Sucker Punch Review

Hi guys, sorry I know, I said I would post this ages ago, but at least I am now.

What can I say about Sucker Punch, well, I went into the cinemas with low expectations, I will admit, I expected a 15 rated movie for one, but this was a 12, and I expected a lot of action in short skirts and bad taste against women. I was I think anyway, pleasantly surprised, the movie starts with a fitting score which keeps the mood throughout, a soundtrack I am tempted to purchase.
Oddly, it takes about half an hour before any action starts, but I wasn't craving it, I was actually wanting to see the story develop more, the action was typical, but more tasteful than you would imagine, it focused more on the visual effects than "Babydoll", the lead.

I think I should explain this film, a girl, "Babydoll" loses her mother, and so her stepfather takes Babydoll and her sister, but when he finds that he is left nothing in the will, he goes to rape Babydoll, when she barricades herself in ther room, the stepfather advances to her young sister, Babydoll, escapes through the window, retrieves the stepfathers gun, and shoots at him, she misses and shoots her sister, then runs out of the house, to see the police, the stepfather has her sent to an asylum. This all happens in the first 5 minutes of the film, but it doesn't seem rushed, it is poetically directed, by the director of Watchmen, so it has that feel, but I felt different than I expected, I expected to want more action, but I wanted to see the drama unfold even more.

When being led through the asylum, and when the stepfather arranges for an illegal labotamy to be performed on Babydoll, we have the obligatory introduction of cast members and key, but Zack Snyder, the director does something to make it feel fresh and every key thing is pointed out but not in a condoscending or stupid way. And we reach the labotomy, where just before it is performed, we enter fantasy world number one, where everyone is part of a burlesque house, in roles that they would suit in the asylum, the same with when the characters are in fantasy world number two.

I won't reveal much more because, I fell you have to see it to understand what I am saying, it can't fit into a genre well, becuase it is it's own genre, and I like that, I wasn't a B rated movie, or a sob story drama, it was a journey, one which picked you up, but only if you wanted it to. I am speaking of the many critics who slated this movie for only satisfying Zack Snyders sick feelings, well, I think they are sick for not seeing this movie for what it was.

It is in essence, a struggle for escape for Babydoll and her friends, some of the most interesting points are kept a mystery but that is part of what appeals to me, I don't want to know how they really tried to escape in the asylum, I don't really want to know how they really retrieved the items, becuase I don't think any of the characters saw it, and it would be intruding on them.

I have to applaud the soundtrack, for fitting so perfectly into a 1960's setting, for enhancing the story and tension, also, the actors and actresses in this were actually not bad, especially with Vanessa Hudgens to act against, which is obviously hard, but Carla Gugino was superb, I must say, she was the rock that stopped this movie from slipping, she made you care about the characters, becuase she genuinely did, which is odd really, but she did and it was lovely.

In conclusion, don't see Sucker Punch for what you want, see it for what it is, it will be a much better experience, and I suggest you purchase the directors cut on DVD, as I feel it will give a much better experience, I know I will.