I CAN TELL YOUR FILM STUDIES BACKGROUND IS SHINING THROUGH :DD
The color-coding and visuals really are one of the movie's strongest points. I particularly enjoyed the ~subtle gun Warhol prints that Red Mist's dad had hanging in his office lol. I did keep getting distracted by how positively hideous Kick-Ass' outfit is, though I liked the nods to practicality and realism. AND THE FACT THAT THE BULLETPROOF VEST ENDED UP PLAYING A ROLE IN SAVING HIT-GIRL'S LIFE.
That IS an interesting point that the film also made, regarding to the violence and its portrayal (the skilled grace of HG and BD vs. the amateur attempts of Kick-Ass and well, the end result of someone always either getting hurt or dead remaining regardless). To me one of the most telling scenes was the clip of Kick-Ass that went viral and propelled him to his vigilante fame (again, a part where they violence was more realistic) and of course the reaction of everyone watching the footage/stream of BD and Kick-Ass being tortured.
The trope of a little girl being secretly bad-ass and killer is actually one of my favorites and there are so many examples in manga/anime that I felt positively nostalgic, seeing Hit Girl's character like that :D. The swearing felt like a part of the whole vigilante image and the fact that her Dad did treat her like an equal or a partner, but what just rankled was the usage of "cunts". The writers could have just chosen not to go there or subbed it with another perhaps more male-oriented pejorative and having a young girl use that just felt a bit like a :/ moment.
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Date: 2010-11-12 10:04 pm (UTC)The color-coding and visuals really are one of the movie's strongest points. I particularly enjoyed the ~subtle gun Warhol prints that Red Mist's dad had hanging in his office lol. I did keep getting distracted by how positively hideous Kick-Ass' outfit is, though I liked the nods to practicality and realism. AND THE FACT THAT THE BULLETPROOF VEST ENDED UP PLAYING A ROLE IN SAVING HIT-GIRL'S LIFE.
That IS an interesting point that the film also made, regarding to the violence and its portrayal (the skilled grace of HG and BD vs. the amateur attempts of Kick-Ass and well, the end result of someone always either getting hurt or dead remaining regardless). To me one of the most telling scenes was the clip of Kick-Ass that went viral and propelled him to his vigilante fame (again, a part where they violence was more realistic) and of course the reaction of everyone watching the footage/stream of BD and Kick-Ass being tortured.
The trope of a little girl being secretly bad-ass and killer is actually one of my favorites and there are so many examples in manga/anime that I felt positively nostalgic, seeing Hit Girl's character like that :D. The swearing felt like a part of the whole vigilante image and the fact that her Dad did treat her like an equal or a partner, but what just rankled was the usage of "cunts". The writers could have just chosen not to go there or subbed it with another perhaps more male-oriented pejorative and having a young girl use that just felt a bit like a :/ moment.