Kick-Ass

[Furtherman]

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Another movie based on a comic book, about real life teenagers fighting crime. It's getting a lot of great buzz and Lionsgate just picked it up to release next year.

It's being hailed as ultra-violent and controversial.

If the standing ovation Millar's fans gave is any indication, folks who liked Kick-Ass the book will probably enjoy the movie. But even if the Kick-Ass comic wasn't your thing, the adaptation may still be worth a gander, provided you can accept the basic premise that a kid from our world wakes up one morning and decides to be a superhero. Vaughn's additions, and casting choices like Clark Duke as one of Dave's foul-mouthed friends, make the Kick-Ass footage funnier and more visually interesting than the corresponding scenes from the source material. And Vaughn's movie has more affection for the superhero genre itself, while still demonstrating how unhinged people would have to be to try it out for themselves.

You can see four clips of the movie here:
Kick-Ass Clips Revel In The Messiness Of Real Superhero Violence (http://io9.com/5329156/kick+ass-clips-revel-in-the-messiness-of-real-superhero-violence)

And I'll give it this much: that one clip had Nic Cage making me laugh for the first time in a long, long time.

[RhinoinMN]

For a moment I thought Dan LaRoe was BACK!

[TheMojoPin]

What I've read of the series has been entertaining, but I think only 6 issues have come out so far over the last year. The trade keeps getting pushed back.

[TheMojoPin]

Interesting choice making a movie out of a comic series that takes what feels like a bajillion years just to get 6 fucking issues released.

Will it be as fucked up and entertaining as the series or are we looking at another Wanted-retardation (THE LOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM OF DOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM)?

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[JohnCharles]

I'm gonna see it.

[KingGeno]

Loooks stupid.

Oh, and McLovin is there. I am sure we will once again see Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogen at some point in the film.

Nauseating

[TheMojoPin]

Oh, and McLovin is there. I am sure we will once again see Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogen at some point in the film.

Nauseating

I think you're confused about how these things work.

[Aggie]

I love how Mojo posted in a thread and forgot about it so he started a new thread.

[TheMojoPin]

You can see four clips of the movie here:
Kick-Ass Clips Revel In The Messiness Of Real Superhero Violence (http://io9.com/5329156/kick+ass-clips-revel-in-the-messiness-of-real-superhero-violence)

And I'll give it this much: that one clip had Nic Cage making me laugh for the first time in a long, long time.

I guess I should have actually watched these clips when you first posted them. Good to see they're sticking to the really screwed-up, stupid nature of the series.

[TheMojoPin]

I love how Mojo posted in a thread and forgot about it so he started a new thread.

It's senility.

[Aggie]

It's senility.

What does not being able to have kids have anything to do with this? That's a plus though, the world is safe.

[TheMojoPin]

What does not being able to have kids have anything to do with this? That's a plus though, the world is safe.

Oh, it's too late for that. I've got eight of them running around out there somewhere, unleashed.

[Aggie]

Oh, it's too late for that. I've got eight of them running around out there somewhere, unleashed.

You're really John Gosslin? Douche.

[TheMojoPin]

You're really John Gosslin? Douche.

Is that guy Asian or just really tired?

[mikeyboy]

Oh, it's too late for that. I've got eight of them running around out there somewhere, unleashed.

I'll bet they all look like this

http://www.best-horror-movies.com/image-files/the-omen-damien-crosses.jpg

[Doctor Manhattan]

Another movie based on a comic book, about real life teenagers fighting crime. It's getting a lot of great buzz and Lionsgate just picked it up to release next year.

Then I will not be seeing this movie!:dry:

[KingGeno]

I know this is a comic book series, but I haven't heard much about it until this trailer. Keep in mind it is Red Band, and NSFW.

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[Fallon]

WTF, I want to see that.

[KingGeno]

Kill Bill with Kids

[hammersavage]

that trailer is fantastic

[TripleSkeet]

Definitely have to see this movie.

[drusilla]

can not wait for this to come out. so excited!

[Furtherman]

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[Furtherman]

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[Gerald]

Foul language isn't funny and action violence isn't exciting just because both are being incorporated into a narrative by kids. Wow, a little girl saying 'cunt,' the wheel of black humor has been reinvented! I really hope the story here is strong enough to sustain or overcome what I'm perceiving as gimmickry run amok. One of my biggest pet peeves in movies is when I'm forced to accept the surface value coolness of kids saying or doing outrageous, adult-associated things just for a cheap, "Oh no they didn't!" shock factor. Superhero movies were already lame enough without the formula wrinkle of villains being physically overpowered by sassy kids. I can't trust any Kick-Ass reaction I encounter online when it opens, because a lot of people out there seemingly made up their minds way in advance that they're going to go bananas over it. I hope I'm wrong, because I'd rather geek out over a movie than be annoyed by it, but I have a suspicion a lot of the orgasmic praise from the early screenings has more to do with people in this age of marketing saturation watching it with no expectations or preconceived notions.

[lleeder]

Foul language isn't funny and action violence isn't exciting just because both are being incorporated into a narrative by kids. Wow, a little girl saying 'cunt,' the wheel of black humor has been reinvented! I really hope the story here is strong enough to sustain or overcome what I'm perceiving as gimmickry run amok. One of my biggest pet peeves in movies is when I'm forced to accept the surface value coolness of kids saying or doing outrageous, adult-associated things just for a cheap, "Oh no they didn't!" shock factor. Superhero movies were already lame enough without the formula wrinkle of villains being physically overpowered by sassy kids. I can't trust any Kick-Ass reaction I encounter online when it opens, because a lot of people out there seemingly made up their minds way in advance that they're going to go bananas over it. I hope I'm wrong, because I'd rather geek out over a movie than be annoyed by it, but I have a suspicion a lot of the orgasmic praise from the early screenings has more to do with people in this age of marketing saturation watching it with no expectations or preconceived notions.

So you're saying this movie looks like it...KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!??????????????????????????

[TripleSkeet]

Foul language isn't funny and action violence isn't exciting just because both are being incorporated into a narrative by kids. Wow, a little girl saying 'cunt,' the wheel of black humor has been reinvented! I really hope the story here is strong enough to sustain or overcome what I'm perceiving as gimmickry run amok. One of my biggest pet peeves in movies is when I'm forced to accept the surface value coolness of kids saying or doing outrageous, adult-associated things just for a cheap, "Oh no they didn't!" shock factor. Superhero movies were already lame enough without the formula wrinkle of villains being physically overpowered by sassy kids. I can't trust any Kick-Ass reaction I encounter online when it opens, because a lot of people out there seemingly made up their minds way in advance that they're going to go bananas over it. I hope I'm wrong, because I'd rather geek out over a movie than be annoyed by it, but I have a suspicion a lot of the orgasmic praise from the early screenings has more to do with people in this age of marketing saturation watching it with no expectations or preconceived notions.

You must be the most annoying person in the world to watch a movie with.