10 Movies That Unexpectedly Confused Audiences
5. Sucker Punch
When the trailers for Sucker Punch first dropped, we all thought the same thing - how complicated could a Zack Snyder movie about young women in sailor outfits fighting giant samurai possibly be?
As it turns out, Snyder's film was decidedly more cerebral an action film than just about anyone expected, with the movie taking place in both the real world and the more fantastical non-reality within traumatised protagonist Babydoll's (Emily Browning) mind.
The narrative itself was actually relatively easy to follow, but many simply couldn't get their head around the tone and intent of Snyder's movie - was it sexist or not?
In one corner, many criticised Sucker Punch for its apparent tone-deafness, of blatantly sexualising young women who are themselves victims of sexual assault.
In the other, there are those who feel that the film is in fact a sly commentary on sexism in the entertainment industry, that the objectification within the film is just another layer of its examination of misogyny.
The latter is a reading which Snyder himself has supported - because of course he would - even if many feel that he's simply not a finessed enough storyteller to come up with something that clever.
Is it sexist or a film about sexism? Or could it be a messy, contradictory collision of the two? The debate continues.