ALL SCI-FI

[The Spike]

Steampunk a go go!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978764/reference

Snyder pushing buttons for polarizing results.

Off the bat I'd have to say I'm over thirty years older than the critics have claimed is the demographic for this one.

Sucker Punch, as reviews attest, is not for everyone. It has been called any number of things in derogatory fashion — which, since I enjoyed the film, would seem to mean I'm a misogynist fetishist gamer.

However, to the best of my knowledge, that is not true.

Sucker Punch is loud, full of visual orgasms, musically adroit, exciting, clever, and very sexy. Snyder has made no secret of his fetish leanings when making this piece, but it hardly constitutes a dark seedy mind at work.

It can easily be argued that the film is very much pro women. The story itself — in amongst the explosive thunder of the fantastical action — is tender and beautiful, complete with emotional kickers. Perhaps it's in the eye of the beholder. But I see a strong female-led action movie, with shifting fantasy realms.

Love it or hate it, Snyder has pushed buttons with this exercise. Better that than another cash cow sequel or another remake, re-imaging, or rebirth. 7/10
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The quality of mercy is not strnen.

[orzel-w]

I hadn't even noticed this movie's absence from the website. Thanks for correcting the oversight, Spike.

I bought the DVD as soon as I had finished watching the movie as a rental. I love it. My wife doesn't.
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WayneO
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[The Spike]

[Bud Brewster]

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I didn't care for this movie. I thought the plot was ridiculous.

Actually, I saw it when I went on a date with a lady I met on eharmony shortly after my 2001 divorce.

She picked the movie. I hated it. We never went out again.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)