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Author Topic: Kick-Ass (2010) Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-19-2010 08:27 PM                        Watched Kick-Ass on Wednesday March 17 at ShoWest. It was easily the most entertaining movie I've seen in a long time. Think of it as Superbad meets Kill Bill. At ShoWest, Lionsgate decided to admit the general public to fill seats not being used by attendees. Having the studio do this a month before the film opens is a bold statement that they feel very confident in their product. One presentation comment: it was a 35mm presentation that was slightly out of focus. The focus was noticeable when text was on the screen.  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-21-2010 11:32 AM                        At which theatre was this shown?  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-21-2010 01:38 PM                        Theatre Des Arts in Paris.  |  IP: Logged Justin Gorka Expert Film Handler Posts: 174 From: High Wycombe, England Registered: Apr 2006 posted 03-31-2010 03:48 PM                     Love it...hopefully will do wel, but being a 15 in the uk? Love the use of the C-word as well!  |  IP: Logged Geena Phillips Expert Film Handler Posts: 198 From: Norcross, GA / USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 04-06-2010 11:53 PM                        I am ON FIRE to see this (read the comic it's based on, if you get the chance).  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 04-10-2010 10:03 PM                     We have a new champion, folks! The Dark Knight has nothing on Kick-Ass and neither does Watchmen. Rarely do all the elements of a film come together as finely as they do here, particularly when it comes to a comic book adaptation and the inherent enormous suspension of disbelief which such a transition between mediums requires. Kick-Ass director, Matthew Vaughn, also produced the upcoming Michael Cain starrer, Harry Brown, and Kick-Ass presents a similar social commentary, taking place in a world of spiralling social degradation and violent crime, partnered with an ever-increasing passive indifference from a public too scared to act against it. Into this world walks Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), an idealistic teenage comic geek who decides that enough is enough and dons a not-so-super suit only to come to the crushing realisation that there are already crime-fighting heroes in the game who are so much more accomplished than he is. The performances are as deliciously ostentatious as the films lurid, colour saturated photography. Nicholas Cage and newcomer Chloë Grace Moretz are a fantastic scene-stealing double act as Big Daddy and Hit Girl respectively; their performances abetted by the affection which clearly exists between the two actors. After a multitude of recent misfires, it's great to see Cage's specific talents again exploited to the full. Aaron Johnson struggles to keep out of their shadow with his geeky portrayal of Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass but since this is integral to his story arc, this is hardly a criticism. The film is well deserving of its MA15+ rating. It's tough, blood thirsty and uncompromising. A bevy of bad guys being butchered by a foul-mouthed, super-violent, gun-totin' 11 year old girl all to the Banana Splits theme tune is stupendously and beautifully politically incorrect and, can I say, quietly awesome! But the film deftly runs the full gamut of emotions being also hilarious and tragically melancholic as the moment requires. Full commendations must go to Universal Pictures for not neutering the film to achieve an unrestricted classification for the sake of bigger box office. You'll laugh; you'll cry; you'll rush out afterwards to buy a wetsuit and desert boots. Kick-Ass is an instant classic. 10 out of 10.  |  IP: Logged Mark Strube Master Film Handler Posts: 322 From: Milwaukee, WI, United States Registered: Feb 2007 posted 04-16-2010 06:02 PM                        Anyone else noticing a lot of "jitter" in their film prints? Not the whole picture shaking, but different areas of the picture moving a bit independently of the rest of the image. I've noticed this on two different projectors, a Kinoton and a Simplex, neither of which have image stability issues.  |  IP: Logged Stu Jamieson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 524 From: Buccan, Qld, Australia Registered: Jan 2008 posted 04-16-2010 07:55 PM                     Nope, not here.  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 04-17-2010 04:00 PM                        CINEMA: 13th Avenue Warren, Wichita, KS AUDITORIUM: 14 PRESENTATION: Dolby Digital DLP/THX PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: God this popcorn sucks RATING: Three stars (out of four) THE PLOT: A psychologically deranged father trains his daughter to be a violent cold-blooded killer. Oh...and some dork wears a scuba suit and gets his ass kicked a lot. Wackiness ensues. "Kick-Ass"??? Well yes, it pretty much did. MINIMAL attendance, but I bet this thing does huge word-of-mouth.  |  IP: Logged Jake Spell Master Film Handler Posts: 294 From: Johns Island SC Registered: May 2009 posted 04-17-2010 07:34 PM                     Wow, what a great movie. I went in thinking this was going have me ROFL, which I was, but then I was amazed at how it had so much more, Great writing, direction and editing. Definitely one of , if not the best movie of the year. 10/10  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 201 From: Youngstown, OH Registered: Jan 2010 posted 04-20-2010 11:09 AM                     I'm going to have to see this, the trailer made it look terrible (both looking like a bad digitally-shot movie, not the case, and story-wise). It's hard gleaming tidbits of useful information from trailers aimed at attracting a teeny-bopper audience, ya know?  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 04-25-2010 03:39 PM                    Go see this movie if you haven't yet. That's all I can say.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Althaus Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: Bedford, TX Registered: Dec 2008 posted 04-26-2010 01:21 PM                     Just saw it last night. Very impressed. The trailers made it out to be another R-rated comedy, but it was so much more.  |  IP: Logged Elise Brandt Expert Film Handler Posts: 160 From: Kuusankoski, FIN/ Kouvola, Finland Registered: Dec 2009 posted 04-26-2010 11:18 PM                     With all you people recommending it I had to see it. You're right, so far the best movie of the year, and pretty much unexpectedly. I have to say minimal attendance as well, it's sad how quickly we'll have to let this one go if the crowd won't pick it up... a great shame.  |  IP: Logged Kyle Butler Film Handler Posts: 47 From: Belton, TX Registered: Jan 2010 posted 05-05-2010 06:34 AM                     Hands down, favorite film in a LONG time. Didn't expect it at all either. Too bad it's doing practically no business :/  |  IP: Logged

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