Kick-Ass

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Somehow, my radar missed this movie. I don't know why, but I knew next to nothing about it aside from a quick mention from streamweaver here (via his Twitter feed), and from jasondemotte over on Facebook.

Fortunately, my husband was interested in going.

Comments

[jasondemotte]

Hit-Girl easily steals the show and was awesome and I hope the actress keeps working because she really sold that role that could have easily been made too cutesy or silly.

But after that I loved Nic Cage's performance, in particular when he was acting as Big Daddy. This was obviously a man who watched a lot of Adam West's Batman growing up.

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I'm glad you brought up the acting, and I agree on both counts. Hit Girl could've been a running pint-sized superhero gag. She wasn't. Thanks to Chloe Grace Moretz's performance, she wasn't a joke. Aaron Johnson conveyed a sweet vulnerability and idealism that I found very believable; I thought Christopher Mintz-Plasse was pretty good, too.

It was nice to see Nicolas Cage acting. He's had some iffy roles recently. Overall, a decent cast.

I also liked the soundtrack.

[jasondemotte]

I almost feel bad for Aaron Johnson because he is supposed to be the star but clearly Chloe Grace Moretz is getting all the attention. And Johnson did a great job but for a good chunk of the film he becomes an observer in his own story.