I try very hard to not be hard on movies- I love them. I enjoy criticizing them some of the time, but to be truly hard on a movie is just something I don't like to do. Then I come to movies like Sucker-Punch. I have never been a Zack Snyder fan, and this movie sure didn't change my opinion at all. First things first, this movie is very pretty to look at. The visual aspects of this movie are very eye-catching, and intriguing to watch. That being said, they can get old and taxing after two hours of watching them. Near the end of the movie there's a scene where every...single...action is carried out in slow motion. I found myself almost shouting "WHY" at the TV while watching the scene, it got old super-fast. Second, is the story. While watching this movie I had to have a friend (who loves the movie, mind you) explain to me what happened...the whole damn time! I feel that I should be able to figure out what exactly is happening in a movie while I'm watching it and not have to have everything explained to me- I didn't even have this much trouble understanding Highlander! It really killed a lot of the enjoyment of watching the movie for me. Conceptually, this movie is cool- seeing her "dance" in a second-reality-that's-not-really-reality turning into an action sequence in a third-reality-that-is-STILL-not-reality (like I said, confusing) was a very interesting concept- as was the whole "these realities aren't what's really happening" concept- I just found it thoroughly confusing. To be honest, it made me skeptical of watching Inception for fear that I'll get confused watching it as well. If you like Zack Snyder, action movies, or even shiny visuals this is the one for you- however if none of the above is you, you may not want to watch.
2 out of 5.
