Sucker Punch

[kindofdoon]

I just saw it, and I thought it was very enjoyable. There were some issues with the dialogue and acting, but I thought it was a pretty cool concept for a film.

Did anyone else see it?

[KatieHal]

I also just saw it last night and quite enjoyed it too. A fun movie, I think. Don't go in with high expectations, though, as I think it could easily not live up to those. Still, fun, worth matinée price IMO.

[wilco64256]

I'm glad both of you liked it - I've been wanting to see it for a while but then got a touch nervous after looking at some of the reviews.  Now I'll definitely go check it out.

[KatieHal]

I haven't read any reviews yet, I'll have to check some out.

[kindofdoon]

It's critically disliked but popularly liked, generally.

[KatieHal]

So it would seem!

Well, here's what helped me enjoy it--I went in expecting a bunch of cool fight scenes where girls were kicking ass in all manner of fun  and highly stylized settings, and I got it. Because...that's what most of this movie is! I happened to have also expected the ending, so nothing about that got in the way of my enjoyment either. The plot is secondary to the set pieces.

[kindofdoon]

Most of the action felt thin/weak. With the exception of the giant samurais and large dragon, it was mostly simple 1-hit KOs - there was hardly any struggle in it all.

[KatieHal]

True, but... (cut for details that aren't really plot-relevant, but if you don't want to know anything, don't peek)

Spoiler (mouse over to reveal):

there were loads of bad guys, even if they were one-hit minions. In those cases, it was more about the hordes than it was about the difficulty; what we were all really interested in was the big bad guy in those instances anyways. Plus, they did make the different types pretty cool--who doesn't love steampunk clockwork Nazis? Or orc-ish hordes? Or futuristic robots with lasers? I actually really enjoyed how the fight scenes kept changing up what genre they were and found that really cool.

[dark-daventry]

I want to see this movie, and I never let a review sway my opinion. I read reviews for this, and they were all pretty bad, but I saw that coming. There were rumors for a while that this movie was gonna bomb in the review department. But, again, I hardly ever let a review sway me. I like to see a movie for myself and make my own opinions. For example, both Beastly and I Am Number 4 got fairly bad reviews, but I thoroughly enjoyed both. The same goes for Mars Needs Moms. I actually expected that to get good reviews, but I was quite mistaken; regardless, it's a very good movie in my opinion. That being said, I'm likely to see Sucker Punch this week sometime.

[Buddy1991]

I wanna see Sucker Punch, too - or let's say I inted to do so, because I actually like Vanessa Hudgens.
(And I won't start with Reviews - they hardly reflect my opinions on films... I mean - c'mon, Wall Street 2? Seriously?)
The thing with Beastly just is that it probably won't be released in my region -.- Since I can't find it on the internet (bad me, I know) I'll probably wait for the DVD release...