This ^
Plus I had issues with being asked to find an eleven year old girl getting punched in the face by a crime boss entertaining. Perhaps that scene was supposed to be farcical, like much of the violence, but instead it was played (and scored) in the grown-up action-movie style. Totally jarring for me.
and this ^
Thanks for summing up how I felt better then I can.
Also had issues with Hit Girls first killing spree. The way Kick-Ass was playing it I thought he was appalled at Hit Girls unmitigated slaughter of apparently innocent (as far as we know up until that point), albeit lowlife victims. I was expecting some kind of "great power comes with great responsibility" or "you can't just murder random people" type speech from Kick-Ass but it seems I misread his reaction. We later find out that these lowlifes, quite coincidentally it seems, are somehow connected to the main villain, so that's all right then.
I was entertained in parts, especially the first half but it just went downhill from that and the ending just left me completely unsatisfied. Part of the reason for the strange mismatching of tones I think might have been the apparent need for obvious signposts for the future sequels in the franchise rather then a focus on the story at hand. Half-way through and a bunch of increasingly lame sequels and spin-off was never in any doubt.
5.5/10
Plus I had issues with being asked to find an eleven year old girl getting punched in the face by a crime boss entertaining. Perhaps that scene was supposed to be farcical, like much of the violence, but instead it was played (and scored) in the grown-up action-movie style. Totally jarring for me.
and this ^
Thanks for summing up how I felt better then I can.
Also had issues with Hit Girls first killing spree. The way Kick-Ass was playing it I thought he was appalled at Hit Girls unmitigated slaughter of apparently innocent (as far as we know up until that point), albeit lowlife victims. I was expecting some kind of "great power comes with great responsibility" or "you can't just murder random people" type speech from Kick-Ass but it seems I misread his reaction. We later find out that these lowlifes, quite coincidentally it seems, are somehow connected to the main villain, so that's all right then.
I was entertained in parts, especially the first half but it just went downhill from that and the ending just left me completely unsatisfied. Part of the reason for the strange mismatching of tones I think might have been the apparent need for obvious signposts for the future sequels in the franchise rather then a focus on the story at hand. Half-way through and a bunch of increasingly lame sequels and spin-off was never in any doubt.
5.5/10