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small but interesting
So Sucker Punch came out this weekend and not only did it Fail To Impress, But it also Didn't perform as expected

People give their thoughts around the internet. Most people hated it along with a very vocal few who liked it.

HOWEVER, being a Zack Snyder movie... This shit blows up over at the Spill community.

For those of you who don't know: Spill.com is an internet based film review community (that recently expanded to video games) that gives podcasts and animated film reviews.

So as usual, a review is posted (review in bad taste with rape, skip if you wish )

Usually reviews get a fair amount of comments within their weekly film reviews. But for some reason this weekend SHIT BLOWS UP about this movie giving heated debates on Why this is a bad movie and you are bad for liking it; or you need to calm down and have a good time.

And it all starts here (I posted the link from page 45 since that's where it all started. you may have to go a few pages down until the wanky stuff finally gets started)

If you're not in the mood to read ALL of the mess here is a breakdown of the community:

. Spill members hate Zack Snyder
. Film Causes debate because his name is on it
. Usually in the community everybody likes to automatically agree with the critics despite not having seen said movie for themselves
. Debates are caused on OMG THE FILM INDUSTRY IS COLLAPSING NOW11!!11, stop liking what I don't like, why Zack Snyder is the devil.. the works.
. Comments criticizing the reviewers on WELL WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE TRAILER? OMG YOU'RE SO UPTIGHT

Oh and there was also a cute little side wank about the audio podcasts being too long

note:I edited the entry to fix a link and tags and warning suggested by commentor (thanks)

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	reovu 2011-03-29 02:08 am UTC (link)
	I saw it as well and I hated the ending too. It made absolutely no fucking sense (ok the whole movie didn't make sense) but it just..I don't know how to describe it.. forced? like it was trying too hard to fit with the whole "plot" but didn't work. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Spoilers!

notjo
2011-03-29 02:11 am UTC (link)

The thing that squicked me a lot was the lobotomy scene was pretty brutal and I was not prepared for it at all. I do a lot of reading & research around issues of abuse in historic asylums and in current long-term care centers and just the whole "I'm going to rape you now" thing hit way too hard for me because I know it happens with disturbing regularity. I kinda wish I had waited a few days to see it and asked someone about it first so I could have been prepared for that part.

I did, however, enjoy Nazi steampunk robot zombies.

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	Re: Spoilers! reovu 2011-03-29 02:19 am UTC (link)
	I agree with you about that. It was pretty uncomfortable to watch and I'm sorry you were hit with that without notice. I think the only thing I really liked about the film was the robot samurai fight. The landscapes were gorgeous to look at. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Spoilers! lilychan 2011-03-29 02:25 am UTC (link)
	The opening scenes really triggered for me but what really got me was what Blue tried to do to Baby after she got her... you know what. But, for some reason, I liked the robots though (except the last part ;_;). (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Spoilers! sadisticferret 2011-03-29 03:24 am UTC (link)
	That's pretty much how I felt about it. I liked the action fantasies, but everything else was either triggering at worst or just uncomfortably blunt at best. Like they were trying to horrify us with these scenarios, yet still in a really exploitative way. Like, "Ooooh, this is so horrible, but isn't it so hot?" Kind of like Dollhouse. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Spoilers! emily_goddess 2011-03-29 05:09 am UTC (link)
	"Ooooh, this is so horrible, but isn't it so hot?" Complete with the villain and the sexy doctor singing a fun song over the end credits, while the exploited women dance and smile. Mixed messages ahoy! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Spoilers! jellibean 2011-04-01 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	The end credit sequence was, by far, the most inappropriate credit sequence I have EVER seen. It was like, "Hey, remember the guy that abuses these women and tried to rape our protagonist 15 minutes ago? HERE HE IS SINGING A SONG with the doctor whose signature he's been forging for months/years/whatever. Isn't that fun?!" DDD: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Spoilers! eleutheria 2011-03-29 10:24 am UTC (link)
	Like, "Ooooh, this is so horrible, but isn't it so hot?" Kind of like Dollhouse. That's the most cogently concise summary of Dollhouse I've ever seen. Usually when I try to express that opinion, I tl;dr all over the place. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Spoilers! reovu 2011-03-29 10:27 am UTC (link)
	sorry but is Dollhouse that show that got canned within a season or something? I remember being interested in it when it was airing but if that's the content it has then eh..maybe it was good it was canned? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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eleutheria
2011-03-29 10:41 am UTC (link)

Two seasons, though it was on the bubble at the end of the first (and it got continued and Terminator SCC didn't, I'm still annoyed about that).

Personally I am glad it got canned, yes, because it's a distilled version of everything that bugs the fuck out of me about Joss Whedon and none of the things his fans find redeeming. It's very "see, we're saying over and over again that making women into mind-wiped sex slaves is wrong. WRONG, I tell you!" and yet it's shot in the most provocative way possible. To me it's Whedon's id with plausible deniability built in.

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	Re: Spoilers! theladyfeylene 2011-03-30 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	I believe that was supposed to be commentary on how the sci-fi genre treats female characters, actually. That it's a genre that has made its money off of sexualizing and exploiting female characters. IE, the asylum/dance hall is the sci-fi genre. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Spoilers! puipui 2011-03-29 07:08 am UTC (link)
	just the whole "I'm going to rape you now" thing AAAH! Thank you for the spoilers, I enjoy knowing which movies to never see. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Spoilers! notjo 2011-03-29 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	Seriously, Pui, the last five or so minutes are just terribly creepy and it was horrible. The video game sequences were a blast, but ... :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Spoilers! reovu 2011-03-31 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	I will say I'm glad Blue got his at the end and I assume/hope was rightfully punished. But the whole lobotomy scene was just hard to watch :( (Reply to this)(Parent)

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