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Kick-Ass
Was fucking awesome! Go see it!
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Agreed. Some significant departures from the book, but since Millar and Romita Jr were exec producers I have a feeling that those departures may have
been partially their ideas.
Insanely fun, insanely funny, insanely violent. Though, violence wise, tame compared to the book and tame compared to movies like Kill Bill and Ninja
Assassin. Violence along those lines, just not nearly as graphic. By the "controversy" you'd think it was though.
Hit Girl is awesome.
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Yeah, They pulled off Hit Girl VERY well! I was afraid she was either A) going to be toned down ALOT more and / or B) She would come off as just
corny. NEITHER was the case. Nic Cage was hilarious and the father / daughter conection / story line was played very well.
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Saw this last night. Definitely enjoyed it.
Support the arts, shoot a rapper.
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I usually hate Nic Cage with a passion... but I think he was perfect for this one. At least the way it was played. I don't think he could've been Big
Daddy if it were toned with less humor like the book.
I was surprised they didn't give us the twists that the book does, but I can see why and I wasn't disappointed by them at all. I don't want to spoil
either the book or the movie for anyone, so I'm not going to go there.
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ill have to check it out!
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just got home from seeing it and it was awesome! I would totally see it again!
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
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YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
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Heading to see it in a few myself.
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i might see this later this week if i take a half day
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
just got home from seeing it and it was awesome! I would totally see it again!
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Yeah, I wanna see it again. Have you checked out the comic books?
Here is a download link for the comic but you need a CBR (Comic Book Reader) to view it.
Kick-Ass Book 1 (issues 1-8)
http://rapidshare.com/files/370500454/KAB1.rar
Comic Book Reader Program
http://download.cnet.com/CDisplay-Image-Display/3000-18488_4...
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I sat and read the hardcover collection Thursday at Borders. Such a great comic, way more brutal than the movie I have to say.
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I read the comic, but missed issue #7... the comic shop I go to is suposed to get me a copy soon though,
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
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YOUR FRIEND,
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Kick ass kicked ass.
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Normally I'd be a little miffed at film departures from the comic source material... and Kick-Ass the movie does so in some seriously significant
ways. Far more significant that most other comic book movies. Ways that change the story completely. Oddly, totally acceptable for me. It wasn't like
the major change to Watchmen, which none the less did not change the story. What is changed in Kick-Ass changes everything, but it's totally
acceptable to me because it seems to me it's a direction that Millar and Romita JR wanted to explore and thus the movie is a sort of "what if" for the
comic.
That might be different if Millar and Romita JR weren't Exec Producers, and knowing that this thing was made independently without studio support or
interference... I have a feeling that Millar and Romita had plenty of input on those decisions.
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I really need to get hold of the comic, the movie was fucking great.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
I really need to get hold of the comic, the movie was fucking great. |
See my previous post...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XnMeX
| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
I really need to get hold of the comic, the movie was fucking great. |
See my previous post... |
I tried, but it doesn't appear to be mac friendly software... thanks though!
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Oh, think I found a Comic Viewer program that will work, now I just hafta see if the comic itself will work for me...
Here's the one I'm trying out for anyone else on a mac that wants to try...
http://download.cnet.com/3001-18488_4-127536.html?spi=69f425...
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Turns out I didn't need the Viewer/Reader thing, the program on my mac called Preview works just fine and the Viewer I downloaded didn't work at all.
The comic is awesome though, thanks xnMex
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a cbr is pretty much just a zip file, if you "unzip" it there will be a .jpg for each page of the comic.
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No problem!
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