Sucker Punch Movie Review

[worldoflucky]

Just watching Sucker Punch now. There are some pretty fight scenes, some of the filming is gorgeous. It is basically one long music video (and some of the imagery is spectacular). However, it is probably the most misogynistic film I have seen in years. With the constant near rape of all the main female characters, the brutal treatment of them and the dressing them all up in oversexed clothes really is a turn off.

Don't get me wrong, the way Baby Doll (the main character) was dressed it was sexy school girl outfit. Inappropriate, but she was a fast fighter and I can go with that (not realistic at all, but was a sexier version of Buffy). But all the other women were dressed in even skimpier outfits, lots of bondage themes, etc.

I think it bothered me most that if this was the same story about a young male character there wouldn't have been the constant near rape fantasies happening, and I doubt the overly sexxy dress for all the female characters wouldn't have been there. Worst of all, they claim this is a woman's empowerment movie, that is wrong, it was a fantasy of a 13 year old boy (I know, I was that 13 year old boy).

Wow, does this mean I grew up? Or more likely I got to see the issues the women in my life have had to endure and it sort of disgusts me when people claim this movie was empowering women.

Oh, and for all the action, it was the slowest moving movie I have had to watch in awhile. Oh, and I didn't even finish the movie, I stopped watching after Rocket died to the hugely obese and abusive cook.

Comments

[olaflutherson.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with you. The pace was quite plodding and the objectification of the women was to a level to make "empowerment" a joke. It was a very odd movie that could have been accomplished better with a few alterations. I did like that it was technically a Tragedy (ie the hero has a fatal flaw that ultimately causes their death inspite of victory; like Beowulf -book, not movie, version-). You don't see many true tragedy's these days. Everyone want's the hero to 'win, win, win'...

[bakersgames.livejournal.com]

Your right, that was about the only thing redeeming of the movie (and why I prefer foreign movies nowadays) is that it was a tragedy.