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Depression Moon
07-27-2010, 10:17 AM
YouTube - Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder) - Trailer HD - 2011 (ad free) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ttgQCgY7w)

From Zack Snyder

Spoilers Below





I've been looking at this trailer a lot at first when I saw it I went cool, then huh?. After that I was speculating the potential of this movie as a great film and possibly a video game. I immediately thought that I should write a book like this then shook it away as I knew I was just caught up in the moment and majority of the time it never turns out good to copy others. After all that I've been trying to guess what the film could be about. I took some images here from the trailer and added my interpretations on them. The overall concept I'm getting from this is that the film starts out being about escaping from a corrupt mental institution. I left out a lot of shots because with some I am just dumbfounded. Take a look. Note the spoiler bits are meant to read after reading all the image tags the first time.


http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckersasleep.png

First image we see. A beautiful woman sleeping with her head against a rain splattered window.
I am guessing that this is some time before she's in the mental institution and most likely after the funeral of the person she was involved with. In the funeral pic it was raining too.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckercrazy.png

We then see this sign noting a mental institution in the city of Battleboro in the state of Vermont in the USA. Googled the city and it states that it's the oldest city in the state and is known for its vibrant art community.


http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckerscared.png

Here you see the lovely lady being dragged in while struggling. She is angry and scared.
After she tried her move.


http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckersensei.png

Here you see a samurai cleaning a katana
Most likely the sensei that taught her to fight

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckersamurais.png

Here you see some menacing or badass looking enemies. You can also see a temple crossing behind them.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckerschoolgirl.png

Our girl being badass. She is in a sort of archetyped pose and I'm getting a real sense of feel of anime from this shot. Most likely because it's a woman wearing a school uniform holding a samurai sword. I also noticed that the bangs of her hair billowing in the wind resembles the demon Shishiwakamaru's hair bangs when he gets mad. You can see the steps of the temple behind her.

I'm thinking this is the moment where her skills are tested to become a full samurai or perhaps this is even before she meets the sensei and this fight is a test to prove her worth. A third option could be that some kind of samurai or demon gang has beef with the temple and she's standing up to defend it. Least likely option.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckersaturn.png

I'm clueless hear
Still clueless

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckerthugs.png

Some mafia lookin thugs here
The Don's henchman confronting our hero, she could possibly be trying to escape and they block her path, anything.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckerdon.png
Man in the middle looks like the big cheese. Can see a fine black or some other dark skinned race chick on the opposite side of the doors. She was probably crying before the door opened and her fear worsened when the don came in.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckersinlingerie.png
Here you can see several sexy ladies dressed in lingerie in a dressing room. The attire resembles burlesque type wear. I also believe it is revealed that the don's name is Blue.
This also seems like these women have no combat prowess probably before they learn how to fight.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckerburlesque.png
Our hero on stage in lingerie. pretty much confirms my last thought.
I am guessing this is the first time she is on stage here when she is forced to dance to stay alive.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckersexy.png
Definitely does now
The girls are forced to perform burlesque routines to customers

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/suckingupdeath.png
Someone's funeral
The funeral of the person she was connected to. It's raining here just like in the first screenshot.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/crimesforsuckers.png

An investigation scene here at the scene of a crime perhaps.
Probably before our hero gets sent into the crazy house.This might actually be moments before the little girl is discovered. Looks to be in a bathroom

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b185/S-wo/Doyouwantasuckerlittlegirl.png

A small girl scared, possibly hiding in a closet, a nasty bathroom stall, or someplace else.
Maybe the person who was murdered. Our hero's sister?



Post video
Overall I'm seeing this as a film that involves a young woman who was connected to a crime and possibly witnessed it. The mafia comes to her place and threatens that if she testifies she's dead. Something along those lines or maybe perhaps like what happened to Angelina Jolie in Changeling. She makes an attempt to tell someone maybe a cop and she is taken away wrongfully to this corrupt mental institution run by the mafia that forces the women to stripping at night for guests. Doesn't sound too creative to me. This girl meets the other women and after a while she is sick of the situation being tortured and being treat like a piece of meat. She or someone else tries to influence the girls to break out when there's armed guards and the women have no weapons or any sense of battle.

I'm not sure how the girls manage to learn how to fight and escape, but they might manage to knock out a guard while terrified stealing his guns and proceeding to escape with a presumed well thought out plan. They are caught, but manage to escape by sheer luck. Someone a sensei comes into play and teaches the main girl at least how to truly fight.

Bunny
07-27-2010, 10:43 AM
From my understanding, the premise of the movie is Emily Browning's character is taken to a mental institution for witnessing something... bad. During her stay there, she comes to learn that she is going to be subjected to a lobotomy unless she can escape. At the same time (or shortly before this) she creates an elaborate fantasy world (which explains the presence of dragons, samurai, and the five lead female's ability to fight somewhat supernaturally). The two worlds collide in a way where they learn things in the fantasy world and use them to escape in the real world.

Speculative though as I don't know much about the movie itself.

Hot Shot
07-27-2010, 10:55 AM
This so interesting that I'm not sure what to make of it. This film feels a bit like a combination of Alice in Wonderland, the Matrix, a Jet Li epic and some kind of fantasy movie. It's just so cool. Even the name, Sucker Punch, which gives it this edgy almost indie kind of feel to it.

Edit: And it has such a 1920s World War feel to it. Very interesting.

Depression Moon
07-27-2010, 06:09 PM
From my understanding, the premise of the movie is Emily Browning's character is taken to a mental institution for witnessing something... bad. During her stay there, she comes to learn that she is going to be subjected to a lobotomy unless she can escape. At the same time (or shortly before this) she creates an elaborate fantasy world (which explains the presence of dragons, samurai, and the five lead female's ability to fight somewhat supernaturally). The two worlds collide in a way where they learn things in the fantasy world and use them to escape in the real world.

Speculative though as I don't know much about the movie itself.

Hmmm, interestingly more creative than what I thought. Where'd your theory come from?

Bunny
07-27-2010, 06:19 PM
Snyder's comic-con stuff and the trailer mostly.

Winter Nights
07-31-2010, 09:38 AM
When I first watched the trailer, my immediate thought was "Holy crap I have no idea what's going on, but it looks so awesome."

