Tuesday, April 5, 2011

From FitC's (Unofficial) Feminist Film Critic

This week: Sucker Punch. Matt Brunson's review sums it up.

SUCKER PUNCH
*1/2
DIRECTED BY
Zack Snyder
STARS Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish
It wouldn’t be quite accurate to call Sucker Punch the ultimate fan-boy film, but it’s a designation that nevertheless offers a near-perfect fit. It only fails the fan-boy test in that its protagonists aren’t chiseled macho men but rather five women, and as everyone knows, fan boys are too scared of modes of feminine expression, individuality and sexuality to accept ladies as anything more than arm-accessories for the taciturn heroes (it’s no coincidence that the fan boy’s favorite female character is probably Kick-Ass’s Hit Girl, a young child still years away from true womanhood). In virtually every other regard, though, Sucker Punch is a (wet) dream come true, an orgy full of Dolby sound and CGI fury. To finish the paraphrase by stating that it signifies nothing would be to drag Shakespeare into a world — and a conversation — that would baffle him. He wouldn’t be the only one: As another critic noted after attempting to explain the plot, “What the fuck am I talking about?”... 
Read the rest here.
Girls in sailor outfits fighting? You know what I miss? Sailor Moon.

Sucker Punch is not Sailor MoonSucker Punch wishes it could be Sailor Moon.
This has nothing to do with Matt's review. Instead of paying for Sucker Punch, save up for the re-release of Sailor Moon in September. 

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