Kick Ass!

I see what you mean. It goes back to the tone of the film, though. All of those things would've made it a lot darker, which I would've preferred. But they also would've needed to take out the more outrageous elements of the plot.

ETA: It seems like the film (and the book, really, after a few issues) doesn't care about being a refreshing look at the superhero genre. It just wants to shock us all -- a trait Millar is showing in Nemesis, to my annoyance.
 
When I saw it, I couldn't quite pinpoint what I didn't like about it, but I think you've hit on it excellently there. Once Hit Girl arrived on screen, everything became predictable for me, because she's clearly the equivalent of a superpowered character who can save the day and solve any problem.
 
That's actually a very good point, I still enjoyed the film though. Hit-Girl and Big Daddy were like comics come to life, maybe they saw their "training" as also living out comic fantasies (maybe HG was like "Superheroes? Cool!")
I do wonder if they'll make another film.
Mindy and Dave go back to their normal lives at the end, if Kick-Ass were to become trained, have gadgets etc, you lose the point of the film
 
Kick-Ass (the character) sounRAB/looks like a parody of Spiderman or something :)
Surprised I'm hearing its so violent, the trailer makes it look like, at worst, a 12A kind of movie.
 
I agree, the trailer really didn't sell the film well. Having seen it tonight, I think word of mouth plus excellent reviews should make this film a smash. It was the most entertained I've been at the cinema for ages.
 
I'm neither good or a god but thank you for the compliment. :D

Did I say I don't like any action film? I like action films but I don't need gimmicks and tricks to go "oh wow that is so good."
I may be older than you, I'm 45 so that may be the reason we see things differently. I grew up watching action films that didn't rely on CGI and computers to the extent they are used today.
Die Hard is a great film and has no slow motion shots to make me go "whoa" when watching. The Indiana Jones films didn't have it.
I grew up watching the old westerns where you had stunt men doing things on horses, getting dragged along the ground by them or carriages. One of the best recognised stunts is when a stntman goes between the horses on a speeding carriage because of the risks involved. there's no harnesses, no wires, if it shakes and he loses his footing he is going down and could get trampled to death.
I grew up watching the action war films of the past that didn't bother with slow motion, speeded up sequences. Or to put it simpley they "kept it real."
I do like action films, I just don't need the fancy tricks of modern films.

Martial arts films bore me so I conceed on that one. I find them moronic and won't waste my time with them.

There is a different between escapism and hyper real (that's a new term I've not heard before :))
Escapism is knowing what you are watching isn't or can't happen but it's realisic enough to suspend disbelief. I'm a wrestling fan so am well versed in switching off believability and "just going with it."

In films when they start speeding things up, slowing them down or doing the stupid stuff like the mid-air reload it is the equivilent of seeing a dropkick that misses by at least 18 inches and the person that was supposed to get hit by it still falls down selling the impact of an non-existent blow and I've seen many of those in my time. They're laughable and quite rightly the crowd rip into the wrestlers when they do it. We're happy to go along with this as being "real" ;) but don't do stuff like that and expose it so strongly to be fake. When you do that it's almost impossible for the fans/viewers to then take seriously anything that follows as you've shatted the walls of believabilty.

I fell asleep during Remains of the Day, but quite liked The Care Bears Movie. :)

Just one thing. After deciding that I only want to watch "realism" why did you suggest The Care Bears Movie?

1) It's an animation and so not real.
2) The Care Bears don't "really exist" and they don't live in the clouRAB either.

You did know that didn't you? ;):p
 
jane goldman (j ross wife) wrote the screenplay based on mark millar's graphic novel - he was writing the novel as she was writing the screenplay

she also wrote the screenplay for 'stardust' which matthew vaughan also directed (he has directed kick ass)

i think it looks ace

has been getting 5 star reviews

and any film that winRAB up the daily mail has got to be worth seeing..
 
You definitely weren't supposed to find it "entertaining". I found that scene hard to watch, it made me uncomfortable and thus I believe the scene did it's job. It wasnt supposed to be farcial - the fact it was played in a realistic fashion was the point IMO showing the consequences of violence and that, for all her training HG is a young girl who can be hurt.
 
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