being a badass @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

This movie really does take you through such a god damn ride. Spaghetti western captions, Marilyn inspired musical number, a giant white woman barging into a takeout joint in 2020 and speaking Mandarin like a scene outta a Bruce Lee movie.
@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(1/2) A really fun question I ask from this movie is, is Roman gay and loves attention? Or is he bi and loves attention? Narcissistic af (hullo Mr. I Have a Fucking Statue of Myself) but a fascinating layer is how much he loves attention from Dinah and... @birdsofpreywb #BoP

(2/2) How personally he takes her betrayal. Dude cracks. She’s been working with him for years but watch the scene where he’s showing her the living room, he’s truly loving her focus on him (and lulz @ Zsasz being the worst) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Guess I gotta talk about Ewan now, as if I haven’t been screaming “WE GOT EWAN” for years now. Honestly idk how his superb acting is so memeable but these gay Obi-Wan memes are quite the contribution to society. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

It’s so fking ridic how layered he made an obtuse character but it’s there. A narcissist who demands service, a narcissist who enjoys hosting, scary ass motherfucker, a man who can be managed (by Zsasz and Dinah), a misogynist, clean freak. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Likewise, it’s to Chris Messina’s merit that I absolutely fucking hated Zsasz. This comes down to writing, acting, and directing but a good and strong reminder that gay men can hate women. Gay men *can* only care about themselves @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Any time a woman spoke Zsasz treated it as intolerable. People like this exist, I hated but appreciated that they went there @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Don’t want to pause this on Zsasz, bc, *Roman Sionis voice* EW. So I’ll say kudos to the art direction with the Black Mask Club. The logo was dripping in sex and hospitality in the way nightclubs do, I could practically imagine it on custom condom packs
@birdsofpreywb #BoP

Speaking of masks that are black, look at this wonderful subversion! Also Ewan’s suit reminds me a bit of Richard Gere’s from Chicago! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Also UGH AT THIS SHOULDER SHIMMY. Margot’s interpretation of Harley... just wow. Choreography is one thing, doing that while looking dramatically disgruntled is a choice. I really need more of this @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

To recap, this thread has taken 6ish hours of three days and I still am only 2/3 through the movie here was my list of subjects to tackle that I have barley made progress on @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

OH ONE MORE THING I HAVE TIME FOR!!! The Arleen Sorkin “cameo.”
This means a fucking ton to me. DC practically INVENTED legacy casting. They’ve held a tradition with Lois Lane since 1978 and I cannnnot believe we got a nod from the OG Harley in this movie!!! @birdsofpreywb #BoP

I’m coming back to this thread but for now, this is one of the songs playing in the bg at the Black Mask Club. I wish clubs curated music like this. Might actually risk partying around a narcissistic psycho if they did! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

I skipped the dress-ripping scene earlier bc it was uncomfortable af. He didn’t rape or kill her but it’s absolutely an act of violence and it’s important to see the grotesqueness of extreme misogyny can exist outside those two crimes. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

On a lighter note, cheers to @bojnova, actress who played ERIKA in that scene, for her performance. Particularly.. her laugh I’m trying to imagine the convo between her and Cathy (“pls try to sound as much like a hyena as humanly possible”) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

...Bojana if that’s your natural laugh I am so sorry @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

I’ll update this thread in the next 10 hours, for now: thanks everyone for interacting and sharing, we’re helping boost the movie’s circulation on twitter since all the posts are tagged!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

K so before I start this up I wanna say my friends invited me to hot pot and I ditched bc I said I’d hit this tonight. Woman of my word so let’s go

FIGHT SCENE. Before any of this goes down, drunk Renee goes after Harley. Loved that Harley reacts amused to three of Renee’s punches. Any moment where Harley is depicted as having superior sense is really great to see when we’re used to her as the wildcard @birdsofpreywb #BoP

When Harley FIGHTS Renee, to reiterate a point I had earlier about loving the depiction of a woman over 50, it fucking rocks that Renee (STILL DRUNK) is a challenge to her for a minute. The scene starts with Renee as a joke but she doesn’t stay that way @birdsofpreywb #BoP

