Kick-Ass (2010)

TappaDeRouge

Hopefully I searched properly and that there hasn't already been a thread about this movie. For those who don't know it's a movie directed by Matthew Vaughn and is based off the comic series by Mark Millar. It's a comedy/action/drama about these four people who band together as superheroes without powers to fight injustice. When the first teaser hit I was immediately interested but not until the second red-band teaser was I completely pulled in. I'm liking that Lions Gate is allowing them to take a non-PC approach though I am pretty sure the movie will be rated "R". Here are the two teasers. I'm loving the style and cinematography so far :wub:

Original Teaser;

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Red-Band Teaser Trailer "Hit-Girl";

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THC

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TappaDeRouge

@THC:

I think I'm really going to like this one

Here's another clip:

Oh my god, thank you for posting that. I probably would have never found it, haha. I love the whole setup between her and the father. Usually I'm not a big N.Cage fan but he looks absolutely hysterical in this!

Malintex_Terek

Haha, oh wow.

One of the scenes in that trailer conjured up this image:

Bad guy stands there, jaw agape, at this freak in a costume.

"What the heck are you?"

"I'm a super hero, b***h"

shoots with a gun

….

I think it's a single serving joke, though. While a funny premise, I don't think it passes The Onion's funny screening test and will probably make a lame movie.

Then again, maybe one could have said the same about Zombieland…?

TappaDeRouge

@Malintex_Terek:

Then again, maybe one could have said the same about Zombieland…?

My thoughts exactly. After seeing trailers from Zombieland I thought it would simply be a shrug-off, one-time, popcorn movie that wouldn't get many laughs out of me or the audience; boy was I wrong.

Conekiller

Kick Ass is based on an existing comic, you may want to check it out if you're a little unsure of the movie.

The premise is "What if real life people started becoming genuine superheroes in our real life world?" As evidenced by the winged guy totally slamming into the car.

KickAss' first crimefightin' escapade ends with him, beat up, stabbed, hit by a car and in the hospital for a month or so.

Gekko135

a month? I thought it was like half a year?

Conekiller

@Gekko135:

a month? I thought it was like half a year?

You know, it's possible. It has been more than a year since I read the first issue. about "He spends a long damn time immobilized" and leave it at that ^__^;

Dark Lord Zenigame

The comic starts out as kind of a one-note thing, but somehow actually becomes enjoyable later on.

The latest issue of the comic was HOLY SHIT AWESOME, so I can hope the movie is at least somewhere near its level.

The Wanted movie was a fuckton better than its awful comic, so at least there's a precedent for Mark Millar stuff…

Kaze

I got mind fucked.

This movie will be so epically awesome.

Silverblade

English grammar is strange indeed. Never could have thought that you write "Kick-Ass" and pronounce it as "Awe-Some".

Zkaiser

This movie is going to be BOSS.

THC

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Local-chan

Here I thought it was a film about a guy who kicked donkeys. Instead looks to be yet another superhero movie. Yawn. I'll check it out when it comes out.

zerowellrain

This movie is gonna Kick A:ninja:.

Hekti

Wow, never heard of it before but this movie sure gonna kick-ass xD
A must-see I guess.

Kaze

New trailer.

FUCK. I have to see this.

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Dark Lord Zenigame

…alright, that was awesome. XD

Now Millar just needs to get his ass in gear and actually finish the comic before the movie comes out. ._.;;

Tizoc

@Dark:

…alright, that was awesome. XD

Now Millar just needs to get his ass in gear and actually finish the comic before the movie comes out. ._.;;

I think Millar was told not to finish it so the ending doesn't get spoiled or somesuch?
Dumb reason I know but I think Millar's finished it and Romita Jr. had enough time to pencil it so my guess is…they're just postponing it's release @3@
Gonna go get that trailer now..

Kaze

I thought so. @_@

Tizoc

Issue #8 got released a few days ago and I recently got around to reading it =D!
TUNK YEAH!

Buuhan1

This looks really awesome. Such a simple subject we've all thought about, surprised it took this long to be made.

Muah

Looks like geeks are the new movie stars.

Buuhan1

I wouldn't go that far, but there has been a lot of em lately. Which is awesome. I just wish half of them weren't littered with pot-head humor.

