"Sucker Punch" review: It sucks

http://freewebs.com/mhsup for my full written review.

lol, my camera ran out of batteries at the end(hence, it's abrupt).

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[lambovsatan225]

You classify Wes Craven as a " Visual director "?

I get that he's one for remake and milking his own creations, but wow!.

What the fuck are you on?.

Directors like Michael Bay(although he's more about explosions), or James Cameron fit more into the whole "visuals" category, bnut Wes Craven?. No.

[MartialHorror]

@lambovsatan225 Was mainly refering to his older films, and even then, more in concept than anything. So for example, NOES has crazy scenes like blood pouring from the bed and into the cieling or Freddy's arms extending freakishly. Do they have anything to do with the story? No, in fact, in a film like that they are far more important than the story. That is what I mean by 'visual director'. But yes, these days he just milks his past successes.

[lambovsatan225]

@MartialHorror Ahhh you have point there, friend!. o.o

However, Wes Craven's film career is mostly based on horror flicks(B-movies) and Horror is mostly about visuals and the depiction of the sadism of the antagonist in these movies. I think that's why Freddy Krueger as a character who kills his victims in the most "visualistic" kind only pairs perfectly with Robert Englun's acting, but I just don't think it' fair to put him in the same category as George Lucas who RUINS his films with visuals.

[MartialHorror]

@lambovsatan225 But remember that the original trilogy was visual oriented too. The costume designs, the light sabers, the space ships, are all part of the visual experience. 'Visual' oriented films rely on plenty of things: Props, set designs, costume designs, lighting, imagery, how it's filmed and yes, CGI (depending how it's used). "Star Wars" is nothing special in terms of story, but it's visual ideas made it into a classic. Even Sergio Leone is a visual director. (cont)

[MartialHorror]

@Lambovastan225 (continued) Horror directors seemed to have lost their touch. NOES, Hellraiser, Phantasm, Halloween and maybe Friday the 13th were all visual oriented films. These days, you don't see it as often. Because horror often is just about suspense, intensity, what we see and what we don't see. The 'visual' aspect is optional, so horror films just focus on those. For example, while it has some striking visuals, I wouldn't call "Saw" a visual film.

[lambovsatan225]

@MartialHorror (continued) Horror is not what it used to be in the 70s or the 80s, but then again, Horror in the 70s and the 80s wasn't what it was in the 40s the 50s or 60s. Remember The Blob? It was just A massive blob consuming people whereas in the 88s remake you could ACTUALLY see people deforming and disintegrating.

I disagree with you about Saw. the first was psychological, but the visuals are there to scare you or just traumatize you. The sequels were a "mild" gore fest.

[MartialHorror]

@lambovsatan225 I don't think that's really story. It's spectacle. Otherwise, Avatar would have a good story, but it doesn't. While cultures, universe, etc dont really count as visuals, I do believe the props/set designs, etc do count. I agree with your horror statement. While Saw had some freaky visuals, it wasnt all about them. NOES, Phantasm, etc were all about startling images.

[MartialHorror]

@weirdoadrian123 As I said: Vague.

[emybaby69]

to be fair there not undead nazis as they go to the trenches durring ww1

and nazis were not around till the 30s but good vid though and the movie sucked

[ReviewerTeen]

Sucker punch does suck

[superhuman295]

@eASTcOASTiVORY no it sucks

[lambovsatan225]

@MartialHorror I differ too much with you.

Star Wars is nothing special in terms oh history?. I agree it doesn't create as much lore as other Sci-fi like Star Trek or SG-1, but creating a universe , giving it life, cultures, a well established balance between good and evil(with a few gray areas) is a lot of story once analyce it.

I agree on Sergio Leone, but because it's only needing to depend on visuals, character gestures and the settings(some of his films are of epic proportions).

(cont.)