Can't wait to see this one in the cinema.
Cool-'fighting'-chicks-in-very-nice-suits, steampunk german soldiers, orcs and more weird stuff.
Anyone else who's gonna see this one?
Quick collage:
(http://arj0n.webs.com/SuckerPunchCollage.jpg)
This looks awesome. Never heard of it before. Hot chicks in skimpy garments kicking ass? Win!
Some reports were that the WB thinks this film is a mess, but since the sources for those rumours are not known, this might not mean anything. Plus "suits" rarely know a goood movie when they see one.
I think it's gonna be a good one, but again American film industry is gonna ruin it with PG13 rating (but since Snyder didi a good job on Watchmen, I think he'll save it), man that censorship ruined at least a 1000 movies that could have been much better.
In any case, almost fetishistcs waredrobe with hot women fighting various monsters...might be childish but it sounds like fun to me.
Did you see the preview cartoon short thingy called Trenches:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-_Yz94pEfA
There's apparently 2 more shorts (last 2 videos on the page Dragon and Distant planet):
http://io9.com/#!5784885/new-sucker-punch-clips-an-onslaught-of-orcs-dragons-and-pervy-orderlies
Hot chicks, robots, samurais, machineguns and WWI German soldiers. Could this movie be more awesome?
Been hyped about this for far too long, it looks incredibly badass! It's basically everything a typical male geek wants, in one film!
I just hope it's not another one of those films which try to fit a cockload of badass into a measly 90 minute runtime, we need a good couple of hours at least.
Quote from: Chicky on Thu 24/03/2011 12:47:35
I just hope it's not another one of those films which try to fit a cockload of badass into a measly 90 minute runtime, we need a good couple of hours at least.
According to IMDB it's 109 minutes long.
I really hope there will be an uncensored version/director's cut too because for the theatrical version they already took out:
* 18 minutes of fighting to finally get a PG-13
* a 'tame and mild love/sex scene' with Emily Browning (Baby Doll) and Jon Hamm.
* sexy dance scenes
:(
There should be a director's cut of this movie, I guarantee it'd sell more than pg13 version. Besides it's rather easy to do that on bluray.
I don't know what exactly are tehy trying to do...are they gonna sell action figures for kids?! Although I wouldn't mind the rabbit robot statue to be on my desk.
Quote from: anian on Thu 24/03/2011 13:46:43
I don't know what exactly are tehy trying to do...are they gonna sell action figures for kids?!
Whit PG13 more people will see it on cinema and it will make more money. Am I right?
Quote from: Mati256 on Thu 24/03/2011 14:00:17
Quote from: anian on Thu 24/03/2011 13:46:43
I don't know what exactly are tehy trying to do...are they gonna sell action figures for kids?!
Whit PG13 more people will see it on cinema and it will make more money. Am I right?
Right, that's for the big cinema audience. Cashing.
Yeah, I got that. But again, is this movie not for +13 audience anyway. And usually stuff like superhero movies get PG13 ratings cause they want to sell the toys for kids, but I was making a point that even with ratings, this is not actually a movie for kids, it's more for adults with kids inside them. ;D
Quote from: anian on Thu 24/03/2011 14:07:39
it's more for adults with kids inside them. ;D
You mean... pregnant?
Quote from: Ali on Thu 24/03/2011 14:15:41
You mean... pregnant?
Uuuu I was suckerpunched there. :P Metaphorical kids, adults that still have some sense of childlike wonder and imagination, is that a better definition? Like the songs says, "time won't take a boy out of this man"...
Better not suck, depending on Snyder for this to rule and for Superman to be even better.
I'm not 100% sure when just yet, but I'm already planning to go see this with my best friend and her husband. Comes out tomorrow, and I'm off, but I also lost $100 at work, so don't have the money for the film right now. =/
I for one was actually kind of glad that they fought to get the PG-13 rating though, because I knew that it would allow it to do better in theaters..but an uncensored director's cut probably wouldn't be too far fetched.
... are you talking about the animated or the "real" movie?
If you mean this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIetIg7O3M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIetIg7O3M), it looks (and sounds) very good to me.
