{"id":2120713,"date":"2025-10-28T15:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2120713"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:44:12","slug":"james-gunns-last-second-inspiration-led-to-suicide-squads-unique-opening-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/james-gunns-last-second-inspiration-led-to-suicide-squads-unique-opening-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"James Gunn’s Last Second Inspiration Led To Suicide Squad’s Unique Opening Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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James Gunn’s 2021 superhero movie “The Suicide Squad” had a lot to prove. This was the sequel to (and quasi-reboot of) of 2016’s disastrous “Suicide Squad,”<\/a> a film so bad it probably sped up the collapse of the DC Extended Universe by at least a year. Gunn needed to prove that he’d made a different sort of movie, complete with some actual energy and personality behind it.<\/p>\n

And from its very first shot, most viewers knew they were in good hands. “The Suicide Squad” opens with a shot of a puddle, introducing Savant (Michael Rooker) through its reflection. The camera tilts upward, and before it fully settles on Savant, we see him from two different angles in the same frame. There’s a lot to love about this opening shot (for one thing, it efficiently foreshadows Savant’s water-based death 10 minutes later), but mostly, it just looks cool.\u00a0Reflections, much like cigarette smoking<\/a>, can give off the impression of a classy, high-budget film despite not being expensive at all to use.<\/p>\n

In an episode<\/a> of the official podcast for Gunn’s HBO Max series “Peacemaker,” the filmmaker\u00a0explained that this shot wasn’t planned ahead of time. It was originally supposed to be a standard shot of Savant in his cell, with a small puddle shown on the floor as part of the set design. Gunn then explained the sudden lightbulb moment he had:<\/p>\n

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“I saw that he was reflecting in that water, and I’m like ‘Well, wouldn’t it be cool if we got…’ And I knew that [cinematographer] Henry Braham had this rolly contraption in the camera vehicle. […] I’m like, ‘Can we go get the rolly contraption, add a little more water so we can see him a little more clearly?’ And then we did that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read more: The 12 Best Nathan Fillion Movies And TV Shows, Ranked<\/a><\/p>\n

The Suicide Squad’s opening shot shows Gunn’s growth as a director<\/h2>\n
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