Kick Ass!

[Sofaspud]

I saw Kick Ass today.
It is... not a good movie.  It is, however, so bad it's awesome.  I laughed so many times my cheeks hurt, and I facepalmed so many times that my wedding ring left a mark on my forehead.  Nicholas Cage as a Batman wannabe is so hilarious I have no words, and he's obviously enjoying the hell out of the role.
I recommend seeing it at matinee prices, with a friend (or several), and quite possibly after having a few drinks.  If you don't catch it in the theater, rent it and laugh yourself silly in the privacy of your own home.  There is no depth here, but they obviously have a firm grasp of the geek and comic fan mentality and they play merry hell with your expectations.
A competent villain.  An incompetent hero.  Waif-fu that doesn't work.  Real death.  Really unbelievable life.  And plenty of humorous head a-splosions.
I'm gonna buy it when it comes out, because I collect bad movies.

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

[Sweno]

I loved the movie as well.

Especially for it's realistic depiction for what happens if you bring a stick to a knife fight.

That and the wonderful twisting it did of my expectations.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

[Norgarth]

It's actually based on a comic (I've never read it but I noticed a TPB of the first 8 issues in a local comic store a couple weeks before it came out in theatres).

and yeah, not a great movie, but an enjoyable one. 8)
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[Shepherd]

Not good? I thought it was great.
Of course, I'm enough of a comic geek that I love watching a good writer playing with comics tropes and twisting them into pretzels.
Kick-Ass is someone trying to live up to Silver Age superheroic ideals which don't work in the real world (as he soon find out) while Hit-Girl is someone living down to the over-the-top '80s anti-hero archtype (Wolverine/Punisher/etc.). The part where she attempts to get her father's attention in typical little kid fashion (and over a very non-typical activity) is subtly chilling and horrible, made even more so by the fact that her father chooses to speak like Pow! Bang! Adam West style Batman when in costume.
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV