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What Kick Ass should have been

posted 15 years ago by ethanrunt
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Having seen both films in the last few days, I was devastated at how Kick Ass turned out, so when I saw this, with it's dark ending, constant realism and great, well developed characters, it made me think, how did Kick Ass fail at it all, why go for the easy ways out, the one note characters, the surreal action that culminates not in a mix of reality and over the top nature, but just pure OTT?

Well done to this film, funny, interesting, well made.

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[–] steiner444 15 years ago

You do realize Kick Ass is supposed to be that way, right? Not saying either is better, but that was the point of Kick Ass.

[–] omakenio 15 years ago

Kick-Ass is based on a comic book and it's supposed to be over the top.

[–] TehDoctor 15 years ago

Actually, Mark Millar claims in just about every interview that K.A. is the first comic movie set in "real life". So by his own statements, it's not supposed to be over-the-top.

[–] scion9 15 years ago

Watchmen had the same problem. Few realized that the characters didn't have superpowers, because of the stylized and OTT the fight scenes.

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[–] steiner444 15 years ago

It has a 12-year-old girl slicing off limbs and swearing. That's not over the top?