Quote from: Tabata on Thu 24/03/2011 16:44:59
... are you talking about the animated or the "real" movie?
If you mean this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIetIg7O3M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIetIg7O3M), it looks (and sounds) very good to me.
The 'real' one, like that trailer indeed.
Going to an advanced screening of this on um, April 2nd?
I've been told there's no real story, it just looks good, a "visual orgasm". So I don't really know why I'm going to see it. I'm not really someone who goes "ooh wow look at that CGI" which I assume is the appeal of sucker punch.
Maybe I'm wrong. Why is everyone going mental about it yet I've never even heard of it? :P That image of all those women - is that the cast? Now I can understand why my mate wants to see it if it's an all woman cast, lol.
Oh well, I get to see it for free, so will take up that opportunity. And if it's all about the visuals, all the more reason to smoke a massive spliff beforehand. :=
That's the cast indeed mods.
And there's almost no real story:
A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather.
Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy,
she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility.
But hey, who cares if there are fighting woman in tight suits ;)
Remember "DOA: Dead Or Alive"?
I'm interested in seeing it, if only to see if Snyder can do something original.
300 and Watchmen are all fine and good, but they are more or less direct adaptations of the comics, with little flare. That's not to say they're bad (I like them!) but they involve little creativity on his part.
Of course, I haven't seen Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, but that's because I took an oath at the age of 3 never to see a film with that dumb a title.
Quote from: Mods on Thu 24/03/2011 19:17:09
Going to an advanced screening of this on um, April 2nd?
That's the advance screening? It's started showing in our cinemas today, in fact I could run to the cinema right now and catch it (I live 10 minutes walking distance from a movieplex), but I'll probably go tomorrow or later to avoid the crowds.
This is all weird because usually movies come at least 2-3 months after they're shown in the US, except on some occasions.
I'm looking forward to this movie. I saw the trailer a while back and as soon as they mentioned mental asylums and video-game-like worlds of imagination as means of therapy for a young gril ( or at least that's what I remember) it got me hooked. Now, the only problem is that it's not the kind of film you can go watch with your girlfriend... so I'm waiting for a DVD release:)
The whole point of retro sci-fi is to stay within the realm of "it could have been like this if..."
That's what makes it for me. When it's over the top, but not too much.
For those reasons, I love the giant robot and german soldiers.
For those reasons too, I hate the girls in miniskirts with WWII uniforms and UZI machineguns. That makes NO SENSE. There is no artistic reasearch. It's just the random output of a bunch of (male) nerdy trendy artists who produced something in a rush for the producer, whose only instructions were "include anything that's "cool" into it, no matter what!"
I know I'll offense some, but for me that's cheap merchandizing prospect, not pop culture.
PS: http://www.actusf.com/spip/article-8336.html
EDIT: I watched the trailer, and on top of that it turns out it's a rip off of Inception, just coated in candy.
(yeah, I'm in a bad mood)
I've seen the trailer and I've seen 300 and Watchmen (didn't like either).
Snyder is probably the most overrated director out there. Especially 300 left a very bad taste in my mouth. These movies are like very bad fast food. He puts all the tasty ingredients in there, violence, hot chicks plenty of explosions and over the top SFX but this alone doesn't make a good movie - after seeing it you're still hungry (except watchmen which was way too long). This movie seems to be so full of all these ingredients that there wont be much more room for anything else.
And, call me a moralist but both, the girls (which are still supposed to be children if i got it right) in their very sexual suggestive outfits and the trivialization of nazis seem to be very dubious choices to make a buck.
- I kind of get not liking 300 (it's not everyones cup of tea, but I thought it kind of brought something new to action movie genre),
- you didn't like Watchmen? I didn't like some things that were omitted from the comic, but as a director he did a fine job, and I liked the film as well
Maybe you should skip this one. I really don't know what to think of the movie after all the bad reviews, but I think that I went to see much crappier movies than this amd it's really hard to judge from trailers and from reviews these days.
Yes, I'm guessing this won't be the best movie ever and yes, I think they mixed up too many stuff in this one, but I also think it's a good fun movie if taken with less expectations.