Then, “bye bye birdie” which is great bc HAHAHAHAHAHA birds of prey but also, I enjoyed the nod. Honestly as someone born the year B:TAS premiered I love seeing classic cinema refs in Batman @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Zsasz comes in an knocks Harley out with a tranq dart. Not gonna lie I thought she was stabbed with a makeup brush initially loved Margot’s doll face/blank expression during this scene. Superb face acting, again @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Zsasz then tries to threaten Dinah and I love the fact she didn’t turn into a cowering mess. Lady had a gun at her head and she was able to stay calm and even verbally attack his credibility (“you’re being paranoid Zsasz”). So metal. Dinah is SO COOL. @birdsofpreywb #BoP

Oh also if you didn’t realize Zsasz is G A Y and worships the ground Roman walks on, review his delivery of “he needs me to look out for him.” Like, tbh, his major crush on his boss is why he died. He needed to address Dinah (his competition). His biggest insecurity was her #BoP

Then Harley goes stabby-rip-stab-stab (pls someone recognize that ref) on Zsasz and my theatres went NUTS for her single, rebellious, unnecessary, downright SLAPSTICK stab at him @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

WHICH, ITS SO HARLEY bc remember in Suicide Squad when she beat the morphed guy with bat after he was clearly incapacitated? (“What!? I saw him move.”) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Ohwhoawhoawhoawhoa I forgot to mention! The friends I ditched for hot pot? I convinced them to see @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP with me next week. Round six and yep, I’m shameless. Hope I can catch more hidden ANUSes. This thread might have more additions even after tonight

Helena is such a fucking scene stealer in the post-Zsasz killing. The funniest part of this movie might actually be her “FOR FUCKS SAKE” when Renee steals her wig/moment to reveal she’s the Huntress. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Not only that, and admittedly this took watch #2 to process, but she has a moment of dissociation when she realizes she succeeded in her crusade by killing the firing squad. That’s... real af. Her “now what,” is one of the moments that grounds this ridic af movie #BoP

(1/?) Okay okay okay okay now for one of my favorite parts (stfu, I have many of them but this is diff). When the entire army of mercs comes after the the girl gang, 1. Ella Jay Basco, oof sweetie you brought it. 2. My favorite Harley moment. Because it’s a Harleen moment #BoP

(2/?) The look on Margot’s face is identical to when Diablo reveals he killed his family in SS. Killed a woman. Killed kids. DR. HARLEEN FRANCIS QUINZEL DOESNT FUCK AROUND WITH KIDS. It’s the briefest thing but that face is, “this is unbelieably fucked up. must contain.” #BoP

(3/?) Literally she takes ownership, runs to Cass’ defense. She steps up bc the kid is in danger and scared. She’s defiant in trying to console Cass and say Sionis isn’t there to kill just her. “No.” (calmly) “No he’s not.”
@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(4/?) Also, Margot doesn’t use Harley’s Staten Island accent when she says that. She. Is. Harleen. In. That. Moment. It fucking kills me how Margot can play that. And I love that Harleen is still there. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(5/5) If there’s any takeaway from my Harley commentary here is know that it’s EASY to think she’s crazy but she’s not. There’s a good woman in there who can be lazy and make escapist choices. Cornerstone of Harley? She’s a fucking genius who turns it off. @birdsofpreywb #BoP

Huntress moment I didn’t catch the first time bc I’m usually staring at Dinah (she’s so fab), she SMILES when Harley reminds the gang Helena killed Zsasz @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP (bless whomever made this gif!)

And then Harley STRUTS over to the weapons cabinet, and, again, this reveal is so slapstick. Commenting more on Looney Tunes then I thought possible... the outline of the weapons is v much like... @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP (I’m such a slut for WB if that wasn’t apparent)

And then we see Harley’s shirt from Suicide Squad! Again, I love that this at no point attempts to hide it’s a sequel. Forgot to mention earlier but I loved the Captain Boomerang nod in the police precinct too! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT, IN A BIRDS OF PREY APPRECIATION THREAD. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP but also? Helena laughably correcting (yelling) at Dinah is a set up, paid off later. Will touch upon this in about 50 tweets

Oh, and then there’s the Harleen moment where Harley psychoanalyzes Helena. Except.. it’s kind of a joke, from Harley. My interpretation? She’s fking with Helena. It’s mock-serious, which is actually a stronger choice than reflexive Harleen (see earlier tweet) @birdsofpreywb #BoP

