sucker punch review
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Phenix_Rider
Orange Belt
Best review I saw was "It's a 14 year old boy's wet dream."
That clear enough? LOL
Machine gun toting zombie samurai nazi pirates and half naked girls. That said, I'm looking forward to seeing it
I need to start hitting the theater on my own again. I swear, if I have to watch another stupid chick flick... Anyone seen "How do you know?"... No good points whatsoever. At least with Sucker Punch my retinas will get a workout, if not my brain cells.
Empty Hands
Senior Master
I'm in.
granfire
Sr. Grandmaster
Then again, there is no reason why a posetively terrible movie could not possibly be entertaining.
Steve
Mostly Harmless
I saw 300 and missed having a plot more than I ever would have imagined. It ran almost 2 hours long and when I left, I felt like I had watched all of the cutscenes from a really cool video game mashed together... but didn't get to play the game, complete with boss fights and everything.
And that got 60% on RottenTomatoes.
If Suckerpunch is at 28%, I can't imagine how bad it must be.
I was really stoked for this movie, but I think I'll wait for video.
And that got 60% on RottenTomatoes.
If Suckerpunch is at 28%, I can't imagine how bad it must be.
I was really stoked for this movie, but I think I'll wait for video.
zDom
Senior Master
If you go hoping for a good film, you will be disappointed.
It's really more a series of music videos with a "imagination within a play within the movie" plot to hang them on.
I liked some of the visuals, found the idea intriguing but the voice-overs a little .. eyeroll inspiring, was disappointed in the lack of skin.
I liked some of the songs and
*** SPOILER ALERT ********
... found the effect of going from tinny radio or phonograph to full-blown theater sound (as the fantasy kicked in) very exciting.
I thought it extremely lame that they tease the audience with the protagonist's dances which are SO alluring they put men into trances they are unable to break free of until the dance ends,
but then, even at the end of the film don't actually show a dance. I could see saving it, building it up, and then showing us, the audience, some great dance — but they tease for the entire movie and NEVER show it. Fail.
One of the people who watched it with us noted they did the "land and drop to one knee" pose so many times it became laughable.
My GF thought the whole quest set up "You must find a map, fire, knife, key and the fifth item is a mystery" setup to be bad thing: "OH NOOoooooo! We have to go through THAT many fantasy sequences?!?"
... whereas I kind of liked that.
But while I liked somethings here and there, (some of the visuals, some of the music, some of the plot IDEAS),
overall I can not say this film is "good".
YMMV.
It's really more a series of music videos with a "imagination within a play within the movie" plot to hang them on.
I liked some of the visuals, found the idea intriguing but the voice-overs a little .. eyeroll inspiring, was disappointed in the lack of skin.
I liked some of the songs and
*** SPOILER ALERT ********
... found the effect of going from tinny radio or phonograph to full-blown theater sound (as the fantasy kicked in) very exciting.
I thought it extremely lame that they tease the audience with the protagonist's dances which are SO alluring they put men into trances they are unable to break free of until the dance ends,
but then, even at the end of the film don't actually show a dance. I could see saving it, building it up, and then showing us, the audience, some great dance — but they tease for the entire movie and NEVER show it. Fail.
One of the people who watched it with us noted they did the "land and drop to one knee" pose so many times it became laughable.
My GF thought the whole quest set up "You must find a map, fire, knife, key and the fifth item is a mystery" setup to be bad thing: "OH NOOoooooo! We have to go through THAT many fantasy sequences?!?"
... whereas I kind of liked that.
But while I liked somethings here and there, (some of the visuals, some of the music, some of the plot IDEAS),
overall I can not say this film is "good".
YMMV.
