It took awhile; a good 90 minutes or so to make me give a shit about well, any of it. But, i suppose, Cameron was never in a rush to begin with.
It's earnest, too much so, and it's claggy. Many characters, none massively distinguishable from the next, do things i didn't care about.
But then Cameron unleashes his final third and some (not all) of the nonsense begins to coalesque. He Camerons the shit out the final third and…
Thin on character and bloated on mystery, The Black Phone works best when Hawke is on screen. Everything else just felt like filler.
Watching Sucker Punch is like watching a friend you don't really like play a videogame for two hours. Making things worse is the stranger sat between you both aggressively wanking over his playlist full of shit reworkings of your favourite songs.
Sucker Punch is not only as bad as you've heard, it's worse.
Rocky Part 1 - A quick guide.
*The young amateur
*Fight winnings of $40.55
*The 'Take it Back' street sing-a-long
*Turtle lovin' in Rocky's tiny apartment that likely stinks of reptile shit
*Pet store flirting / Bad jokes
*Collecting for a loan shark
*Hangin' at Mighty Mick's
*The admiring of Creed
*'Little' Marie = cocky bitch
*The underdog opportunity / The chance of a lifetime
*The shy vs retarded debate
*A date with Paulie's sister
*Ice rink romance & first kiss…
