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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.
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.
I was disturbed by actual cartoon Dash killing actual cartoon henchmen in The Incredibles.
In Bolt I was bothered by Penny and Bolt killing the henchmen in the early scenes.
I haven't seen Kick-Ass and probably won't. In my early 20s, I could enjoy Tarantino and similar movies, but now his name associated with a movie makes it an almost guaranteed no. I did enjoy Pulp Fiction, though.
I saw Raise the Red Lantern many years ago. Beautiful movie.
I just saw Kick-Ass and found it, unexpectedly, quite fun. I took the whole thing as a cartoon, basically, so it worked for me. I can see how it might be difficult to watch for many, though. Just didn't ping me.
IOviolentN, I saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo today. Good enough, I guess, but, boy did they change a lot from the book. I understood why they changed most of what they did, but think it's a shame because you really come away with a different impression of the girl in question. They also spoil a bit of the second book.