That said, Snyder can be more flash than substance, even when he's working on adaptions, so I'm not sure how well he'll do on something original. But, I'm intrigued, I'll give him that.

NorthernChaosGod
07-31-2010, 07:07 PM
Just got around to watching the trailer, it looks awesome. I'll definitely be checking this out.

Dreddz
07-31-2010, 11:06 PM
I hate Synders obsession with spectacle. Why not go back to more modest filmmaking like with Dawn of the Dead? These overly pretentious films he's been making recently have all been massively overhyped but not really delivering in my opinion. He's trying too hard to WOW us and in the process has lost any real substance his movies could have had. Sucker Punch looks like it'll continue that tradition.

Winter Nights
07-31-2010, 11:10 PM
I hate Synders obsession with spectacle. Why not go back to more modest filmmaking like with Dawn of the Dead? These overly pretentious films he's been making recently have all been massively overhyped but not really delivering in my opinion. He's trying too hard to WOW us but in the process has lost any real substance the movie could of had. Sucker punch looks like it'll continue that tradition.

You're prolly right, but it'll look pretty and that seems to be what audiences want these days. Sad really.

Dreddz
08-01-2010, 12:21 AM
I also hate these overly sexualised female action heroes. Just used as cheap marketing tools to attract pubescent teens to the picture. Whatever happened to proper action heroines like Sarah Conner and Ellen Ripley?

NorthernChaosGod
08-01-2010, 12:28 AM
I think that's all pretty lulzy with what you have as your sig/av combo. :lol:

Winter Nights
08-01-2010, 12:28 AM
Barely-clothed hot chicks sell more tickets than realistic strong women.

charliepanayi
08-01-2010, 10:11 AM
Barely-clothed hot chicks sell more tickets than realistic strong women.

Yeah, because the Alien films and The Terminator/Terminator 2 were both such big box office flops :roll2

There's two problems with this film - it's from the director of 300 (though admittedly my major problems with that film stem from the source material rather than the director) and it has Vanessa Hudgens in it. Argh!

Bunny
08-01-2010, 10:40 AM
Barely-clothed hot chicks sell more tickets than realistic strong women.

Yeah, because the Alien films and The Terminator/Terminator 2 were both such big box office flops :roll2

I believe you may have missed his point. Our culture, as a whole, has moved towards the idea that sex, above almost all else, sells. Despite whether or not you think this is wrong, the sad fact is that the less clothes a woman has on throughout the movie, the more tickets are sold.

Interesting note: The three Twilight movies currently out has a grossed almost 1.7 billion dollars. The entire Terminator franchise, plus the Alien franchise (minus both Alien vs. Predator movies) grossed close to 2 billion dollars. This isn't a condemnation of Terminator or Alien, it's just interesting to note the total gross of the films in my mind.


There's two problems with this film - it's from the director of 300 (though admittedly my major problems with that film stem from the source material rather than the director) and it has Vanessa Hudgens in it. Argh!

I don't see the problem with his having previously directed 300, as he also directed Watchmen, which I'm told was pretty good. I would be more worried that he was involved in The Owls of Ga'Hoole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Guardians:_The_Owls_of_Ga'Hoole).

Also I see no problem with the casting of Vanessa Hudgens. I can name a dozen or so actors and actresses that starred in a number of bad movies and then made a string of good ones.

charliepanayi
08-01-2010, 10:50 AM
Barely-clothed hot chicks sell more tickets than realistic strong women.

Yeah, because the Alien films and The Terminator/Terminator 2 were both such big box office flops :roll2

I believe you may have missed his point. Our culture, as a whole, has moved towards the idea that sex, above almost all else, sells. Despite whether or not you think this is wrong, the sad fact is that the less clothes a woman has on throughout the movie, the more tickets are sold.
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I don't think it's as cut and dried as all that, and my point was that having a strong female character in centre stage who doesn't get her kit off doesn't mean your film will flop.

As for Vanessa Hudgens, she's one of those people that seems like she was bred in a Disney lab, rather than an actual actress.

Winter Nights
08-01-2010, 11:44 AM
Barely-clothed hot chicks sell more tickets than realistic strong women.

Yeah, because the Alien films and The Terminator/Terminator 2 were both such big box office flops :roll2

I believe you may have missed his point. Our culture, as a whole, has moved towards the idea that sex, above almost all else, sells. Despite whether or not you think this is wrong, the sad fact is that the less clothes a woman has on throughout the movie, the more tickets are sold.
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I don't think it's as cut and dried as all that, and my point was that having a strong female character in centre stage who doesn't get her kit off doesn't mean your film will flop.

If you can name one movie made in the last 10 years, whose central character was a strong women not backed by sex appeal and the movie had skyrocketing ticket sales, I'll concede to your point.

I'm not saying it isn't atrocious, cause it is and it annoys the piss out of me. But regardless of what I think, as a culture, people want eye candy above depth.

Dreddz
08-01-2010, 01:17 PM
name one movie made in the last 10 years, whose central character was a strong women not backed by sex appeal and the movie had skyrocketing ticket sales,
Kill Bill. Speaking of Tarantino films you can also add Death Proof although that movie bombed at the box office unfortunately.

charliepanayi
08-01-2010, 04:09 PM
Barely-clothed hot chicks sell more tickets than realistic strong women.

Yeah, because the Alien films and The Terminator/Terminator 2 were both such big box office flops :roll2

I believe you may have missed his point. Our culture, as a whole, has moved towards the idea that sex, above almost all else, sells. Despite whether or not you think this is wrong, the sad fact is that the less clothes a woman has on throughout the movie, the more tickets are sold.
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I don't think it's as cut and dried as all that, and my point was that having a strong female character in centre stage who doesn't get her kit off doesn't mean your film will flop.

If you can name one movie made in the last 10 years, whose central character was a strong women not backed by sex appeal and the movie had skyrocketing ticket sales, I'll concede to your point.

I'm not saying it isn't atrocious, cause it is and it annoys the piss out of me. But regardless of what I think, as a culture, people want eye candy above depth.

Can you name any that have been made that flopped, Grindhouse apart (and that was little to do with the female roles). Plus Dreddz mentioned Kill Bill. The fact is barely are made and good female roles are at a premium as studios are too scared to take any risks. And people want eye candy over depth? Stupid people maybe, but the likes of Inception and Toy Story 3 recently show there's an audience for films that don't insult the intelligence, and which don't need to have Megan Fox in shorts to succeed.

