Pretty Good Super Hero Parody

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 2011)

The last or previous super hero parody I had the displeasure to watch was "Mystery Men"; I may be a William H. Macy and Janeane Garofalo fan but that movie sucked or at the very least had insufficient good parts to outweigh the many bad ones as far as I'm concerned. The rating, from the various source sites I refer to, was poor and the box office reflected pretty much that fact; it lost "mucho dineros".
Kick-Ass on the other hand was a pleasant surprise and fared much better considering thatwell, it's a parody. I wondered why it did, so a year after watching it, I had a second look. The cast was not extraordinary (except for Mark Strong being part of it), so I ruled that out as the reason. The storyline should have warranted a much lower attendance and in my case would be a turn-off. I pondered; then it came to me after a sugar rush: Word of mouth and early good ratings paved the way for it doing so well. In IMDb there are some 640 reviews of this movie prior to mine; now there's a fan base to be sure. Perhaps my review is superfluous, but since it is original and unique, I did not wish to deprive movie lovers from it. The well directed feature and professionally executed action scenes attracted a fan base sufficient to spread the word. It's a super hero parody that does not suck; therefore it's a pretty good one.