One question remains, can one put a pin up of purple haired "Hit Girl" on one's wall? It's a moral dilemma.
Just back from the Abaton myself. Kick Ass might be to real life what Bambi was for the natural history genre, but the movie did absolutely kick some serious ass! The violence was very "Kill Bill" like, so pointless, bloody but fairly clinical and strangely satisfying. Very cool one liners throughout, clearly aimed at younger (20ish) audience, but entertaining from start to finish.
If purple hair is your thing, why not. Where's the moral dilemma in that?
It's a thirteen year old girl playing an eleven year old and we're not in Japan....
Maybe it's a pre old lady blue rinse thing going on - yuck!
A "pin up" is probably a bad idea... this poster though you could probably get away with.
Went to go and see it again last night. It doesn't lose any impact the second time although the visual effects towards the end of the movie are beyond the "pushing the limits" boundaries. I like the banter between between the teenage kids in the comic book store. Like awesome.
Saw this film last night and recommend it to any anyone who is prepared to turn off their brain and just enjoy themselves.
I felt the movie struggled to establish itself during the first 45 minutes or so. It starts as a strange mix of American Pie teenage awkwardness, Kill Bill style gratuitous violence, Spider Man plot development, gangster movie mafia antics (bizarrely featuring two English actors from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels pretending to be american) and heavy doses of standard hollywood spoof. I was too confused to really get into the film.
Fortunately the second half of the film finds its timing and becomes a totally enjoyable romp. The violence is just violence without trying to be funny, the action is action without being cartoony and the one-liners are delivered with a gravity belying the 12 years of the unlikely female protagonist.
My only complaint is that I left the cinema brutally aware of my own lack of ninja skills.
There may be help for you with that.
I watched it with hubby and some friends on Thursday evening, I really enjoyed it (despite Nick Cage being in it ).
Yup saw it on Movie2K on the internet, quite good in a popcorn sort of way.