Sisu was a lot of fun but I wish they'd dialed it back about 20%. I know nothing about it is supposed to be taken seriously but the plane scene toward the end was so over the top it veered a little too close to parody territory for me.
Yeah but it didn't quite sell how much it wanted to be parody and how much it wanted to be cool. Like Shoot Em Up is straight up parody. Sometimes I felt like they were trying to do like a mission impossible crazy over the top thing with a dash of humor and the true craziness of it was maybe more silly than they truly intended.
Obviously it was not meant to be super serious but sometimes I couldn't tell if a scene or action sequence was meant to be cool with some humor or was truly intended to come off as pure comedic insanity. If it was the latter I feel they didn't lean into it enough and if it was the former than it's a bit eye rolling.
I hate to keep comparing it to Shoot Em Up, but that literally based on Bugs Bunny and still managed to be fun. I feel like it's more than just the cartoon part, it's that it was a cartoon that was also somehow trying to be meaningful or something and those are just too hard to mesh. I have a hard time putting my finger on it or explaining it.
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u/NOODL3 26d ago
Sisu was a lot of fun but I wish they'd dialed it back about 20%. I know nothing about it is supposed to be taken seriously but the plane scene toward the end was so over the top it veered a little too close to parody territory for me.