Soft kick in the head

Rating: 5/10 (5 April 2010)

I purposefully try not to read too much about a movie if I might go and see it. I don't want to risk spoiling my experience by taking any preconceived ideas along with me. This was the case for Kick-Ass, I'd read some thing about it being something like "self aware" or something to this affect, whatever it was it appeared to mean to me that it was not a corny comedy directed at "the average" teenager but something a bit deeper. So I didn't read much more because I had decided that I might go see it. Admittedly this strategy hasn't worked out for me before as well.
Today I went to see Kick-Ass. Extreme violence perpetrated by a pre-pubescent girl peppered with foul language doesn't really impress me. The post-pubescent, but clearly lagging behind in the maturity department, behind me seemed to find these parts "funny", as did a fair percentage of the audience. I'll give the audience the benefit of the doubt though, often embarrassment is covered up by a burst of laughter.
Was this film that bad? No it wasn't terrible, it was just not very, or even much good either.