Kick Ass

tony1kenobi

I waited long enough for someone else to post this. It will,as the title suggests....Kick Ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgfH5SOuWY

Saw the trailer a few weeks back and was far from impressed. While it could go either way at this stage I won't be holding my breath.

Fysh

As with the comic of the same name, I don't know who the intended audience is, because even the trailer suggests that it's going to flip-flop between taking the piss out of the core characters and expecting the audience to take it seriously.

It might somehow turn out to be good, but I wouldn't bet on it...

Kevtherev

Not much longer to wait.

Teferi

It's gotten pretty good reviews so far. It should be good.

DazMarz

When I first saw a poster for this in Cineworld in Stillorgan, I immediately wrote it off as ''From the makers of 'Meet The Spartans' and 'Stupid Parody Bullshít 7'", thought they were taking the piss out of more superhero films and thought nothing more of it.

Then I read a review in Empire....... and it got 5 stars!!! Wow, might be defo worth another look.

G_R

i think it looks quite good

here is the Red Band Restricted trailer

bigslick

Saw this last night at premiere.

LOVED IT!!! People have said its revolutionary and has tuned the game on its head. Dunno bout that but every person in the cinema liked it.

Story is great, and has some real funny pieces. If you love comedies, and u love superheros, go see this.

2Bv¬2B

Going to watch it tonight to make sure the reel is alright :D:D

Can't wait

Richard Dower

I'll watch this next Wednesday in Storm :-)

Magic Eight Ball

DazMarz wrote: »

I read a review in Empire....... and it got 5 stars!!! Wow, might be defo worth another look.

Yes the same magazine that gave both Transformers 2 AND Terminator Salvation glowing reviews. Empire is a rag!

Richard Dower

Empire are paid off to give crap films good reviews....it's all politics.

2Bv¬2B

Watched it last night, GREAT film, I'm sure cinemas will be putting up notices as it does contain a strong enough strobe light sequence which can be tough enough on the eyes in a large screen.

Hit Girl was my favourite character, the fight sequences were brilliant and the relationship between Hit Girl and Big Daddy is just hilarious. The last bit,

The buildup to the weapon that's used at the end was just brilliant

Basq

Been looking forward to this!

If anyone else was directing it bar Matthew Vaughn, I wouldn't have held as much hope!

No-one could have expected his last movie 'Stardust' to be as enjoyable as it was..

foxyboxer

The Empire reviewer was Chris Hewitt.
He notoriously gave Attack of the Clones 5 stars.
Haven't taken Empire reviews seriously ever since!

2Bv¬2B

foxyboxer wrote: »

The Empire reviewer was Chris Hewitt.
He notoriously gave Attack of the Clones 5 stars.
Haven't taken Empire reviews seriously ever since!

Ok, I don't think it was five star worthy, however I would give it 4. It's a film that doesn't appeal in any way to kids, if you like strong language, funny dialogue and some pretty good fight scenes you will love it. It takes vigilante to the next level along with your late teenager/young adult humor

Magic Eight Ball

Offer empire a tour of the set during filming and your movie is guaranteed a 5 star review.
Same crap with 'Ain't it cool news' and Harry Knowles.

talking_walnut

Is this film on limited release or something? It only seems to be in the Arthouse screen in The Eye in Galway. Was hoping to go tonight but there's only one showing and I won't make it to that

Evac105

While the quality of Empire has declined in the last decade I have to say that they've been pushing Kick Ass since early last year when it still had no distributors on either side of the pond. They made a huge deal of the picture and it's director/stars at MovieCon in August in London as well, giving it more time and enthusiasm then any other film there - including the 3D Avatar presentation. I suspect that Mathew Vaughans close ties to Empire may be responsible for some of this but it is a funny, original flick as well - not earthshaking but I'll definitely be purchasing it on DVD on release.

Basq

talking_walnut wrote: »

Is this film on limited release or something? It only seems to be in the Arthouse screen in The Eye in Galway. Was hoping to go tonight but there's only one showing and I won't make it to that

It's on in Sligo and they never show any movies on limited release, so I'm guessing it's a wide release... unless it's "Advance Previews" or something.

EDIT: The promo on this page seems to indicate Advance Previews this weekend: http://www.visit4info.com/advert/Kick-Ass-advance-screenings-March-26th-27th-and-28th-Universal-Studios/83103

niallon

It's Superbad crossed with The Dark Knight. Weird I know, but that's the best I can do. It's full of serious action, never taken lightly, yet filled with jokes, many of them as vulgar as possible. It does suffer from the nearly mandatory at this stage Act 2 lag a lot of action films seem to be but in all I thought it was a great trip to the cinema!

Not 5 stars though, 4 tops. Anyways, here's hoping it keeps Vaughn on the radar, I was disappointed to see how much he was being screwed around in the past.

Michael B

Been looking forward to this, going to see it tomorrow. Any more reviews?

