Not a Superhero Film

Rating: 5/10 (18 April 2010)

Kick Ass is going to be one of those movies where audiences differ at both ends of the spectrum.
This movie is super hyped by the media and sitting in the theater I could not see why it has the hype. Someone wrote on IMDb "This movie is laugh out loud where I missed things and have to go back and see it again". I did not laugh one single time in this film. I was starting to wonder if I just didn't get the movie, but after 40 minutes I noticed that no one else in the theater was laughing either. I guess no one got it. As I left the theater, I was behind a couple and the man said "this was a a waste of time." I have to agree with that statement.
I thought about it and I believe that this movie is as dull, uninspired, unimaginative and as boring as Napolean Dynamite. I think if you are a fan of Napolean Dynamite then you would enjoy this film. For those of us who are older, I do not see you liking this movie. The acting is so bland that it reminds you of the times when Saturday Night Live tried to take a 30 second skit and make a full length movie out of it. The movie is advertised as a Superhero wannabe--it isn't. This movie is about vigilante justice--it is mass murder by the "good guys" on an extreme level. The one good point of the film can also be considered a great example of a kind of child abuse. The 10 year old character is the best part of the movie, yet the director decided that she should continually spout the F-bomb and the big C. Was that necessary? No--it had no impact on the film whatsoever.
I would not recommend this movie, but that is why we all have different tastes--because I know others enjoyed it a lot.