Has anyone discussed.....

All I'm getting from the trailer is "oooh...that's the kind of visuals imax is made for". They drop the barest hints of plot, but I don't really go to the theatre for plot movies, unless it something that's looking to be phenomenal, or from one of a handful of directors. I work for the cable company so I can watch "don't need a big screen, and the story looks to be meh" movies at home for free soon enough.

I just realized this movie is conceptually similar to The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

This movie looks to be visually the Brazil of the anime fanboi generation. It's live action anime trope porn. There may be an interesting plot there, but can't really tell by all the over the top visuals.

It's Bayformers with all the knobs turned to 11. Multiple very hot actresses instead of just one with the chaos of action and explosions so off the charts that even people with severe ADD won't be bored.

My biggest fear is that it will end just like Brazil.

I'm uninterested. I hate all the CGI-fest movies.

[NOTE: This is a necropost but since Sucker Punch is opening in theaters today I figured this thread is more relevant now than ever.]

Well as I sadly feared Sucker Punch is getting pummeled by the critics. RottenTomatoes has it rated at 23% as of the time I'm writing this post. Even the few "positive" reviews are less than flattering. I'm still probably going to go see it for the "cool visuals on a big screen" factor. But so much for the vague hope that there'd be an actual story/plot behind the pretty pictures. *shrugs*

Too bad. The B-25 vs. dragon looked awesome.

It was good for the visual imagery and cinematography, but don't go in expecting a plot.

I expect it to be very visually entertaining, much like Sin City and 300, but for a professional movie critic, I don't expect it has all that great of a story or superb acting which is what they are looking at. But for those who are into western comics and mange/anime, it will be rated fairly high.

Planning to see it this Sunday, not going to expect much from it and treat it as a popcorn flick.

well, moviebob, who also seemed to "get" scott pilgrim also seemed to like this one. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...2-Sucker-Punch he and i dont always agree, in fact lately we agree a great deal less, but his review may address some of your concerns about depth.

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Originally Posted by Lothic I seriously do not demand "perfection" from a movie like Sucker Punch. But is it really too much to ask that more reviewers like it than hate it at the very least? I'm not asking for the Moon here am I?

i dunno, i find that for a large amount of movie reviewers, some genres such as action, horror and sci fi are not genres that ever review well. so thats why i tend to gravitate to certain reviewers opinions over others when it comes to movies of specific genres, like, say a heavily anime influenced over-the-top action film. for some the barriers of cultural awareness are just too high for older or less nerd culture friendly reviewers to enjoy, even if the nerd stuff turns out to be a mask of deeper and more compelling stories and characters, see again scott pilgrim, which did a bit better with critics but still wasnt a universal hit with them.

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I'm seeing it no matter what. Critics aren't you, and only you can tell whether or not you like it.

Not to mention critics will laud the hell out of anything so long as it has the right people involved, regardless of it being good or not.

Has anyone discussed vague thread titles?

yes, it was in a thread titled " delicious curry".

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