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for anyone worried about significant others, this was my girlfriend's facebook status after seeing the movie:

Kick-Ass was soo much fun! seriously haven't liked a movie that much since.... You've Got Mail.
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.....and you have no idea how many times I've had to watch You've Got Mail. :lol
 
Room was about 40% packed, but what a crowd! Everyone was into the movie. All of my friends loved it. Nic Cage actually kicks ass?! A little girl should not be that cool wtf?! The movie totally wasn't cliche.
holy shit at the bazooka explosion what a way to go out!
 
Fuck Roger Ebert. The movie is awesome.

There a ton of changes from the book. By the movies end they feel like 2 different universes.
 
Just got back from seeing this. It was a transcendent experience.

OMG WTF that girl was amazing. How does that actress not have top (or near-top) billing?? She pretty much was the star of the show, despite not being the title character.

As for Nicolas Cage, I thought he was inoffensive. He did what he needed to do, I didn't mind him.

and now for the most awesome moments...

BULLET THROUGH THE CHEEK

"Fuck this shit, I'm getting the bazooka." :lol

OMG, they're setting Nick Cage on fire, WTF am I watching

Hit Girl goes into FPS mode, complete with night vision

I'd see it again. And I look forward to the sequel (pleeeease make enough money to warrant a sequel!)
 
Danthrax said:
Just got back from seeing this. It was a transcendent experience.

OMG WTF that girl was amazing. How does that actress not have top (or near-top) billing?? She pretty much was the star of the show, despite not being the title character.

As for Nicolas Cage, I thought he was inoffensive. He did what he needed to do, I didn't mind him.

and now for the most awesome moments...

BULLET THROUGH THE CHEEK

"Fuck this shit, I'm getting the bazooka." :lol

OMG, they're setting Nick Cage on fire, WTF am I watching

Hit Girl goes into FPS mode, complete with night vision

I'd see it again. And I look forward to the sequel (pleeeease make enough money to warrant a sequel!)
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I think i read an interview that Millar is developing the sequel to the comic now? And that Vaughn is getting ready to make the movie for it...but might be making that up

DanielPlainview said:
for anyone worried about significant others, this was my girlfriend's facebook status after seeing the movie:



.....and you have no idea how many times I've had to watch You've Got Mail. :lol
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Very important question since I know Sculli hated it: how was the inclusion of Surface of the Sun in one of the fights? That's my most anticipated moment in the film :D
 
I couldn't fall asleep last night, just kept replaying how fucking awesome this movie was in my head. :D That said, here are a few nitpicks that can be discussed, but I 100% recommend seeing this movie ASAP.

- Nic Cage and his longtime cop friend. Felt like such a rushed and forced addition, never really fit.
- A few of the lines, especially Red Mist felt unnecessary. The last line he says during the circular camera movements while watching Kick-Ass getting popular on talk shows. Something remark to his dad (Strong) about how he can't run the family business. We get it, unnecessary.
- Red Mist/Kick-Ass relationship was so rushed, especially in the beginning. In the comic it is this nice back and forth. In the movie Red Mist is introduced and five minutes later they are friends. I guess since we know Red Mist is Mark Strong's son it changes things, but I didn't really like it.
- a few Hit Girl moments are uncomfortable and don't come off that funny. She completely delivers during the rest of the movie though.

That's about it, such a fucking awesome time and I could go on and list 100 amazing moment but just wanted to let people know the minor negatives first.


Ashhong said:
Very important question since I know Sculli hated it: how was the inclusion of Surface of the Sun in one of the fights? That's my most anticipated moment in the film :D
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It sounded like they used pieces of Murphy's score throughout the entire film, could be wrong. Of course that scene was used the most heavily. It was a bit odd and I can see where Sculli is coming from. This is coming from one of the biggest Sunshine fans (yes, even the 3rd act). With Kick-Ass the visuals during that scene are so FUCKING incredible that the Sunshine music just elevates it. It's not used as great as it was in Sunshine, but it works.
 
Vaughn has a terrific ear for music in film. If he decided to use that piece in the film, Im sure it was for a good reason.
 
DanielPlainview said:
- Nic Cage and his longtime cop friend. Felt like such a rushed and forced addition, never really fit.

...