IF ANYONE IS GONNA SEE THIS MOVIE AGAIN WATCH HELENA SLIDE DOWN THE TUNNEL. ONE SHOT: CAMERA MAN SLIDES UNDER MEW AFTER SHE HOLDS HERSELF UP, CAM THEN TWISTS AROUND TO SHOW HER STABBING THE GOON. HULLO COORDINATION! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

I’m dizzy thinking about the seemingly unlimited things I have to say about the Booby Trap fight sequence, prediction: 15+ tweets @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

FIRST, the fact they’re at an old Joker and Harley lair and it’s an abandoned amusement park. I truly cannot understand why Batman fans (rhetorical: it’s called MISOGYNY) aren’t seeing this perfect adaptation @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

AND THE SONG CHOICE. Barracuda by Heart. The power ballad of all kick-ass 80s power ballads sung by women. I ain’t even mad it was in Charlie’s Angels. It’s that fucking solid. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

Despite it not being cut this way, this was reportedly shot in one take. Over and over and over again. I need several things from the home video release: one, to watch this TAKE BY TAKE but omg would I LOVE to see a wide of the entire sequence @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

Btw one take means EVERY ACTRESS DID HER OWN STUNTWORK HERE. AND MARGOT DID HERS ON WHEELS. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

One of the reasons I want to watch this frame by frame is the second time I saw this, at point Harley is like... on a trampoline and doing a split in mid air (w t f). So much stacked here!! Just imagine everything we’re not realizing!!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

Fuck I forgot. Helena’s fuckboy move of running her hand through her hair and saying “what” after stabbing the guy in the tunnel = A++ @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

But remember Helena is also a massive softie. I was literally just so unprepared for her in this movie. Her depth, her humor, her awkwardness and earnestness. When she grabs Cass “you shouldn’t be seeing this” or whatever she says and hands her the car... @birdsofpreywb #BoP

Credit to @MisandristDiana for connecting that Helena’s accent color is purple bc of her brother’s toy car. That actually broke me. And really... who would have thought Helena RAGE ISSUES Bertinelli could be maternal? It’s so much @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

And then immediately after she hops on those springy tongue thingies like a boss. Which... the cartoon IMAGERY @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

Montoya, the second teeniest bird, takes on a Bane-sized dude and hands his ass to him while calling him a motherfucker. So BOSSSSSS @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

The girls also take a ton of hits here and, again, it’s so god damn refreshing to see women FIGHT with men and not go down after one blow
@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

Harley straight up has a Tarantino moment when she hurls her mallot at a dude and basically makes his head explode. So much fucking fun. Cathy really digested the fuck out of everything that came before her and served us this beautifully blended and BITCHIN’ film #BoP

Oh? Btw? SHE HAS. A HAMMER. Fuck Batman “fans” who didn’t see this movie. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

And this is where it gets super cray. There’s the hairtie moment (and Dinah effortlessly kicking a goon while she’s tying her hair back is such an amazing moment of Canary competency!) and then the group starts to move as one @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

They’ve only known each other for minutes but they’re totally one beast. The handoff with Cass and the shouting, “WHO’S GOT THE KID?” “I’VE GOT HER” is so beautiful!!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

And at one point one of them pushes Cass away and Helena darts forward to protect her and THE COORDINATION amongst these fictional characters is just so god damn moving. They’re stepping it up SO MUCH to protect her @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

Oh btw right before this and I think even during, Harley is bitch slapping people with giant, wobbly, rubbery hands. Whom the fuck came up with all this @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

AND SHE’S IN SKATES. Harley is so god damn extra and I appreciate the movie calling out that she took time to put on roller skates @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

She also NAILS another Bane-sized dude in the balls and I love that straight up surrenders @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

that was like 20 tweets btw

Another observation from @MisandristDiana is Renee is a bulletproof lesbian. So important in a “bury your gays” world @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

... how do I even begin to talk about the Canary cry!?? I was so entertained I forgot it was even supposed to happen. Then, knowing it was going to happen my heart still stopped @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

The passion in @jurneesmollett’s voice when she says “YOU BETTER GET HER BACK” @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

