Was Kick-Ass Really Kick-Ass?

A super short and simple review

Review Opinion
By blabberingblatherskite - Apr 16, 2010 04:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Kick-Ass

I'm sure by now most of ya'll have watched the movie or have read a ton of reviews so I'm not gonna go over the story or get into detail. Okay so here we go, the way I feel about Kick-ass is the way I feel about X-Men, Jumper, and Terminator Salvation, it's good but not great, it really feels like this movie much like the rest could've been so much more. The only actor that really stuck out for me was mark strong, you could tell he was enjoying every minute of it, the others were solid too its just pains me a little that the majority coming out of this movie will say that hit-girl is the shit while mark strong will probably be the most underrated. I mean don't get me wrong, this is a fun movie and those of you who haven't seen it should do so ASAP, its just for me it was just good not spectacular, I don't know maybe I've become too jet lag for all types of movies or I can't help but feel that something was missing from this movie, I don't know, ya'll tell me am I completely wrong or just maybe am I on too something.

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KeithM
KeithM - 4/16/2010, 4:55 PM
You're completely wrong. It's [frick]ing brilliant.

You asked. :)
blabberingblatherskite
blabberingblatherskite - 4/16/2010, 5:02 PM
Thanks KeithM, I appreciate your blunt honesty.
KeithM
KeithM - 4/16/2010, 5:13 PM
I can go into more depth if you want, but from the tone of your review, I doubted you'd care. :)

Obviously it's too soon to tell the Stateside reaction, but I can say that over here in the UK, ALL the actors are being highly praised, Moretz most of all, obviously, but Strong hasn't been overshadowed or gone unrecognised in the slightest.

WE know he's awesome. Just waiting for the Yanks to catch on now. :)
Ven0m
Ven0m - 4/16/2010, 11:36 PM
I think everyone in this movie all actors were freaking awesome. I loved the movie that it was [frick]ing awesome and cant wait to watch it again.
blabberingblatherskite
blabberingblatherskite - 4/17/2010, 9:50 AM
@ KeithM, I'm always open to hear others perspectives

anyways I felt that the movie didn't make me care or cheer for the main character, I was always rooting for big daddy and hit-girl but the movie is called kick-ass so something's gotta be wrong if you're not rooting for the title character.
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 4/17/2010, 11:28 AM
Mark strong is awesome. I can't wait to see him as Sinestro and I can't wait to see Kick ass. :)
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 4/17/2010, 6:22 PM
As much as I loved the movie, I actually know what you mean about Lizewski. I thought that reading the comic too, he's ..a bit of a dick! They made him more likable in the film but the movie suffered whenever Big Daddy and Hitgirl were off screen. Still awesome though!
GoGoGadgetsBruh
GoGoGadgetsBruh - 4/17/2010, 7:42 PM
I give it an 8.5/10
the only problem I had with it was towards the end

**SPOILER**

the whole Jet-Pack thing seemed corny but that was about it xD
it was much better then the movies you listed though this one had a good plot and better acting (in my opinion)
my favorite part was the shop scene where kick-ass makes his "debut" and gets filmed
Hit-Girl was great
the supporting cast really kept the movie going
basically if you took hit-girl out of the movie it would have felt completely different
they should have went a little less Adam West with Big Daddy too
Aaron Johnson did great (he better not show up in Spider-Man fan casts though) :P
Christopher Mintz-Plasse did good but his voice kept reminding me of McLovin but he's slowly getting away from that....I loved the joker quote at the end too and i think he should have gone a bit more serious with the costume at the end of the film and should have just worn a suit and got a haircut basically just a major change but keep that whole "i want to make my daddy proud thing" going on
wow i wrote a lot haha xP
so overall its an awesome and entertaining movie :)
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 4/17/2010, 9:53 PM
Nice Review.

I too felt that the movie was lacking a little bit. Perhaps this was because my expectations were very high. I wasn't let down, but was certainly annoyed by some changes made from the GN.

All in all, KA was a pretty good movie though
topgooner187
topgooner187 - 4/18/2010, 9:24 AM
fantastic flick imo. very strong acting throughout the cast and kept me on the edge of my seat from that epic intro up to the epic finale.
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