- Red Mist/Kick-Ass relationship was so rushed, especially in the beginning. In the comic it is this nice back and forth. In the movie Red Mist is introduced and five minutes later they are friends. I guess since we know Red Mist is Mark Strong's son it changes things, but I didn't really like it.
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Apparently, a fair amount of the Red Mist scenes got cut, and so, I would assume, some of the Big Daddy/police friend background stuff.
 
DanielPlainview said:
I couldn't fall asleep last night, just kept replaying how fucking awesome this movie was in my head. :D That said, here are a few nitpicks that can be discussed, but I 100% recommend seeing this movie ASAP.

- Nic Cage and his longtime cop friend. Felt like such a rushed and forced addition, never really fit.
- A few of the lines, especially Red Mist felt unnecessary. The last line he says during the circular camera movements while watching Kick-Ass getting popular on talk shows. Something remark to his dad (Strong) about how he can't run the family business. We get it, unnecessary.
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That's about it, such a fucking awesome time and I could go on and list 100 amazing moment but just wanted to let people know the minor negatives first.
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I thought the Cage and cop relationship was developed fine, we just don't get to see much of it. And so much of Red Mist's character came of as annoying and unnecessary. That was likely my biggest gripe with the film.
 
Wait, can someone remind me which scene surface of the sun was in?

And fuck, that track from 28 Days/Weeks later during the Big Daddy scene was brilliantly used. Always gets me pumped.
EDIT: This one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2H8FWDvEA
The way that scene was edited/shot fit with this track so well.
Man i want to go back and watch it again.
 
I was very disappointed that they
changed big daddy's back story.

The movie wasn't as good as everyone said it was. It
stopped being a clever and real look at if a real kid tried to be a superhero and just turned into a superhero movie.

plus
the entire jet pack thing was totally fucking retarded. I'm supposed to believe that this kid who isn't the smartest, can't really do anything right, and can't even drive (as he said when he was getting his ass kicked) is going to perfectly fly a jet pack? Very cheap stupid way to get the character in and out of the scene of crime.

I didn't hate it. I just don't think it was as good as everyone lead me to believe.
 
Fletcher said:
I was very disappointed that they
changed big daddy's back story.

The movie wasn't as good as everyone said it was. It
stopped being a clever and real look at if a real kid tried to be a superhero and just turned into a superhero movie.

plus
the entire jet pack thing was totally fucking retarded. I'm supposed to believe that this kid who isn't the smartest, can't really do anything right, and can't even drive (as he said when he was getting his ass kicked) is going to perfectly fly a jet pack? Very cheap stupid way to get the character in and out of the scene of crime.

I didn't hate it. I just don't think it was as good as everyone lead me to believe.
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I loved it so much because I viewed the entire film as a comic book. But I don't know if the graphic novel is the same way. From your description, it sounds like the book is more realistic. I still need to read the source material.
 
big ander said:
I loved it so much because I viewed the entire film as a comic book. But I don't know if the graphic novel is the same way. From your description, it sounds like the book is more realistic. I still need to read the source material.
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The movie is less realistic.
It veers into just a regular comic book movie territory about half way. I felt it was stupid that they make a point of saying in the film that superheros aren't real and that people can't fly, but that's exactly what happens at the end. Granted it's with a rediculous device. That jet pack is what killed it for me, I think.


I think that Mark Strong plays excellent bad guys, though.
 
The thing about this being a 'realistic' look at superheroics is wrong at the end of the day. It's more like a story about how a bunch of ordinary lives get turned into a comic book fantasy, as opposed to traditional superhero movies which are comic book fantasies from beginning to end. When I think of it that way, the ending is way more justified.
 
From what I gather the most enjoyable aspect of the film is Hitgirl and Nicholas Cage's roles, more the former. If you are in it to watch its adherence to the source material, it may not be that great.
 
Fletcher said:
plus
the entire jet pack thing was totally fucking retarded. I'm supposed to believe that this kid who isn't the smartest, can't really do anything right, and can't even drive (as he said when he was getting his ass kicked) is going to perfectly fly a jet pack? Very cheap stupid way to get the character in and out of the scene of crime.

I didn't hate it. I just don't think it was as good as everyone lead me to believe.
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I hated the
jetpack
as well, but that was practically my only complaint throughout the entire film.
 
