Escape to the Movies: Kick-Ass
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The point was, specifically, that I hadn't seen a trailer, only the commercials, which don't say anything about the movie being rated-R. I was thinking that your average parent wouldn't research the film very much, and when little Johnnie goes "mommy I want to see 'Kick Ass'!" they'll just think of the commercials they saw and go "Okay".TheodoreLuke said:
Now, if I'm honest, I don't necessarily care if little Johnnie ends up mentally scarred because Mommy and/or Daddy are too lazy to find out what kind of movie they're taking him to, but the other side of that coin is the fact that many people who might be interested (like me) have no clue about the movie because they are unfamiliar with the franchise; the marketers did absolutely nothing to attract those people with the commercials.
Kinda makes you wonder what the marketing plan was.
Every time I saw Hit Girl in a fight scene, I thought, "this is how The Matrix should have done it!" In the last part when she goes on that rampage (which alone is worth going to see the movie for) I couldn't help but draw parallels between it and the scene in The Matrix where Neo and Trinity go to rescue Morpheus. In The Matrix, nobody can shoot worth shit, but in Kick-Ass Hit Girl does everything I had hoped Neo would have done.
Basically, Kick-Ass = Fuck yea!
Basically, Kick-Ass = Fuck yea!
Saw the movie and my god was it a fun as hell movie to watch! I would recommend to anyone who enjoys watching well context movie violence! Exciting and has its comical parts
I really liked Chloe Mortz's peformance as hit-girl and it also gave me great re-assurance because she'll be Eli in the american remake (already) of the vampire masterpiece 'let the right one in'.
To see that they've cast a great actress makes me think that the remake won't be as bad as I once predicted (Though it defianatly won't be as brilliant as the origianal,believe me)
To see that they've cast a great actress makes me think that the remake won't be as bad as I once predicted (Though it defianatly won't be as brilliant as the origianal,believe me)
The movie theater in my town isn't going to show it! So I'm gunna drive to Helena which is about an hour away. My theater can go screw off I'm taking my money elsewhere.
I wouldn't take anything the Mail has to say too seriously. I'm surprised they momentarily stopped talking about immigration figures long enough to write a review about what seems to be a genuinely good film.TomOfTheCross said:
OT : Chances are I will get around to watching this at some point, but I will most likely wait for the DVD/Blu-Ray release.
I still maintain that the promoters should have used the Daily mail's review for the posters:MetaKnight19 said:
'obscene trash - 1 star' - Daily Mail
I'm rarely offended, but when this movie was compared to both child pornography, and linked to real life child murders, purely as a way to discourage people from seeing a violent action movie, they managed it with me.
As has been said before, Hit Girl is ELEVEN, if you're finding her sexy, that's not the fault of the movie, that's in your own head, the schoolgirl outfit is because she's a girl who goes to school, because she's ELEVEN, and her superhero outfit was as tame as could be, she looked like how a kid would want to look if she could design her own outfit, I'm sure.
To most people in the UK, that's a better sign that a movie is going to be just great action packed fun than any number of 5 star reviews in Empire.
Personally I'm looking forward to the DVD, I sense there'll be a stack of interesting extras, as I couldn't get to a cinema showing it near me.
I was entertained, but wasn't completely thrilled. While it had a few twists along the way, the whole movie was an old hero cliche: Dork plays hero, rides minor success until he realizes he's over his head, tries to but, but goes right back into danger because "it's what a hero would do." Kick-Ass' (the character not the movie)humor fell into the old (laugh at the loser as he makes an even bigger as of himself" style I outgrew long ago.
What saved the movie was, yes, Hit Girl, and her loving father: a cross between the Punisher and Mr. Rogers. They probably could have held the movie on their own with the straight faced playing of something that feels wrong, but we wouldn't question if she was 19. The fights were fun, if exagerated, yet left you with that feeling that this is Batman without the comics code on his back.
Worth a watch if you're not easially offended.
What saved the movie was, yes, Hit Girl, and her loving father: a cross between the Punisher and Mr. Rogers. They probably could have held the movie on their own with the straight faced playing of something that feels wrong, but we wouldn't question if she was 19. The fights were fun, if exagerated, yet left you with that feeling that this is Batman without the comics code on his back.
Worth a watch if you're not easially offended.
SPOILER ALERTArrers said:
I guess Ebert had to pee when Marcus explained that Mindy was brainwashed by an almost psychotic Big Daddy to "fight crime" because his wife killed herself when he was framed by the bad guys. Marcus even commented that Big Daddy never gave Hit girl a childhood, and Big Daddy responded that the evil people owed her a childhood. I think this is why Ebert was all confused about why Mindy was so heartlessly violent and why Big Daddy never told her that it was wrong. In any case, that would have to be like a 10 minutes piss to miss all that. Ebert should get his bladder checked.
Nicholas Cage is the first batman that actually seems scary as hell. Mainly during the warehouse scene, he scared the fuck outta me. Actually seemed dangerous.
To Bob:
I "get" what Nick Cage was doing as Big-Daddy. I couldn't stop laughing anytime he spoke in costume. It was spot on perfect. Shame my friends that saw it with me didn't get it.
I "get" what Nick Cage was doing as Big-Daddy. I couldn't stop laughing anytime he spoke in costume. It was spot on perfect. Shame my friends that saw it with me didn't get it.
The trailers for this movie are very misleading. It makes you think it's some sort of stupid comedy, but it's really a gore/action movie with sprinkles of comedy in it. It's one of the best movies this year, and there is a scene at the end of the movie with that little girl that is reminds me of the lobby scene in the matrix with neo and trinity. That one scene makes the whole movie worth while.
