Sucker Punch

o, there's a lot of hate surrounding this movie. It's got something like a 19% rating on rottentomatoes, IGN said "it's for suckers," worstpreviews (which is largely viewed by trolling prepubescent morons) gave it something like a 2 out of 10. On top of that, it was beaten at the box office by Diary of a Whimpy Kid 2. So, all of that is not good.

Rottentomatoes I have given up on, but worstpreviews has trailers early and reliably and IGN is a fun site overall. Most of the time, I enjoy visiting these sites.

Okay. I saw this movie last weekend. I haven't been able to see movies lately because I'm a stay at home dad and super poor. I haven't posted in a long time for the same reason. But check this out. I felt so passionately about this movie that I had to post.

Unfortunately, everything I have to say about it has already been said in the video I'm linking here. Basically, my opinion is if you hate this movie you're either a moron or a misogynist. There's my line in the sand.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/2962-Sucker-Punch


PS. Just to be clear, this is not my review. I just totally agree with it. It's Movie Bob's review from Escapist Magazine. I take no credit for this review, or any of that.

A few things I would add though. Reviewers have said that Gugino's Russian accent is so over the top it's ridiculous. Well, are there any other characters in that setting who are less? I would say Blue is just as ridiculous. So it's a theme of the world. It's a fiction.

Reviewers have also said Browning's Babydoll has a face that doesn't change. She has one look throughout the movie. That's obviously not true. I saw subtlety and a fairly deft touch when balancing courage and terror, defiance and sadness.

Oh, and one more thing. It's important to note that the stage for the crazy fight sequences that IGN says looks like a "bad video game" (remember my misogynist comment? IGN has a section called "Babeology" that features pictures and videos of models in sexy cosplay. Just saying.) are when Babydoll is dancing for the male onlookers in the brothel. Now, her dance is designed to excite the men with pure fantasy and spectacle. We never see her dance. We see a film version of fantasy and spectacle. I would argue that the ones being sucker punched are us. The nerds who went to the movie expecting to see hot girls fighting samurai robots. We got that, but we also got a movie about strength in women and the evil that men are capable of waging upon them. I loved it.

Despite what it seems everyone is saying, this movie doesn't suck at all. It's great.