While browsing my journal, I came across the following passage I wrote on Saturday 9th April 2011 in response to seeing Zach "300" Snyder's Sucker Punch. I thought I'd share it, if nothing than to dissuade others from the monumental error of giving it a second's attention. "In truth, [Sucker Punch] was just awful. My concentration waned and my mind quickly wandered to surveying audience reaction, or rather lack of it: it was unable to rouse any sort of reaction - good or bad - from a single member of its audience. If the screen had been covered in black paint prior to its screening, in the very least the experience may have provoked building yawns of disengagement; hell, someone may have even walked out! I almost wanted someone to play the Nokia ringtone - a 21st century smelling salt. Because - let's be honest - this was a cinematic coma (cinecoma?) that required very drastic measures if there ...