Ebert Calls Kick-Ass Movie "Morally Reprehensible"
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OK. I'll check him out. Where are his reviews housed?LiquidGrape said:
Unless you were lucky enough to live in the UK. In which case, it's been out for a month! Woo!Matt_LRR said:
BBC 5 Live. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj]jackanderson said:
Here, since it's on-topic.
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He doesn't say that much in this one due to the guests, but search for him on youtube and you'll find plenty of material.
I've collected my favourite rants of his in this thread. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.168846-Mark-Kermode-Quiff-With-a-Vengeance]
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Shit. I'm torn in three directions- I like Ebert (despite disagreeing with him on several points, the man is clever and spawned an entire new generation of critics), I like MovieBob, and I'm interested in this movie. It seems like the only logical conclusion is the see it for myself and, GASP, develop my own opinion of it.
Honetly? Old people and they're hatred of modern culture. Anyhow, I saw this film a week ago in cinema, here in England (WE got a film in Cinema before the Americans!?) And it was awesome. It was pretty silly though, hardly real life. I don't expect an 11 year old imitation to burst into a crack den with a couple of butterfly knives anytime soon/
Fuck Roger Ebert. Even if I agree with most of his reviews, he is still a movie critic, and movie critics are full of crap.
I follow Ebert on Twitter and while he has some good points usually (Damn, he's made a career of them) I think he's being a bit harsh. Is Kickass really as bad as A Clockwork Orange,Reservoir Dogs,Repo Man or a number of uber-violence flicks?
TBH, I think it's more the adult male view that little girls are made of sugar/spice. Dammit, Peter Jackson started off with Bad Taste & Brain Dead and NO-ONE can tell me they're not insanely bloodthirsty and violent. As well as being damn good fun.
What it satirises is the media, which he himself is a part of, that treats every violent action as "the downfall of society". Nip to some African countries and you'll experience that sort of horror on a daily level. Personally I'm glad that it offends some people, as it may get them to think long and hard about how sensitized we are to movie violence, but not to real-life wars.
TBH, I think it's more the adult male view that little girls are made of sugar/spice. Dammit, Peter Jackson started off with Bad Taste & Brain Dead and NO-ONE can tell me they're not insanely bloodthirsty and violent. As well as being damn good fun.
What it satirises is the media, which he himself is a part of, that treats every violent action as "the downfall of society". Nip to some African countries and you'll experience that sort of horror on a daily level. Personally I'm glad that it offends some people, as it may get them to think long and hard about how sensitized we are to movie violence, but not to real-life wars.
This is from the same guy that gave a negative review for Die Hard...Die Hard. It seems that pointless violence does not sit well with Ebert. Let's get one thing straight: Ebert's is a very smart critic and he usually hits the nail on the head when it comes to his reviews. But I think that his own personal tastes really prevented him from just enjoying the ride here.
More whiny conservative D-bags. I really hate when people complain "that a (insert entertainment media here) is corrupting our youth!", it's called Kick-ass (emphasis on the ass) for christ's sake, no self respecting parent would buy this movie for their 5 year old kid. I personally respect this movie in the fact that it does what it sets out to do, that is, of course, to give us a movie thats true to it's name, IT KICKS ASS!
You totally and completely missed the point.Necromancer1991 said:
Rogert Ebert is a highly-respected movie critic, not a conservative, and he didn't say anything about "corrupting youths".
Yes, I'll have to pretty much agree with Furb (or is it Furburt and only Furburt?). Although I don't think that he is bashing the movie just for the whole violence thing.Furburt said:
I guess that if the rating is so low, he didn't find the movie genuinely fun.
Oh, and that violence thing is actually stopping me from going to see that movie? Is it really that unpleasant? Because I really can't stand movie gore for some reason.
It has Nick Cage though so I am tempted to see it (remember, The Rock).