Shorty
08-01-2010, 04:50 PM
From my understanding, the premise of the movie is Emily Browning's character is taken to a mental institution for witnessing something... bad. During her stay there, she comes to learn that she is going to be subjected to a lobotomy unless she can escape. At the same time (or shortly before this) she creates an elaborate fantasy world (which explains the presence of dragons, samurai, and the five lead female's ability to fight somewhat supernaturally). The two worlds collide in a way where they learn things in the fantasy world and use them to escape in the real world.

Speculative though as I don't know much about the movie itself.

This makes more sense to me than that trailer. As it went on, it looked a little ridiculous to me, but if the movie actually goes something like this, it would be something I could handle.


I also hate these overly sexualised female action heroes. Just used as cheap marketing tools to attract pubescent teens to the picture. Whatever happened to proper action heroines like Sarah Conner and Ellen Ripley?

I quite like the sexualized female action heroes. Female heroines are obviously the minority when it comes to action films, and I think it's a nice change to see women kick some ass. I'm happy to see more movies about it.

Dreddz
08-01-2010, 05:46 PM
I quite like the sexualized female action heroes. Female heroines are obviously the minority when it comes to action films, and I think it's a nice change to see women kick some ass. I'm happy to see more movies about it.
I'm all for women kicking ass its just the filmmakers don't have to exaggerate their femininity whilst doing so. Its as though we need reminding that they are in fact female rather than male. The best female heroines are the ones who show that being female has nothing to do with their heroics.

I can just imagine the girls in Sucker Punch to take down someone and blow a kiss or something stupid like that. Oh and expect a lot of rear shots, cause we guys LOVE that.

Depression Moon
08-01-2010, 08:06 PM
cause we guys LOVE that

Only if it's a girl that actually has an ass. All of them look pretty skinny. The women's looks was the third thing I was really thinking about in this. Mostly for me it was speculation on the movie's story and what it could possibly do for me and others.

Winter Nights
08-01-2010, 09:36 PM
name one movie made in the last 10 years, whose central character was a strong women not backed by sex appeal and the movie had skyrocketing ticket sales,
Kill Bill. Speaking of Tarantino films you can also add Death Proof although that movie bombed at the box office unfortunately.

While I do think Kill Bill's success had more to do with Tarantino than Uma Thurman, I'll concede the point.

That said, even if what I said is not actually the case, the studios believe it and are more open to let fools like Snyder do their thing, because they sex it up.

McLovin'
08-02-2010, 01:21 AM
This looks cool. I read this is based off a fantasy porn comic or something?

Whatever, I liked 300 and Watchmen so I guess this director knows what he is doing. And who cares if Vanessa Hudgens is in this? She's negligible.

Depression Moon
11-17-2010, 02:03 AM
YouTube - Sucker Punch - Official Trailer 2 [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIiYSdEe4E)

Dreddz
11-27-2010, 09:55 PM
I didn't think it was possible for this movie to piss me off even more but it just did.

McLovin'
11-27-2010, 10:31 PM
That second trailer was badass.

spirit
03-15-2011, 01:55 AM
I've talked to a few people at work, they want to see it too...But, no one on line seems interested. :p Posted this in the wrong place, oops...

Iceglow
03-15-2011, 02:23 AM
This movie looks to be bloody awesome is all I am going to say.

G13
03-15-2011, 02:42 AM
That's strange, the only people I know who are interested in it are online. I think it looks awesome. What little information I've gotten from the trailers it looks like a steampunk Wizard of Oz. I'll definitely be seeing this in theaters.

McLovin'
03-15-2011, 03:41 AM
Even if the story sucks it will still be awesome. These actions scenes look amazing.

Dreddz
03-15-2011, 06:49 PM
Zack Synder hasn't done anything worthwhile since Dawn of the Dead. Sucker Punch looks like its trying too hard to impress. It'll probably be really dumb and forgettable.

Jessweeee♪
03-15-2011, 06:54 PM
I'm interested in seeing this movie.

Depression Moon
03-15-2011, 07:37 PM
I made a thread for this a little while ago. http://forums.eyesonff.com/lounge/133522-sucker-punch.html


I didn't think it was possible for this movie to piss me off even more but it just did.

I'm curious as to what pissed you off in that trailer.

Merged - Shiny

NorthernChaosGod
03-16-2011, 01:04 AM
Zack Synder hasn't done anything worthwhile since Dawn of the Dead.
wat :confused:

Vyk
03-16-2011, 01:33 AM
The trailers show off all kinds of pizazz, but I don't have much faith that it has much more than that. Hollywood usually only chooses one. Compelling plot. Excellent visuals. This seems to have went a little overboard on the visuals, so I have my doubts about the plot. Plus there's a comic book. And I rarely really enjoy comic book movies

spirit
03-16-2011, 03:15 AM
I don't think the plot is a focus, from what it looks like it's a lucid, fantasy adventure.
As for the visuals I think they are effective for representing that this is lucid, dream like, fantasy. And I might say males are more drawn to this than females. Because males are apparently more visual in nature and not only is the cast full of attractive females but the movie has stunning visuals. :p

Of course, there are exceptions, as noted on this forum already.

As a comic book which uses vivid animations to tell the story I think there is a predisposition towards telling the story that way. Though, I'm not a Sucker Punch mythos fan. I am not aware if there's novels, with in depth story lines. Likewise, I never really looked through a Sucker Punch comic book before.

Aha, a moments search dragged this up.


Sucker Punch is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality

I don't see anything wrong treating this material in this way, very visual and vivid as it's meant to be that way.

I think the problem here may be that Hollywood may set out to make one or the other, visual or a movie with a great plot. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just if it suits the film or not in my opinion. You might be wrong, off base, if you criticize a fantasy movie for not having enough plot when it's meant to be a little disjointed and flighty.

Just watched the trailer, it's full of alpha waves more than anything else. I don't see any reason to see it differently and look at it with theta waves or anything. :p

If you have expectations, without reading the comics then that's your fault.
And, maybe you have. For all I know though, comic readers think it looks faithful. I wouldn't know.

The genres present in this film, from the images/ trailer are pretty obvious. Action, fantasy, suspense, psychological thriller (FAVORITE), and maybe a few more...I sort of know what I want to see and it seems to have it offered.

