I saw this piece of shit earlier this year and was bored after the first 20 minutes. This is a dumb movie that thinks it is smarter then every other superhero film. FAILURE!! BORING!!

I have a feeling this film will be on your mind for a long while.

Thank you for those last two paragraphs, Paul. Millar only ever wrote one, maybe two, good comics on his own--most of the time he's all the way up his own ass and completely missing the mark.

meh. I'm a fan of this comic - so I'll give it a serious day in court. But that 1st showing will dictate if this is a see once and move on - or something I'll pick up on Blu-Ray to add to the collection.

While I dislike miller's captain america character, you miss the point when you say that he's badly written. He's actually written very well, if as bit of an thck, well intentioned asshole.

Similiarly, you miss the point of this movie. Miller is making the point that, yes, super hero comics(and heroes) are stupid concepts. But he's also making the point the he(and we) love them. It's all in the last scence, where the granster cynically says 'no one does that many pushups, kid', and hit girl say 'i do'.

The fact is that miller lives super heroes, just as Alan Moore did before him. But, like s lot of nerdfare, you need to be able to get it before you get it. Miller isn't mad about superheroes: he's just pissed of that most people, including the reviewer, just don't get them, and try to reduce them to smirking soundbites.

The problem, of course, is that it's not that simple: for a lot of us, superheroes are the modern logos and ethos. We like them, we look to their stories for hidden moral messages, and we get pissed off when they're handled badly.

Think of it this way: miller is a purist. He seeks to explore the essence of things, and expose them, sans their normal form. That is why he wrote a superhero book about super heroes who aren't super. I just wish more people got it.

The whole point is that being a superhero IS dumb and what they do IS awesome.

Stop the hatin.

Can't wait for the sequel - Kick-Ass II: Hit-Girl Hits Back.

Honestly, I took the film for what it was when I saw an ultra-early screening (which turned out to be the final cut): absurdist superhero film send-up as Paul alluded to. Go, shut off your brain, enjoy the gratuitous homages, laugh when your told, and just go with it. It's not a higher-brain function film. It's reptilian.

The scene of him beating up the guys outside the diner, right up to the "I'M KICK-ASS!!!!!" cell phone video bit was the best part of the entire film. That desperate nature of the fight I recall was just literally perfect and captured in a perfect nutshell what it would be to be a real-life superhero without powers or Bruce Wayne nonsense. That 120~ seconds is brilliant.

Also, Millar's best work ever was Red Son. Hands-down one of the best Superman works ever done. That and Hitman #34 (for the ultra-geek out there--remember, the conversation between Superman and Tommy on the Gotham rooftop, about the space shuttle disaster?), which may just be the best single Superman story of all time. Ironic that a Scot and an Irishman both can nail Superman better than any American has yet.

Saw it last night and loved it loved it loved it.

Saw it yesterday and loved the hell out of it. This entire review boils down to a few sentences that I disagree with:

"Kick-Ass is about how superheroes are basically a dumb, dangerous idea with elements of creepy serial-killer behavior, but it's also about how wearing costumes, blowing shit up, and kicking the asses of anonymous mob guys like in video games is totally fucking awesome. Those two ideas simply aren't compatible."

Those two ideas are perfectly compatible for anyone who is capable of any sort of complexity in their worldview, anyone whose existential milestones come in shades other than black and white.

@12: clearly you need to research your movie selections more thoroughly. And growing a backbone might help you walk out of movies that you consider "horrible." I for one have never sat through a movie I though was "horrible." Ever. Bitching about anti-feminist subtext in a movie when you lack the personal agency to fucking leave a situation that you hate is really sad.

at 1: obvious troll is obvious.

I really enjoyed this movie but felt like they were intentionally giving me emotional whiplash.

I'm not particularly into superhero movies, but I thought this was great fun.