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Klimbatize
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Exactly, FNJ. The most recent movie you mentioned was Matchstick Men from 2003, which was OK. After that nothing nothing on your list came out in the 2000s. It's been a while.
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Ermac
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| And I never said it was bad, I just thought it should've been much better. |
It was Kill Bill meets Superbad
The 8.5 IMDB rating gave me a good indication is was worth seeing as a low 7 rating can either be hit or miss.
I see what you are saying. There were parts I thought seemed out of place along with certain character interactions/relationships that seemed forced or weren't developed enough. There was a point in the movie the rating started going down for me before shooting back up.
It was satisfying overall and I am glad I decided to see this as I have no interested in Alice in Wonderland or anything else out right now for the most part.
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Syd Lexia
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Lord of War, also. And Werewolf Women of the SS.
As someone who never read the comics, I was really disappointed that one of the characters died. Really really disappointed.
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FNJ
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| Exactly, FNJ. The most recent movie you mentioned was Matchstick Men from 2003, which was OK. After that nothing nothing on your list came out in the 2000s. It's been a while. |
that's really just waht I was able to pull up off the top of my head. also, I assumed that you meand that he's never been in an interesting movie.
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Optimist With Doubts
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Cages real problem is he loves to spend money, lots of it. And he will take any damn film to keep up that habit.
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Douche McCallister
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I liked him in "Family Man" 
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IceWarm
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I just watched Bad Lieutenant-Port of Call New Orleans and I really enjoyed it. I have enjoyed him in many films. I kind of like all of his movies and even if the movie/his acting is bad it is still kind of good.
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Klimbatize
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Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
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I apologize for insulting Nic Cage's choices. I'm not saying he personally sucks, I just think he should be more selective. Raising Arizona continues to be his best work.
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| As someone who never read the comics, I was really disappointed that one of the characters died. Really really disappointed. |
Me too. I've never read them either but that just sucked. I was more upset by that than I probably should have been.
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Black Zarak
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Ok, I just saw this and overall, I liked it. It was as I had expected, more comedic than a real super hero movie, but it worked well.
Hit Girl was badass, Big Daddy...well. Let's just say I don't agree with everything Nick Cage was doing in this movie as far as acting choices went. What I did approve of was his glued on mustache extensions. Some of the banter between HG and BD was hilarious in just how nonchalantly they discussed things like $300,000 purchases as though trivial and how she wanted butterfly knives for her birthday. She really kind of steals the show a lot but it's always hilarious when she does so.
Kick Ass himself was sort of the non-successful Peter Parker which was pretty much how it really would be fighting crime as a troubled teen with no real training. I thought the fact that his alter ego was a dorky comic nerd mistaken for being gay by his Mary Jane pretty much was a good touch too.
As for Red Mist; holy crap McLovin' put on some weight! He wasn't bad either though, I kinda wish they had given him more time and development. I'm kinda glad he didn't just end up a half-assed Harry Osbourne either. Though god knows what will happen in sequel...
I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting, but like I said; overall pretty sweet. Now I'm of the camp who have not read the comic (despite Jeebus trying his hardest) so I don't know what's "wrong" with the movie version but that's my opinion.
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Lady_Satine
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| Black Zarak wrote: |
| I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting, but like I said; overall pretty sweet. Now I'm of the camp who have not read the comic (despite Jeebus trying his hardest) so I don't know what's "wrong" with the movie version but that's my opinion. |
I think everyone agrees that Hit-Girl steals every scene she's in. Though the stuff at the end when Kick-Ass comes to save her was freakin awesome.
Two of the changes from the comic I can think of is that because he was found beaten up AND naked, the rumor was that he was actually working as a gay prostitute. Also, she turns him down during the reveal in her bedroom.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
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I just rented this.
As with most movies I haven't seen, I don't read about them, but I will see if the general vibe is positive or negative from fans. People in general said good things, so I went in expecting only what I saw in the theatrical trailer six months ago.
I was totally unprepared for this movie. The opening scene definitely brought it into perspective with the guy jumping off the roof of a building. This was a dark, adult story about vigilantism.
Once I got my head wrapped around what it was going to be, I got into it. The film was fun, original and memorable.
I definitely enjoyed. I won't be reading the comics, so I don't really care how they compare or what was changed. I look forward to the sequel that this movie seemed to line up.
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FNJ
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
I apologize for insulting Nic Cage's choices. I'm not saying he personally sucks, I just think he should be more selective. Raising Arizona continues to be his best work.
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| As someone who never read the comics, I was really disappointed that one of the characters died. Really really disappointed. |
Me too. I've never read them either but that just sucked. I was more upset by that than I probably should have been. |
I was more upset that it was Nicolas cage dying.
I like the movie, but the costumes are awful.
How does this:
turn into this?
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