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Anyone ever seen this its like a movie for a video game that was never made.
Looks like a blatant attempt to ride the coattails of Rodriguez and Tarantino's Grindhouse with its spoof of exploitation cinema.
This reminds me of Mobile Light Force with a cover like this
they're blonde
Dude, no. That movie fucking sucks and is Zack Snyder's worst creation. And given that he's the guy who gave us Rebel Moon and the Snyderverse*, that's a bloody accomplishment.
Dude, I DID watch the director's cut, and it's NOT "Snyder's Best Original Work", it's his WORST.You boys in the form really don't like the Grindhouse movement, it being a loving throwback to exploitation genre flics of the 70's directors such as Rodriguez grew up watching.
Anyway. Threads been derailed by SP so here's my ten cents.
If you watch Sucker Punches directors cut, it's a great action film depicting a tale of female empowerment and the struggle against male abuse in a tri layered narrative where the protagonists retreats further into her fantasies as a coping mechanism for abuse.
The fact people reacted to Sucker Punch by calling it sexist means they completely failed to understand the idea that women can take the male prevision thrust upon them and weaponize it into the tools which will grant their emancipation. I guess the "I own that sh!t" messsaging only works if the women saying it are poorly written & obnoxious. Not through creative visual design.
Or the theatrical release was that bad it absolutely destroyed the film's messaging.
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Go watch the directors cut, it's Snyder's best original work.
Hey *whispers*Dude, I DID watch the director's cut, and it's NOT "Snyder's Best Original Work", it's his WORST.

B-rated movies are my thing, i should definitely see this
While I've never heard of or have watched the Bitch Slap movie, I do remember watching the Sucker Punch movie before.
It's just a poorly written, poorly thought out film. I'm not even being a contrarian. I'm judging it by the standards of similar action films that have something to say. And yes, Dark City is slightly better (another of my favourite films), but I'm sorry. The Matrix is the best comparison point for Sucker Punch because in that movie, not only is the storyline actually well-written, thought out, and engaging, but the themes of belief and truth are interwoven with the character journeys and UNLIKE Sucker Punch... Our heroes take damage and can lose a fight, meaning that the stylised action is significantly more engaging and gripping.Hey *whispers*
If you want to engage in fair criticism, then you need to state by what standard is Sucker Punch Snyders "worst" original film. The easiest way to do that would be to state another Snyder original film which you feel is better, state why and and use that as the standard.
Oh and if we're being disingenuously contrarian, Dark City is the better film
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The fact you still couldn't provide a standard is all I needed to hearIt's just a poorly written,
Considering Sucker Punch has no wider mythology beyond the "Mental world" trope.The Matrix is the best comparison point for Sucker Punch because in that movie,

That's a valid subjective opinion, but then why do you care if some one else enjoys something you do not?Zack Snyder cannot write a story to save his life,
Oh, wow. You're being a complete and total fartsniffing pretentious hipster who is further overhyping his favourite terrible, self-righteous, poorly written, tryhard delusional trashfest whilst insulting me and using strawmen. In other words, A SNYDERBOT.The fact you still couldn't provide a standard is all I needed to hear
But if you can sit through six+ hours of Rebel moon and honestly tell me its better than Sucker Punch.
Please, I would be interested in hearing why you think this.
Considering Sucker Punch has no wider mythology beyond the "Mental world" trope.
Something thats not present in the Matrix.
Nor are any of the actions undertaken by Babydoll and the team extend to anything remotely close to super human.
Their wildest delusions are manifestations of mundane real world actions, from breaking a lock to stealing a lighter and overpowering a physically stronger male staff member...
How is that comparable to any of the programs, sentinels the aware humans or national citizens of Zion?
There is no manipulation of the simulation to gain superhuman powers, no antagonistic force is even aware of what's happening from the girls perspective in Sucker Punch.
It's a completely different thematic set up.
How is the Matrix is similar?
Heck, sucker punch has three layered narrative because the abuse the girls suffer on the first layer (reality) intrudes on the second (appeasement) when its heinous enough, leading to the third layer (rebellion) That has nothing to do with virtual reality as depicted in the Matrix, eXistenz, the thirteenth floor and even in none VR fiction such as Dark City it has external forces directly manipulating the eponymous Dark City.
The Matrix has one consistent thematic layer, going into the Matrix isn't some separate state of reality to the point the films go to a ludicrous extreme to show that injuries are universal.
Being in the Matrix It's not an abstract narrative tool.
It's a tangible, accessible location just as Space is in Star Trek.
None of that is present in Sucker Punch.
Conceptually it has more in common with Inception/Paprika and even they lack the hallucinatory aspect of interacting with the real world whilst experiences delusions.
Sucker Punch is not a power fantasy, its a collaborate effort to save someone from a terrible fate because defiance is better than subservience. You may feel annoyed that not all the girls escape.
But that's the point. The system is abusive, to be free of it in any capacity is a victory.
That's a valid subjective opinion, but then why do you care if some one else enjoys something you do not?
Not everything is made for you
You know what? I'm done with you.

Now THAT'S sleazy as sin.Nah I recommend this movie with Robert Englund"aka Freddy Kruger"
A zombie epidemic spreads throughout a strip club in Nebraska.
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