Sucker Punch
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 06:20PM ;)
As you already fucking know I was invited to a screening of Sucker Punch on the Friday just gone and after a bit of wangling managed to get myself into such a position that I could actually go. So with my gorgeous girlfriend in tow and a box of kleenex I made my way to a secret central London location (actually the Odeon West End) to watch a film that I had been creaming in my pants about since I saw the first teaser poster. I mean what could go wrong? Girls in stockings, monsters and big fuck off guns. This was on paper a fucking fourteen year old schoolboys wet dream. Well actually a slightly mentally unstable thirty eight olds jizz fest.
Right it's only fair to get the boring shit out of the way at the start. Baby Doll (Emily Browning) is incarcerated in a mental institution by her abusive stepfather after her mother dies. See she attempted to shoot him but inadvertantly killed her little sister. This is all done to a rather weird and fucking haunting version of Sweet Dreams. At said institute she is placed in the care of sadistic nurse and guard Blue Jones who from the offset has only one thing on his filthy little mind. Although if you're going to wear an outfit of fantasy all the time then maybe this is what happens. Baby Doll only has five days before a scheduled labotomy and with the help of four of the other girls hides in an imaginary world trying to locate five items in the hope it will set them free. Confused? Well you fucking should be because basically Sucker Punch makes absolutely no fucking sense at all.
Now lets just sort this out straight away. If you are expecting to go and see Sucker Punch and find a Nolan type story with pace, excellent characters and an ending that leaves you wanting more you will be very fucking disappointed. Sucker Punch is just not that film so forget that already. If however you want to see one of the most visually stunning and technically brilliant films of 2011 then this is your fucking baby right here, so shove a dummy in its mouth and hold that fucker real tight because like a 357 Magnum it will blow your fucking brains out if you're just willing to place the barrel in your little mouth and pull the fucking trigger. Sucker Punch will annoy and infuriate fans and critics alike but you know what? So fucking what! If you're going to make brainless cinema at least make it fucking pretty. Damn this film was so pretty I wanted to dress it up and take it out for dinner.
Now I happen to be a Zack Snyder fan. Dawn Of The Dead and Watchmen were both fucking great. What Snyder has that others may not is this stunning style in which he shoots and Sucker Punch is stunning in every way. However it's the bits inbetween the fights with giant samurai, dragons and WWI German soldiers that let the film down in some way. The constant threats of sexual violence against the female inmates let a bit of a sour taste and for a film that is a 12A here in the UK I wasn't convinced that this was overly appropriate. Personally for me I would have liked for Warner Bros to up the bloodshed and taken the higher certificate. It would have made a better fucking film in my humblest of opinions. That aside Sucker Punch is fucking fun and so my girlfriend accused an erection inducing piece of cinema. Of course I have no idea what she means by that but if she's referring to the scantily clad ladies throughout then maybe she has a point. Anyway must go I have to find her a little sailors outfit like the one Baby Doll wears in the film. Fuck did I say that out loud? Enjoy this one fuckers I did.
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Reader Comments (4)
Good review I will look this one up. I love those skirts that are hemmed just beyond the promised land - actually it's a love/hate relationship, but WHATEVER.
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