March 2, 201015 yr ERGH. Reading through and stuff, it sounds brilliant. Well I thought that at least, until I came across the poster Daniel posted that featured "Nicholas Cage"'s name :( I really, cannot stand the guy. Ah well, not gonna let one guy ruin, what could be a very good film fo rme.
March 2, 201015 yr Author ERGH. Reading through and stuff, it sounds brilliant. Well I thought that at least, until I came across the poster Daniel posted that featured "Nicholas Cage"'s name :( I really, cannot stand the guy. Ah well, not gonna let one guy ruin, what could be a very good film fo rme. nah i reckon he suits the role of Big Daddy, and the only film I have liked that Nic Cage was in is Adaptation, which he was actually really really good in, so maybe if the direction is right etc then Nic Cage doesnt ruin films, i'm pretty sure he will be alright in this, definatly wont ruin the whole film.
March 3, 201015 yr ERGH. Reading through and stuff, it sounds brilliant. Well I thought that at least, until I came across the poster Daniel posted that featured "Nicholas Cage"'s name :( I really, cannot stand the guy. Ah well, not gonna let one guy ruin, what could be a very good film fo rme. I understand your fears, but in the trailer the line he gives, "Maybe he should be called ass kick instead" or something and he gives that laugh is hilarious and any misgivings I had about him went out the window. And Mr Self Destruct how do you know Empire gave it 5 stars, is it in the new #250 issue? I know they have talked about how good it is, but I haven't actually seen a review for it yet. All signs pointing to this being one of the best films of 2010 Edited March 3, 201015 yr by Daniel{MKG}17
March 3, 201015 yr Author I understand your fears, but in the trailer the line he gives, "Maybe he should be called ass kick instead" or something and he gives that laugh is hilarious and any misgivings I had about him went out the window. And Mr Self Destruct how do you know Empire gave it 5 stars, is it in the new #250 issue? I know they have talked about how good it is, but I haven't actually seen a review for it yet. All signs pointing to this being one of the best films of 2010 To your first point, that's more to do with the script, i'm pretty sure that line is taken straight from the comic iirc, but i surpose it is how he says it, i definatly think he suits the role, no way could it ruin the film. and yeah it is reviewed in issue 250 of Empire, "If there's a more entertaining movie than Kick-Ass this year, 2010 is going to be a belter". Verdict: "A ridiculously entertaining, perfectly paced, ultra-violent cinematic rush that kicks the places other movies struggle to reach" 5 stars. really looking forward to it now, definatly will be seeing it release week. im quite gutted it's not an 18 seeing as i'm 18 4 days before so would be my first 18 movie.
April 2, 201015 yr Author Daily Mail review is funny on so many levels: Don't be fooled by the hype: This crime against cinema is twisted, cynical, and revels in the abuse of childhood Kick-Ass (15) Verdict: Evil Rating: 1 out of 5 Millions are being spent to persuade you that Kick-Ass is harmless, comic-book entertainment suitable for 15-year-olds. Don't let them fool you. Kick-Ass has been so hyped that it is certain to be a hit. It is also bound be among the most influential movies of 2010. And that should disturb us all. It deliberately sells a perniciously sexualised view of children and glorifies violence, especially knife and gun crime, in a way that makes it one of the most deeply cynical, shamelessly irresponsible films ever. The title character is nerdy American teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson from Nowhere Boy). He yearns to be a superhero so he dresses up as one. The trouble is that he has no superpowers and - unlike Batman - no money. His one asset as a crime fighter is that he can survive serious thrashings because his nerve-endings have been destroyed by previous beatings. Like Wolverine in X-Men, he has metal plates where some of his bones should be. The movie's central appeal is to fanboys like Dave, who will spot the references to previous comic-strip movies, and imagine that these constitute satire. Really, the tone of the movie is deferential pastiche. The plot is an unimaginative clone of Spider-Man 2, and the screenplay - by director Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, wife of comic-book enthusiast Jonathan Ross - conforms slavishly to the cliched norms of Hollywood action movies by working towards not one but two huge action set-pieces at its climax. Superhero: Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass Superhero: Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass As a rip-off of its