Sleazus

I am looking forward to this one - because of the talent involved and also just because... well, it's a solidly deconstructionist look at the superhero on the big screen (I think that aspect of The Dark Knight wnet over a lot of people's heads and the film adaptation of Watchmen didn't make the dent it should have in pop culture).

Aldebaran

Just saw this today and absolutely loved it. The fight sequences are fanastic and it's hilarious to boot. Also, shockingly, Nicholas Cage is great in it, but its Hit-Girl who steals the show, such a great character. I expect some controversy when it gets a full release though!

][cEMAN**

Saw this tonight, and I thought it was pretty good. Admittedly there are a few moments in the fight scenes where i'm cringing, and others where i'm laughing my ass off.

It is far too much like a 4th wall spiderman until Hit Girl and Big Daddy come into it.

Nice touch with blacking cage's teeth out when he burns up

X-Calibre

Just saw this today and absolutely loved it. I've been losing my interest in action movies lately but this has just breathed a whole new breath of life into the genre. Perfectly balanced with comedy and action - the fight scenes were sending shivers down my spine

And Hit Girl? Possibly the most bad ass character I've seen in a film in a while. Awesome film

niallon

' wrote:

[cEMAN**;65132680']

Nice touch with blacking cage's teeth out when he burns up

I couldn't help but get horrible reminders of

The Wicker Man

however!

Does anybody else think that when

Big Daddy is instructing Hit Girl who to shoot/how to move etc from the chair that it was Cage's contractually requested "act like a nutter" scene?

tony1kenobi

niallon wrote: »

Anyways, here's hoping it keeps Vaughn on the radar, I was disappointed to see how much he was being screwed around in the past.

It must be awful having nothing to do but f*ck Claudia Schiffer.:D

BigAl81

Just saw it and much to my surprise it's actually good.

Worth a watch. (Just don't forget to turn your brain of at the same time as the mobile!)

Go Team!

Catari Jaguar

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Yes the same magazine that gave both Transformers 2 AND Terminator Salvation glowing reviews. Empire is a rag!

I liked both of them...:(

Kick Ass - best film ever.

][cEMAN**

lol just remembered

the ending where he gets shot out of the window with the bazooka, and wanting to shout out 'BEST....DEATH....EVER'

chin_grin

Yeah, this was mindless fun. End of. I mean there was a story somewhere....I think. I came out wanting to read the comic! Even though I know that's probably my soft head seeing the row of Kick Ass comics blatantly advertised at the end, but alas.

The inyourface advertising didn't bother me either (Apple, GMC, MySpace) as it usually does.

The only niggling thing I could find is that it loses pace in some parts. I mean I can't remember exactly. All I can think is Hit Girls' action scenes.

The bit, with the knife, in yer mans hand, twisting and flicking so he shoots himself in the head.....Beautiful.

When I saw Cage was going to be in this I thought I'd have to take him with a pinch of salt. He's genuinely weird in this, which is probably why the role suited him.

Great film, very enjoyable. Just remind yourself that it's based on a comic and from the same guy who wrote Wanted!

ziedth

I'm going to see this tonight,

It would want to be good to make me go out in this weather.

Penn

Thought this was a really good movie. A pure no-brainer for the most part, but still entertaining as hell, Hit-Girl was brilliant, McLovin was actually pretty good, the main guy's conversations with his friends was very Superbad-esque, Nicholas Cage was weird but still really funny. Overall, I really liked it.

Funniest part for me though,

after Kick-ass gets beaten up and stabbed, and then gets hit by the car, I could hear some woman behind us whispering to her friend "Oh.. he's having a bad day"

Greyjoy

I saw it over the weekend and while it was enjoyable it wasn't great by any means. It's biggest weakness is the wildly uneven tone of the movie. It starts out trying to have a gritty realistic view of what would actually happen if someone donned a costume to fight crime. It devolves into so much cartoon outlandishness by the end of the film that it becomes indistinguishable from any other superhero movie.

2smiggy

though it was a great film. most enjoyable i have seen in the cinema for a long time. hit girl was just brillant. i had no idea what to expect as i had not even see a trailer for it, just that a friend said he had heard good things about it and we said we would give it a go.

when he taisers the drug dealer i was thinking how is he going to get out of this !! and in comes hit girl !! brillant

BlitzKrieg

Thought it was mostly meh.

That it couldnt decide if it was superbad or the dark knight (as someone put it earlier) really worked against it I felt. Dont get me wrong there were some good action scenes and some quality laughs, but they had big gaps in between them were I just did not care at all.

fitz0

Saw the film on Friday night and I absolutely loved it. Cage and Hit Girl really stole the show, I think its the first decent performance Cage has put in in years.

His Adam West's Batman way of speaking had me in stitches!

A few things annoyed me about it such as

McLovins scene at the end

but overall a fantastic movie.

chin_grin

fitz0 wrote: »

Saw the film on Friday night and I absolutely loved it. Cage and Hit Girl really stole the show, I think its the first decent performance Cage has put in in years.

His Adam West's Batman way of speaking had me in stitches!