Green Scar said:
The thing about this being a 'realistic' look at superheroics is wrong at the end of the day. It's more like a story about how a bunch of ordinary lives get turned into a comic book fantasy, as opposed to traditional superhero movies which are comic book fantasies from beginning to end. When I think of it that way, the ending is way more justified.
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I think i just really enjoyed the mean-spiritedness of the whole comic book.
when you would think that something would go right, it most always went wrong and in a bad way for the character.
 
i just really hope the movie stops for a few minutes to have a discussion about how bad violent little girls are. just to make that clear.
 
anyone have a link to the interview that they did with adultswim? I saw a clip of it last night and it was hilarious.
 
Medalion said:
From what I gather the most enjoyable aspect of the film is Hitgirl and Nicholas Cage's roles, more the former. If you are in it to watch its adherence to the source material, it may not be that great.
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It's not so much I wanted it to stick right to the comic.
It just turned out to be a more violent, regular super hero movie. Like Spiderman with the word cunt.

That's not bad. I was just expecting something different.
 
beelzebozo said:
i just really hope the movie stops for a few minutes to have a discussion about how bad violent little girls are. just to make that clear.
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I really didn't find it to be that violent, either. I read the reviews beforehand and after watching it I was more, "that's it?"
 
If you didn't like the jetpack, CHUD makes a good point:

It isn't until Dave is hovering outside the penthouse plowing bullets into the goons that he really becomes a superhero. His entire arc was about getting to this moment, and he needed the inspiration and motivation of Hit Girl and Big Daddy to finally arrive. While the main action plot is motivated by their revenge, they really exist to keep Dave moving towards his resolution. Dave gets himself from dreamer to poser; they get him from poser to the real thing. And that's where Kick-Ass ends, with Dave fully embracing the superhero thing, and living it in a way that he would have never thought possible - guiding a jetpack through the canyons of Manhattan (or Toronto really trying to be Manhattan).

And that jetpack. That was one of the things that troubled me on my first viewing, but was totally cleared up on my second viewing. See, I watched Kick-Ass the first time thinking it was a deconstruction of the superhero genre: 'This is what would happen if a real person put on a costume and fought crime.' That's the fakeout hook, but it's not what the movie is about. Kick-Ass is a complete celebration and re-affirmation of the superhero genre.

In a lot of ways Dave is the ultimate wannabe. As I said before he could be a wannabe screenwriter or musician or actor or street cleaner, but since this is a superhero movie he's a wannabe superhero. The film begins from the position that all wannabes begin from - they want to do something but it seems impossible and everyone is against it. Dave's friends mock the very idea of being a superhero. He takes very small steps into being a superhero - ordering the costume (he could be a kid at home posing in his mirror with the guitar he can't yet play), taking it out for a spin (again, imagine him taking his guitar out to the park and plinking on the strings), and then finally giving it a real shot. What happens then is that Dave sees the dream begin to come true. He gets stabbed and hit by a car, but instead of ending his career it's the start - he gets Wolverine-like metal in his skeleton and deadened nerve endings that allow him to take vicious beatings. That previously impossible dream has begun to slowly come true.

The film wisely takes that slow. The metal and the nerve endings aren't too outrageous; a touch convenient maybe, but not outside the realm of possibility. Again, going back to that guitar playing kid metaphor, Dave's got just enough mojo right now to play shows and get a MySpace following and get the girl. It's more success than the dreamer could have hoped for, but it's not mindblowing.

The jetpack is mindblowing.

That's where the film takes Dave's superhero dreams and goes to the next step, bringing him into the fantastical. The movie has been building up to this, adding the superhero elements as it went along - other costumed crusaders, a cool car, gadgets (even if it's just a nanny cam and some security hacking), evil villains trying to unmask our heroes on TV. These are staples of the genre, and the film introduces them within the realm of reality as a way of celebrating them, not subverting them. The online unmasking isn't a joke - it's just as deadly serious here as it would have been for Batman in a comic in the 50s (well, more deadly serious, but the times they have changed). Kick-Ass isn't undercutting these tropes but supporting them.
 
You should spoiler that, man.

I think that misses the point, though.
The only superhero should have been hit girl. This girl that had no choice. She was made to be a superhero. Dave was always and would always be just a hero. Someone who wanted to make a difference.
 
