photo coverage: Sucker Punch movie press screening at IMAX

I attended a movie press screening of Sucker Punch movie at IMAX with my movie blogger friends, we super enjoyed the film and also the dance of trance of Baby Doll. We also met some Sucker Punch cosplayers in front of the IMAX Theater. I have a movie blog video and I interviewed some bloggers an asked them what they think of the movie, watch out for that video to be posted here and first in my Facebook.

it_burns the lucky guy of the night for winning the Sucker Punch art book in the lucky raffle

fresh from the cinema

Haoson do a Baby Doll fighting stance or dance?

meeting the Sucker Punch cosplayers

okay..photo op time!

Flow hugs Rej

and I didn't know that the guy with the mask is Oneal hahaha

German zombie soldier, Baby Doll and Amber

Jeman poses

time to argue who will have a photo first hahaha

get ready! pose with your guns and sword

kodakan na!

we're mobbing it_burns here to sell the artbook to us hahaha

photo wall

isa pa chicken joy?

movie bloggers!!!!

and another one

ok tapos na!

okay..sayaw!!!

ruth!

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Sucker Punch movie review by a sucker blogger

I didn't read too much information about this Sucker Punch movie, all I know is that its a movie with girls carrying big guns and swords, and there's a dragon and lots of shooting action. I saw the trailer and I avoid too much info coming in my way, I waited for the movie to be released and see it first and mind boggled me after it. But after all the trailers, press releases, photos and production notes of the film being sent to us... all I can say is that the main story is well hidden and I'm surprised that there's magic in this film.


Zach Snyder's Sucker Punch is a complete failure to me, because I got hypnotized by Baby Doll and other sexy outfits of the characters, I just ohh wait! I didn't saw that, but then...I want to see Baby Doll do a dance and I want to get that Blu Ray DVD with interaction that will be released soon (as Zach Snyder said that it will be released), I wonder what kind of interaction that will be...could be 3D glasses? hmmm

I watched the film last night at a press screening in an IMAX Theater in SM Mall of Asia, I thought that the movie will be in Digital 3D with the glasses, but I'm surprised to see that the movie ticket guy didn't gave any glasses, so I became curious and happy that the movie will not be ruined by any 3D digital enhancement, I think this will rock, because I'll focus more on the story and not on the special effects. I advice that if you're going to watch this film, you need to remove yourself as a movie critic and focus more on the story of the film, I noticed that there are lots of Zach Snyder elements showed on the film, most of the elements are from 300 and Watchmen, I just can't remove that from my mind and looks like that the film patterns with other Snyder's trademark, but that's okay.. I love the film and the awesome soundtrack.

Here are some of my top 10 notes about the film

1. Watch it in a nice movie theater with a nice and big screen an awesome audio system, the effects will come to life if you watch it in a big screen, try IMAX

2. If you are familiar with an anime film, you will get reminded right away, I feel like there's an ANIMATRIX elements in this movie, if you know Matrix and some anime film like Akira or BLOOD, then you will enjoy this and I brand this as a live action anime film

3. There are short films floating at youtube, these are prologues of the film and they are free to watch it. If you watch this, you'll understand the story in between those fantasy projection by Baby Doll - watch -> Dragons, Trenches, and Distant Planet

4. I love Sweet Pea! (Abbie Cornish) among the girls, she's the bad ass one for me.. I like Baby Doll, as she do the action stunts and fights, but I like Sweet Pea more, I like girls with a strong personality and bad ass tiger eyes look..rawrrrr!

5. We can call it also a music video the movie

6. After watching this, I want to see Snyder direct a film about dragons and some fantasy films, I think this film is a big portfolio for him with lots of genres. anime-fantasy-war-sci fi-drama

7. They used too much soundtrack on this movie, but its okay, the soundtrack are sync well in different scenes.

8. I love the first scene of Baby Doll vs. giant kabuto warriors

9. A visually beautiful movie that embedded with a heavy emotion with lots of questionable conclusion.

10. Emily Browning is hot as Baby Doll


for my movie rating!!!
3 out of 5 dancing bananas!

as an anime fan
I give it a 4 dancing bananas

Az Video Blog 2011 - movie bloggers @ Sucker Punch press screening at IMAX

I interviewed our friends on what they can say about the Sucker Punch movie.

Babydoll (Emily Browning ) in "Sucker Punch" (Showing on March 25)

Emily Browning is all grown up here, I don't know why I'm so excited about this movie, hmm maybe because girls are the bad ass with big guns and large swords, and ohh the trance. I'm excited to watch this tomorrow on their movie premiere at IMAX Theater. I heard it will be in all Digital IMAX 3D. Awesome!!! I will be the 1st man in line again infront of the theater ahehhehe. Movie bloggers!! kita kits! (but first I want to watch the Uninvited and Series of Unfortunate Events) *** wink.

- press release -

Australian actress Emily Browning (“Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events”) takes on the role of Babydoll, a young woman determined to be free at all costs, in Warner Bros.' new epic, action fantasy “Sucker Punch.”

