Girls just wanna have guns - Take that, Sucker...

It was a bad sign when reviews didn't appear late Wednesday, as they usually do. But by late today enough reviews for Zak Snyder's Sucker Punch had emerged that we can pretty safely say this movie is not going to be making a lot of 10-Best lists.

The consensus is emerging that the film is a confused hodge-podge of fantasy set pieces -- a fantasy worlds demo real masquerading as self-empowerment.

"Sucker Punch is not one of the worst movies of the year, it’s three of the worst slapped together on a single reel."

"It’s like watching the Pussycat Dolls starring in “The Last Airbender”

God bless the shy candor of The New York Times:

"You could go to see Sucker Punch this weekend — a lot of people probably will, and a few may even admit as much back at the office on Monday — or you could try to make it yourself, which might be more fun, though not necessarily cheaper. Here’s what you will need: a bunch of video-game platforms; DVDs of Shutter Island, Kill Bill, Burlesque and Shrek; some back issues of Maxim; a large bag of crystal meth; and around $100 million."

The most punishing mainstream review may be in Entertainment Weekly's D-grade write up (because letter grades kill), describing the film's "...pounding, monotonous violence and derivative videogame scenarios...my hostage eyeballs began to flicker much like those of Babydoll (Emily Browning), the child-woman waif whose degrading travails provide this fantasy with its nonsensical action."

This has got to be particularly demoralizing for Zak Snyder, as this is the first film he's directed that hasn't been based on existing material. So take heart -- he's directing Superman next.

I try to always hold full judgement until I've seen the movie, but it sounds like self-indulgence ruled the day here and that there will be no end of shots taken at this film's unfortunate title.