Comments | roxybisquaint: When I grow up, I wanna be Hit-Girl

roxybisquaint

When I grow up, I wanna be Hit-Girl

Apr 20, 2010 01:49

I knew very little about Kick-Ass before I saw it. I hadn't read the comics, hadn't read any articles or reviews. I'd seen the regular trailers (not even the red band ones) and some recent talk show interviews and just thought it looked cool and kind of fun. McLovin, little girl superhero, Banana Splits music... what's not fun about that? Hehehe. ( I was in for quite a surprise. )

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the_narration April 20 2010, 06:30:42 UTC

I might even have to dress up as Hit Girl for Dragon*Con
You're probably about the right height for it. ;-P

Part of me is really curious to see this, and part of me is like "Another deconstruction of superheroes? Hasn't that been done to death for the last thirty years?"

roxybisquaint April 20 2010, 07:22:11 UTC

Yeah yeah yeah - superheroes don't really exist so the main "superhero" has no dark past, no special powers and he gets his ass kicked way better than he kicks ass. The "superheroes" that really do kick some bad guy ass are doing it for personal revenge and able to do it because they've trained hard. Wha-eva. It's just a fun flick :D

It's far from a perfect movie, though. I was actually kind of bored for the first 10 minutes or so because I found the main character's story a bit dull and the humor too obvious. But it gets better and, aside from the whole thing grinding to halt about midway through to quickly shoehorn in some Big Daddy backstory, it's a rockin' good time.

You're probably about the right height for it.

Hee. I know. I could totally pull it off.

Hit Girl HD Trailer tackdriver56 April 20 2010, 12:59:18 UTC

I just watched the trailer... it looks like a hoot, like "Wanted", done as a comedy. It's on my list.

Re: Hit Girl HD Trailer roxybisquaint April 20 2010, 19:15:27 UTC

For shock value alone, it's worth seeing, but it was a darkly fun movie with loads of snicker-worthy superhero references. My husband and I both loved it.

Re: Hit Girl HD Trailer spectralbovine April 22 2010, 03:01:24 UTC

I find it amusing that this is the second time someone has compared the movie to Wanted. Because I don't really see it, yet it makes sense they're both based on Mark Millar comics.

Re: Hit Girl HD Trailer tackdriver56 April 22 2010, 10:24:25 UTC

Fascinating. My observation was based on the gun-stunts in the trailer.

castellan_craft April 20 2010, 14:35:35 UTC

I've been wanting to see this for awhile since a friend wouldn't stop going on about how great it was since she saw an early screening at the buttnumbathon. She also bet on seeing a plethora of Hit-Girl costumes come convention season. Looks like she was right. XD

roxybisquaint April 20 2010, 19:17:37 UTC

Hee. Yeah if I expect a sea of Hit Girls at Dragon*Con, but I want to be among them :D

Go see it!

spinflight April 20 2010, 15:14:54 UTC

i heard the movie is a departure from the comics. let us know what you think of them please!

roxybisquaint April 20 2010, 19:11:55 UTC

Sure thing. I've heard the comics are a bit darker than the film, so I'm definitely curious.

trystanknight April 20 2010, 15:52:59 UTC

HELL YES that movie was FULLY AWESOME. Hit-Girl stole the show, much ass-kicking was had, and scary-tooth mob boss guy from Sherlock Holmes KA-BOOM.

That girl stole the show. Everyone knows it. They're all talking about her. She's such a little jewel, I follow her on twitter and she's so adorable you just want to feed her chocolate and then watch her bounce off the walls (not, presumably, killing people.) (Presumably.)

Anyway, I'm glad you liked it, I'm glad I'm not the only one, and the funny thing is - the film was SO well made. It had all the right homages and satire - Batman Begins, The Spirit 3, even the night-car sequence had a Michael Mann feel to it after the lumber yard burned!!! Beautiful, beautiful.

roxybisquaint April 20 2010, 20:15:52 UTC

The very idea of a little girl wielding weapons with such over-the-top action hero expertise and slaughtering all those bad guys was as hilariously awesome as it was disturbing. I was seriously blown away by Hit Girl!

I'm not a comic book person so I'm sure plenty of references went right past me, but the obvious stuff that I did catch was very fun and done quite well.

the_narration April 21 2010, 03:36:04 UTC

The very idea of a little girl wielding weapons with such over-the-top action hero expertise and slaughtering all those bad guys was as hilariously awesome as it was disturbing.
Heh. It might lose a little of the shock value for me, since I've seen a few works that went down that route before, but little girls killing people always has a sort of inherent incongruity that is simultaneously horrifying and amazing.