I read comics, collect them, but I am not a Sucker Punch fan. I know mostly generic comics.

Depression Moon
03-16-2011, 07:33 PM
What's a generic comic?

Mercen-X
03-16-2011, 11:30 PM
This film feels a bit like a combination of Alice in Wonderland, the Matrix.
That is exactly the vibe I got off it. Alice in the Matrix

Barely-clothed hot chicks sell more tickets than realistic strong women.
It's not just a shallow attempt at pandering to testerone, the idea that a female can be strong and yet retain her extreme sexuality has been an idea touched on by some Neo-feminists. I remember when I tried to write for strong female roles and I was criticized by women for my characters not being sexy enough. Of course, that could have just been because women are insane and only say whatever it takes to contradict you at any time. Or not.


I don't see the problem with his having previously directed 300, as he also directed Watchmen, which I'm told was pretty good.I find it interesting you say that you're told it's pretty good. Meaning you haven't seen it. Personally, I've heard remarks from fans of the source material that the movie didn't do it justice and that a lot the plot seemed to be missing. Of course, I personally liked if not loved the film because I'm a bit of an action freak.

Also I see no problem with the casting of Vanessa Hudgens. I can name a dozen or so actors and actresses that starred in a number of bad movies and then made a string of good ones.Funny. I only need to name one: Nicholas Cage


people want eye candy over depth? Stupid people maybe, but the likes of Inception and Toy Story 3 recently show there's an audience for films that don't insult the intelligence, and which don't need to have Megan Fox in shorts to succeed.I kind of felt that Toy Story 3 didn't really try hard enough and my parents (who are easy to please) agree. And naturally TS3 doesn't need sex appeal to pander to children (or the child in us all).

Someone on these forums once complained about the lack of plot and storytelling in the Transformers movies. I explained that the movie's meant to be an action-romp so there's really no need for such things. That same person returned to argue that the movie had too much plot and not enough action. I swear to GOD, some people just want to criticize a movie and don't really know what the hell they actually want.

charliepanayi
03-16-2011, 11:50 PM
Your post implies you liked the Transformers films. I'm afraid this means I'll have to disregard the rest of it.

Depression Moon
03-17-2011, 12:01 AM
Also this movie is based off a comic? which one? I googled it and didn't find it. Didn't even have a wiki page.

Mercen-X
03-17-2011, 12:24 AM
Your post implies you liked the Transformers films. I'm afraid this means I'll have to disregard the rest of it.

My post merely implied that I'd had a discussion with a child in man-diapers.

spirit
03-17-2011, 12:33 AM
LOL, depression man. I just meant pop cultural comics. And I was told by others, heard that it had a comic. I couldn't find out about it either.

NorthernChaosGod
03-17-2011, 12:41 AM
Also this movie is based off a comic? which one? I googled it and didn't find it. Didn't even have a wiki page.

I'm pretty sure it's not based off a comic.

Vyk
03-17-2011, 12:54 AM
Also this movie is based off a comic? which one? I googled it and didn't find it. Didn't even have a wiki page.

I'm pretty sure it's not based off a comic.

My bad. The place I downloaded the trailers from had a bunch of art for it that all looked like comic book covers. So I assumed that was the case considering how in love with comics Hollywood is these days

spirit
03-17-2011, 01:08 AM
Yes, it's entirely Vyk's fault. Glad we got that all cleared up.:p I thought it was a comic movie too.

Vyk
03-17-2011, 01:32 AM
That actually raises my faith in its possibilities a bit. I have more faith in original IPs catching my interest than comic inspired ideas. But it still looks like they might be marrying visuals. Not that I require some deep or convoluted plot to be happy. It could be like Donnie Darko and just a mindsmurfy trip into someone's psyche, as long as its well crafted at least, I'd probably be happy

spirit
03-17-2011, 01:59 AM
It reminded me of Gothika. I do enjoy that movie. Of course, it's a lot more action packed than Gothika is...also more fun looking.


and just a mindsmurfy trip into someone's psyche, as long as its well crafted at least, I'd probably be happy I've always loved the decent into the darkness of a mind to discover some one else's cob webs and spiders...You put it epically. Thanks for sharing.

The more I think about it, the less it's like Gothika...

Hmph, but something about it still reminded me of it.

DMKA
03-19-2011, 04:36 PM
Whatever happened to proper action heroines like Sarah Conner and Ellen Ripley?

The 90s ended. Or we could just blame the popularity spurt of anime in the United States.

I dunno, I thought the Latina girl who committed suicide in Avatar was kinda cool.

Vyk
03-19-2011, 06:42 PM
Aside from the hints of montherly nature, a man could have just as easily portrayed those roles. Those are pretty gender-neutral female heroes. Now we have counter-balances to testosterone heroes found in things like The Expendibles, we get uh .... wait, I'm not sure this is actually a valid thesis to run with

McLovin'
03-21-2011, 08:37 AM
YouTube - Sucker Punch - Animated Short : The Trenches [HD] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub2NV9oooB8)

Super hyped.

DMKA
03-23-2011, 10:58 PM
I saw the trailer for it when I was at GameStop of all places yesterday.

It looks awesome.

spirit
03-25-2011, 02:01 PM
I'll be seeing it alone. But I'll be seeing it!:)

DMKA
03-25-2011, 02:27 PM
I'll be seeing it even though all the reviews are saying it's terrible.

Vyk
03-25-2011, 07:12 PM
all the reviews are saying it's terrible.

