One of my top favourite movies

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2011)

A lot of films aren't nice to strong women. The are independent to a point, and in the end, need a man to save them. The film makers are either misogynistic ("Oh yeah, you're tough, but in the end you still need a man"), or maybe they feel a lot of viewers don't want to see women do it for themselves. The women in Snyder's movies are different, they don't need men to come to the rescue in the end, but take out the guys themselves. Take Lena Headey's Gorgo who stabbed the a-hole councilor in the gut, rather than need a guy come to save her.
The women of Sucker Punch are the same, they fight, no men by their side, and do it on their own. They are my ideal movie women, hot and tough. No damsel in distress garbage. There's no make out session with a boy friend, there's are some nice ass kickings, good special effects, dance practice routines,and the guys who imprison and exploit them get their comeuppances. The pay back comes at a huge cost however.
The soundtrack is a ripper :-), and I'm never bored of playing it.
Plus, there are two Aussies in the lead. Yeah :-) Emily Browning, and Abbie Cornish. Brwowning is the new comer, the strategist, and organiser of the break out, while Browning is the reluctant, skeptical, but willing rebel who joins in the plot.
Plus the story is easy to follow.Some flicks with mind warping stories are good, but they're not the only type of entertainment. Not everything has to be Shakepeare or Dostoevsky.
I know this movie has received a lot of flack; mixed reviews, a small profit, and worst movie of 2011 in a recent poll. A few people I've spoken to don't like it either. But I don't care. I'll like this movie even if I'm the only person who does, and even if I lose an argument in public and I am ripped to shreds.
The only down side was that John Hamm didn't get his butt kicked. I would be nice justice on Don Draper.
That said, this goes with The Craft, and Ghost World as my equal favourite movie of all time. Gorgeous iron women, no damsel in distress trash, Aussies in the lead, special effects, easy to understand, and an epic soundtrack. 10/10