That moment? That was like, REY IS THE JEDI, NOT FINN (TFA) moment. Seeing a woman do something so unadulteratedly badass had me GAPING in the theatre. Every time too. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

And there was no chill either! No concern for if it would look “attractive.” @jurneesmollett’s eyes look like they’re about to pop out of her head, the roots of her teeth are showing, she went ALL OUT for this @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

AND THEN THE MOMENTUM PROPELS HARLEY FORWARD. Me, watching it every time: THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

Btw? Hi. I love Margot’s physicality if you didn’t know from the first 200 tweets. She employs some real speed skater techniques when she rolls out of the mouth/Booby Trap. Arms swinging, almost like windmills for momentum. Body-kinesthetic intelligence = off the charts #BoP

(1/2) I need a break before unpacking another dense action scene so you should know I googled “chokwe” and “abgami tribe” earlier and it’s actually the AG-BAMI tribe from Nigeria. Now, idk what’s more funny - an actual mistake in the movie, OR @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

(2/2) Ewan as Sionis intentionally mispronouncing it to be like, oh he thinks he’s cultured and hot shit but he isn’t. Also omg the flamboyance in that pronunciation @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey  #BoP

For the royal asswipe he is, I appreciate Roman being portrayed flaming af. He’s an absolute fucking caricature, more exaggerated than any SNL skit. And it’s done by an actor whose talent has not once been the subject of debate. Like... Ewan really did that guys #BoP

If this were 2008 I would probably set my text tone to Ewan’s “EW” @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey

I’ve been tweeting for two hours and I think I’ve covered 15 mins of screen time @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

OH OH OH btw the biggest shitpost this movie accomplishes? The song during the fight scene? LITERALLY A WOMAN SINGING “COO COO COOKOO.” @DANIELPEMBERTON, I feel punk’d @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(1/2) This movie is truly so campy. I pitched it in many ways to friends. One description, “it’s a three hour movie that did cocaine and ended up under two hours,” and “the campiness of Batman & Robin (which I LIKE, btw) but a good fucking film @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

And honestly it’s so so nice to see that after the Nolan movies’ sterilization (I respect the adaptations but don’t love them). Esp bc superhero media ran from extravagance for about 15 years. @birdsofpreywb mother fucking WEAPONIZED it #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

SPEAKING of this gif? Fuck everyone for saying WB didn’t market. Harley broke the 4th wall and said “fuck you” to TWO clown movies - one which involves a version of her ex @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

REPEAT: FUCK EVERYONE FOR SAYING WB DIDNT MARKET. WB rents the same billboards above the 42nd St station for every DCEU movie. And then they launched multiple activations in Times Square AND the entire cast appeared. See also: NYCC & CCXP. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

K. Mind = less frazzled (for now). Back to the movie itself.

(1/?) I’ve got to preface this... I hate the MCU. I fucking hate it. I’ve seen tons of the movies and can’t remember what the everloving fuck happens in any of them bc they’re all the same generic movie. My recurring displeasure is the chase scene that happens exactly 35 mins in

(2/?) so when I heard there was gonna be a chase scene in @birdsofpreywb ... I got apprehensive. I knew it took place on Harley’s skates and already that was redeeming, but honestly I was trying to talk myself out of hating it before seeing the movie #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(3/?) “...maybe it’ll be different,” except I was so worried they’d default to the blockbuster format with the movie being low budget and having a shorter run time I didn’t believe it. I was wrong and I am so fucking happy @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Like, apologies to Christina and Cathy for expecting so little from them but I was so prepared for disappointment. I fucking adore this movie integrating a chase scene without it feeling predictable. NOTHING about this movie is predictable! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Like... oh my god. Harley Quinn. Disaster Kween and Inciter of Chaos... going after (and succeeding) a car on cotton candy colored roller skates! SKATES! NOT EVEN BLADES! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

