This film.... just, no. Whoever thought this was a good idea clearly needs to be fired, anyway lets get to it. The concept is innocent/sweet girl loses mother and is left with evil step dad(Oh its a Disney story?...think again) When he starts attacking the two young orphan girls, the eldest (who becomes known as Babydoll, yeah....) in an attempt to defend herself, finds evil step dad's handgun and goes to shoot him, but has the worst aim in the world(Or worlds greatest ricocheting bullet) and ends up shooting her sister, giving him enough leverage to put her in an insane asylum(Strangely, it isn't Arkham) Its from this point what happens is really just crazy unnecessary screen time of awkward dream sequences and the Asylum transforming into a brothel/theater hybrid. Babydoll is then left with the task to escape by getting various items to aid there escape, each time she must cause a distraction through the form of dancing and at which time her mind creates fantasies to distract herself from the grim reality, giving her a sense of hope for the future.
On the cast, i admit its good to see that the girl from a Series of Unfortunate Events and Gretchen from Donnie Darko are finally both in another movie yet it's however sour that it is this one, unlike Vanessa Hudgens who albeit not bad has never really stood out for her performances(Or maybe i just hate HSM). As for the villainous Boo/Blue/Babbalooo (No idea what his actual name was) was a fairly dull one, only actually mentioning him here to announce how much his mustache irritated me throughout all his scenes. Besides all that its clear the cast was mainly chosen as to gain sex-appeal which can never be a good sign.
The whole mess of a movie can be summed up pretty well, it's pretty much just an endless stream of innuendo and girls in tight costumes and mini skirts. The fantasies are way too overblown and admittedly they're supposed to be amazing and unrealistic but i think the point was stretched to the extreme. Zach Snyder seemed to have been spewing his money on CGI and costumes that he completely forgot he was meant to be making a decent film(Oh god, he's making the new Superman) whilst trying to make a fantasy/comic book style adventure he may have made it a bit too much fantasy *cough* for most peoples tastes, making a hazy, confusing film in which you yourself wish it was a dream sequence just in hope that you might not have paid to see it.
2 / 10
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On the cast, i admit its good to see that the girl from a Series of Unfortunate Events and Gretchen from Donnie Darko are finally both in another movie yet it's however sour that it is this one, unlike Vanessa Hudgens who albeit not bad has never really stood out for her performances(Or maybe i just hate HSM). As for the villainous Boo/Blue/Babbalooo (No idea what his actual name was) was a fairly dull one, only actually mentioning him here to announce how much his mustache irritated me throughout all his scenes. Besides all that its clear the cast was mainly chosen as to gain sex-appeal which can never be a good sign.
The whole mess of a movie can be summed up pretty well, it's pretty much just an endless stream of innuendo and girls in tight costumes and mini skirts. The fantasies are way too overblown and admittedly they're supposed to be amazing and unrealistic but i think the point was stretched to the extreme. Zach Snyder seemed to have been spewing his money on CGI and costumes that he completely forgot he was meant to be making a decent film(Oh god, he's making the new Superman) whilst trying to make a fantasy/comic book style adventure he may have made it a bit too much fantasy *cough* for most peoples tastes, making a hazy, confusing film in which you yourself wish it was a dream sequence just in hope that you might not have paid to see it.
2 / 10
FIN.
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