David Ayer Says Suicide Squad is One Of The Best Comic Book Movies Ever Made

Many people have been asking David Ayer about Suicide Squad, even though he recently said on social media that he's moved on from the project. He's been pushing his new action movie, The Beekeeper.

It's no secret that Warner Bros. chose to change Suicide Squad because of the bad reviews of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. A lot of changes were made to the movie to smooth it out. For example, the violent relationship between The Joker and Harley Quinn was toned down, and a lot of pop songs were added.

People at The Hollywood Reporter told Ayer that he pushed Suicide Squad while having a broken heart and asked if Warner Bros. gave him any credit for that.

"Absolutely not, no. And look, it was a while ago. The studio has gone through several iterations of leadership, and nobody involved ever had any malice or ill will or anything. Everyone just wanted the same result, which was a great commercial movie. There was just a big delta on what that was. The thing that’s been difficult for me is that I made a great film. I made a great film. The people who have seen my cut have pretty much unanimously said that it’s one of the best comic book movies ever made."

"If someone who’s seen the cut wants to dispute that, then they can come talk to me. I was pilloried, pilloried, in the media again and again over it, and then pilloried again and again in the press launch of subsequent IPs, but I kept my mouth shut for years. I learned that nature abhors a vacuum, and if you don’t tell your story, then somebody else will. It’s incredibly unjust, and I can’t point to a similar situation, ever. It’s mind blowing. It’s a scar, it’s a wound and it’s taken a lot out of me. It also took a lot of equity out of my career, unfairly."