Fucking awesome movie!
I saw it Friday night and had a blast! More changes were made to the story than I thought (especially a certain one at the end), however, the more I think about it, the more I accept it as just another part of the insane clusterf**k of AWESOMESAUCE that is Kick-Ass!
! Of course, everything with Hit-Girl was epic, though that's not to say the rest of the cast wasn't memorable! That parking lot beatdown was just awesome and the line spoken by Dave really got me pumped! Big Daddy's warehouse massacre was fucking metal! Even Red Mist was fleshed out from the comics, and despite being an asshole, he was still somewhat sympathetic. However, I'm disappointed that they left out the line spoken by Dave when he's narrating about how Red Mist is stealing his thunder. It was something like "At first I was Heroes season one, but now I'm season fucking TWO!!" Seriously, that was one of the greatest lines in the comics, not to mention it was funny AND true!
! The action scenes were well-choreographed, especially that warehouse massacre (nice choice of music, too)! The amount of violence and gore was cringe-inducing, but the comics were ultra-violent so it's to be expected if the movie has an R-rating (honestly, I didn't expect them to actually show that guy getting killed in the car crusher)! I would say I'm upset by the changes made to the characters, but I'm not as picky as most comic book fans, I guess. Turning Katie into an actual compassionate character was an improvement IMO, because she was a bitch in the comics and I can't stand girls like that. Speaking of which, I was glad that Dave got his happy ending, it wouldn't be his movie if he got screwed over like he did in the comics.
! Lastly, changing the details of Big Daddy and Hit-Girl's origins was necessary, such as NOT making Big Daddy a crackpot comic book geek who kidnapped his infant daughter and ditched his wife, not to mention omitting the whole "Condition Red" thing. Either one of those two things would have made the movie BEYOND fucked up… NOT in a good way, either (though still enjoyable)! Seriously, people are already getting their panties in a bunch over Hit-Girl herself, seeing her unknowingly doing a hit of coke on the big screen would send EVEN MORE people off the deep end!
! BTW, KzTxL7… Yes, that was the same guy from those previous incidents.
All-in-all, it was a ridiculously entertaining movie and I'm gonna see it again, the DVD is definitely going into my collection!