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It was ok

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In Reply to: RE: I confess. I enjoyed "Kick-Ass" posted by Jon L on May 09, 2010 at 11:56:05

I saw it at a matinee to scope it out as my kids want to see it. I thought it was ok but my problem is the mixture of genres. Comic book movies should not be graphically brutal in a realistic way. The movie was not a political statement nor social commentary. It had some cheesy special effects especially at the end. But it had some extremely awful deaths in the middle perpetrated both by the "bad guys" and the "good guys" with the "good guys" including an 11 year old girl delighting in a graphic, brutal torture. I have a problem with that. The overall story is just fine but it didn't have to be so graphic and creepy in the ways its was.
A similar movie in ways is Darkman which had sadistic parts but made them surreal in line with the genre. This was more of a cross between a teen fantasy movie and Kill Bill revenge brutal fantasy.
Btw, it is not appropriate for kids to see this movie.

Edits: 05/09/10

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It's rated "R" - Jon L 09:26:47 05/10/10 (1)
and for a good reason. Yeah, if you were screening this movie thinking "how would THAT look to my children," I'm sure it wasn't all that fun for you :)
- There are different kinds of "R"s and some people take their kids anyhow - Daryl Zero 14:14:58 05/10/10 (0)
  I can't tell you how many times I have seen people take small kids to R rated movies which are completely inappropriate such as South Park's movie (small kids) and The Cell. It makes my skin crawl. I have a daughter who can handle the words but there is no way she could deal with the gore. The trailers just show Matrix-like violence which is ok but there was some really brutal violence in this show which pushes it way past much comic book fare somewhat like The Watchmen.

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