Not sure what exactly they're saying, but it sadly doesn't surprise me. It did look like it was all style. I didn't expect much substance..

charliepanayi
03-25-2011, 08:53 PM
I think this is the sort of film where most people have made up their minds about it before they go and see it. And Snyder's style will always be pretty Marmite.

spirit
03-25-2011, 10:19 PM
Screw reviews, I've disagreed more often than not with reviews. Most reviews love to eat up and digest upon anticipation and glory...

cloud_doll
03-25-2011, 10:26 PM
"An epic action fantasy with scantily-clothed young women as warriors bringing mayhem to zombies and dragons."
...This is supposedly a bad review, but I think it made me want to go see this movie even more.
"Dour and pretentious to the point of pain."
...Aww come on!
"It's bloody but without menstrual awareness; just as its musical pretext neglects to express genuine feminine trauma or yearning."
...Ouch!
(more reviews: Sucker Punch Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sucker-punch-2010/))
Whatevs, I still want to see it. As stated above, we all know that this movie is going to be terrible, but we'll go see it anyway. Because let's face it: most of us, especially those on this particular forum, are attracted to women in skimpy clothing, zombies, and dragons. It's a guilty pleasure.

spirit
03-25-2011, 10:29 PM
Doll face speaks wisdom beyond his years.

cloud_doll
03-25-2011, 10:33 PM
Oh no you did NOT spirit! I outta Sucker Punch you.
ME FEMALE.

charliepanayi
03-25-2011, 10:34 PM
"An epic action fantasy with scantily-clothed young women as warriors bringing mayhem to zombies and dragons."
...This is supposedly a bad review, but I think it made me want to go see this movie even more.
"Dour and pretentious to the point of pain."
...Aww come on!
"It's bloody but without menstrual awareness; just as its musical pretext neglects to express genuine feminine trauma or yearning."
...Ouch!
(more reviews: Sucker Punch Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sucker-punch-2010/))
Whatevs, I still want to see it. As stated above, we all know that this movie is going to be terrible, but we'll go see it anyway. Because let's face it: most of us, especially those on this particular forum, are attracted to women in skimpy clothing, zombies, and dragons. It's a guilty pleasure.

I hate zombies and dragons. And if I wanted to see women in skimpy clothing, that's what the internet is for.

cloud_doll
03-25-2011, 10:37 PM
Some of us enjoy spending $10 at our local movie theaters to do so!

spirit
03-25-2011, 10:41 PM
Oh no you did NOT spirit! I outta Sucker Punch you.
ME FEMALE.
Yes, I guess I did...

DEAL WITH IT!

WHAT'S DONE IS WHAT'S DONE!

charliepanayi
03-25-2011, 10:44 PM
Some of us enjoy spending $10 at our local movie theaters to do so!

Living in London makes it hard to find a $10 (approx £6.20) cinema ticket :(

Depression Moon
03-25-2011, 10:45 PM
EOFF don't see this movie.
Please... Please, just don't.

spirit
03-25-2011, 10:49 PM
EOFF don't see this movie.
Please... Please, just don't.
Why, not? What else do I have to do on a Friday night? My brother is going to a funeral tonight...

Depression Moon
03-25-2011, 10:54 PM
You can go with him or play some video games. Just don't see this.

spirit
03-25-2011, 10:57 PM
You can go with him or play some video games. Just don't see this.
Why so depressed over this movie? Or is it that the movie is too much fun for you? A funeral doesn't really sound like my second option, had I one.

Roogle
03-25-2011, 11:27 PM
I dunno, I thought the Latina girl who committed suicide in Avatar was kinda cool.

You are referring to the character of Trudy Chacon portrayed by Michelle Rodriguez. Trudy did not commit suicide in Avatar, but her actress is known for portraying characters that are killed off towards the end of a movie. Why Does Michelle Rodriguez Always Die? (http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/07/hey-michelle-rodriguez-why-the-hell-do-you-die-in-every-movie)

Depression Moon
03-25-2011, 11:37 PM
Here's my very detailed reason for not wanting anyone to give this man money for this movie. Spoilers are marked.

Sucker Punch. When I first heard the title I was curious what the movie was about. I was even more curious about it when I saw the first trailer. That first trailer was abundant with beautiful visions and shots of emotion. After seeing the film I still don't have a clue why it's called Sucker Punch and any complex emotion I had from the trailers have dwindled. The movie starts with a scene similar to the opening of Watchmen. A silent scene expressing the situation of the main character. Baby Doll (whose real name I can't remember if was mentioned at all) witnesses her father raping and murdering her younger sister. The police come and no one is really charged with anything then weirdly enough and after the funeral he takes Baby Doll to the Lennox House mental institution where he's paying the crooked guy who owns the place to give her a lobotomy so that she couldn't rat out to the police. The doctor known as the High Roller, who performs the lobotomy won't be there until 5 days. Baby Doll quickly learns that the place isn't really a mental institution, but a cover up for a burlesque house. There is little emotion at all in this. Emily is pretty quiet during this sequence which made it seem less real to me. Being in a situation like that I would expect her to be a bit more hostile. She had one angry moment there, but it came too late and felt a bit off, random? Next the movie goes into the imagined world Baby Doll meets the starring girls in the film inside of what looks like a ballet room or dance studio I guess you might say. The man who's running this place keeps an older whore to keep watch over the girls and to teach them how to dance on stage. The woman's Russian accent sounds a bit corny I might say and I never felt that her performance was real. Well to begin she introduces Baby Doll to the girls and tells her to dance as its the only way to survive in here. She makes a monologue that doesn't make much sense to me given the situation and makes it sound like he was trying too hard to be cool or deep. It's the same monologue spoken in the trailer. Baby Doll listens this time and begins to dance. Well you never actually see her dance. The camera zooms in on her eyes as snowflakes start to fall and suddenly she's just in this different world.
It feels completely random and this is where she meets the old man with the sword who tells her to collect the 5 items. When she walks out the temple the giant samurai just come out of nowhere. The battle was just ok, but it was hard for me to enjoy it while I was thinking "what the heck is actually going on here in the real world". When the battle ends everyone stands there clapping clearly impressed. I was confused. I was expecting to see dead bodies or something, but no everyone there is standing there in good health clapping. This is where the movie smurfs up. No, well actually it fucked up before then. There was little emotion to the opening sequence and it didn't really feel like these people are in such a terrible situation and that I should feel sorry for them. This is consistent throughout the movie. The rest of the trippy world sequences feel almost as random as they did the first time and they don't make sense as to what's going on in the real world. I expected those sequences to be a representation of the girls defeating the guards in the asylum while they're gathering these items trying to escape, but for the most part that isn't true. The second sequence was the one that made the least since. One of the girls is going into the main man's office to steal the map while Baby Doll distracts him by dancing. Baby Doll goes into the imaginary world right before she dances and she's briefed by the old man with all the girls even the one that's in the guy's office. They fight through a WWII battlefield filled with zombie nazis. The action here is the best one out of the three, but still didn't blow my mind as i was still thinking "what's going on here in the real world, I know she better not just be dancing again". At the end of this sequence she comes to the leader zombie nazi who has the map that the girl in the real world already has, but Baby Doll is fighting for it in this imaginary world. She kills the leader, but a henchman runs off with it. She chases him down while killing more nazi zombies and gets cornered. She throws up the map high into the air and the nazi zombies are about to shoot just when the Asian chick drops out the sky with the mech crushing them. Baby Doll hops on they take off. She catches the map and then it goes back to the real world. Yep, everyone was just standing around clapping once more. She was dancing the whole time and three of the other girls was just watching her. I felt cheated again. Whenever she finishes dancing the main man in charge weeps a tear and I'm really wondering what kind of dance is she doing to get such a reaction from this gangster. Shortly after this people started to leave and I felt that I should've too, but I felt that I had a duty to y'all to make sure the whole movie was crappy before I came here and said that movie was awful and that you shouldn't see it. There was also another scene that didn't make sense to me. Baby Doll wrote a list on what items they needed to escape on a small chalkboard. I thought nothing of it as I expected it to be a one time thing, but when the girls are discovered trying to escape the main man reveals the chalkboard with the list written on it. The girls just turned it to the other side in plain sight. They didn't even erase the fucking thing. I was like "really?" are y'all really that dumb?
The movie continues to not impress and when a serious moment comes I don't feel bad when real people start to actually die or when something bad happens to one character. This :bou::bou::bou::bou: just doesn't seem real and when the ending of the movie came, I felt that it was predictable. The ending also tries to throw you a suspense moment that hides a character's face from view when they actually show that person's face. I was like "What, was that it?" I was so disappointed by this. I had a feeling that I might've been wrong in my prediction of the movie, but i was hoping that I was going to be wrong in a good way, not in a bad way.

McLovin'
03-26-2011, 01:43 AM
I just want to see some epic action scenes. I could care less if there isn't any "substance" lol. Like I'm going to go watch a Zack Snyder film for substance? Did 300 have anything going for it besides awesome fighting scenes? Or Watchmen? Not really. This movie shouldn't be that much different.

Depression Moon
03-26-2011, 01:56 AM
Actually, Watchmen certainly did. Watchmen both the film and the comic had hardly any fight scenes. Watchmen is a psychologically based story and has always been so. The theatrical film adaptation represented well in that aspect. A couple of casting choices and time constraints were the movie's problem. The video released version I hear is 30min longer so maybe those extra 30min fleshed it out more than what was in theaters. I could also say that 300 represents Spartan culture of that century that glorified the battles of war and dying for your country while showing little regard in the true harshness that is war.

spirit
03-26-2011, 02:18 AM
Well, seeing how you saw it...

Wouldn't it be fair that I gave my opinion after I actually saw the movie?

Depression Moon
03-26-2011, 02:42 AM
You can have your opinion. I won't try to persuade you if you feel differently.

DMKA
03-26-2011, 03:08 AM
I just got back from seeing it. It wasn't exactly what I expected...the trailers are slightly misleading...but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Just don't go in looking for a super deep, prevalent, original plot.

If you like movies where you can just shut your brain off and enjoy some deliciously ridiculous eye candy, you'll probably love your time spent in the theater watching it. I know I do, and I did.

But this is the internet, where everyone takes life way too seriously and can't for more than a second get over themselves, so I expect nothing but bad things to continue being said about the movie...not that I can really disagree with them. I just don't agree that all the reasons it's being called bad are necessarily bad things.

Every movie can't be The Shawshank Redemption, nor should they be.

Vyk
03-26-2011, 04:03 AM
I've never seen Shawshank, and probably never will, the premise doesn't interest me much, but I respect the weight it holds. Though I still can't just sit and watch anything mindless. Which is why I rarely watch any movies anymore. I didn't enjoy Scott Pilgrim, which has been almost nothing but praised, and is pretty much just eye candy and style as well. This movie hasn't received quite as much praise, and is still just known to be simply eye candy. So yeah, I formed my opinion on it first. But then again, that's how I save money. Not necessarily the movie's fault really. Lots of good movies would fail to make me feel justified in spending 10 - 14 bucks on them for one viewing. Hell, I usually feel that buying them outright at that price is a little steep most of the time. My movie collection is extremely small :( but I'm happy with almost all of it. So meh lol

No hard feelings against this movie. But I think I'll pass

DMKA
03-26-2011, 04:27 AM
I've never seen Shawshank, and probably never will, the premise doesn't interest me much, but I respect the weight it holds. Though I still can't just sit and watch anything mindless. Which is why I rarely watch any movies anymore. I didn't enjoy Scott Pilgrim, which has been almost nothing but praised, and is pretty much just eye candy and style as well. This movie hasn't received quite as much praise, and is still just known to be simply eye candy. So yeah, I formed my opinion on it first. But then again, that's how I save money. Not necessarily the movie's fault really. Lots of good movies would fail to make me feel justified in spending 10 - 14 bucks on them for one viewing. Hell, I usually feel that buying them outright at that price is a little steep most of the time. My movie collection is extremely small :( but I'm happy with almost all of it. So meh lol

No hard feelings against this movie. But I think I'll pass

Maybe I'm just privileged. $10-$14 dollars is nothing to me. Especially when I spend three times as much on gas every day, if not more. And I consider myself on the poor side. But then I'm also part of the "I can't take this crap with me when I'm dead so I may as well live it up" crowd. :p

I guess it's all about personal preference/priorities.

Vyk
03-26-2011, 04:32 AM
Honestly I'd likely indulge myself even more if I could justify any kind of disposable income. But I'm seriously well below the poverty level lol If I didn't have an awesome family I'd totally be homeless right now. So you have a valid point, and that probably has a lot to do with things

Ouch!
03-26-2011, 07:01 AM
I just got back from seeing this movie with my friends. I was interested in the movie after the first time I saw the trailer. Hyper-stylized action flick? Lots of glam and glitz but no substance? Sounds like the kind of mindless entertainment that I can get behind. At least that's what I thought.

I wasn't expecting a plot that would change my life. Honestly, I thought the base concept of a girl using fantasy to escape from an undesired reality was pretty interesting, even though I didn't expect that it would be executed well. I did, however, expect that the plot would be at least decent enough to carry me from one action scene to the next.

Instead, I encountered some of the most incoherent drivel I've ever seen. I very rarely want to leave a movie theater after I've paid to see a film, but if I hadn't been with three friends, I would have left about half an hour in.

