Missed the message but had the spirit of the comic

Rating: 7/10 (20 April 2010)

Saw this on Friday night and thought I'd have my hand at writing a review. Actionwise, the movie was fantastic. I couldn't have possibly expected more and it really captures the mood/tone of the comic perfectly. Of course, certain things like Kick Ass getting his balls electrocuted by a car battery, Hit Girl doing coke, and taking out all uses of the word "gay" and "faggot" needed to be cut from the movie. But what really bothered me that was cut was the message. The pivotal scene in the comic is when Big Daddy admits that his back story about being an ex-cop was untrue, and that in reality he only forced Hit Girl into her life as a super hero because he didn't want her to grow up hooked on American Idol and actually wanted her to be special. By elevating the two beyond nerd status in the movie, the parallel with Kick Ass is entirely lost.