tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post6059102113963181243..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Kick Ass (2010)Roman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-78465531232996037192012-05-14T07:09:38.632-07:002012-05-14T07:09:38.632-07:00Definitely. It's also the kind of movie I woul...Definitely. It's also the kind of movie I wouldn't mind revisiting, because it was unique for it's genre.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-44985404058403510522012-05-13T02:10:19.049-07:002012-05-13T02:10:19.049-07:00I really liked this movie. The darkness of it all,...I really liked this movie. The darkness of it all, and the ironic treatment of this subject were really appealing.northierthanthouhttp://northierthanthou.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-43127822793428943102012-03-13T06:45:50.647-07:002012-03-13T06:45:50.647-07:00Thanks Ty. This is one superhero movie that has st...Thanks Ty. This is one superhero movie that has stood out among some of the same old-same old we've been seeing in the genre lately.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-23016265177951271872012-03-09T16:25:01.884-08:002012-03-09T16:25:01.884-08:00Good write-up! Loved Kick-Ass. It was perfect mixt...Good write-up! Loved Kick-Ass. It was perfect mixture of action and comedy. Hit-Girl and Big Daddy stood out.Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188012325610596179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-77930983383621618322012-02-27T06:50:53.222-08:002012-02-27T06:50:53.222-08:00Ooh sounds good. I think I'll have to seek out...Ooh sounds good. I think I'll have to seek out out the comic version. Thanks for the tip!Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-33938597420477332932012-02-17T08:27:13.888-08:002012-02-17T08:27:13.888-08:00I liked this movie a lot, in part because of the w...I liked this movie a lot, in part because of the way it deliberately ignores the PC. Your are right, of course, that the psychopathically lethal Hit-Girl, perfectly played by Chloe Moretz, will offend some viewers (including Roger Ebert no less). She targets the criminal element, but a least a couple of her victims at Rasul’s (such as the hooker) were guilty more of hanging out with thugs than being thugs, and then there is that fight with D’Amico. I can see not liking this movie, but, personally, I think anyone who doesn’t at least get the humor (like it or not) seriously needs to get in better touch with his or dark side – I don’t mean “let your dark side drive the bus,” but just acknowledge its existence. Freud made a living out of people who refused to do that. <br /><br />I don’t know if you read the comics. The first 8 issues, on which this movie is based, are also available collected in a hard-cover book. Many of the movie scenes are shot to look nearly identical to various illustrated frames and much of the dialogue is lifted verbatim. Yet there are distinct and interesting differences, no doubt because, as Dave Lizewski says in issue #1, “What works on the page doesn’t always work on the screen.” Katie Deauxma, for example, does not fall for Dave in the comic; she has her new boyfriend beat him up. There also is a surprise in the backstory of Big Daddy, which I won’t reveal and which the movie did not copy.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com