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erincandescent@akko... posted 16 May 2025 22:13 +0000

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Sucker Punch (2011) may be a deeply flawed (though unfairly maligned IMO) movie but it is undisputable that the soundtrack slaps.


† It is not unnoticed by me that it the loudest criticism of it came from male critics who seemed to want it to be a story about female empowerment when it's... something else entirely.

(Movie CW list: Mental Asylums, Brothels, Exploitation & Abuse, Sexual themes)

benjojo replied 16 May 2025 22:53 +0000
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@erincandescent Sucker Punch will likely be the most fun film I have watched in a cinema, I had no idea what I was about to watch (thought it was a generic action film) and I was what I got was totally insane, A* film, was even better watching people walk out of the cinema before it finished while I was having the bemused time of my life

erincandescent@akko... replied 16 May 2025 22:25 +0000
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Do I recommend it as a movie? Hmm.. it’s still on my mind 14 years later, so, yeah, though with caveats? It’s a bit of a mess of a film, but I think ambitious messes are some of the most interesting stories especially metanarratively.

If you do watch it, watch the extended cut; the MPAA forced removal of a scene from the ending of the theatrical cut which severely undermines the intended ending.