I just went to Best Buy and picked up my favorite movie of the year for my Blu Ray player. It was only 22 plus it came packaged with an electronic copy of the movie and the regular dvd version.
As soon as the wifey comes home we are going to watch it, although I may pop it in right now just to see some of the behind the scenes features.
Did you also invent time travel? 
Yes. Yes I did.
(My birthday is 8/30 so when I went to type 8/3 my brain must have automatically put the extra 0 in there. Can a passing mod fix this?)
I wouldn’t piss on Mark Millar if he were on fire, so he’s damn sure not going to get any of my money…
Kick Ass came into theatres mid-April, left most theatres at the end of June (one month ago) and is probably still playing in the occassional movie house around the country as I type this.
Ever get the feeling that theatres are now just a way to legitimize the DVD and boost its sales as a non Direct-To-Video film?
As home theaters provide a better and better experience, theater profits go down and DVD sales go up. I don’t have a cite, but these days I’d wager a whole hell of a lot more people will buy the DVD but not go to the theater than go to the theater but not buy the DVD. Technology’s also progressing to the point where transfer from film to DVD is a relatively simple/quick process, so there’s little point in delaying the DVD release once the movie is out of theaters; every second someone’s not paying for a ticket or buying a DVD is simply lost money.
Who’s he and why do you hate him so?
The writer who created the comic on which the film is based.
Because he’s a hack and proud of it.
Just watched the blu-ray of *Kick-Ass * via Netflix and loved it! Lots of fun–I may have to buy my own copy. I was suprised to see on the extras that the director (Matthew Vaughn) was also the director of *Stardust *(which I really love). He also directed *Layer Cake *and is helming the new X-men movie. Sounds like there may be a Kick-Ass 2 if DVD/BD sales are good.
Already in the queue:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650554/
Be warned: Roger Ebert hated this movie http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100414/REVIEWS/100419986/1023
Spoiler Alert !!! Stop reading if you aren’t familiar with the plot.
[spoiler]He hated the idea that an eleven year old portrays a murderer without feeling any moral qualms about it. I enjoyed the movie, but he has a point. Most superheros try hard not to kill anybody and if they do kill anyone, they feel bad about it.
It reminds me of when I watched The Matrix on DVD with a friend who had never seen it before. We get to the lobby scene and He says, “Neo is killing the guards? What did they do?”. I realized he was right. These guys aren’t henchmen; they are just guards at a federal building. [/spoiler]
Saw it last night. It’s got all the cleverness of Stardust and Layer Cake (although I don’t know how much of the former is Gaiman’s doing; still haven’t got around to reading it).
Ebert is joining the ranks of reviewers who can’t separate their moral and political beliefs from a movie’s other artistic merits. Mick LaSalle of the SF Chronicle is another one who will give a 1-star equivalent review just because it violates his narrow beliefs. Oftentimes, Ebert hating a movie is a reason to check it out. He’s entering obsolescence, see his “video games are non-art for idiots” rants. Kick-Ass is 75% at rottentomatoes, everyone else can’t agree.
I don’t think that a spoiler considering it’s in the trailer, JoelUpchurch. The cop Marcus suggests to Nick Cage that he’s brainwashing his daughter, so it’s not like someone didn’t think about it. Some reviews or press I saw did question a little girl calling people “cunts” and such. Her character is so over the top anyway.
That’s ridiculous. He didn’t like the movie because of the kid, but he’s fully willing to separate moral and political beliefs from a movie’s other artistic merits. He gave several recent morally-iffy movies high praise.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: 4 stars
The Girl Who Played With Fire: 3 1/2 stars
Winter’s Bone: 4 stars
Solitary Man: 3 1/2 stars
Leaves of Grass: 4 stars
I Am Love: 4 stars
Chloe: 3 1/2 stars
A Prophet: 4 stars
Red Riding Trilogy: 4 stars
I could go on. Obviously he doesn’t let the moral failings of characters get in the way of appreciating all movies.
I don’t always agree with Roger Ebert when he dislikes something. Kick-Ass and Micmacs, two of my favorite movies of the year, got low ratings from him. But I’m not stupid enough to say he’s obsolete and not worth paying attention to. The man has great taste in films, so when he likes something, I perk up. If it’s something I think I want to see, I’ll see it. It’s if he doesn’t like something that I’ll decide for myself if I’m interested. He might be right a lot of the time, but he could very well be wrong.
Sorry for the hijack, but damn, dismissing the man’s entire current and future career based on one or two silly reviews? That’s harsh.
On topic, I adore Kick-Ass more than I can possibly convey. It will be in my Top 5 at the end of the year, for sure.
Some people have pointed out that Mindy didn’t learn the profanity from her father. Big Daddy always spoke in a stereotypical George Reeves/Adam West mode. It’s been specualted that Hit Girl got some of her inspiration from watching Quentin Tarantino movies or their equivalent.
If you use the “report this post” button, you can get a mod to do shit like this right away, instead of waiting until one happens to notice something five days later.
Yes, it’s okay to report a post for something minor like this. And yes, you can now report your own post.
twickster, Cafe Society moderator
JoelUpchurch, I added a spoiler box to your post – feel free to use them. The coding is [ spoiler ] [/ spoiler ] (without the spaces).
The way they portrayed Big Daddy in the film made Hit Girl’s profanity jarring. Read the comic, and see that Big Daddy was originally a very different character.
I am surprised they kept so much of Mindy’s dialog while changing her father’s so much.
Thank you. I wanted to do that, but I didn’t know how.