Hollywood betters, it is sporadically funny, efficient, and well shot - hence my arguably overgenerous award of one star. The biggest problem of the movie, creatively speaking, is that it has pretensions to intelligence but is profoundly, irredeemably bone-headed. It starts as though it's going to expose the huge gulf between comic strips and reality, but ends up reducing the real world to the most morally fatuous kind of comic strip. A worthwhile satire on comic-book culture might criticise the idiotic way it uses sadism and voyeurism to entertain, with no thought of the social consequences. It would also lampoon the risible pretentiousness of many so-called graphic novels. Kick-Ass does neither. The movie looks at first as if it might satirise the era where talentless nonentities can become celebrities. But it has nothing to say about that either. Although it runs nearly two hours, there's even less character development than there is social comment. Our hero learns nothing, except that extreme violence against criminals is cool, which is something he thought in the first place. The reason the movie is sick, as well as thick, is that it breaks one of the last cinematic taboos by making the most violent, foul-mouthed and sexually aggressive character, Hit-Girl, an 11-year-old. Played with enormous confidence by Chloe Moretz, she's the most charismatic character in the movie. She may not realise it, but she has been systematically abused by her father, brainwashed and turned into a pint-sized She believes that her vigilante dad (played, simplistically, for laughs by Nicolas Cage) is a hero just as much at the end as she did at the beginning. Her attitude towards him doesn't mature, which makes her pathetic, rather than cool. The fact that many people who see the film are going to think she is cool is one of its most depressing aspects. The movie's writers want us to see Hit-Girl not only as cool, but also sexy, like an even younger version of the baby- faced Oriental assassin in Tarantino's Kill Bill 1. Paedophiles are going to adore her. One of the film's creepiest aspects is that she's made to look as seductive as possible - much more so than in the Mark Millar and John Romita Jr comic book on which this is based. She's fetishised in precisely the same way as Angelina Jolie in the Lara Croft movies, and Halle Berry in Catwoman. As if that isn't exploitative enough, she's also shown in a classic schoolgirl pose, in a short plaid-skirt with her hair in bunches, but carrying a big gun. And she makes comments unprintable in a family newspaper, that reveal a sexual knowledge hugely inappropriate to her years. Oh, and one of the male teenage characters acknowledges that he's attracted to her. Now, children committing violent and sexual acts should be a matter for concern. Children carrying knives are not cool, but a real and present danger. Underage sex isn't a laugh. Recent government figures revealed that in this country more than 8,000 children under the age of 16 conceive every year. Worldwide child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry. In Africa and South America, brutalised youngsters who kill and rape are rightly feared as members of feral gangs or child soldiers. Movies such as City Of God, Innocent Voices and Johnny Mad Dog have treated the issue with sensitivity. But in Kick-Ass, childish violence of the most extreme kind - hacking off limbs, shootings in the mouth, impalings and fatal stabbings - is presented with calculated flippancy, as funny, admirable and (most perversely of all) sexually arousing. The film-makers are sure to argue that there's nothing wrong with breaking down taboos of taste - but there are often good reasons for taboos. Do we really want to live, for instance, in a culture when the torture and killing of a James Bulger or Damilola Taylor is re-enacted by child actors for laughs? The people behind this grotesque glorification of prematurely sexualised, callously violent children know full well that they are going to make a lot of money, and they'll get an easy ride from the vast majority of reviewers, who either don't care about the social effects of movies or are frightened to appear ' moralistic' or 'judgmental'. The truth is, of course, that all critics moralise and make judgments, whether they realise they are doing so or not. So please don't be misled. Kick-Ass is not the harmless fun it pretends to be. Yes, it's lightweight and silly, but it's also cynical, premeditated and mindbogglingly irresponsible. And in Hit-Girl, the film-makers have created one of the most disturbing icons and damaging role-models in the history of cinema. ------------ not gonna lie i was laughing out loud reading this. will be seeing the film this week hopefully.
