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Battle: Los Angeles. I Am Number Four. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Clash of the Titans. The Wolfman. Resident Evil: Afterlife. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
What is it that these tentpole action films have in common? They all received better reviews than Sucker Punch.
Yes, once hailed as being among the more anticipated cinematic outings of the year, writer/director Zack Snyder‘s fantastical pop culture mash-up was unleashed in theaters this week only to be met with an overwhelming amount of sneering hostility and ridicule. And yet, amidst the critical excoriation of the film for its spastic overindulgence and numbing stupidity, as well as the outright repudiation of its girl power themes (even /Film’s own Angie Han has shared her thoughts on the failed feminism of the film), I stand alone to shamefully whisper: I kind of liked it. And I think it’s about time to give this film its due.
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Spoiler comment, but then again why read something like this if you haven't seen the movie? lol
I agree with some instances. It was a good read none the less, however could use a little bit more "defending" Sucker Punch. At least I was expecting it to have more, and was hoping.
As anyone here doesn't know already, I loved the movie. It does have its flaws and I think the Unrated version will fix a majority of these flaws. However he had a good point about her fascination with certain aspects, that way they could be put into the imagination sequences.
If I was Snyder I would of opened the movie differently. I think he did it the way it is to attract people right from the get go and establish a mood. However he could of added a 2 to 3 minute sequence of Baby Doll in a museum and coming home to the guy and start all that. Or perhaps she is drawing then her sister screams, this would of even worked into the sequence too. Maybe just put posters up in her room, things like that.
That alone would make 9 out of 10 "haters" disappear and like the movie a whole lot more as it explains a little bit. The rest would need you to dumb it down so there is no point. People didn't catch things like the song playing in tense times, the look alike bad guys, the dance moves, etc...That's why they hated it.
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I'm confused, we were in sweet peas perspective the whole movie?
It's a phenomenal movie.
Period.