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Ideas Wanted: for a ...Sucker Punch as a straight action movie edit -- SPOILERS

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So I was kinda disappointed with some parts of Sucker Punch when I saw it at the theater. I was expecting it go be “real” as opposed to a dream within a dream whatever. I was also mad that most of the girls died. So what I want to do is, using the extended cut, which I haven’t yet seen, make it into a “real” movie.

I have a couple of ideas, like the movie taking place in the future, the girls having night jobs as strippers/hookers whatever and day jobs as superheroes. In my edit, none of the girls will die, either. This time, what they want to escape is working in the brothel, which maybe they wanted to work at originally, but then wanted to get out, but the high roller/ Blue or whatever, won’t let em. They sneak out to do the fighting, but I’m not sure why they can’t escape altogether. Still trying to come up with ideas.

I’ve seen a comparison of the extended vs theatrical cut, but I don’t know what deleted scenes NOT in the movie are yet. Are there any that show Baby Doll’s sexy dances? If not, maybe there’s another movie I can steal a scene from, with an Emily Browning lookalike or something. I also thought of using scenes from the Japanese Assault Girls movie, which I haven’t seen yet.

Does anyone have any ideas/ suggestions/ comments on this? I thought of using the train sequence early in the movie, that way (Rocket, was it?) can be shown to still be alive afterwards. I also thought about maybe they can listen to a police scanner or something for their “assignments” and that Baby Doll’s first one is solo and that’s also where she rescues the little girl from the fat man (yeah, rescues, and they are no longer related to Baby Doll.)

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No, there is no footage of Baby Doll dancing.  The idea was that you would never see it, so I don't believe they filmed anything other than the swaying she does leading into and out of a dance.

 

I have to say, I do think the approach you're looking at makes very little sense.   The girls are mega-super-action heroes who fight robots, giant samurai, orcs, and dragons with a vast array of weaponry, but are unable to escape from one little mustache-man?

That's not to hate on it, just how I feel.  :)

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Yeah I'm still thinking of ideas on how to make it work. I went into this movie expecting a Charlie's Angels-ish superhero-ish kick ass action movie with a happy ending and that's what I hope to accomplish with this edit.
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No matter what angle I looked at this movie, I hated it.
It failed to work on any level, but the action scenes were cool.

Try taking your idea down a few notches.  I think you're expecting to be able do too much with too little.
Try just cutting the asylum bits and maybe the death scenes and then seeing if you can make it make sense from there.  IMHO cutting in bits from other films NEVER works in a fan edit.

If you really want to fix this movie, build a time machine, go back in time, smack Zach Snyder in the face, and tell him to do another draft.

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Doctor M said:

No matter what angle I looked at this movie, I hated it.
It failed to work on any level, but the action scenes were cool.

Try taking your idea down a few notches.  I think you're expecting to be able do too much with too little.
Try just cutting the asylum bits and maybe the death scenes and then seeing if you can make it make sense from there.  IMHO cutting in bits from other films NEVER works in a fan edit.

If you really want to fix this movie, build a time machine, go back in time, smack Zach Snyder in the face, and tell him to do another draft.

lol. well said sir! i was disgusted by the movie. for me it meant the demise of a director i thought had infinite potential.

After "watchmen" i had decided zack snyder was going to have a bright future and was highly anticipating "suckerpunch" you should have seen the look of horror written across my face as i sit watching suckerpunch with an ever hopeful level of trust for snyder. Only to have it finally spit in my face as all my expectations were shot down in a blaze of lameness the likes of which we have never seen,

This being snyder's maiden voyage into screenwriting it does not look good folks! lets all prey that hollywood never allows snyder near a script again.

Op as for your idea no offense but i say dont put any effort into suckerpunch because the film will only live on as a vast letdown of epic proportions.

If anything just edit out everything but the action scenes and turn those into a short mockery comedy with voice overs  that sound like the ladys from "the view" it could make a funny 20 minute comedy skit.

believe in the ball and throw yourself!