April 2, 201015 yr Daily Mail review is funny on so many levels: ------------ not gonna lie i was laughing out loud reading this. will be seeing the film this week hopefully. Some of my favourite quotes :D Verdict: Evil Rating: 1 out of 5 "The biggest problem of the movie, creatively speaking, is that it has pretensions to intelligence but is profoundly, irredeemably bone-headed." "Like an even younger version of the baby- faced Oriental assassin in Tarantino's Kill Bill 1. Paedophiles are going to adore her." "She's fetishised in precisely the same way as Angelina Jolie in the Lara Croft movies, and Halle Berry in Catwoman." "As if that isn't exploitative enough, she's also shown in a classic schoolgirl pose, in a short plaid-skirt with her hair in bunches, but carrying a big gun." "...And she makes comments unprintable in a family newspaper" "Children carrying knives are not cool, but a real and present danger." "Underage sex isn't a laugh. Recent government figures revealed that in this country more than 8,000 children under the age of 16 conceive every year." "Worldwide child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry. In Africa and South America, brutalised youngsters who kill and rape are rightly feared as members of feral gangs or child soldiers." "...Is presented with calculated flippancy, as funny, admirable and (most perversely of all) sexually arousing." "Do we really want to live, for instance, in a culture when the torture and killing of a James Bulger or Damilola Taylor is re-enacted by child actors for laughs?" Even in reviews they can't help but create paranoia and anger that has nothing to do with the film - comparing it to the Jamie Bulger case, saying paedophiles are going to enjoy it, talking about underage pregnancies and knife crime. Soon they will be blaming Kick-Ass for everything from murders to the recession. And when he talks about Hit-Girl action scenes being sexually arousing, says more about the reviewer than the people who made the movie :rolleyes: Also something that is truly LOL worthy, "It has pretensions to intelligence but is profoundly, irredeemably bone-headed" pot kettle black much :lol: Edited April 2, 201015 yr by Daniel Gleek
April 2, 201015 yr FUCK THE DAILY MAIL! I LOVED THIS FILM SO SO MUCH! Nicholas Cage was amazing in his role too! :mellow: (Asif I said that about HIM! :puke:) It well and truly lived up to it's name and KICKED ASS! :D
April 3, 201015 yr This was amazing. Although the little girl completely overshadowed everyone else, she was immense. :wub:
April 3, 201015 yr this has such great reviews in the newspaper, every reference had 5 *'s, impressive! People were talking on the radio about it. On my must see list. Edited April 3, 201015 yr by Jamieed
April 7, 201015 yr My college won a free screening to this film because like 460 people requested it, me being one of them. And I can't go to the screening because I have class. f*** EVERYTHING. I guess I'll just wait to the weekend and pay money, god f***ing damnit. This looks incredible, though. I have an inkling this an Scott Pilgrim will be my two favorite mainstream movies of the year, like how Star Trek was for me last yearrrr.
April 7, 201015 yr I had to laugh at Daily Mail's review. There are no words. Anyway, I saw this last Friday and loved it. If there's one flaw however, I started to get bored of the segments centered around Kick-Ass and wanted to just get back to Hit Girl and Big Daddy. Those two DEFINITELY stole the show.
April 7, 201015 yr this was absolutely amazing i was stunned by how good the story was and the actors were amazing the trailers dont give it justice i advise everyone to see this film 10/10
April 11, 201015 yr Author Definitely the best film I've seen ever. BEST ECER> REALLYT? EVEN BETTER THSN CLERKS? ugh why havent i seen tis film yet.dftjyiuo
April 19, 201015 yr Film of the Year for me so far... And made all the better by the Daily Heil getting into a "moral tizzy" about it..... :lol: :lol:
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