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.
Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.
Xander ,'Sleeper'
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Polter-Cow - Apr 18, 2010 12:53:48 pm PDT #7704 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
erikaj - Apr 18, 2010 1:08:41 pm PDT #7705 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
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.
Steph L. - Apr 18, 2010 2:20:06 pm PDT #7706 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.)
tommyrot - Apr 18, 2010 2:26:30 pm PDT #7707 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Dana - Apr 18, 2010 2:29:47 pm PDT #7708 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
For me and The Watchmen, it was more the fight in the alley with, um, Dan and...Laurie?
tommyrot - Apr 18, 2010 2:33:22 pm PDT #7709 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
tommyrot - Apr 18, 2010 2:37:53 pm PDT #7710 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Steph L. - Apr 18, 2010 2:48:16 pm PDT #7711 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.
Amy - Apr 18, 2010 2:55:26 pm PDT #7712 of 30000
Because books.
The Comedian killing the Vietnamese girl pregnant with his baby and trying to rape Sally was really rough, too.
Aims - Apr 18, 2010 2:58:49 pm PDT #7713 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I really really wanted to see Kick-Ass. But I'm sensing that it is not a fun, Mystery Men -esque romp like I thought it was.