Hehe. I recently watched the trailer, I have to say I'm not bothered if I don't see this til its television debut. Looks cheesy. Couldn't quite figure out who the lead character is supposed to appeal to, either. Not sure I'll really give a poop about her character after 10 minutes. Looks to me like it's aimed at mid to late teenagers. Not enough violence or porn to be a proper adult movie and a bit too much violence and suggestive outfits for it to be for kids. I didn't see any eye watering cgi in the trailer either, just same old same old. Slow mo cgi is nothing new. I'd be more inclined to see a movie made with Frostbite. But none the less this is someones fantasy and I'm sure it'll be a success. But I am kind of thinking my mates a bit of a fag for wanting to go see it now :P I think I prefer taking a risk spending extortionate amounts in a cinema on "grit" rather than airy fairy fantasy stuff. But then I never saw Lord of the rings or Harry Potter in the Cinema. I don't think I really give a crap about a lot of the fantasies portrayed in those movies. Still, I've got the option to see sucker punch for free, just not even sure I want to bother, LOL. Whoever sees it do give some reviews please, it'll help me make up my mind :)
Quote from: mode7 on Fri 25/03/2011 17:07:40
And, call me a moralist but both, the girls (which are still supposed to be children if i got it right) in their very sexual suggestive outfits and the trivialization of nazis seem to be very dubious choices to make a buck.
The actresses (?) are not underage, but they look really small on the trailer so they might be portraying small girls, or maybe Babydoll just stayed for a lot of years in the asylum before trying to scape.
As for the soldiers, they are like robot-wwi soldiers, so no Nazis.
Watched the Sucker Punch movie tonight.
Not...
Mmhh, a few hours ago me and my girlfriend went to the cinema to watch Sucker Punch.
A few minutes before the movie should start we where at the shop buying a coke and peanut m&m's.
Before I was able to pay the fire alarm went of and everybody was ordered to leave the cinema.
There were fireman checking out the building but I think they found nothing.
Maybe it was one of those stupid people who secretly and quickly tried to smoke a cigaret or a spliff at the toilet.
Anyway, after being outside for more then half an hour they gave green light to re-enter the cinema.
Once back at the shop we got the coke and peanut m&m's for free because of the commotion.
Once in the movie room, advertisement was shown for a while and then the screen and lights went out, only the sound was still playing.
After 15 minutes the intro tune of Sucker Punch was audible but still no screen.
10 minutes later eventually someone from the cinema entered the room and told us the projector was broken.
So we got back the money for the Sucker Punch tickets and went back home.
Wasted two and a half hours for seeing no Sucker Punch... :-\
For me this was for sure the weirdest cinema visit ever... ::)
That sucks Arjon! Well if review #1 is all hell breaks loose at the cinema, I'm still not tempted whatsoever to see this mousey blonde girl who goes mental and fights nazi shit. :P I'm more inclined to re-watch extremely hot blonde girl tries to love Ed scissorhands.
Guys, the movie is probably cliched as fuck. I mean it takes 7 beaten and abused girls, that fight their way out of a mental asylum, and instead of doing that properly, they decide to surrealistically project the whole movie as a battlefield.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE. This is just apparent as hell from the trailer.
Quote from: Dualnames on Sat 26/03/2011 13:26:13
Guys, the movie is probably cliched as fuck. I mean it takes 7 beaten and abused girls, that fight their way out of a mental asylum, and instead of doing that properly, they decide to surrealistically project the whole movie as a battlefield.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE. This is just apparent as hell from the trailer.
Yep. And the art direction doesn't look like anything special either. So I'm quite surprised that a thread discussing this film is so popular here, when action flicks like these are a dime a dozen. Maybe we could use a thread for discussing newest movies in general.
Quote from: Ascovel on Sat 26/03/2011 17:48:12
Yep. And the art direction doesn't look like anything special either. So I'm quite surprised that a thread discussing this film is so popular here, when action flicks like these are a dime a dozen. Maybe we could use a thread for discussing newest movies in general.
Oh, fudge, I don't mean to be "defending" this movie, since I'm not sure it's good (as in "if I'm going to like it") nor that it needs defending since not only is not made for everybody, but most of things and opinions said so far are not from watching the movie but pure speculation.
