Extended Cut - Entirely different (and even better) movie!

I'm actually a big fan of this movie. Haven't seen the extended cut though. I'll have to put that right.

Actually I wouldn't mind a bit more explanation. I like the film but it's open to different interpretations.

I enjoyed Sucker Punch just fine, but it's hard to imagine a cut that changes it so radically as to make it an entirely different movie. If I get the chance, I'll check it out - I'm sure you're right and it's improved - but this is a popcorn movie. I don't mean that as a knock, I just mean that improvements would either be really, really radically different, or they wouldn't elevate it to a greater plane of artistic brilliance.

It is a really fun movie, though.

I do prefer the fights in The Matrix, but they felt more "relevant", if that makes sense? Neo v. Morpheus in the training program, for instance, shows us the world, Neo's character arc, the relationship he has between himself and Morpheus, and moves the story forward. In Sucker Punch, the fights are more, "We have to get across this battlefield to get the next Macguffin that leads to the ultimate Macguffin. Tally-ho!" I love steampunk World War I trench warfare (plus mechs!) as much as the next chap, of course... Also, Sucker Punch's fights were more effects-driven and "twitchy" (kinetic), and weren't as thrilling to watch (for me) as the Matrix's battles for that reason as well. The sequels are another story.