Ass Kicked
I was very anxious towards watching this flick, 'cause "Kick Ass" was a well written comic book, with good ambientation (the narrative, dialogues, scenario etc.), with an interesting story of a nerd/geek/lame and wuss student 14 years old, named Dave who, trying to become a super heroe, puts on a costume/spandex and goes fighting thugs and crime, he, who never had put his foot on a gym, never worked out before in his life, as you guys well know (I´m assuming that a good percentage of folks here have read the comic book). Giving a kid some moves on a comic book is something (the creative liberty in comics are way bigger and, for that, more explored than in movies - usually, when transporting the material thourgh different media, you loose some of the action, the fighting moves, but on this movie, and that´s mostly the good reason for a I´d liked it, the director and production did a great job), giving this same kid punches and kicks on a big screen is totally different. And on this point I think the movie is a big hit (inclunding Big Daddy and Hit Girl), because allowed the viewers to impersonate into character, and feel the same emotions that Dave felt, the rush of being a super hero without no skills and super powers and, despite all that, fight crime and stand up for some values (saving people, but he - Dave - was a bit of a nasistic person). As the concept of adaptting the story for the big screen, meaning the above written, I think the movie was excellent, all the scenarious, the conversations between Dave and his friends, the encounters with Big Daddy and Hit Girl, the action scenes (his first atempt as a super heroe, getting his ass kicked and run over by a car, the apartment scene) and the hilarious/concern relationship of Big Daddy and Hit Girl. What I didn´t like at all was: 1) probably not the most "A class bandits" in the movie, I think their lines weren´t the best and it seemed like an cheaper immitation of Punisher´s italian gangster enemies; 2) the last 15/20 minutes (the last action scene, including the way Big Daddy is killed - after Hit Girl enter the room, the fighting action sequal was so-so and I blame that for the unnecessary changes in the original story); 3) the background story of Big Daddy and Hit Girl (the writters didn´t have to changed their origin, it seemed to me that they only did it to give Big Daddy a little more respect, like, it´s not as a nonsense as a pretend to be super heroe, like Kick Ass, but that too was a good thing in the comic and reflected on the story); 4) didn´t like the actor who played Red Mist. Overall was a nice movie to watch, but there was some flaws that tainted the final product, but the shooting was good, the directing and the photography. Enjoy
