I just watched suckerpunch...

[Ragsnstitches]

Different tastes. Seriously how many threads must be made before a general consensus is reached?

There is no uniform good or bad. People enjoy different things, sometimes wildly in opposition of another persons tastes.

I like Suckerpunch. Best movie ever? No... but worth 8 euro for a ticket.

 

[Robert Ewing]

Eh, I thought it was cool... In the same way a 12 year old thinks shonen action anime is cool.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Eh, it was ok, even though the ending made me RAGE.

The whole fantasy world thing made it worth it, though. AND the kickass soundtrack whenever those parts kicked in.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

The movie makes a lot of sense and I see its art sense, but the action parts weren't messy
enough and it was just to cheesy, even though it was supposed to be it was to much.

 

[DarthFennec]

The ending was ... interesting. The acting was horrible, but what do you expect when the actresses look like that. I liked the plot, and I could get into the atmosphere of it all. But the big stupid fight scenes with the terrible cg ruined it for me. All in all it felt like Michael Bay was trying to direct Shutter Island or something. I guess I think it could have been amazing, it had a lot of potential, but they just didn't get anywhere close to meeting that.

 

[lacktheknack]

Eh, it was ok, even though the ending made me RAGE.

The whole fantasy world thing made it worth it, though. AND the kickass soundtrack whenever those parts kicked in.

What about the ending made you mad? I liked it.

 

[Bolleman]

I thought I was a kinda cool movie. The main problem I had was the main character, actually, there was something about her that made me uncomfortable(the hair, most likely). The story was pretty interesting, but the combat scenes wasn't.

I wouldn't mind seeing it again, but I won't be the one suggesting it, if you know what I mean.

 

[Monty McDougal]

Sweet Dreams. Marilyn Manson did it better though...

Pretty much, but it was used in gamer, another shit action movie.

 

[tthor]

idk what you guys are talking about, I loved it

 

[Xanadu84]

Sucker Punch is nothing if not polarizing. It is basically half a cheesy exploitation flick which was the weaker of the 2 halves, plastered over a very complex, post-modern drama that basically forces the watcher to criticize himself, rather viciously, and then get, "Sucker punched" by a seriously downer ending. If your willing to get jerked around like that, its flipping amazing.

The most important thing to remember is this: When the lights go down, and Babydoll starts her dance, she is, in that world, about to be ogled mindlessly in a tasteless fashion by people who care for little more then base titillation. Then, the section of the movie starts where we in the audience are doing THE SAME THING. The idea is that you re-evaluate your values, and what you view as entertainment. The name of the movie is so accurate, its amazing. Not only the characters, but the Audience to, will get some serious sucker punches.

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

I enjoyed it. It was never going to light the cinematic world on fire or revolutionize the way movies are seen in pop culture, but it had good action scenes, the soundtrack was killer, and the cast was attractive. I got what I went in expecting and was happy for it.

 

[God's Clown]

Emily Browning is hot, that is why I watched it. Whole reason.

 

[Mike Richards]

I really loved it, guess that destroys all my credibility on these forums or something. It was far from perfect yes, but on a whole all the pieces of it that could very easily have fallen to bits manage to assemble themselves into something fascinating.

I never found there to be anything terribly pretentious about it. At it's core all it says is that we use dreams to escape from our world, nothing else. It's an insanely simple idea told in a deceptively simple way, once you stop taking anything that happens on screen literally.

The fights are nothing more then a representation, not a depiction, of her struggle, and more importantly the use of every geek image in the book is meant to convey that dreamlike quality to us because that's what we as a movie going audience see as dreamlike: fantastical over-exaggerated renditions of robots and dragons and steam-punk Nazis. The music starts playing and our protagonist turns off her mind and dances, just like we turn off our minds and watch the fireworks.

 

[lacktheknack]

Emily Browning is hot, that is why I watched it. Whole reason.

I take it you missed one of the main morals, then?

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

I enjoyed it a lot. Anyone who wants to see Oscar calibre acting and a heartwarming story will leave disappointed, but I went into it wanting to see attractive girls being improbably awesome amidst crazy action set pieces. I got what I wanted.

 

[God's Clown]

Emily Browning is hot, that is why I watched it. Whole reason.

I take it you missed one of the main morals, then?

Don't get thrown into an insane asylum full of rapists and pedophiles?

 

[Aris Khandr]

Emily Browning is hot, that is why I watched it. Whole reason.

I watched for Vanessa Hudgens, who was killed offscreen and generally not in as much as I'd hope. That was sad.

 

[Baralak]

I really loved it, guess that destroys all my credibility on these forums or something. It was far from perfect yes, but on a whole all the pieces of it that could very easily have fallen to bits manage to assemble themselves into something fascinating.

I never found there to be anything terribly pretentious about it. At it's core all it says is that we use dreams to escape from our world, nothing else. It's an insanely simple idea told in a deceptively simple way, once you stop taking anything that happens on screen literally.

The fights are nothing more then a representation, not a depiction, of her struggle, and more importantly the use of every geek image in the book is meant to convey that dreamlike quality to us because that's what we as a movie going audience see as dreamlike: fantastical over-exaggerated renditions of robots and dragons and steam-punk Nazis. The music starts playing and our protagonist turns off her mind and dances, just like we turn off our minds and watch the fireworks.

Pretty much hit the nail on the head. It's why I like the movie so much.

 

[Addicted Muffin]

Does anyone except MovieBob think it's great, really?

Still, I liked it, despite it's horrible pretentiousness.

No, I thought the movie was great. People just take movies off of face value. I found that the movie put a lot of emphasis on using the imagination to escape reality, something we are all guilty of at least once in our lives, and that is what made it great. It kind of pulled off an inception thing, but didnt overplay it like inception.