Despite having some wonderfully creative fight choreography and a stellar visual presentation, everything else falls flat on its face. When critics say that a movie is all style, no substance, I usually expect that it means that it lacks substance by some bloated standard or unrealistic expectation of thematic meaning. This movie really is all style, no substance.

Let me emphasize that. No substance. It was easily one of the worst scripts I've ever encountered, and I've seen The Room.

Do yourself a favor and wait for it to come out on DVD so you can have some fun with the fight scenes and fast forward through the rest.

NorthernChaosGod
03-26-2011, 08:53 AM
I don't care what people say, I'm still going to go see this.

cloud_doll
03-26-2011, 01:46 PM
Honestly, I thought the base concept of a girl using fantasy to escape from an undesired reality was pretty interesting, even though I didn't expect that it would be executed well.

See Pan's Labyrinth. It'll fill this void and then some.

Ouch!
03-26-2011, 03:18 PM
I have seen Pan's Labyrinth; having seen it is exactly why I had almost no expectations for Sucker Punch.

Somehow even my low expectations weren't fulfilled. I mean really. It was so bad. D;

Dreddz
03-26-2011, 06:38 PM
Zack Synder couldn't handle movie making even when he had the stories given to him.Who honestly thought he could handle writing his own movie? Sucker Punch looked like trash that was directed by a guy who was told he was a visionary when he clearly wasn't

spirit
03-26-2011, 08:04 PM
I won't say that the movie CAN'T have a deep message to it. I saw several points in the movie where their seemed to be potential for a deeper message. I think there were parallels in the movie, things that could be taken symbolically within the story to represent ideas and themes within the story.

I'd say some things could have been taken as metaphors. I liked the sound track, I liked the visuals.

As a adventure, fantasy, movie it works on varying levels when considering various film elements.

But, I would not call this movie a master piece. I would still call it a artistic effort. But, philosophically I think you have to look a little deep to find deeply intellectual content.

BUT, I won't say that there isn't anything there, no substance.

I think if anything though the philosophical concepts would be abstract, and not shown in a literal way.

The ending message in the movie I felt was tired, rhetorical...and I didn't really feel like it was a good way to end the film.

On closer inspection, I believe the line used was used throughout the movie, importantly at the start, and then again at the ending.

The line is not the work of Plato, or genius...but maybe with another viewing I could get more out of this movie, and the writing behind it.

I'm sure their is some intellectual content in this film, something to speculate. Something to appreciate. But, as far philosophy be concerned I don't think the movie has that much for a first viewing.

But, again, I'm sure you could get something deep out of this movie, but most likely not in the literal sense of dialog, acting, etc etc.

Psychotic
03-26-2011, 08:22 PM
On the one hand, I love 300, I love Watchmen even more, and mindless action and tits are both a-okay in my book.

On the other, we have Ouch!, a man who is, in my view, a hero of this website and indeed modern times. He is also a man so placcid and calm that he would put the Buddha himself to shame. And yet this man, this glorious figure of a man, was so offended that he wanted to walk out of the theater, and was left so enraged that he ostensibly mercilessly assaulted several homeless people after his viewing.

I am torn.

Foo
03-26-2011, 08:27 PM
I saw 'Sucker Punch' last night and frankly I really enjoyed it.

Say what you will, but Zach Snyder pushes my buttons. Here's what you need to know:

Sucker Punch came across to me as Zach Snyder's passion project. He's had success in directing movies based on comic books, and made a half decent Dawn of the Dead remake. So this time, he wanted to tell us a story he wrote and cast it with a bunch of hot chicks. Most of whom, have decent acting chops (aside from Vanessa Hudgens)

The story is an interesting one. I see a lot of parallels in this thread to Pan's Labrynth. I guess they're similar, but only slightly. Also, its clear that many people in this thread that have seen the movie have grossly misunderstood what is supposed to be reality and what is fantasy encapsulated in another fantasy. It's true there isn't a lot of straight narrative, but rather subtle parallels in the fantasy world that advance the story on the 'Real' world. It works very well.

Sucker Punch has some great action. I didn't see it in Imax, but I think I may if I see it again. There's obviously a lot of CG, but its done beautifully. Also, something to note is that the soundtrack, in the context of the film, really kicks ass. There's covers of Jefferson Airplane, Beatles, Pixies and Eurythmics.

Zach Snyder's original story allows him to throw fantastic action scenes at us. Since you know they're fantasy, you don't have to suspend your disbelief but rather just sit back and enjoy the show.

7/10:thumbsup:

spirit
03-26-2011, 08:29 PM
^:) Basically what I said and thought,well said man! I enjoyed your review but I struggle to rate this film.

Foo
03-26-2011, 09:01 PM
^ Thanks!

Yeah, we seemed to have taken much of the same from the film. I struggled to put a number on it at first. This really seems like the kind of movie I want to see again, I'm sure there are some more subtle things I missed (although I also caught some the first time around, IE the "Paradise Diner" sign towards the end)

It's a cool flick, I don't agree with critical panning its getting.

Sucker Punch Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sucker-punch-2010/#%21reviews=top_critics&page=1)

cloud_doll
03-27-2011, 12:30 AM
I have seen Pan's Labyrinth; having seen it is exactly why I had almost no expectations for Sucker Punch.

Somehow even my low expectations weren't fulfilled. I mean really. It was so bad. D;

I can't believe he just ripped off that whole concept. It's been done man!
I will see it and probably feel the same way as you because I love Pan's Labyrinth.

kotora
03-27-2011, 12:37 AM
lol he uses exactly the same camera movements and filters he used for 300 and Watchmen. I bet it's gonna have some real :bou::bou::bou::bou:ty slo-mo action too.

Proxy
03-27-2011, 05:19 AM
I saw it tonight. It was alright I guess.
Nothing special, kinda what I expected. Music was the best part of the movie.
Nothing much was left to your imagination.

6/10 I guess. Being kind of generous there I think.

McLovin'
03-27-2011, 09:34 AM
It wasn't great but ALL the fantasy scenes were awesome and so was the soundtrack. Everything else wasn't anything special.

