While we may have gotten a pretty specific look at (what seems like) most of the imagery the movie has to, the final trailer for Sucker Punch still left the films with cards up its sleeve…
Turns out that in some form or fashion, Sucker Punch is a musical.
How exactly this characterstic of the film will manifest itself, I’m not sure. What is know is that characters in the film will be singing special versions of many classic songs that have been re-arranged by Marius de Vries and Tyler Bates (music director and composer, respectively), and the soundtrack will also feature new covers of classic songs by other artists. There is a soundtrack listing available, which comes from HitFix, and it includes an interesting array of songs and artists, and also shows us which actresses will be singing what.
1) Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) – Emily Browning
2) Army Of Me (Sucker Punch Remix) – Björk featuring Skunk Anansie
3) White Rabbit – Emiliana Torrini
4) I Want It All/We Will Rock You Mash-Up – Queen with Armageddon Aka Geddy
5) Search And Destroy – Skunk Anansie
6) Tomorrow Never Knows – Alison Mosshart and Carla Azar
7) Where Is My Mind? – Yoav featuring Emily Browning
8 ) Asleep – Emily Browning
9) Love Is The Drug – Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac
Set visit reports will be flooding the web soon for the film, and I can imagine the TV spots will be hot and heavy with less than a month to go until the film’s release into theaters and IMAX on March 25th. More details about the unique bizarrity of Sucker Punch will surely escape, though I’m thinking more and more that this is going benefit from knowing as little as possible going in. Snyder is definitely doing something uniquely styled with this one, and in such an aggressive fashion that he seems to have polarized all of the potential viewers. Frankly, I have absolutely zero expectations of quality for this film, but I’m definitely optimistic and will bring plenty of goodwill to theater. I think this is an ideal arrangement, but I walked into Tron: Legacy with the same feelings, and that didn’t do the experience any good. Insulting is insulting, after all.
What I don’t understand are those who write the film off because its got too much CGI or green-screen work or whatever. The beautiful looking trailer aside, Snyder is obviously aiming for a complete dive into a fictional, hyper-stylized world. With so many visual effects, at what point does this become a sort of live-action/animation hybrid that one can stop judging by traditional visual rules? Obviously this makes no allowance for aggressive stupidity, or emotionally hollow storytelling (which are completely legitimate concerns that many raise), but in terms of pure beauty and style… dunno, but I’m noticing a serious streak of disingenuous cynicism. That said, I hop Snyder has endowed Sucker Punch with a notable brain or a heart (or even better, both!), as I’d love to actually enjoy the first big visual feast of the year.
EDIT: I like giving credit where credit is due (that’s the only way the favor is ever returned), and while I feel I already have, I wanted to update this piece. As is evident in the comments below, there is some “controversy” about the timeline for this information. While I read this for the first time on HitFix in my RSS feed, as noted in the article above, Devin posted the same news very early this morning, while Collider ran the news before anyone last Thursday (as far as I can tell- I’m not devoting my entire afternoon to investigating who ran a press release first), so props to them as well. I never intentionally shit on other sites, and you will always see links where it is appropriate, when it is appropriate.
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You just happened to stumble on that HitFix link all by yourself, 30+ hours after it went live?
And his transformation to King Troll is complete.
To be honest it’s a pretty fair complaint. The article should have cited Hitflix via BAD or something. Unless Renn found the information completely independently.
and who’s to say he didn’t? It’s not like HitFlix is some unheard of little out of the way site.
Except that HitFix ran the story on Sunday afternoon. I bookmarked the story because I was heading to an Oscar party. I didn’t get around to running it until late last night, where I gave proper credit. Then this morning, 30+ hours after HitFix ran the story – on a non-movie news section of the site, by the way. It only ran on the music section of the site – CHUD has the story. A few hours after I ran it.
Yes, Renn could have found it on his own through HitFix. He didn’t.
You can prove this, of course.
Honestly, I’d be impressed by any evidence that someone actually reads your current site. I don’t even know what it is.
Seriously, why hasn’t Nick banned him yet? I’m not one for burning bridges, but no one is gonna get anything out of traveling back over this fat, ugly, hateful bridge.
Oh who gives a fuck where he found it or who found it first? It’s a fucking entertainment story, not the cure for cancer or a replacement for fossil fuels. God I hate the Internet. Don’t be so fucking precious about news about a track listing
A HitFix master feed (for all sections) is a part of my RSS reader. I picked up my feed this morning where I left it from Saturday night, as I was out of town yesterday for personal reasons (and busy Sunday with the Oscars as well). Hitfix is absolutely where I read this information first. Looking over the timeline and a little bit of google-fu shows that if anyone should be frustrated, it should be Jason and Collider, who ran the soundtrack listing on the 24th before everyone it seems (with no credits anywhere that I’ve seen).
I have ZERO issue with citing Badass Digest or Devin specifically, and have done so on any number of articles, always with a favorable tone. I have never been stingy with credit or sourcing. I also have no interest in being embroiled in this kind of unnecessary, nasty controversy and have updated the article to note the issue. I hope that’s a satisfactory solution for our readers, and my colleague. I maintain great respect for both.
Renn Brown. Keepin’ it classy. How very refreshing.
Why don’t you email the fella privately instead of airing your dirty linen in public?
I liked how Devin expressed incredulity at someone finding the story on HitFix and then not running it until a day and a half later right before he explained how he did just that.
Concern noted, explained, and done. Let’s move on. This molehill doesn’t deserve status as a hill, let alone a mountain.
Renn had to abruptly leave the office yesterday (on his birthday) for a very important and horrible family emergency. There’s no subterfuge here.
It’s resolved I guess but just as an aside, I can remember Renn linking to BAD at least twice recently.
Oh yeah! The article. Good song choices. I haven’t looked at anything more than character banners for this because I have high hopes for it and don’t want to know much.
Can’t wait to hear that Bjork Army Of Me mix. Thanks Tank Girl!
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