And as I pointed out earlier, this makes her costume change practical. She has knee pads built into the coveralls. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Then add Helena in the mix on the bike... Christina Hodson what is your mind MADE OF @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

btw guess who did all her stunts fighting the baddies in the convertible? that’s rhetorical it was obviously Margot (gimme that bts) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(1/2) I don’t know what it is about comedy and SOUND that gets me going (see earlier: squeegee noise, clicking of heels in a wide shot) but I was crying when Harley punctuated her attacks by slamming the driver against the horn @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(2/2) it’s also ANOTHER display of her excessive violence for comedic effect (see previous: stabbing of Victor Zsasz and the beating of the *dead* morphed dude in SS) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

I know this is a movie but when Harley hops off the car and dooms the crew to an explosive death, she lands in front of Helena’s bike unscathed (wow) then 180s quick enough to not get run over by said bike. It’s fictional but a stellar reminder of Harley’s athleticism #BoP

And then there’s a fun return to the opening scene where Harley is at a roller derby. “Whip me.” 1. She sounds so cute! 2. This is a super tight script @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

I love how maybe ten mins before Harley is like HEY KID YA STILL MAD AT ME and Cass is like “bye asshole” but when Harley rescues her. Omg. 1. Her emotional greeting, “KID!” and 2. The way @ellajaybasco’s face lights up!!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

AND CASS IS SUCH A BOSS! SHE INTERCEPTS ROMAN’S GUN!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Separate post for Margot’s backflip. Like, I know she DID it. But did she use wires. I could literally fucking believe she did it without. Godddd @ her form @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

AND THEN THERE’S THAT BIT where she cartwheels off the roof of a car (no handle) and kicks through the window. I know this is Hollywood but let me scream over this. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Honestly. You know what? How long did this movie take to film? If some genie could just like, AirDrop footage of the entire filming process of this to me I would watch it all. Months of filming. Thousands of hours. I would watch it
@birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

My favorite girl, Harleen comes back for the Founders Pier scene. Idk how she did it but Margot’s face here is alert with defense... but also open and insecure. (How does one do that!???) Big moment for Harley/Harleen’s liberation. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Then the way Harley wraps around Roman to fling him off the pier! Which... that might not be Margot for once still fucking badass @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(1/?) Now to talk about Cass. For anyone who hasn’t looked at my profile, I’m half asian but look full. I’m seeing a lot of discourse amongst the asian community who are upset at the asian representation in this film. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(2/?) 2/8 of the main cast are asian, there are 6 asian characters total I think. But members of my community are upset at the roles they play. “Crooks, snitches, thieves.” Even knowing the director, writer, and DP are asian... there’s this discussion @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey

(3/?) I don’t want to invalidate their feelings. Wanting positive representation is valid. But a key detail of this movie is a young asian girl is the one to defeat the big bad. That was all Cass. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

(4/?) I hope the asian community can come to appreciate this. Esp bc no one else in the main cast is perfect! Slightly crazy part-time villainness, assassin who needs THERAPY, alcoholic, associate to a murderer. All these women need work but they’re heroes @birdsofpreywb #BoP

(5/5) to the asian community, thank you for supporting this film and watching it closely enough to engage in critique. I’m positive to see @ellajaybasco’s role in future DCEU movies. Pls continue to support so we can get more of the representation we want! @birdsofpreywb #BoP

I’m so close... 4 hours now? @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Remember how I said the script was really tight? Another parallelism from the roller derby scene is Harley presenting margaritas to her actual crew. And oh my gosh is there a ton of fun stuff here!! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Remember Helena correcting (yelling) at Dinah it’s not a bow and arrow? While Harley is walking up, Renee says she likes her bow and arrow and Dinah says, “it’s a crossbow.” Helena thanks her once. Thanks her AGAIN. Stuttering, awkward, SHOCKED. @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

Helena is literally like *is seen* (she then is hanging off every word Dinah says btw...) @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

ALSO OMG FUCK YOU HELENA I hated this so much. She was so awkward when she complimented Dinah’s ability to kick high in tight pants and I died bc it was *such* a Lauren Winn compliment. Like, I’m not that awk but HAVE YOU NOTICED IM SPECIFIC?! @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

I literally was in pain from that.

If Cathy is still stalking this, Q: when Cass runs to the bathroom someone is screaming, why? @birdsofpreywb #BirdsOfPrey #BoP

NO ONE TOLD ME TWITTER THREADS HAD LIMITS https://twitter.com/LaurenNakaoWinn/status/1231106449880862720?s=20