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The movie Kick Ass is unapologetic in it's gratuitous violence, cheesiness, and it is a cliché in every way. While viewing the first 35 minutes the movie seems to be the usual uncreative "blockbuster," movie many movie goers have come to expect and hopelessly pay for. The script is equipped with the typically, nauseating and rehashed plot expected from one of today's top major studios and film crews. Have you ever seen anything so unoriginal? Nerd is a nerd. Nerd gets tired of being picked on for being a nerd. Nerd also likes girl. Nerd attempts to kick ass. Nerd scares girl after breaking into her house by sneaking into her window. Girl Changes mind after nerd says I'm sorry. Nerd turns girl on. Nerd and girl have sex after girl reconsiders pressing charges and filing a restraining order. But this is the whole point, me thinks. Unlike the scary movie series, Kick Ass mixes sharp satire with actual thoughtful artistic integrity. And after watching the movie I must say, Kick ass was one of the funnest movies I've seen in a while. How? How can a used up clichéd plot, stereotypical paper cutout characters, and violence in abundance equal FUN????
Kick Ass shows us what would happen to Peter Parker if he were in the world of Facebook and social networking. The information age, a gift and a curse, where two girls performing bodily functions in a cup can garner global mass media attention in minutes, and where profound words can go unseen. A place where everyone can have his/her own broadcast for an outlet, to entertain to be heard; It is also a place where everyone struggles to go unnoticed. In Kick Ass people don't have super powers there are no super heroes, but there are the bad guys the power hungry and the rest of us who "just exist." Kick Ass is masked by Hollywood clichés and gimmicks, but effective and dare I say subtly profound at it's core. "How many people have ever wanted to have super powers?" the narrator asks in the opening scene. There is something fun and awe-inspiring about the kill fest in the film based on the comic book series with the same moniker. Who doesn't want to beat up the bad guys? Matthew Vaugn didn't direct a movie attempting to just parody superhero movies. He made a movie in jest, to amuse, and espouse in us nostalgia, titillation and remind us of our own childhood wonder. Even Nicholas Cage is put to good use as Big Daddy; loving and dysfunctional Cage plays the vengeful vigilante father to his femme fatale of a daughter Hit Girl(Chloë Grace Moretz). And the lead role is believable and handled well by Adam Johnson who stars as our superhero Dave Lizewski—also known as Kick-Ass, the nerd turned vigilante avenger.
As the film progresses you get the joke, and the message. One of the best "super hero" movies I've ever seen. Predictable but pleasantly unexpected and entertaining.
The movie Kick Ass is unapologetic in it's gratuitous violence, cheesiness, and it is a cliché in every way. While viewing the first 35 minutes the movie seems to be the usual uncreative "blockbuster," movie many movie goers have come to expect and hopelessly pay for. The script is equipped with the typically, nauseating and rehashed plot expected from one of today's top major studios and film crews. Have you ever seen anything so unoriginal? Nerd is a nerd. Nerd gets tired of being picked on for being a nerd. Nerd also likes girl. Nerd attempts to kick ass. Nerd scares girl after breaking into her house by sneaking into her window. Girl Changes mind after nerd says I'm sorry. Nerd turns girl on. Nerd and girl have sex after girl reconsiders pressing charges and filing a restraining order. But this is the whole point, me thinks. Unlike the scary movie series, Kick Ass mixes sharp satire with actual thoughtful artistic integrity. And after watching the movie I must say, Kick ass was one of the funnest movies I've seen in a while. How? How can a used up clichéd plot, stereotypical paper cutout characters, and violence in abundance equal FUN????
Kick Ass shows us what would happen to Peter Parker if he were in the world of Facebook and social networking. The information age, a gift and a curse, where two girls performing bodily functions in a cup can garner global mass media attention in minutes, and where profound words can go unseen. A place where everyone can have his/her own broadcast for an outlet, to entertain to be heard; It is also a place where everyone struggles to go unnoticed. In Kick Ass people don't have super powers there are no super heroes, but there are the bad guys the power hungry and the rest of us who "just exist." Kick Ass is masked by Hollywood clichés and gimmicks, but effective and dare I say subtly profound at it's core. "How many people have ever wanted to have super powers?" the narrator asks in the opening scene. There is something fun and awe-inspiring about the kill fest in the film based on the comic book series with the same moniker. Who doesn't want to beat up the bad guys? Matthew Vaugn didn't direct a movie attempting to just parody superhero movies. He made a movie in jest, to amuse, and espouse in us nostalgia, titillation and remind us of our own childhood wonder. Even Nicholas Cage is put to good use as Big Daddy; loving and dysfunctional Cage plays the vengeful vigilante father to his femme fatale of a daughter Hit Girl(Chloë Grace Moretz). And the lead role is believable and handled well by Adam Johnson who stars as our superhero Dave Lizewski—also known as Kick-Ass, the nerd turned vigilante avenger.
As the film progresses you get the joke, and the message. One of the best "super hero" movies I've ever seen. Predictable but pleasantly unexpected and entertaining.