graphic novel and video game-esque; like that's a bad thing.

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2012)

The visuals of 'Sucker Punch' are beautiful and it is impossible to not envision the latter as a video game or a graphic novel. The thing is a lot of critics hated this aspect whilst I loved it. The music was beautiful and melded with the scenes and tones brilliantly. Acting was good, not great, and the girls shared chemistry. Isaac played a creepy and scarily powerful 'villain of sorts'. I believe the bad reception 'Sucker Punch' received was unwarranted. The reaction was a clear display of audiences not willing to understand it. Many people accused it of being misogynistic which is a stretch; somehow we should be horrified when women are dolled up and kicking ass. However I disagree, in many ways it was a new example of feminism; women can be strong and hot, they can have inseparable bonds and trust. It was critiqued for having a badly written screenplay and bad acting. I disagree. The screenplay was original and that is what has caused so much uproar. People cannot handle the unknown and undone even when they think that they are the most open minded types. If you enjoyed 'Watchmen', 'Sin City' and any film that took a surrealist approach when storytelling as well as encapsulating beautiful visual styles up to the cast then you will enjoy 'Sucker Punch'. Keep an open mind and be blown away by brilliant graphics.