Suckerpunch...part I

Hello, I'm your friendly neighborhood movie reviewer, TheCinemaChick.  Tonight's main attraction is the much hyped, very anticipated, Suckerpunch.  As you can see by my title, I don't really know what to say about this.  I'm afraid to give away too much but I want to attempt to dive into this.  Butterfly, my faithful just friend movie buddy joined me tonight.  He also spotted my ticket, so I now have to suffer through the Pegg/Frost abomination of an alien movie, Paul.

Joy.

First of all, forget everything you've seen in the trailers for this film.  That's right, abandon it.  That stuff...barely a tiny taste of what's actually going on in the movie.    You've all seen the pigtailed blond chick, Babydoll.  She's the main character of the story...sort of.  It turns out her mother died and hers stepfather, who I'm calling Daddy Rape-face attempts to molest and/or rape her little sister.  I think...It's not really clarified.  Babydoll is shipped off to the Lennox House for Mentally Unstable Girls.  Don't confuse this with the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters.

Here we have our first problem.  It's not an asylum.  No hints, just...believe me on this one.  The girls do suffer and are forced to do things they don't want but overall, life seems pretty nice.  Other than the bizarre Japanese school girl uniforms, things seem normal.  The overseer is corrupt, the dance teacher is kind and the cook is a pervert.  See, normal.  Nothing out of the ordinary here.  Oh, except Babydoll has been ordered by Daddy Rape-face to get a lobotomy.

This is a high point.

Since this film JUST came out, I can't say much about it, other than, it was an experience.  It's styled a lot like 300 and Watchmen, mainly because the people that did the aforementioned films did this one.  It does have a comic book vibe too it, along with an "Am I watching a movie or an anime?" feel.

I don't know what to say.  I literally am at a loss for words.  I didn't hate it but I didn't like it.  I'm confused and not sure what to think about it.

Just so you're prepared, think...If Chicago, Lord of the Rings, Apocalypse Now, Sailor Moon, 300 and Watchmen had a bastard child in fetish costumes, this movie would be it.

It is a literal sucker punch.  The ending was a surprise and a letdown for me.


I'm going to revisit this film in a week.  After people have had a chance to see it so I won't spoil it for anyone. I do hate spoilers.  I have tons more to say, trust me, but not yet.

Patience, my pretties.

Until then, I'm TheCinemaChick, bidding you an enjoyable movie experience