Suicide Squad Wins the Oscar!

John F. Trent |

Feb 26, 2017

Suicide Squad directed by David Ayer and featuring some of DC Comics’ baddest villains on the planet just won an Oscar for Best Makeup and Hair Design.

This is the first Oscar the DC Extended Universe has won. [easyazon_link identifier=”B01M1XUQPR” locale=”US” tag=”bounintocomi-20″]Suicide Squad[/easyazon_link] defeated Star Trek Beyond and Swedish film A Man Called Ove.

Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson were the first-time winners.

Haters of the movie were quick to react on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/megatronjon101/status/836052035913011201

Suicide Squad didn't deserve the Oscar.

— Hunter☕ (@HipsterGro) February 27, 2017

Suicide Squad was TERRIBLE

— satisfied nuts.com customer (@dcbeard64) February 27, 2017

https://twitter.com/laurelmcbeath/status/836051954312876032

https://twitter.com/richbichrich/status/836051928710791168

How Suicide Squad won I'll never understand. I don't even like Star Trek but like… come the fuck on you guys https://t.co/6VfxyzPfpu

— Madison Rickie (@Madison_Rickie) February 27, 2017

The face you make when you realize the Oscars actually gave Suicide Squad an award. pic.twitter.com/q226vf1sTy

— Kestin Howard (@KestinTheVoice) February 27, 2017

Others were quick to point out the excellent makeup and hair design:

@SuicideSquadWB congratulations for the #Oscars for best makeup & hair styling #ImBeautiful👌🏽Cheers to the #Squad 🥂 @adewale pic.twitter.com/untG2Ks1AR

— Charissa💫 (@Gemini68O) February 27, 2017

While others denounced the haters altogether:

TBH Y'ALL HATERS CAN GTFO CAUSE SUICIDE SQUAD IS AN OSCAR WINNING MOVIE & IT IS A GREAT MOVIE TO ME & IT MADE ME SO HAPPY SO STAY PRESSED 👋

— FANY ⁷ 💜 (@fanybecks) February 27, 2017

And still others were just glad the movie won an Oscar:

Pleased to hear #SuicideSquad and that cute #Piper short won #Oscars. Just chatted with family on the phone for an hour.

— David A. Khoa (@davidakhoa) February 27, 2017

Warner Bros. has brought in Oscars from other DC properties before. Heath Ledger won Best Supporting Actor for [easyazon_link identifier=”B001XUPF2O” locale=”US” tag=”bounintocomi-20″]The Dark Knight[/easyazon_link]. Christopher Nolan’s second film also won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. Additionally, Tim Burton’s [easyazon_link identifier=”B0013WJGJ0″ locale=”US” tag=”bounintocomi-20″]Batman[/easyazon_link] won Best Art Direction.

The DC Extended Universe will continue later this year with Wonder Woman and Justice League with plans for 15 more movies including a Suicide Squad sequel, a spinoff featuring Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy, and another spinoff featuring Deadshot.