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I saw Sucker Punch over the weekend and I really kind of loved it. I knew from the trailers that it would hit a lot of my go-to narrative buttons (That Place, Sekrit Pretend Worlds, dragons, steampunk zombies, shit blows up) but I was also nervous that all of that would be wrapped in an exploitative visual narrative.

I was happy to find out that wasn't the case. In fact, even with all of the skimpy outfits it was way less pornographic than your average Michael Bay movie. Or even your average genre movie (be that genre science fiction, action, comic book, or horror).

( Spoilers, Probably )

In sum: It was awesome, I loved it, it made me think lots of thinky thoughts that I'm still trying to process, and shit blew up but good.

Plus, the soundtrack is seriously great.

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