Sucker Punch Extended Cut - Baby Doll Meets the High Roller
The extended cut blu ray of Sucker Punch was released on Tuesday and I picked it up and watched it that night. In my opinion, the extended cut of the film is significantly better than the version we got to see a few months ago in theatres. It's just a much more well rounded and "complete" film with the deleted sequences put back in. ESPECIALLY, the scene that was cut so the studio could release it with a PG-13 rating.
This was an article about that about the time the movie was released:
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2011/03/24/17734331-wenn-story.html?cid=rssentertainment
'Sucker' sex edit upsets star
By WENN.COM
Emily Browning was left fuming after her sex scene with Jon Hamm in Sucker Punch was axed from the upcoming action movie in a bid to please U.S. censors.
The 22-year-old Australian actress gets intimate with the Mad Men actor in Zack Snyder's latest project, in which she plays a young woman who is involuntarily committed to a mental institution.
Browning was outraged after learning Snyder was forced to chop down the film after officials at the Motion Picture Association of America took offence at the racy scene.
She tells Nylon magazine, "I had a very tame and mild love scene with Jon Hamm. It was like heavy breathing and making out. It was hardly a sex scene... I think that it's great for this young girl to actually take control of her own sexuality.
"Well, the MPAA doesn't like that. They don't think a girl should ever be in control of her own sexuality because they're from the Stone Age. I don't know what the f**k is going on and I will openly criticize it, happily. So essentially, they got Zack to edit the scene and make it look less like she's into it. And Zack said he edited it down to the point where it looked like he was taking advantage of her. That's the only way he could get a PG-13 (rating) and he said, 'I don't want to send that message.' So they cut the scene!"
But the actress admits there are benefits to allowing kids under 17 to see the movie, adding, "I'm torn. I want an 'R' (rating) because we can get a lot of cool scenes into it, but then I like the idea of younger girls being able to see it."
In my opinion, Miss Browning's take on the scene is slightly off. That's probably the motivation that she tapped into to play the scene though, so I can see her perspective. I can't really go into my take on the scene without giving anything away for those who have not yet seen it though. I will just say that I don't see this as either a love scene nor a sex scene. It's something deeper. Like a lot of the movie, it's all about the layers.
In any case, I think the scene is excellent. It's wonderfully written and beautifully acted by Hamm and Browning. And it brings so much more weight to the ending of the film and to Baby Doll's character arc. The theatrical cut now just feels incomplete without it.
The scene has been posted on YouTube and I will embed it here with the following note:
If you have not yet watched the movie but intend to, find the extended cut when you decide to watch. DO NOT watch this clip before then as it contains a MAJOR SPOILER. And stop reading now. For those who've seen the theatrical cut, this scene immediately follows the scene where Baby Doll confronts the guys in the parking lot and is punched out cold.
