Now last week would have been the week i provided you guys with my review of Death at a Funeral. Sadly, i had my anime loving heart stolen by a certain luscious lipped Ghanaian lovely who pretty much distracted me during the last third of the movie. i will say though that the parts i did pay attention were not that impressive and most of the funny parts in the film were shown in the trailer. So basically, the movie sucked ass.....
Fortunately, this week i flew solo to see a pretty decent movie by the name of "Kick-Ass." This movie was directed by Matthew Vaughn and stars Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage, and Mark Strong.The film, based on a comic series of the same name, tells the tale of a teen aged boy named Dave Lizewski. Dave is a down on his luck geek who admittedly has no prospects other than his knowledge of comics. One day while sitting in a comic book store/lounge with a group of friends Dave asks "i wonder why no ones ever tried to be a super hero?" though his friends mock his question, Dave is convinced that with the right attitude and devotion it is quite possible to become a super hero. With these thoughts in mind, Dave orders a costume, two fighting sticks, dawns the identity of Kick-Ass, and sets out to be a super hero in spite of his lack of both superpowers and physical prowess. on his journey, Dave meets a cast of other super heroes and gets rapped up in a fairly complex situation that's much bigger than himself.
The story unfolds pretty gracefully and the plot twits and ideas from the comic are executed quite well on screen. To be honest i only have 3 real complaints about this film. For one, it seems like none of the robbers that Kick-Ass encounters ever heard of this wonderful new invention we have called guns. Kick-Ass seems to be fortunate in it that in every minor villain he encounters only wields a knife. My second problem is with the ending. The device used to solve the issue of the finale feels like a bit of a cop out. I'm not sure if this is how it was in the comic(as i've only read a quick synopsis of the comic) but to me it feels stupid and tacked on. Lastly, though Kick-Ass to me was an interesting character he quickly gets over shadowed by some of his more impressive super hero peers. One of which is an 11 year-old killing machine by the name of Hit Girl
Despite my complaints the movie was still really good. I'd recommend you guys go see this at a matinee. So let it marinate in the theater a bit.
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