Vanessa Anne Hudgens - Blondie (Sucker Punch) #34: "I think it’s about time to give this film its due."

**Less Than Perfect** · 04-04-2011, 11:55 PM

Set in the 1950s, "Punch" follows a girl who is confined to a mental institution
by her stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there,
she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain, and in that world,
she begins planning her escape, needing to steal five objects to help get her out
before she is deflowered by a vile man.

[Director]
Zack Synder

[Writers]
Steve Shibuya ... story
Zack Snyder ... story and screenplay

[Producers]
Wesley Coller ... executive producer
Deborah Snyder ... producer
Zack Snyder ... producer

Jon Hamm ... High Roller
Emily Browning ... Baby Doll
Vanessa Hudgens ... Blondie
Jamie Chung ... Amber
Carla Gugino ... Mrs. Schulz
Jena Malone ... Rocket
Abbie Cornish ... Sweetpea
Scott Glenn ... Wiseman
Oscar Isaac ... Blue
Gerard Plunkett... Baby Doll's Step Father

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Possible Titles:
It’s a bit like Moulin Rouge! with machine guns."
"She is going to kick some butt in that movie, I will tell you that. Not naked butt, just normal."
Because if professional journalists are already full-out spazzing... 2011 why so far away?! *bawl*
Because they maybe on hiatus, but they're off hanging out in LA!
Because working out on a Saturday night when it's raining? That's Sucker Punch regimen for ya
"Who doesn't want to see girls running down the trenches of WWI wreaking havoc?" Exactly, Zack.
Because what little we're getting, it already sounds completely && utterly insane. We can't wait.
Because Zack doesn't believe that females can't do action, "they just have to learn how to make it cool."
Because seeing each other in a raw && open context bonded them. *BRB DYING*
"Snyder is going to deliver something special. Trust me. "
Because Sucker Punch "is so much more than “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns.”
Because the teaser "is going to blow the roof off of ComicCon"
"It all but defies description and deserves every bit of your attention"
"Totally insane - like Inception crossed with Gamer, shaken by Tim Burton and stirred by Synder"
"Sucker Punch panel/footage made me forget about Harry Potter and Green Lantern!"
"It is a balls-out, guns-out fantasy-within-a-fantasy film that packs a mean wallop!”
"I think the men of 300 were bigger babies when it came to the training."
"Sucker Punch is deeper, more thoughtful than you've been told"
"Sucker Punch is best appreciated as a visual roller coaster. Don't think. Just hold on and enjoy the wild ride."
"Sucker Punch isn't meant as a standard movie experience."
"Sucker Punch is a crazy movie, but it’s my kind of crazy."
"There's a lot more going on in this picture than a bunch of snappily-dressed young women fighting undead soldiers and robots."
"To quote that standard-bearer for macho male fantasy, there is more to this film than meets the eye."
"Sucker Punch -- Genuinely Feminist, It's a Deeper, Darker Confection Than One Might Presume"
"Sucker Punch is not just style over substance."
"Visually captivating and thought-provoking, Sucker Punch is an explosive success"
"The story also has a richness that is deeper than the usual Zack Snyder fare"
"Remember that time Gabriella Montez slaughtered steam-powered nazi zombies with a hatchet? That was a good time."
"Sucker Punch is something to be supported and admired, not violently derided and shunned."
"It immediately reveals itself as a work of genuine artistic vision."
"Intensely personal, heart, mind and soul, splattered onto the canvas film making, we almost never get to see in big budget blockbusters."
"Without a doubt the best example of game changing, cinematic artistry... since Scott Pilgrim."
"[Snyder] makes every shot look like a painting."
"This is a movie that invites the so called, 'male gaze,' then spits in it's face. It's not porn. It's burlesque."
"It works just as well as a straight up action film, as it does an intelligent and moving, if utterly deranged melodrama."
"This will be a love it or hate it, polarising film, but put me down for firmly for Team Hell Yes!"
"Snyder fills his screen time with strong, physical women in full control of their actions, intellects and destinies."
"Sucker Punch is a brave film; it relies on cinematic incongruity and a self belief in its important message, spelt out by a voice over."
"It's brilliantly imaginative; if nothing else."
"Sucker Punch certainly won't be everyone's cup of tea... but rarely can a film promise so much action and simultaneously so much post-film debate."

**Miss Fate** · 04-04-2011, 11:59 PM

Thanks Holds!

**Less Than Perfect** · 04-05-2011, 12:02 AM

No probs!

Was the title from the OP? Or do I not need to remove it from the list?

**Miss Fate** · 04-05-2011, 12:07 AM

No it's not from the OP, you're good.

Emily_Jawbreaker · 04-05-2011, 12:18 AM

tftnt

**Less Than Perfect** · 04-05-2011, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Miss Fate (View Post)

No it's not from the OP, you're good.

Awesome.

Okay, so I've spent the last couple hours reading reviews and watching videos, and I still have a million more to read, but my spoiler box on the movie.

Spoiler:

I really loved the intro to the movie. I love how so much was explained without any dialogue. And the use of Sweet Dreams during it was so perfect. That song is incredible. So fitting. Emily did an amazing job singing it. It was heartbreaking that Baby Doll is the one that accidentally kills her sister. Especially after you could really see how desperately she was fighting to save her.

