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    (only very mild movie ruining references)
    Went with the man to the midnight premiere of Sucker Punch in our area. Great preview, although I wasn't keen on the cliched use of the line "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything," though I thought the actor for that was perfect.

    Without ruining it for others, I would say that I'm disappointed in pretty much the zero character depth, and how they seemed to count on the fan boy wet dream appeal, without really following through with any "punch" except for the costuming.

    I wasn't as troubled by the layers of reality as my boyfriend was, and found it similar to Inception, though not nearly as hard to follow. Did I think the lead in and the voice over at the end were a little hallmark-ish and vapid? Sure.

    I had to laugh a little that it did seem to be a story that most guys wouldn't enjoy that much because really, the fears of rape in the beginning and at the home wouldn't hit home for guys as much, that fear that we're really only allowed a certain amount of control and no more (like in the case of Madam Gorsky), these aspects of the story that probably offered the most nuances...I don't think a lot of the fan boy groups would get that, and so for them, the action sequences and a few of the lines worked, but not much else.

    For the women, we get to eye the costumes (especially appropriate for our crowd), have our hearts in our throat when we think first the heroine and then her sister are going to get raped, and to get that feeling of girl power.

    Though-- as I overheard one little fanboy moan afterward in the parking lot: "I wish I could at LEAST have seen her dance!!"

    That made me laugh.

    I wouldn't watch the movie again except to freeze certain sections to piece together hairstyles and costumes for myself. I wonder what the reception was like in Japan (or will be when it's released there) since this schoolgirl-with-a-side-of-potential-rape seems to be right up their taboo alley.

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    Eh not really interested in this movie at all, although I do want to watch inception

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    Quote Originally Posted by FiendishGyrator View Post
    (only very mild movie ruining references)
    Went with the man to the midnight premiere of Sucker Punch in our area. Great preview, although I wasn't keen on the cliched use of the line "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything," though I thought the actor for that was perfect.

    Without ruining it for others, I would say that I'm disappointed in pretty much the zero character depth, .
    Par for the course with that director. If you look at his other movies, they are visually cool to watch, but generally lacking in any real character development and anything passing for a decent plot. Just one long video game more or less. I thought 300 was the most overrated film in a long time.
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    To be fair though his other movies were very faithful recreations of someone elses work, if there was no plot or character development in 300 or watchmen it certainly wasn't his fault.

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    Thought this was a pretty damning/helpful review: http://jezebel.com/#!5785767/warning...h-really-sucks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trem View Post
    To be fair though his other movies were very faithful recreations of someone elses work, if there was no plot or character development in 300 or watchmen it certainly wasn't his fault.
    Actually I liked Watchmen.
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    If you want to see something good, see Limitless or The Lincoln Lawyer.
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    Just went and saw Sucker Punch and I loved it! Of course I went into it looking for a girl kicking ass movie and not too much plot so on that note it delivered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan-Va View Post
    Just went and saw Sucker Punch and I loved it! Of course I went into it looking for a girl kicking ass movie and not too much plot so on that note it delivered.
    Your too cute!

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    SexandGrammar, thanks for the article link. There were many great comments not least among them: " bobella is owltastic! 03/26/11
    The worst thing about it is if Snyder had just let it be a campy, mindless action flick with lots of eye candy I would have enjoyed it. But, no. It took itself way too seriously, and by slapping a message on it and calling it "empowering" he made it insulting and boring. If I'm watching a dragon fight an airplane and I'm bored out of my mind, something is horribly wrong."

    my boyfriend and I discussed this movie in comparison to The Expendables--two action flicks, one with a group of hardened men, one with a group of hardened young women/girls. Except for a scene or two, the expendables didn't take itself so damn seriously. 300 and The Watchmen weren't as bad but I could see some similarities in terms of glossiness over substance with the Watchmen having (for me) the most dynamic characters of the three snyder flicks.

    Thank God I insisted that we were NOT going to watch this in 3D so I could at least enjoy some of the scenary without having my eye be forced to focus on one stupid pop out motion used to justify the ridiculous 3D ticket prices.

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    We're getting endless commercials for it on UK television at the moment......I thought it was a computer game......
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