KingofSarus

I hope this movie kicks ass. :ninja:

Zkaiser

I just finished reading the comic. Good stuff. Can't wait for the sequel.

Zyordius

@Muah:

Looks like geeks are the new movie stars.

They've been in power since the talent show
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Buuhan1

@Zyordius:

They've been in power since the talent show
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Well played, sir.

Dark Lord Zenigame

I just saw the movie. It was fucking AWESOME.

SOOOOOOOOO much better than the comic. And I actualy liked the comic.

Nicholas Cage's character was so fucking Batman…

hadex

I'm totally looking forward to that movie, I hope me and my family get to see it on theaters on the next weeks

DNaraku

Nick Cage was indeed epic in the movie.

Hit Girl stole the whole movie for me though. She was fucking epic beyond words.

thewizardkoma

Just watched the movie not too long ago. Have to say, Kick-Ass kicked ass.
(Achievement Unlocked: Told obvious joke everyone will or has thought of.)

Captain Shmeckie

So Roger Ebert used Kick-Ass to remind the world that he is, in fact, a colossal dipshit. I won't link to his actual review, because he's also an asshole and spoils the movie.

In other news, I am so seeing this movie.

Nobodyman

@Captain:

So Roger Ebert used Kick-Ass to remind the world that he is, in fact, a colossal dipshit. I won't link to his actual review, because he's also an asshole and spoils the movie.

In other news, I am so seeing this movie.

Well, I read his review and I guess the reason he doesn't like it is because he's not comfortable with Hit Girl because…

! She's an eleven year old girl and she kills a bunch of people remorselessly and is later beaten within an inch of her life.

I guess it's just a question of whether or not you're comfortable with that kind of stuff. As for me, I don't really plan on seeing the movie, but I'll gladly check it out if I ever get the chance.

KingofSarus

I just watched it.

It was pretty fun.

Hit Girl is going to be liked by a lot of people.

Insider2000

@KingofSarus:

I just watched it.

It was pretty fun.

Hit Girl is going to be liked by a lot of people.

That easy to assume. Kid is freaking awesome in the trailers. Cutting a guys leg off, using rope to cause a guy to shoot himself, and calling everyone a cunt.

Akumu

@Captain:

So Roger Ebert used Kick-Ass to remind the world that he is, in fact, a colossal dipshit. I won't link to his actual review, because he's also an asshole and spoils the movie.

In other news, I am so seeing this movie.

Eh, for the most part I agree with his views on most movies.

Nobodyman

Just thought I'd post this. Here's the Cinema Snob's review of Kick-Ass and he actually mentions Ebert's review.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/bj/bcmr/20329-kick-ass

! I dunno. Maybe Ebert's just gotten more sensitive since he had his surgery. Maybe he sees life as being more precious and is now more easily offended by stuff like that.

KingofSarus

Dear God…

Roger Ebert says:

! after which an adult man brutally hammers her to within an inch of her life.

Are you fucking kidding?

It's not like…

! the dude SERIOUSLY punches the shit out of her literally.
! Get the fuck out and retire nigga.

Insider2000

How bad is that scene away?

I don't care either way, but I can't imagine anyone making that scene THAT horrible.

[hide]Are we talking Spandam beating Robin bad?[/hide]

KingofSarus

@Insider2000:

How bad is that scene away?

I don't care either way, but I can't imagine anyone making that scene THAT horrible.

[hide]Are we talking Spandam beating Robin bad?[/hide]

Man…

! Nah, Spanda TAKES the cake and EATS it in front of your near dead body.
Actual spoiler here…

! he just threw her around and punched her like twice. If I remember correctly.
! I know I'm making it seem like it ain't a big deal.
! But, it's a fuckin' movie.

Insider2000

Incoming rant:

[hide]Remember the movie, the Incredibles. I do. Fucking fantastic movie. I never really think about how fucking awesome that movie is, from time to time. Anyway, I need to make my point.

When ElastiGirl, Dash, and Violet are all hiding out in a cave of Syndrome's base, Elastigirl tells her children something that really stuck to me. Something that really surprised me from a Disney movie at the time, what with Disney being as PC as possible at that time.

Remember the bad guys on the shows you used to watch on Saturday mornings? Well, these guys aren't like those guys. They won't exercise restraint because you are children. They will kill you if they get the chance. Do not give them that chance.