BUT, and this is not making fun of you or arguing with you just pure interest, could you name some of those dime a dozen movies? ???
Quote from: anian on Sat 26/03/2011 18:11:50
Oh, fudge, I don't mean to be "defending" this movie, since I'm not sure it's good (as in "if I'm going to like it") nor that it needs defending since not only is not made for everybody, but most of things and opinions said so far are not from watching the movie but pure speculation.
Speculating is still discussing in my book. And I wasn't attacking the film, just surprised it's getting so much interest out of all possible movies out there. It makes me think AGSers are just starved for some conversation about what's currently in cinemas.
Quote from: anian on Sat 26/03/2011 18:11:50
BUT, and this is not making fun of you or arguing with you just pure interest, could you name some of those dime a dozen movies? ???
Watch the trailer of the newest adaptation of The Three Musketeers for example. Ninjas, flying ships and Milla Jovovich kicking butt (in 3D!). :=
Apparently, this is the Worst Movie Ever (http://io9.com/#!5785590/sucker-punch-goes-beyond-awful-to-become-commentary-on-the-death-of-moviemaking)(spoilery link).
Dawn of the Dead was okay. 300 was...okay-ish. Watchmen was...okay-esque. :-\
EDIT: Second opinion (http://www.screened.com/sucker-punch/16-82088/staff-review/).
Oh well.... Looks like I won't be seeing this cr... movie then. :o
I bet that people who wrote those reviews enjoyed writing them more than the film they were about:) -if there is one good thing about bad films it's that they always fuel critics' creativity and make for some very funny reads:)
I personally didn't mind 300, although it just felt like a pale imitation of Sin City. Loved Watchmen though.. I thought he did a pretty solid job there. I haven't seen this yet and I don't know if I will go out of my way to see it. Zack Snyder is good at the whole 'slo mo action' thing but it sounds a bit empty otherwise.
Clearly IGN has other ideas (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/115/1158051p1.html). That entire list is actually an abomination (excluding Phantom Menace - anyone ever seen Spaced? ;D) and Indiana and the Crystal Skull I can understand. The scene where the alien spaceship comes down made me cry with crushing disappointment.
Repeat after me: There were only three Indiana Jones films.
Quote from: ProgZmax on Wed 30/03/2011 05:04:58
Repeat after me: There were only three Indiana Jones films.
Amen.
Quote from: ProgZmax on Wed 30/03/2011 05:04:58
Repeat after me: There were only three Indiana Jones films.
INDEED.
Quote from: ProgZmax on Wed 30/03/2011 05:04:58
Repeat after me: There were only three Indiana Jones films.
Yeah, Nobody counts Temple of Doom ;)
There was only Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis. The rest is forgettable in comparison.
Watch this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/2962-Sucker-Punch
Haven't seen the movie, but I'm quite excited now! I always seem to agree with Bob ;D
Crystal Skull was a set up so creaky old Ford could pass on the baton to monkey_05_06 Shia Labeouf. Has the teat of the franchise been suckled until the cinema goer has raw gums? Probably.
I liked it. If you like eye candy of every sort, then this is a fine movie. I wish he had hired someone to rewrite the script for him, but you gotta take what you can get if you're in the market to watch hotties fight a dragon in a WWII bomber. Hollywood doesn't make too many movies like that. ;)
I saw it this last Saturday, and I highly recommend it!
It's true that the story could have used some work, but it wasn't really about the story. It was about the visuals. And MAN were they awesome!
However, we were eight people watching. And while four of us liked it, the other four thought it was one of the worst movies ever. Simply because very little in it was "real", and they thought that there was no story at all. I personally don't get this though.
I think this is one of those movies you have to watch to have an opinion on.
I've seen it last week and I concur that it's extremely awesome!
Just saw it 30 minutes ago. Must say, the whole scenario is the best ever, but the movie is most probably the worst I'll ever see. Awful acting, awful plot, not enough skin. The nazi-part was my personal favourite. It was long enough, and had a lot of mindless shooting/fighting ('s what I went there to watch). Also, Emily Browning is an awful actress. Doesn't even have that good an arse... so I really don't understand why they chose her.