Directed by Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen”), “Sucker Punch” takes us into the vivid imagination of Babydoll who has been locked away against her will, but has not lost her will to survive. Her dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.


“The words ‘baby doll’ make you immediately think of something really fragile,” Browning says, “but she’s not at all. That’s what was so cool to me about this character—she’s actually pretty tough, with an unexpected stoicism.”

Delving inside Babydoll’s psyche led Browning to discover what might have influenced her and made her so resilient.

“I think the people in her fantasies represent her experiences, the oppression she has had to put up with throughout her life. She has this almost simplistic view of the good guys and the bad guys, the bad guys being men like her stepfather and, later, some of the monsters in her fantasies. And the Wise Man in her dreams represents the ideal father figure, strong but really caring and able to guide her and help her make the right choices.”

“Babydoll symbolizes that transition between thinking like a child and thinking like an adult, when your perception of the world changes,” Zack Snyder says. “She is a warrior, both delicate and strong at the same moment, and Emily really personified everything I had envisioned about Babydoll. She has this mystic, timeless, almost unquantifiable look and completely brought the character to life for me.”

Browning felt the full support of Snyder as she worked to embody a character so dear to him. “Zack obviously had a clear vision and knew exactly what he wanted, but at the same time he was really collaborative and was totally open to other ideas,” she notes. “He always wanted to make sure that I was happy with my performance.”

Prior to filming, Browning had to prepare for the physical challenges presented by the demanding action sequences in the script. She found herself pushed to her limits in the capable hands of stunt coordinator and action designer Damon Caro and training coordinator Logan Hood, both of whom had previously worked with Zack Snyder on “300.” Caro supervised her martial arts, fight and weapons training, while Hood oversaw her general body conditioning.

Because Browning had to expertly handle multiple weapons simultaneously, the right-handed actress had to learn to shoot with her left hand so she could brandish a sword in her dominant hand. She relates that she felt especially empowered by the weapons training. “Learning to fight with Damon and the boys was the most fun I’ve had preparing for a film. The fact that I can wield a sword and fire a gun like it’s second-nature is a little scary but also pretty cool in a really unexpected way.”







Opening worldwide beginning Friday, March 25, “Sucker Punch” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

A Mind-Bending Vision of Reality in "Sucker Punch"

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder (“Watchmen,” “300”), Warner Bros. Pictures presents the action-adventure “Sucker Punch,” a mind-bending vision of reality that audiences will be unprepared to witness.

The film features an ensemble cast of young stars, including Emily Browning (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”), Abbie Cornish (“A Good Year”), Jena Malone (“Into the Wild”), Vanessa Hudgens (the “High School Musical” films) and Jamie Chung (“Sorority Row”). The film’s main cast also includes Oscar Isaac (“Robin Hood”) and Carla Gugino (“Watchmen”), with Jon Hamm (“The Town,” TV’s “Mad Men”) and Scott Glenn (“The Bourne Ultimatum”).

“Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.

She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls—the outspoken Rocket (Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Cornish)—to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Isaac), Madam Gorski (Gugino) and the High Roller (Hamm).

Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Glenn), their unbelievable journey—if they succeed—will set them free.

Snyder directed “Sucker Punch” from a screenplay he wrote with Steve Shibuya, based on Snyder’s story. Snyder and Deborah Snyder produced, with Thomas Tull, Wesley Coller, Jon Jashni, Chris deFaria, Jim Rowe and William Fay serving as executive producers.


The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Academy Award®-winning production designer Rick Carter (“Avatar”) and “Watchmen” and “300” veterans director of photography Larry Fong, editor William Hoy and costume designer Michael Wilkinson. The music is by Tyler Bates and Marius DeVries.

Opening worldwide beginning March 25, 2011, “Sucker Punch” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

pr source: Warner Bros. Pictures Philippines

Sucker Punch official movie poster and banner

Take a first look at the edgy poster and horizonal banner of Warner Bros.' upcoming 3D action-adventure “Sucker Punch” which the studio has just released.

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“Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder (“Watchmen,” “300”), “Sucker Punch” features an ensemble cast of young stars, including Emily Browning (“The Uninvited”), Abbie Cornish (“Bright Star”), Jena Malone (“Into the Wild”), Vanessa Hudgens (the “High School Musical” films) and Jamie Chung (“Sorority Row”). The film’s main cast also includes Oscar Isaac (“Robin Hood”) and Carla Gugino (“Watchmen”), with Jon Hamm (“The Town,” TV’s “Mad Men”) and Scott Glenn (“The Bourne Ultimatum”).

Zack Snyder directed “Sucker Punch” from a screenplay he wrote with Steve Shibuya, based on Snyder’s story. Snyder and Deborah Snyder produced, with Thomas Tull, Wesley Coller, Jon Jashni, Chris deFaria, Jim Rowe and William Fay serving as executive producers.


The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Academy Award®-winning production designer Rick Carter (“Avatar”) and “Watchmen” and “300” veterans director of photography Larry Fong, editor William Hoy and costume designer Michael Wilkinson. The music is by Tyler Bates and Marius DeVries.

Opening across the Philippines in March 2011,” Sucker Punch” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.