And she wasn't kidding. The two were almost killed ruthlessly several times. Hell, even Syndrome smiled at the fact that the plane Helen and the kids were in crash EVEN AFTER HE HEARD HELEN SCREAM ABOUT KIDS BEING ON BOARD! Syndrome's a sick mother fucker, and his badies ain't too far.

Now, I'm not saying Incredibles is like Kick Ass. What I'm trying to say is the thought that anyone without morality, say a criminal, would no hold restraint against a child.

And should a child come from a family (or in this case, a father) you promotes self-defense and bringing of justice, she'd have no issue taking down those who are doing wrong.

Let me point out that both Dash and Violet KILLED some of Syndrome's mercenaries, and no one said a damn thing.

Granted, Hitgirl was far more harsh with her attacks, but causing someone's death is still causing someone's death.

If a Disney movie can easily deal with children mentally blocking the death of their enemies, what makes Hitgirl so different?[/hide]

Nobodyman

@Insider2000:

Incoming rant:

[hide]Let me point out that both Dash and Violet KILLED some of Syndrome's mercenaries, and no one said a damn thing.

Granted, Hitgirl was far more harsh with her attacks, but causing someone's death is still causing someone's death.

If a Disney movie can easily deal with children mentally blocking the death of their enemies, what makes Hitgirl so different?[/hide]

Let me just say this…

[hide]The main difference between the two scenarios is that, from what I've heard, Hit Girl directly and remorselessly kills the bad guys in cold blood. Whereas with The Incredibles, the kids were just trying to avoid the bad guys for the most part, and their deaths came about indirectly. Usually the bad guys' deaths would result from them crashing their ships or something.

Now, I'm not saying that it necessarily makes it easier to cope with (although it could) I'm just saying that there is that little bit of difference involved.[/hide]

Malintex_Terek

Hit Girl grew up to become The Bride.

Dark Lord Zenigame

Seriously, the entire end sequence was straight out of Kill Bill.

KzTxL7

! He beats he within an inch of her life and almost kills her AFTER they have a damn good fight and killed damn near all of his men. The way Ebert makes it sound its like she was some helpless girl getting abused.

Yonkou3

This movie was awesome and will take the #3 spot for my favorite super hero movie of all time for now. As for the ending fight scene, I just watched It less than 10 minutes ago and it's not that bad. It's a regular brawl that last about 3 minutes and hit girl gets hit exactly this many times.

! Kicked in the face, hit to the arm which she blocked, slammed into a bookcase, slammed into a table, punched again, slammed Into a table, and finally punched in the face two times.

I mean it's not spy kids but it is an R rated movie, the fight is nothing to throw a hissy fit over. To be honest every other fight scene with hit girl and big daddy is MUCH worse, Including the scene right up untill that brawl.

Now for my review, the movie was great and I actually liked the changes they made from the comic. My one gripe is maybe that they should have shown kick ass training a bit more because in the comic they show a bit but here it's like him doing 3 sit ups. The character seems stupid because of it because it seems as if he's fighting people without having gone through any real effort to make himself be able to fight. Red Mist was also freaking cool which was a plesent suprise. "U-under control!? You're grabbing a fucking bazooka ypou dumbass!" ROFL!

KingofSarus

lol @ my grandma watching it in bootleg.

Yonkou3

Wow the pervs on the wikipedia page

"Manohla Dargis of The New York Times lauded the movie, saying, "Fast, periodically spit-funny and often grotesquely violent, the film at once embraces and satirizes contemporary action-film clichés with Tarantino-esque self-regard…." and singled out Moretz as "by far the best thing about the film: she holds the screen as gracefully as she executes a running back flip." She suggests the relationship between Big Daddy and Hit-Girl has dimensions of Lolita but that it would have taken a better director to bring that out"

No. You're just freaking gross lady.

KzTxL7

2 Quick Questions:

#1

! The guy who was killed along with the Kick Ass Impersonator; was he the same person who saw them get robbed at the beginning of the movie and did the hit-and-run on Dave? I hope it was, he needed to get shot

#2

! What the fuck was Big Daddy screaming during the black-out? At first it sounded like giving instructions, then it sounded like him singing, then just plain screaming?