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I'm like half an hour in, I no longer know what is actually happening in this movie, and I don't. effing. care. I mean, I understand that basically from about the fifteen minute mark the whole movie is just bullshit that's happening in her head, since she's already been lobotomized. WTF? I mean really WTF? Oh look, here comes some of the SUPER-COOL ACTION!!!
Nope, all of this stuff sucks ass too.
I liked Sucker Punch, but I was surprised at how boring the action scenes ended up being. They were KIND of awesome, but not nearly as awesome as they should have been.
Mostly, I wanted the movie to be about Sweet Pea and Rocket instead of Babydoll.
Really? I cannot find anything likable or redeeming about this movie. I mean, it's not like there's a plot to watch if you're not digging the action sequences. And what plot there is is meaningless because of the aforementioned event at the fifteen minute mark.
And who are Sweet Pea and Rocket? And who is Babydoll? I cannot tell the difference between any of the characters.
I know there are a lot of people who hate it, but I freakin' adore My Best Friend's Wedding because her character is such a blind trainwreck.
I saw that one when it came out, and I really liked it. But it didn't hold up when I saw it again a few years ago. I realized that the bride is almost as bad a trainwreck, and the groom has an attitude of, "Yeah, I'm getting married, but that doesn't mean anything in my life is going to change."
The production number on "I Say a Little Prayer" is, of course, beyond brilliant. And Rupert Everett's turn as the crude boyfriend/fiance does hold up.
And what plot there is is meaningless because of the aforementioned event at the fifteen minute mark.
I was totally willing to go see it at the second-run theater for the crazy eye candy (I kind of love the posters for it, even if they're entirely nonsensical) -- until I read a review that mentioned the whole lobotomy thing. No thank you.
Tep is me, here. We're very pretty. And then, to say that's "empowering?" Bella Abzug should come back as a ghost and slap the piss out of them.
Tep is me, here. We're very pretty.
Totally!
And then, to say that's "empowering?" Bella Abzug should come back as a ghost and slap the piss out of them.
*That's* a movie I'd pay full price for.
Ahahaha! Me, too.
Heh, erika. Indeed.
You know, I actually sat down and watched it all the way through, just in case I was judging it unfairly, and I don't feel I was. You'll be just fine never seeing it at all Tep and erika.
Actually I watched the first fifteen minutes to give it a "fair viewing". That's all I needed to be utterly offended by this awful film. I sat through the rest of the movie because I had already gazed into the abyss by then.
And then, to say that's "empowering?" Bella Abzug should come back as a ghost and slap the piss out of them.
*That's* a movie I'd pay full price for.
Me three.
My roommate kept asking if I wanted to stop watching, and I kept telling him "No, I want to keep watching and ranting about how hateful and vile this film is."
Oddly enough, any other time, he would find that a very compelling argument, but he kind of felt the same way this time.