For me and The Watchmen, it was more the fight in the alley with, um, Dan and...Laurie?
You got fired, and you still hang around here like a big loser. Why can't he?
Cordelia ,'Chosen'
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Dana - Apr 18, 2010 2:29:47 pm PDT #7708 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
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.
Stephanie - Apr 18, 2010 4:21:32 pm PDT #7714 of 30000
Trust my rage
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.
Scrappy - Apr 18, 2010 8:29:56 pm PDT #7715 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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.
megan walker - Apr 18, 2010 9:15:18 pm PDT #7716 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
le nubian - Apr 19, 2010 2:39:37 am PDT #7717 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
megan,
can you describe what they changed? I'm thinking of reading the first book (after seeing the movie).