Seriously, I haven’t had so much fun at the movies in ages. I had very low expectations and was totally blown away. When I first heard of it a few weeks ago I thought, stupid ass kid pretends to be a superhero - Apatow-type funny dorky kid thing yet again. But it is so much more than that.
I know it doesn’t open in the US yet, so I won’t give anything away. I will say that the little girl is amazing - can’t even begin to say how much she steals the show. Just unbelievably cool and has all the best lines. And perhaps even more surprisingly, Nic Cage doesn’t suck. He’s actually pretty good, and contrary to the last 5-6 paycheck movies he’s done, he really seems to care about this role.
I am about the furthest thing from a comic book geek and yet I loved it. Bear in mind, it certainly isn’t for everyone - and it definitely isn’t for the kiddies. But it’s a hell of a lot of fun.
All I want to know about the movie is how much butterfly knife action there is. Lots? Or is the half second of action in the trailer really just a tease?
I have only seen the short trailers that are on TV, but I do have a crush on that girl. And that was before it was pointed out to me that she utilizes said awesome knife. If I go watch the movie, I am pretty sure my heart will belong to her if she is as much of the show-stealer you make her out to be.
And lemme tell you right now, if you want to try and get her attention, you have to go through me first and I will put up one hell of a fight.
Let that be a warning to anyone else reading this thread also.
Why does this message board not have a “big tough guy” smilie? Well just imagine me being all big and tough with my just puffed out!
Heh. There’s a funny line late in the movie - one of the dorks says to the other, “I think I’m in love with her”. The other says, “She’s like 11 years old, dude.” The first guys says, “I’ll wait!”
She is seriously adorable and her delivery is awesome - just be prepared to wait 7-8 years before you chase her down.
Lalalala I can hear you leander lalalala nope can’t hear a thing lalalala!
gaffa: Jesus christ, she is like 11! Not that I heard anyone telling me she was.
On a note significant to probably no one here, it’s pretty awesome they name a very specific, real life knife. A knife that is pretty much the standard knife to own among butterfly knife enthusiasts.
Glad to hear it! I’m seriously thinking of going to the late night show this Thursday, which wouldn’t be a problem, except that I’m back on days. I miss working nights. I could go to Midnight shows and it didn’t matter what time I got home.
**[gloat]**My prognosticating skills are working well. I said this in January:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, while not a massive hit (and only 54% on Rotten Tomatoes), made back more than triple its budget. Ha! And she’s responded to me several times on Twitter. Yay! [/gloat]
Check it out. She responds to just about everybody! She won’t be able to do that too much longer. She has 2,411 Followers. Watch that number explode in the coming weeks! Get your maybe-will-be-responded-to comment in quick, before Friday.
She was amused and responded to some comments I made about her getting stopped and searched at the airport twice(!) in one week. I even started a thread about it here on the Dope but I got smacked down. I thought it was an interesting story anyway. It would have gotten a lot of publicity if it had happened after Kick-Ass comes out, assuming Kick-Ass will be as popular and famous as I think it will be, but then, nobody cared.
If Kick-Ass is a hit in the States, and I too think it will be, then this girl will be a huge star.
Reminds me a bit of Natalie Portman in The Professional, though I think this film will certainly be a lot bigger and Chloe’s performance is even better (!)
Judging by the red-band trailer linked to above, um, yeah - by the bushel, and in creative, bloody ways. Lots of profanity, too.
Wonder how this will be marketed - it’s an R rating but features seemingly badass kids; my kids already want to see it. It ain’t Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
The genius of the comic book source is that it’s a comic book about a kid whose life was ruined by comic books. Does this come through in the movie at all? Do the kids name-check violent movies before they get the shit kicked out of them?
I was surprised when I logged onto the Dope hoping to find a thread on this film to rave about it and there wasn’t one! Kick Ass certainly does kick ass, I too went in with fairly low expectations and was blown away by it. I might even go and see it again, which I almost never do any more.
Favourite line is Moretz saying “Hey cunts”.
Martini Enfield - it’s a 15 here so not really what I’d call a kids movie.
But would a 10 year old girl who’s focused on comic books and martial arts enjoy it and not be freaked out by it? That’s the question that confronts me.
What I’m trying to work out is if it’s a Kevin Smith/Seth Rogen style comedy that’s aimed at the 18-30 market with a periphery demographic in the mid teens, or if it’s actually aimed at 14-17 year olds but still has plenty of stuff in it that an older person would enjoy.
I’m…really quite confused as to how this is even possible.
Even the green band trailers for it aren’t really kid-friendly.
Anyway…No, it’s not in any way, shape, or form, a kid’s movie. Even ignoring Kick Ass himself, Red Mist, and Big Daddy, and focusing on Hit-Girl - she swears like a fucking sailor, kills people in Tarantinoesque displays of gun-sword-and-butterfly knife-play. It’s rated R for a very good reason.
I’m also somewhat confused as to how you can read this thread - which talks about, and links to, the red band Hit-Girl-centric trailer - and still be confused on that point.
The movie’s already being marketed where I live–and the commercials make the movie look (to me and my wife) exactly like a hybrid of Shark Boy and Lava Girl together with Superbad.
