while there's no doubting Snyders technical skill, he really has no original ideas at all. This movie played like it was written by a 14 year old boy. Let's have hot chicks! with guns! fighting samurai! with more guns! and dragons!

Honestly, I went into it expecting mindless fun, so my standards weren't high. But not only was it boring, it was downright creepy, like watching an old man hit on a teenage girl.

edit: actually while I'm on this soapbox.... the costumes on the lead actress were borderline paedophilia. And she was rubbish.

It's time to battle the Ancients from Diablo II - I just don't remember them being that big!

Give in to your inner 14-year-old!
You're sounding like an old man trying to justify away your inhibitions.:P

Movies like this are a 14-year old fantacy. It's a delve into all that is comic book cool. Super power invincibility, Cyberpunk, Steam Punk, Mech-Warriors, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Ancient Wisdom, Fighting for your life, Frailty, Wisdom, Sensuality, Sacrifice, Cute girls, Fantasy, Thoughts within thoughts and so much more. Like the ogre said, "The onion has layers!"

"Let's have hot chicks! with guns! fighting samurai! with more guns! and dragons!" - YES, Lets!

If you go into this movie, leave behind your common-sense brain and take with you, your fourteen-year-old brain. If you expect reality, you're watching the wrong movie!

>> ^ChaosEngine:

while there's no doubting Snyders technical skill, he really has no original ideas at all. This movie played like it was written by a 14 year old boy. Let's have hot chicks! with guns! fighting samurai! with more guns! and dragons!
Honestly, I went into it expecting mindless fun, so my standards weren't high. But not only was it boring, it was downright creepy, like watching an old man hit on a teenage girl.
edit: actually while I'm on this soapbox.... the costumes on the lead actress were borderline paedophilia. And she was rubbish.

babydoll is frightening: http://cdn02.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/7492_sucker-punch-girls-02-FP-7030920.jpg

The only trouble my wife and I had watching this was a nagging sensation of the passing of time.

I loved the costumery though and the graphics were nice, and Carla Gugino still doesn't know shes involved in a custody battle with me for her body.

Schoolgirl outfits and giant samurais with Gatling guns should be winning, but when the filmmakers make it clear that (a) the protagonist cannot be hurt, (b) faces almost no challenge (paper cut = win) and (c) it obscures the actual drama she actually faces, my boredom is unsurprising.

This movie got low ratings, but are there a lot of cool scenes like this one in the whole movie? I will just turn off my brain for special effects, action scenes, etc.

I loved this movie soooo much, right up until the ending totally ruined everything.

I embrace my inner 14-year-old. I also have performed in Shakespeare plays. I feel this balance is acceptable.

>> ^MaxWilder:

I loved this movie soooo much, right up until the ending totally ruined everything.
I embrace my inner 14-year-old. I also have performed in Shakespeare plays. I feel this balance is acceptable.

Shakespeare was the Zack Snyder of his day.

>> ^Sagemind:

Give in to your inner 14-year-old!
You're sounding like an old man trying to justify away your inhibitions.:P
Movies like this are a 14-year old fantacy. It's a delve into all that is comic book cool. Super power invincibility, Cyberpunk, Steam Punk, Mech-Warriors, Martial Arts, Sci-Fi, Ancient Wisdom, Fighting for your life, Frailty, Wisdom, Sensuality, Sacrifice, Cute girls, Fantasy, Thoughts within thoughts and so much more. Like the ogre said, "The onion has layers!"
"Let's have hot chicks! with guns! fighting samurai! with more guns! and dragons!" - YES, Lets!
If you go into this movie, leave behind your common-sense brain and take with you, your fourteen-year-old brain. If you expect reality, you're watching the wrong movie!
>> ^ChaosEngine:
while there's no doubting Snyders technical skill, he really has no original ideas at all. This movie played like it was written by a 14 year old boy. Let's have hot chicks! with guns! fighting samurai! with more guns! and dragons!
Honestly, I went into it expecting mindless fun, so my standards weren't high. But not only was it boring, it was downright creepy, like watching an old man hit on a teenage girl.
edit: actually while I'm on this soapbox.... the costumes on the lead actress were borderline paedophilia. And she was rubbish.



The merits of hot chicks (babydolls creepiness aside) fighting dragons, steampunk nazis, etc are lost on me. Which was why it was so surprising that the whole thing was boring at best and lurid at worst.

Even watching the action sequences, you're aware that what you're actually watching is a fantasy within a fantasy. At one layer removed you are watching women forced into sex slavery and "reality" is not much better.

If you wanted to make a straight up action movie, with awesome set-pieces and a ridiculous plot, go for it. But what plot there was made the whole thing feel seedy.

I tried, believe me. I went with a bunch of mates. We had beer and ribs beforehand. And we still came out genuinely wondering if Snyder was that stupid.

Or maybe not...

and here is really the only excuse I can give this. Maybe it's meant to be creepy and weird. There's a infinitesimal chance that there is actually a meta-narrative, that the whole thing is a work of subversive genius; a commentary on how comfortable we are with fetishizing things that are in many ways genuinely wrong.

But somehow, I doubt it.

I think the main, and most important point to the whole film is the realization of "It's not my story, it's your story".

Everyone lives their lives dealing with their problems and their situations. At which point do we realize that we are just pawns in someone else's story?

Now you can look at this movie as a lot of drivel as a lot of movies can be. I suppose it's all in how your life translates it. A friend of mine, a comic book illustrator and artist was blown away with it. His life just turned a corner instantly. Not only did the "Cool" factor click with him, he changed his outlook on life.

He instantly realized how many other lives were going on around him and how entrenched in those peoples stories he was. He had the profound realization that, understanding his life had recently took a crappy turn, he could remove himself from HIS story and change to be the force that changes other people's stories. Very empowering.

Of course, this style of movie is not for everyone. Some people just like Michael Bay. Some people like a story to be wrapped up and packaged with a ribbon-and-bow so they can go home and not put anymore thought into it knowing that the good guys won, the bad guys are in jail and the sun will come up tomorrow.

I prefer to receive a bunch of input which I can let gel in my brain and then apply to real occurrences in my life. I like to read into it and find more than what was presented. Join in the Mythology and look beyond the gimmicks used to tell the story. Using Ultra cool imagery and fantasy ideas helps to launch me into that realm and let my imagination run with the possibilities.

But that's just me.