tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post542672404284464430..comments2023-11-03T07:24:19.298+00:00Comments on Film Intel: Sucker Punch - Blu-ray ReviewSam Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-37374368331485025162011-09-21T10:26:55.243+01:002011-09-21T10:26:55.243+01:00Very true. The thing I don't get with WATCHMEN...Very true. The thing I don't get with WATCHMEN is the people who don't like it because it isn't as deep as the novel. The three cuts of it are 162, 186 and 215 minutes long - I think he gave it his best shot at getting everything in there! If the story didn't grab you then I can see your grievance, especially with those sorts of runtimes.Sam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-29576996400501632492011-09-21T09:02:07.390+01:002011-09-21T09:02:07.390+01:00The funny thing with Watchmen is I'm pretty mu...The funny thing with Watchmen is I'm pretty much a minority in not like likng it. But with Sucker Punch it is universally dis-liked!BRENThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953231992674091002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-71292690046017725622011-09-20T09:41:00.746+01:002011-09-20T09:41:00.746+01:00Mike - I'd keep those expectations exactly whe...Mike - I'd keep those expectations exactly where they are. To be honest, I'm not even sure the style is that impressive.<br /><br />thevoid99 -I liked Malone actually, which surprised me. The way her character was set up I didn't think I'd go for her but she is probably the most impressive element of the cast. I think Browning has a thankless task - I don't think anyone as the protagonist could have rescued this script. Cornish gets better but is awful at the start. Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung get literally nothing to do.<br /><br />Good luck with the script!Sam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-5337852434716038732011-09-19T20:28:29.373+01:002011-09-19T20:28:29.373+01:00I like Zack Snyder but I do think he needs to pull...I like Zack Snyder but I do think he needs to pull back on his own visual style and not overdo it. Otherwise, he will end up making films like this which wasn't that bad but very disappointing.<br /><br />I liked the ambition but it had no strong story. I liked Carla Gugino and Scott Glenn. Oscar Issacs was sort of fun. I also like Emily Browning but she was awful in this film. Her performance was too stilted for me.<br /><br />The film would've been a total disaster if it weren't for Jena Malone and Abbie Cornish. They actually had an interesting back story and chemistry together and I cared more about them than everyone else. If the film had been about them, it would've been more interesting.<br /><br />At least this film did get me motivated to work on my script that I'm writing specifically for Malone as it's nearly in completion.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-57327700225956223192011-09-19T17:22:29.126+01:002011-09-19T17:22:29.126+01:00I neither love nor hate Snyder, but I do generally...I neither love nor hate Snyder, but I do generally dislike movies that are style over substance so my expectations are pretty low this this one.The Taxi Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352371911592068643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-80377046272505536132011-09-19T15:19:59.953+01:002011-09-19T15:19:59.953+01:00I really liked WATCHMEN. The trailers sold it to m...I really liked WATCHMEN. The trailers sold it to me and it delivered, unlike this which, as you say, delivered completely the opposite feeling. 300 I can take or leave - again, I'm not as opposed to it as some people seem to be but I'm not dashing to the DVD store either.<br /><br />The thing I like about the Supes/Snyder pairing is that it should guarantee something different. I don't think I can stand one more cookie-cutter superhero story. Then again, this was 'something different'...Sam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-46828717890876726682011-09-19T15:12:55.171+01:002011-09-19T15:12:55.171+01:00Agreed...as poor a movie as you can get, and as yo...Agreed...as poor a movie as you can get, and as you, impossible to connect with....unless it is a disliking it kind of way!!! Incrdible considering the budget isn't it? I liked the look of it through it's trailers but once I saw the damn thing it was just sensory overload. <br /> I'm not anti-Snyder either as I did like 300 but absloutely loathed Watchmen which bored me beyond words. Thing is is that he has the nod for another Superman outing and I hope to god it isn't like this.BRENThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15953231992674091002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-28586152708701760032011-09-19T15:07:22.824+01:002011-09-19T15:07:22.824+01:00I think that's one of the key things isn't...I think that's one of the key things isn't it - he's got the ambiguousness down to a 't', he just hasn't got anything interesting going on underneath the ambiguity.Sam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-89704661338449500722011-09-19T15:04:47.836+01:002011-09-19T15:04:47.836+01:00yeah. i agree. :( i thought it was beautiful. i...yeah. i agree. :( i thought it was beautiful. i really, really looked forward to it, and wanted to love it... but. that was impossible.<br /><br />just because it's unclear doesn't make it deep. <br />just murky. :(vic caswell https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218698236837610704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-52242549558691032042011-09-19T11:04:46.097+01:002011-09-19T11:04:46.097+01:00Yes, I think part of his problem is that he's ...Yes, I think part of his problem is that he's tried to do to much with too complex a story. It seems a shame to criticise someone for aspiring high and trying to do something different but there are big errors here related to those elements. <br /><br />I seem to remember WATCHMEN being nearly three hours long - perhaps if he'd have given himself a bit more time he might have been able to explore the story better (or at least manage to show us the dancing!), so maybe the studio has to take some of the blame (they undoubtedly would have wanted a 100-minute ish cut).<br /><br />Glenn's role is completely redundant and shows why the fantasy scenes are so bad - they can't stand up on their own, they need him there to explain what the hell is going on!Sam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-16644783406918842152011-09-19T10:52:52.742+01:002011-09-19T10:52:52.742+01:00I'm conflicted by this film, gorgeously presen...I'm conflicted by this film, gorgeously presented (whatever his faults Snyder's films are always visually impressive) but while technically this film is good, story and character wise it's a near travesty.<br /><br />Its female empowerment theme is confusing commenting on itself as well as the audience's propensity for watching scantily clad females with big swords and guns and the dialogue, good God some of it is poor (whenever Scott Glenn turns up). <br /><br />It's been coming for Snyder in my opinion, i don't dislike him as a director but his grasp of story has not been very astute. He was helped with his previous films have a story pre-made (Dawn of Dead, 300, Watchmen) but he needed to keep things simple, best lesson he could learn from the experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-4820410840757505962011-09-19T10:49:49.154+01:002011-09-19T10:49:49.154+01:00Felt exactly the same. I tapered my expectations d...Felt exactly the same. I tapered my expectations down and it still managed to be worse than I expected.Sam Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05696602364349746693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685634083080876125.post-34865511765054802122011-09-19T10:12:09.544+01:002011-09-19T10:12:09.544+01:00It was one of those movies I was really looking fo...It was one of those movies I was really looking forward to but it turned out to be my biggest disappointment this year...Nostrahttp://myfilmviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com