A few things annoyed me about it such as

McLovins scene at the end

but overall a fantastic movie.

What scene at the end?

The fight scene or just the "I will avenge my father" one.

That's straight from the comic.

I did think it didn't know which road to go down, the

personal torment of superherodom vs the predicament he got himself in to by becoming a superhero.

I don't think it spoiled the movie though. That, and I'm quite sure it wasn't supposed to be that deep!

BlitzKrieg

I don't think it spoiled the movie though. That, and I'm quite sure it wasn't supposed to be that deep!

I dont think its an issue of it trying to be too deep or anything. Just really long stretches of it being boring between hitgirl/big daddy bits.

JP Liz V1

Its getting great reviews even been called film of 2010 so far must catch it soon

chin_grin

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

I dont think its an issue of it trying to be too deep or anything. Just really long stretches of it being boring between hitgirl/big daddy bits.

Hmm. I don't remember zoning out. The

3d comic/backstory bit was very well done though

. I think it just cemented the weird relationship that they have together.

The

avenged death

is so much righteous then! Not just for the awesome action.

fitz0

chin_grin wrote: »

What scene at the end?

The fight scene or just the "I will avenge my father" one.

That's straight from the comic.

No I liked the fight scene. I didn't however like

McLovins mask and that bit. Mainly the mask more than the rest of the scene, it just stuck out as too cheesy and the mask looked like cheap plastic.

I haven't read the last comic but if thats direct from it then it didn't translate well to film.

chin_grin

fitz0 wrote: »

No I liked the fight scene. I didn't however like

McLovins mask and that bit. Mainly the mask more than the rest of the scene, it just stuck out as too cheesy and the mask looked like cheap plastic.

I haven't read the last comic but if thats direct from it then it didn't translate well to film.

I think it's supposed to look that way seeing that Kick Ass' costume is basically a

diving suit!

:pac:

But no, the costume for Red Mist is different in the comic. Snort!

Sleazus

Loved it. Awesome movie. Nicolas Cage is great - it's good to have him back between this and Bad Lieutenant. I was actually surprised at how positive it was towards superheroes, I expected it to be a fairly mean-spirited mockery - but Dave is far more sympathetic than I expected.

And Hit Girl, despite the public outcry she's going to cause, was incredible. And it was a great performance from an actress that age, which will probably be overshadowed somewhat.

cafecolour

Just saw it, was definitely entertained. It reminded me of District 9 if anything - not plot-wise obviously - but tonally.

krudler

I absolutely loved how

Nic Cage talked like Adam West when he was in the Big Daddy suit, his line delivery was brilliant

Liam O

Sleazus wrote: »

Loved it. Awesome movie. Nicolas Cage is great - it's good to have him back between this and Bad Lieutenant. I was actually surprised at how positive it was towards superheroes, I expected it to be a fairly mean-spirited mockery - but Dave is far more sympathetic than I expected.

And Hit Girl, despite the public outcry she's going to cause, was incredible. And it was a great performance from an actress that age, which will probably be overshadowed somewhat.

Me and my friend who went to see it both said something similar. Fantastic performance, felt a bit uncomfortable during the last scene but overall it was a fantastic performance and an extremely enjoyable movie imo.

must add I thought the music was brilliant too

homerun_homer

Liam O wrote: »

must add I thought the music was brilliant too

But did they really need to get Mika for the title song?

constitutionus

Sleazus wrote: »

Loved it. Awesome movie. Nicolas Cage is great - it's good to have him back between this and Bad Lieutenant. I was actually surprised at how positive it was towards superheroes, I expected it to be a fairly mean-spirited mockery - but Dave is far more sympathetic than I expected.

And Hit Girl, despite the public outcry she's going to cause, was incredible. And it was a great performance from an actress that age, which will probably be overshadowed somewhat.

she was fantastic !

so casual in her banter, one to watch that girl.

what i loved though was how it sublty tackled the core idea. IIRC millar wanted to show what would happen if someone really tried this in the real world and as pointed out kick ass gets his ass handed to him many a time

but hit girl is basically bat man and i though it REALLY came across well how the poor kid had no childhood. for some reason i felt really sorry for her as a person which i shouldnt considering how much a cliche that origin is in the comics field.

guess i just bought her preformance as a real individual

i have to say i really enjoyed this. seems millar is becoming a cash cow for comics to movies ideas.

ok its going to be controversial but it IS a 16s film and TBH ive seen worse in that category and hell the world could do with more films this smart. the more you think back on it the more you realise its doing more than you think.

Handsome Bob

I loved it. I really enjoyed the reality of the story, cliches were kept to a minimum. I mean I thought Kick Ass's first venture into

crimefighting was going to work out so when he actually ends up nearly dying, it brings home the great danger of vigilantism.

Hit Girl was absolutely amazing, yet another young talent I've seen in film over the past year or so.

The only thing I didn't like was the romance, too easy in my humble opinion, which is a shame because the rest of the film tries so hard to focus on reality.