Stupid Pinch

Rating: 4/10 (26 March 2011)

"Sucker Punch" is basically disappointing but also obviously gonna fail because it was directed by Zack "The Slow-Mo" Snyder. Well Snyder is only good at visuals. This movie is not an adaptation. He created the story to make his visual talent more useful. The story can be interesting but this fantasy/video gamey world was pointless although it was the whole point of the movie, the reason why we are attracted to this. His directing is still slow and messed up. The action is slow. Everything is slow. It's just sad.
The first act was like a playlist of music videos. It's a good way to start the film. The second act started to become pointless until the end. They're coming to this imaginary world without any sense or any connection to the reality until the last visit. Like I say this movie's existence is for the visuals but it's clunky to the story.
If there is something that I liked in this movie then it's Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, and Oscar Isaac. They are the only ones who had a decent performance. Carla Gugino was also good. The other cast, Emily Browning is like Bella Swan holding guns and swords. Vanessa Hudgens doesn't have the guts to be tough. Scott Glenn needed more scenes.
The other thing that I liked in this film is the visual effects of course. But this eye-candy merit was slapped by Snyder's directing style called Slow-Mo. His slow-mos are just senseless and boring. Ninjas, zombie Nazis, dragons, robots, and hot chicks in one movie can be fun but their mixture in this film is just nonsense. The movie is nonsense. It's not imaginative. It's just a mess.
"Sucker Punch" is like "Scott Pilgrim The Movie" in a bad way. At least the absurdity of "Scott Pilgrim" had a lot of sense, but this in a realistic serious world meets preposterous is strangely mismatched. I think a video game fan and a kid will enjoy this (or not). Overall "Sucker Punch" is a turtley fantasy mess. They say it's "Alice in Wonderland with machine guns". Well "Alice in Wonderland" is smarter than this. You want hot chicks? Guess what. Abbie Cornish is HOTT!