6/10 For excellent entertainment in the fantasy world every so often.

cloud_doll
03-28-2011, 04:06 AM
Alright I just saw it.
First off, I was wrong to compare it to Pan's Labyrinth, because I realize they are different concepts. Second, the soundtrack was horrible; probably the worst covers ever. I really would have enjoyed a purely instrumental soundtrack.
That being said, I enjoyed this movie. I ended up feeling sympathy for the characters, and sitting on the edge of my seat to make sure they accomplished what they wanted. Talking with my boyfriend who saw it with me, he called it sexist, but I disagree. Just because a movie shows girls in skimpy outfits fighting doesn't make it sexist. If you used that mentality you could say 300 was sexist too. In 300's case, most guys dream of looking smoking hot and fighting like a champion, and so do us girls. I would love to wear those outfits and slash my katana all over yo face. I'm not saying that's how girls should look, but we sure do dream of it. Also, DREAM it is, it's a fantasy world, not the real world. Also, being a girl I think I felt more for the characters. Any girl who knows what it's like to have the horrible fear of a man who dominates you (and not in the sexy way) knows how these girls feel, and why they're trying to do what they're trying to do. Much of the story was relate-able to me in a very enjoyable way.
It's fluff; but good fluff. Don't take it too seriously, and don't compare it to Pan's Labyrinth or Jacob's Ladder. Just watch it, enjoy the fanservice, and shut up.
Oh and yeah, Vanessa Hudgins sucks at acting. she's still hot though.

charliepanayi
03-28-2011, 09:03 AM
It would take a pretty strange person to compare Sucker Punch to Pan's Labyrinth (or to Jacob's Ladder for that matter).

Mercen-X
03-28-2011, 10:56 PM
redbox

TrollHunter
03-28-2011, 11:03 PM
I really enjoyed this movie, it was original which i found quite refreshing. This movie seemed like a mix of the matrix + kill bill + the powerpuff girls and i gotta say, it was pretty awesome.

Proxy
04-03-2011, 04:22 AM
it was original but you compared it to 2 movies and a tv show =\
..one more time?

Foo
04-03-2011, 08:39 PM
This movie seemed like a mix of the matrix + kill bill + the powerpuff girls

God, no. :screwy:
I don't want to have sex with the powerpuff girls.


and i gotta say, it was pretty awesome.

Agreed :D

Shiny
04-03-2011, 09:15 PM
I can see how it relates to Powerpuff Girls actually which is exactly why I'm not seeing it. Okay, there are more reasons, but no.

TrollHunter
04-04-2011, 02:36 AM
God, no. :screwy:
I don't want to have sex with the powerpuff girls.


http://images.wikia.com/wikiality/images/8/89/Pl-pedo-bear.png

Also I could personally care less about the contradiction I made in my earlier post. I was half-asleep when I posted that :|

Mirage
07-12-2011, 02:30 PM
Just barely past the three months rule.

I watched this movie a week ago and it was mothersmurfing fantastic.

I liked how the movie mashed together wildly different genres, and of course, hot girls fighting doesn't hurt either.

sharkythesharkdogg
07-12-2011, 09:51 PM
The visuals, and trailers, and concepts for movies of this variety always looks so fucking good. Then I watch the movie and it's just bland. Some of them aren't even bad, they just become completely forgettable.

Is this one truly any different/better? I know it's tough to quantify, but does it really grab you/pull you in? Most of the movies like this nowadays have CGI special effects that are so over the top it really just drags the movie down into a place where you know you're watching a movie, and without the visuals, you realize it's a crap movie.

Mirage
07-12-2011, 11:34 PM
I would say it is very different from any other movie I have seen in a very long time. Also, don't watch the trailers, they give away too much.

If you're so concerned about movies being worth your money, why don't you just download them? Even if a movie isn't stellar, I would say it is rare that a movie is so bad that it isn't even worth the time I spent watching it.

Also, the special effects are very over the top, but I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

sharkythesharkdogg
07-13-2011, 12:19 AM
I'm not worried about the movie being worth the money, I'm worried about it being worth my time. :D

I'll give it a whirl sometime.

Mirage
07-13-2011, 12:23 AM
How busy could you possibly be? :p

sharkythesharkdogg
07-13-2011, 12:27 AM
I'm always too busy for big piles of horseshit that Hollywood tries to call a movie.

Not saying this one is, but a lot of them are.

blackmage_nuke
07-13-2011, 03:28 PM
What a coincidence, I was just about to go looking for the sucker punch thread just to read other people's opinons and handily enough someone bumped it for me.

I just saw it, and as a person who had no expectations at all and had not seen any trailers I thought it was pretty good. I think it was something about the music that kept each scene alive, though I would have liked if the action scenes had a bit more to do with the events in reality.


Baby Doll quickly learns that the place isn't really a mental institution, but a cover up for a burlesque house. There is little emotion at all in this. Emily is pretty quiet during this sequence which made it seem less real to me.

:confused: I thought the burlesque house itself was a fantasy (when they said that it was just a front i thought they meant the dance club was a front for a brothel) and the fight scenes were a fantasy within a fantasy.

Which was why she showed no emotion when the mental institution was "revealed" to be a burlesque house

Unless you meant it was still actually a mental institution but the orderly sold his patients for sex on the side.

On a more metaphoric less solid note, I assume dancing was just her fantasy for them being smurfed.

Mirage
07-14-2011, 02:45 AM
Yeah, I think either Depression moon didn't want to spoil the movie for us, or he misunderstood quite a bit.

AngelWings8
07-18-2011, 07:16 PM
I actually just watched this movie this past weekend. I would say it was entertaining and pretty to watch, and it's not a bad movie if that's all you expect out of it. I just liked watching girls kick butt and the pretty action scenes.

Also, I had to look up Emily Browning because I thought she was so adorably gorgeous and cute in the movie...but I'm a tad disappointed. :-/ I know I know, it's all makeup and special effects in the movie...but the dark red lipstick gave me quite a shock. She's still cute, but in the movie I remember thinking "omg she's the cutest prettiest girl EVARRRR"

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Mirage
07-18-2011, 08:12 PM
She looks terrible in that last picture, and I doubt it's because she's got an ungodly amount of makeup in the scenes from the film, but more because she's got terrible makeup on in that picture. I'm sure it wouldn't be much of a problem to choose a makeup style that was closer to what she was in the film, than what she is in the last picture.

Pheesh
07-18-2011, 08:17 PM
Meh, Rocket is obviously the hottest chick in the movie anyway.