Fun Stuff > ENJOY
Movies that are considered bad that you enjoyed.
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 29 Oct 2014, 12:01 ---I wish that I could have ignored those plot elements in Sucker Punch. I went with my then-room mate to see it in theaters, and by the time it got to the first dream/dance/action sequence I was so much in a panic attack that I was ready to run out of the theater. Had I been there alone, or if the two of us hadn't been the only ones in the theater for that showing I would have. Aside from the those parts, which were awesomely over the top and great, that whole movie seemed designed to repeatedly kick me in all my anxiety/panic trigger points. I don't think I could even go back and just watch those action scenes again, and certainly not the movie. Just thinking about it makes me all panicky.
--- End quote ---
I think that (and Zack Snyder's name) are the reason it's considered bad. Sucker Punch is taking the notion of using fantasy as escapism up to 11, and leaving the audience to sort out the uncomfortable fact that the escapism is subbing for something horrendous. I think that's viewed as a cheap way to invoke emotion. Artifical rather than Artful. I can kind of see the point, but the movie is called Sucker Punch. Right out of the gate, it's saying this is going to be a cheap shot. There's an implicit challenge to that--can you dodge?
I think part of the negative attitude comes from the fact that most people either couldn't or ignored the subsurface plot and found it vapid. I don't know if it's actually a good film at all. But I left the theater satiated on gonzo action and thinking, "The title did not lie. Sucker Punch. I was so busy fending off the obvious moves, I didn't see the cheap shot coming, and it got me." So I give it a B-. I got what I paid for, and I was warned, so I can't claim I was tricked.
Method of Madness:
If Zach Snyder is inherently associate with poor quality, then I'm gonna have to go with his remake (and debut, I think) of Dawn of the Dead. Possibly my favorite modern (non-comedy) horror movie. It's on par with Romero's.
Also Watchmen is excellent, and the one major thing he changed makes so much more sense.
Aziraphale:
My big guilty pleasure is old B movies... especially Plan 9 from Outer Space.
Method of Madness:
I honestly can't think of anyone who watched that movie and didn't enjoy it. To be fair, nobody who watches that movie goes in not knowing what they're in for.
Aziraphale:
Yeah, I guess if you're going to watch in the first place you're kinda predisposed to like it.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version