Nota musical con alt12/30/2023 It is not even that it fails to make something of the ideas, characters and story – it is that it simply has no desire to do anything with them – like it is happy to be nothing. The lack of anything else is what kills the film because by the halfway point the empty noise becomes nothing more than noise. There is no heart to them and as such these parts of the film are nothing more than another blockbuster with loads of effects but nothing else. But they aren't connected to anything in the film and this means that they have the same effect as they do in the trailer – "oh, that's fancy" but nothing more. They work for what they are and, even though the slow-mo, use of music and overall design is derivative, it does still provide plenty of style. In fairness these massively dumb action sequences are full of style and presentation with impressive effects. It might as well be a different film in these action sequences, and indeed they are – but the problem is that these sequences seem to be the film that Snyder wanted to make. So for example when Babydoll dances to distract the mayor to allow the others to pickpocket a cigarette lighter, we cut away to a sequence of the girls raiding a castle to kill a dragon and steal the crystals that make it breathe fire. The dual fantasy sequences do not connect to any of the ideas or possible themes but rather represent an action sequence in the place of a (often mundane) aspect of the girl's plan to escape the burlesque house (which itself is a fantasy version of the mental institution). The problem is that, despite setting up these themes, the film does nothing with them – nothing at all. Certainly after watching the first very stylish fifteen minutes this felt like a film that would take this foundation of abuse and deep physiological injury and do something exciting, interesting and clever with it – at least, that's how it felt it could have been. On the face of it this film could have been similar to Pan's Labyrinth in regards the idea of a young girl/woman living through hardship and extending that hardship into a fantasy world of demons and otherworldly creatures. But critics can be biased and marketing can be misleading, so I decided to give this a go. Of course I had seen the MTV-friendly action trailer. Of course I had heard all the negative reviews when I sat to watch this.
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