"I was just a regular guy. My only super power was being invisible to girls" - Dave Lizewski, Kick-Ass
I thought I’d give myself a shot to do some writing and post it here in Tumblr. I’ve had this account registered for a while now anyway, might as well use it to kill some bum time.
A couple of days ago, I went out with a few buddies, hit the cinemas and watched Kick-Ass.
To some, this would look like a lame comic superhero parody film of some sort. Most would probably think that it’s a Batman copycat just by seeing the posters at the malls.
Now friends, this aint a new Batman movie. This is a new superhero film unlike any other.
The movie is based from the comic series of Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr.
It follows the story of Dave Lizewski, a high school student who fancies comic books and superheroes. He had this curiosity that out of the millions of people in this world, no one has ever tried to be an actual super hero. Hence. he decided to be one, ordered a wetsuit online and gave himself an alter ego — Kick-Ass.
Although he almost died at his first attempt at crime fighting, he still pushed himself on becoming a real life super hero. To let the city know that a “hero” has arrived, he advertised himself by creating his own web-page which in turn got him a couple of help requests from the public. One of his heroic acts was captured on a video camera by a civilian, posted in on Youtube that made him an online sensation.
His popularity caught the attention of a lot of individuals — crooks, criminals, low life thugs, underground crime syndicates and well, a duo of crim fighting vigilantes.
It turns out that Kick-Ass is just a kid in a green wetsuit role-playing as the Daredevil. Big Daddy and his agitated daughter, Hit Girl, are the real deal, the pros of this crime fighting crusade. They came out of nowhere when Kick-Ass was caught up in trouble that could very well end his young career. Hit Girl, being able to brutally kill a whole gang drug dealers, saved Kick-Ass and left a remarkable but scary impression on him.
Kick-Ass’ status also caught the attention of a certain crime lord who thinks that Kick-Ass is taking down his men and interfering with his scene. Decided to give this ridicule an end, he made several attempts to lure Kick-Ass out and try to give him a dose of real life beat down. He failed, of course, at those attempts because it’s actually Big Daddy and Hit Girl who’s brought the beating down to them.
And now enters Red Mist, the son of the crime lord who promises to bring in Kick-Ass by portraying a costumed hero that Kick-Ass could consider a sidekick and a friend.
The phase of the story is remarkable. It just doesn’t focus on the “hero” side of the protagonist, but also the struggles and dramas in life of what a typical high school student would probably have — school works, trying to fit in and love life. Everything fits well around the characters and the way they were designed in the comic series are there.
The most notable element of the movie would probably be the character of Hit Girl. At most, she’s probably stolen the show with her astounding stunts. She’s an eleven year old girl who curses and kills like life does not matter. She also kills with style! It’s true that her character is quite disturbing, but this is just a movie, and she’s a comic character from the land of make-believes. None of what we see in the big screen are real.
Kick-Ass is one funny movie with the twists of superheroes set in our real world. This should be watched with an open minded approach and have the experience of seeing how well the film was developed without making it look like a crappy comic based show. The adaptation itself is good enough and does the comic justice. Although there were some scenes that got changed, I believe that these were necessary changes to make it more viewer friendly and can be easily understood by more people rather than just the ones who actually read the comic.
I’d recommend to watch this with the boys and share a few LoLs while you’re at it.
My score: 3 and a half bats
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