Right on the Money

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2012)

This movie really did hit it right on the money. It's what Kill Bill wishes it was. If Tarantino would have understood his material, he could have made great movies out of Kill Bill like Kick-Ass, but Tarantino didn't understand the material, therefore you get Operation Dog Dung with the Kill Bill Movies. But Kick-Ass has a story, it has characters you like and that you care about to where everything flows together in the right direction.
Kick-Ass has the perfect amount of kid action and grown up action to where Spiderman had the right amount of kid action but not enough grown up action and Watchmen(which was brilliant as well) didn't quite have the right tone for the younger viewers, which is actually fine with me though because I love Watchmen.
But if we're talking about the perfect movie in this genre, then Kick- Ass is almost that movie. The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises take the award for best movies in this genre, in my opinion, but Kick-Ass is definitely in the Top 5.
Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy had The Citizen Kane quality camera work going for it, and it had confusion in that classic comic book sense but it still lacked in story and was a little bit too much at times, but Kick-Ass has just the right amount of ingredients for not having too much or too less, it's just right.
Chloe Grace Moretz' Hit-Girl makes Saoirse Ronan's Hanna look like a sissy. Hanna could have been a good movie, but it didn't have the writing or the budget, but Saoirse was pretty good in Hanna though nonetheless. But Chloe Grace Moretz owned her part in Kick-Ass as Hit- Girl, and no one can touch her in the girl you don't mess with category.
Also, I was very impressed with Nicolas Cage in Kick-Ass as well. He hasn't had great part for a long time, for a very long time and his quirky acting and tone was absolutely perfect for his role as Big Daddy in Kick-Ass. Cage is terrific!
Kick-Ass is the movie everyone should see. It utilizes everything in the best possible way, from the use of the internet to all of it's characters, and it truly makes you care about all of them until the very end. A must see.