Fletcher said:
I think i just really enjoyed the mean-spiritedness of the whole comic book.
when you would think that something would go right, it most always went wrong and in a bad way for the character.
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Oh, I hate stuff like that. I guess I know to stay away from the comic then :lol
 
Saw this movie last night at a midnight screening. So incredible. It is so many things at once. I think my favorite scenes were

"The fuck is wrong with you man? You'd rather die for some piece of shit that you don't even fucking know?
"Three assholes laying into one guy while everybody else watches? And you wanna know whats wrong with me? Yeah, I'd rather die."
fucking perfect line

Hit Girl trying to save Big Daddy and Kick-Ass when Big Daddy is on fire. Goddamn
 
I really dug the social commentary when the TV station guy said
something to the effect of "we can't air the broadcast right now, but you can stream the uncensored version off the internet" and everyone ran to their computers, so awesome. :lol
 
Fletcher said:
I really enjoyed his line about
LOST
. It made a bunch of people laugh.
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Yeah, that was great :lol

And I also enjoyed the social commentary on the new roles of the Internet and TV in our society.
 
Almost everything about this movie was pure fucking perfection. Gotta see it a few more times and buy on Blu-ray for sure.

HOLY FUCKING CHRIST AT THOSE ACTION SCENES USING THE
28 Weeks Later/Sunshine
soundtracks. OMG. I very nearly had an orgasm. Fuuuuck.

The girl playing Katie was so hot, and they alleviated my fears about the romance subplot by making her less of a stuck up popular bitch like she was in the comic and more geeky. I laughed out loud at the "I like stuff like Scott Pilgrim, but I'm not really into superhero comics." line. <3 :lol :lol :lol <3

One sour note: I really didn't like what they did with Big Daddy's backstory. It was a million times better and more fucked up in the comic.
 
my name is ed said:
Hit Girl trying to save Big Daddy and Kick-Ass when Big Daddy is on fire. Goddamn
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Probably my favourite scene, so fucking tense.
 
Saw it earlier

The romance angle was realllllly badly done. Like shockingly poor. I can't believe they changed what it was in the comic to this :\

Hit Girl pretty much carries the movie either way.

7/10...would have probably liked it more had I not read the comic.
 
Dead said:
The romance angle was realllllly badly done. Like shockingly poor. I can't believe they changed what it was in the comic to this :\
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Really? I vastly prefer what was in the comic but I thought they made this work. :\
 
Costanza said:
Really? I vastly prefer what was in the comic but I thought they made this work. :\
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The way it happened in the movie was just...ugh

It was so shockingly bad, I was expecting the scene to end any second with Dave waking up with that whole scene being a dream.

I was also surpised about how neutered the movie was, violence wise, compared to the comic, due to hearing how shockingly violent the movie was. Not a mark against the movie, but still was expecting a bit more
 
DanielPlainview said:
Yeah, I definitely agree. I thought I would hate it, but ended up really digging it.
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I went into the movie ready to be fucking furious about how ridiculous that was going to turn out and came out way surprised.

I'm way more frustrated with what they did with Big Daddy. The twist Millar had with his backstory in the comic was so fucking perfect.
 
I'm surprised the movie is getting glowing reviews from gaffers. Considering the source material (one of Mark Millar's bigger stinkers), It's really surprising.
 
thetrin said:
I'm surprised the movie is getting glowing reviews from gaffers. Considering the source material (one of Mark Millar's bigger stinkers), It's really surprising.
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what the fuck? it's his best comic.
 
Costanza said:
Almost everything about this movie was pure fucking perfection. Gotta see it a few more times and buy on Blu-ray for sure.

HOLY FUCKING CHRIST AT THOSE ACTION SCENES USING THE
28 Weeks Later/Sunshine
soundtracks. OMG. I very nearly had an orgasm. Fuuuuck.

The girl playing Katie was so hot, and they alleviated my fears about the romance subplot by making her less of a stuck up popular bitch like she was in the comic and more geeky. I laughed out loud at the "I like stuff like Scott Pilgrim, but I'm not really into superhero comics." line. <3 :lol :lol :lol <3

One sour note: I really didn't like what they did with Big Daddy's backstory. It was a million times better and more fucked up in the comic.
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Day one for the BD for sure.
I just can't decide on my favorite action scene.
Hit-Girl going FPS and DESTROYING the execution team was so tense, but the final scene was pretty goddamn awesome too.
Anybody care to post what Big Daddy's backstory is in the comic?
 
big ander said:
Day one for the BD for sure.
I just can't decide on my favorite action scene.
Hit-Girl going FPS and DESTROYING the execution team was so tense, but the final scene was pretty goddamn awesome too.
Anybody care to post what Big Daddy's backstory is in the comic?
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It turns out he's just a psychotic loser obsessed with comic books who warped his innocent daughter into... that.
 
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