7 Word Weekend Movie Review: Sucker Punch, Diary of Wimpy Kid, and S. Sucko

New Movie Releases Reviewed in 7 Words Each

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules - 1000 times over I hope this dies.

The Lion of Judah - I almost don't know where to start...

Peep World (limited) - Sadly, it doesn't star Mitchell and Webb

Sucker Punch - I can't see how this won't kill.

I've had my problems with Zack Snyder, but those were adaptations. I'm very interested to see what he can do with original material. From the commercials I'm sure every 15 year old geek boy will be dying to see Sucker Punch, as well as those of us whose 15 year old geek self still hasn't quite died (they just stay dormant until something cool happens). Reviews so far have been very mixed, however I've heard from a couple of friends who have already seen it, that it's a really fun film. I look forward to finding out myself. Though I'll probably wait till it exits theaters. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid... I watched the first one. I reviewed it. I remember I felt stupider after watching it. Just thinking about a sequel is having a similar effect. 

Then there's The Lion of Judah. I was serious, I'm not sure where to start on this one. It's an animated film about animals trying to save their lamb friend from being sacrificed at passover before the crucifixion of Christ. I can honestly say that's a sentence I never thought I'd write. It just has horrible written all over it. This coming from someone who grew up on all the cruddy Christian children shows. I don't find it offensive or anything just, wow, bad idea. That's not even mentioning the cast which features Ernest Borgnine,  Michale Madsen and Sandy Patti. If you don't recognize that last name, count your blessings and move on.

I want you all to know that I do this for you. I finally got around this week to watching S. Darko, the sequel to Donnie Darko. I knew it would be bad. I fully expected it to be terrible and it was. It takes place 7 years after the first film when Samantha Darko (Donnie's sister) starts having dark visions. I'm going to make this review short and simple. If you've ever seen Donnie Darko, you know the feel. It had great music used perfectly, an excellent cast, and great writing. The sequel is pretty much the opposite of that. It was kind of interesting seeing Daveigh Chase, more because I loved Lilo and Stitch (I'm oddly loyal to those who have done favorite cartoons) than seeing a reprise of what was a pretty background character in the first film. The true crime of the film though isn't in how bad it is -bad can be enjoyable- but in how dull it is. I almost turned it off several times just because it was that boring. There are subtle homages to the original. Wait, no, not subtle. What's the term I'm thinking of? Oh right, hit you over the head. Characters named Frank, the figure of the bunny (which makes sense to have after the first film, why?) and other such nonsense. Really I can't think of much good to say about it. 1 out of 10

Starting April 1st I will be participating in a blog challenge hosted by Alex J Cavanaugh and others. The goal will be to post a themed post every day during April with the exception of Sundays. The theme? The alphabet. One letter each day. If you are interested in participating, click on Alex's name and it'll take you to the signup. 

Have a great weekend everyone!