I think the girls all did amazingly in their respective roles. Abbie has got to be the stand out for me though. Her portrayal of Sweet Pea was amazing. I love that she was sort of like the mother figure for all the girls, and not just Rocket. It's funny, cause even with the girls in real life, I get the feeling that that's exactly what Abbie is like with them. Her acting in the scene where Rocket is stabbed just blows me away. The uncontrollable rage when she's forced to let go of Rocket... Damn, just damn.

Emily was really good too. Sometimes I felt like she could've done a bit more, but other times it was spot on. Like a little more of a difference in her eyes or something. But I really did love her character. Jena, I adored Rocket. She was so strong and set on doing whatever needed to be done. I was devastated when she died! It was SO FREAKING SAD! You could tell the moment the radio cut out and they were transported back to the brothel world that it was not going to end well, and having to wait to see how it all played out just made me so anxious.

I really wish Amber and Blondie had bigger roles. Amber was so sweet and loyal, and just so eager to please that I was equally saddened by her death. It just came out of nowhere! I can't believe they would kill poor sweet Amber! She did nothing wrong!

Blondie... as much as I loved V playing the role, and as sad as it was that she died simply for being a snitch, I couldn't help but really feel for her. All along she pretty much followed Sweet Pea's lead. Even though she wanted to leave, you could really tell that she was more scared at the thought of being caught and killed than anything else, because she only ever agreed on the plan once Sweet Pea was in and had asked all the right questions.

But I really did feel so bad for her in so many scenes. Her final scene is just heartbreaking because she realises she's messed everything up and now her friends are paying for it.

Despite the fact that three of the five girls end up dead, and one is just not there anymore... I really did love that Sweet Pea got to live. She was the most well rounded character in the movie. Perhaps due to a bit of Abbie's performance. But I just thought she had more layers to her than some of the other girls did. Which is fitting because in the end she is the one that gets to live. As sad as I was that the other girls died in the end, I was also really happy that she had that one happy ending. The line, "You have to live for all of us... Love... Be free" just kills me.

The movie wasn't really that complicated. Yeah it blows your mind, but I think they did a pretty decent job of explaining it all. I would've liked to see more of Baby Doll's dance though. Especially since Sweet Pea says it's all moaning and gyrating.

I for one would have loved to see more asylum scenes. They were probably some of the scenes I was most looking forward to. I can understand why we didn't get to see more of them, because Baby Doll just wanted to escape it, but I think it would've been really interesting to see how all the girls acted in that situation. When Baby Doll walks into the theatre and you see those two random girls break into a fight, I love how Blondie is all, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" There was just something about how V portrayed that moment that I really liked. It was sort of crazed and out of control. It really makes me want to see her play a really dark role one day.

As for all the critics saying it's exploiting females, I think they've completely missed the point. Yes, the girls are dressed in these costumes that could be really sexual, but unlike films where you can tell they're using females just so they can look hot and seem sexy, Zack doesn't film them like that. Despite how easily Baby Doll admitted that her dancing would distract all the men so they could complete their missions, I really liked how Baby Doll used her sexuality against all the men. It was really empowering to see the girls who had basically had everything taken away from them find a way to control what was left of their lives.

But yeah, all in all, I actually really liked it. Some of the scenes could've been more explained, or gotten into a little more deeply, but considering the time restraints I can understand why they weren't. The movie is almost 2hrs as it is.

Oooh, and I need someone *coughBeecough* to tell me more about the mirror thing!

Spoiler:

JustღBreathe · 04-05-2011, 06:22 AM

Haha

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Café de Paris had been completely decorated to fit in with the film. There was a free bar and a photo both. There were also the various stars from the film there and the director.

Biscuit and I set about trying all the cocktails and talking to strangers. I dared him to make a balloon sword for the director, Zack Snyder. He did and Zack was delighted with the sword and waved it in Vanessa Hudgens’ face.

She wanted a sword and soon Biscuit was arming most of the cast with balloon weaponry or animals.

Cocktails with Sucker Punch � The Wed or Dead Wager

breathe you in · 04-05-2011, 07:26 AM

Thanks for the new thread!

and

I love that write up, thanks for posting Carol!

sethamgal · 04-05-2011, 08:00 AM

some tumblr gifs man they tranied hard

Zac Efron's # 1 fan · 04-05-2011, 08:10 AM

OMFG those ani are so freaking awesome

breathe you in · 04-05-2011, 10:00 AM

Thanks to Shelley over at TH:

Box Office as of Today

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Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $29,811,118 59.5%
+ Foreign: $20,300,000 40.5%
= Worldwide: $50,111,118

Tutorgirlx · 04-05-2011, 10:05 AM

has it made back its budget?

Zanessa91 · 04-05-2011, 10:12 AM

YouTube - Sucker Punch: Interview with Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens & Jamie Chung

Thunderstorm · 04-05-2011, 11:47 AM

Thanks for the new thread Holds

and omg those anis

and

love the article you posted Carol..so cute

tyubi · 04-05-2011, 12:01 PM

#1 IN GERMANY!!

yay! We have such a good taste

Ans I saw it today

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