Kick-Ass Fights It's Way To The Top Of The DVD/Blu-Ray Charts!

I don't see why this movie got such great reviews, on the stand point of being like the book, it was barely the same. The whole tone and characterization was wrong, the personalities, the dialogue was just watered down in the movie. Big Daddy's death and the way Hit Girl handled her emotions had a much bigger impact in the book, and she actually seemed to revert back to being 10 years old hugging Kick-Ass after going on a killing spree to avenge her father. In the movie it was like it hardly phased her, she just moved on and continued being super bad ass regardless of the fact she's 10.

As a stand alone movie it was still pretty bad, yeah I was entertained with the action but the acting was pretty crappy. Nicholas Cage butchered his character, I'm sorry but you're not an actor if I can tell you're acting. I didn't believe he was his character at all.

I'm just glad I didn't see this in theaters this movie was just a waste of time for me, I really looked forward to it but it was a complete let down. I for one will not be seeing the sequel but I will be buying the next book volume.

Stumblin: I think the changes you mention were down to the fact that they wrote the script before the comic book was finished. Some of them I liked but the majority (the jet pack for example) I didnt. However, I still thought it was a fantastic movie and I'm really looking forward to when it's released here in the UK so I can watch it again! :P

i really don't understand how some people can really complain too much bout this movie. i mean at least it didnt come out something like all the other CBMs for example ghost rider, wolverine borigins etc.
and the comic itself has its let-down.

im glad to see an R-Rated comic book movie doing so well. R-Rated Wolverine Anyone!?

Stumblin@ you need to realize that you have to cut things down and change things in the overall story to fit it into a 2 hour movie. you will never get a word for word scene for scene adaptation of a book. it just won't ever happen. you have to change things to appeal to a wider audience. not everyone who saw this movie read the comic but they loved it regardless. you have to have an open mind if you're going to enjoy these movies. if not, you're just going to be pissed off and disappointed.

aaaaaand ppl were saying that this flick wasn't that successful and the sequel will go straight to DVD hahaaa love it! Can't wait for B2TW! :D

@deadpool hahaa right with ya dude! Loved Kick-Ass & IM2 was more like Tony being prepped for The Avengers than his own flick, still enjoyed it alot though! Nah, you kiddin' me? RR is too busy filming GL 2-10 and won't be available for any other acting position until WB is done with him ;P (sense my sarcasm yet??) haha

@Taboo that's cold! I thought every woman by default was in love with RR? haha

@Mass indeed. :D

@Ron dude. go buy it. now. haha you'll love it! :D

@JoshW well said man! @Stumblin what Josh said dude!

I haven't read the whole series, just flipped through it, but I was under the impression that it wouldn't have flown if translated exactly. Just too hard core. Don't we see Big Daddy get his brains blown out and Hitgirl take crack right before the last fight and torch a bunch of people with a flamethrower?

@JoshW Totally! This thing had a movie deal before the comic was even written. Book to Film comparisons are almost irrelevant. It was always intended to be a film from the get go. The book, as enjoyable as it is, doesn't really matter in this particular instance. Just my opinion.

So I have no idea at all what the comic book is like, I havent even heard of kickass until the movie came out. So I can say this as a nonfanboy watcher, it was a good movie. It started off good and ended strongly, and I for one really rnjoyed nocholas cages performance. It didnt seem like he was acting to me, it seemed like he was a semi psychotic old fashioned father. Though keep in mind that I have never read the comic.

Ditto to AUTISTICSPIDER.

GLFanboy - guess the real question is would you accept a character like Hitgirl in Nolan's Batman universe?

GLFanboy - Could be, could be, but remember, one of the reasons we could believe Hitgirl could handle all those guys is because we knew she was going to use guns and knives to KILL them. Robin, not so. When Hitgirl was finally in a hand to hand fight with an adult, she failed. Making Robin older would help, but still.

@Mass That's a very valid point. Of course that doesn't mean Robin couldn't use weapons and gadgets (he does in the comics), they just wouldn't be lethal. However, I also think that the realism of a child/teenager getting into losing situations like you mentioned could be something that could be integrated into the story and would heighten the believability. Let Robin get his ass kicked once in a while. Let that reality play a part in Batman's conflicted decision to instruct him.
Of course, I'm not trying to write the script here I just think that it could be done and done well. Probably a moot point though since I don't think Nolan has any interest in the character.

@Mass hmmm. I guess I wasn't aware that there were fan rumors about Nolan killing Bats. Interesting. Are they based on anything specific or is it just wild speculation?

Guess we'll find out in 2 years!

I was so glad to finally have subtitles, so I could understand what Nicholas Cage was saying half the time.

Brashlight, I wasn't looking for a complete verbatim from the comic, but I was looking for something that had a little more emotion to it. This movie was empty it didn't have any real pull, I didn't care about the characters, I didn't care about Big Daddy dieing it didn't matter. Big Daddy's character was a joke in the movie, Cage way over acted the part and just made him overly campy which personally I didn't think fit the character or even keep true to the book itself.

Like I said before, just watching it as a movie and not an adaptation it still sucked. It had terrible dialogue, the acting was pretty bad except for Kick-Ass he did a pretty damn good job as well as Hit Girl though she was a little one dimension too like the other characters. The cinematography was flippin' amazing though, the music score, sound effects were all spot on. It's the actors and writing that hurt this movie, it was just mediocre. Definitely belongs in the top 20 CBM's but hardly a top 5.

I guess this is just one of those things where the book is most certainly better than the movie.

Joshw, good point, I forgot that they wrote the movie before the book was even done, maybe that's why it just didn't fit right.

Got it on the PSN the day it came out, and am currently trying to get it on blu-ray (almost every copy here in Mobile got snapped up as soon as it arrived). This movie is pretty, well...Kick Ass.


@ GL Fanboy: Hell yes, a decent Robin movie would be awesome! While you're at it, how 'bout a good Teen Titans flick, eh?


@ RockNRollCC: Good god, I hope so! I'd hate to see a good movie get the crapper simply because of low Box Office gross...and crapper-worthy movies get a sequel, simply because a lot of dolts went out and spent money to see it in theaters.

@ conformist21: Well said, chief. Yeah, the 'good guy always gets the girl' can get a bit monotonous, but you're right...that scene definately hit harder because of it. Cocaine? C'mon, though...we got little Chloe dropping f*- and c*-bombs left and right...did we really need the snowskiing? (although, it would have been REALLY cool...)

Dang, I hate the title for Kick-Ass 2, But i loved the first film so i can't wait to buy it when it comes out in the U.K!