Mal ,'Shindig'
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Sean,
I don't think the movie unabashedly wants you to cheer at the heroes' actions. Did you think the same of "A Clockwork Orange?" Although I hated ACO and I'm on record here saying this several, I think both movies could be read in similar ways.
I also think your complaints about the film make it seem like the characters in question faced no consequences for their actions - which isn't the case.
Heh. John Rogers's review of Kick-Ass. I've requested the comic from the library, but it will be at least a month before I get a hold of it, I'm sure. I'm hoping I like the comic more than I liked Wanted, which was very cool and had its moments but had, like, the worst last panel of a comic ever.
Wrod, Corwood. But I liked it a lot when I watched it the first time. It's kind of an ugly tale when you look at it more closely and aren't wowed by the effects.
Right. I will say that some deaths made me a bit uncomfortable, but overall, besides the fact that there was rampant, bloody violence committed by a child, the violence itself wasn't that different from other movies of its ilk.
How does the violence compare to that in Watchmen (the movie)? Because some of that made me cringe, but I wasn't horrified.
That said, I knew what to expect going in to Watchmen (mostly Giant! Blue! Penis!), but I don't think I knew that Kick-Ass was so grizzlybloodygory. (I didn't read it.)
How does the violence compare to that in Watchmen (the movie)? Because some of that made me cringe, but I wasn't horrified.
Which violence was that? Like when the Comedian was killed?
IMHO (IIRC) the violence in Watchmen was more extreme, as they focused on stuff like the Comedian's skull hitting a marble counter top. In Kick Ass I think we see much less of the effects of the violence - even when guys get shot in the head (which happens a lot) you don't see very much detail of it.
For me and The Watchmen, it was more the fight in the alley with, um, Dan and...Laurie?
Yeah, I'd say (IIRC) that fight was more bloody than any in Kick Ass.
Bloody in the sense that we see a lot of blood. Besides that, there were comparable scenes in Kick Ass.
For me, the most disturbing moment in Kick Ass was when Hit Girl got punched in the face by an adult man with marital arts expertise. And in that scene, she gets beat up pretty bad - although she does a lot of damage to him too.
Which violence was that? Like when the Comedian was killed?
And cutting off the hands of the dude in the jail cell, and the way Rorschach killed the child molester.
The Comedian killing the Vietnamese girl pregnant with his baby and trying to rape Sally was really rough, too.