Kick-Ass The Movie
I’m quite a fan of Kick-Ass, as I’ve been reading the comics since the beginning. I finally saw the movie, and it was so close to being incredibly fantastically awesome. Just not.
There is one very important thing in the comic that the film left alone, which is the twist regarding Damon McCready/Big Daddy. All through the comics the reader figures what he says is true, and he’s really an ex-cop out for revenge against the men who killed his wife. But it’s all lies, he’s even lied to his daughter…he spilt up from his wife, took their little girl, and trained her to be an assassin because, in some bizzare way, he wanted her to have a better, exciting life. It’s very very twisted and would have lurched the film in another direction entirely: hey guys, this is what happens when you live in your delusions waaaay too much! But they left it out and Big Daddy is a cop out for revenge. Which is far less interesting.
The girl playing Hit-Girl is great, though. She’s probably going to be a massive star after this.
Doctor Who fans on the friendslist: do my eyes decieve me or was that Henry Van Statten playing one of the goons?