Topic: Kick-Ass *****

[snowcat]

Why not? They're running a business and, tabloids aside, we desperately need professional journalism on the web.

They might be running a business... but how many indy newspapers are on the net? most of them have pretty good reporters  if they are gonna charge me to read the Guardian then I will stick to the indy sites...

[Najemikon]

Well, I don't even read a paper and use the BBC and others instead  , but what I mean is, imagine if you were running a business and someone said, hey I know, lets put all of your work on the net and not charge anyone anymore! You'd tell them to get stuffed. Magazines and newspapers face a very tough time over these next few years and I hope they find a place in the digital revolution, because print will always have more substance and discipline.

[Achim]

Finally watched the film yesterday.

I was very impressed/glad to see a proper film going around those exciting bits we knew from the trailers. Sure, the trailer is what got me excited, but 90min of that would probably have missed the mark by a mile. My friend was also very wary of kids being portrayed as violent (trailer), but in the context of the film it all made sense and he enjoyed the film as well.

Following recommendation from here I had waited with reading the comic. May want to do that now quickly and then watch the film once more in the cinema. I don't get that a lot, but leaving the cinema I had the immediate urge to see it again; last time this happened with The Dark Knight...

Kick-Ass:

[Najemikon]

Glad you liked it too, Achim! I was afraid I was being over-enthusiastic, but you and Critter have shown me I'm not alone and can embrace my inner geek.

Here's an interesting link. Jonathan Ross has written a comic called Turf which sounds pretty good. Obviously his missus is Jane Goldman, who wrote the screenplay for Kick-Ass, and apparently, Matthew Vaughn is showing interest in developing it.

http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2010/04/vaughn-to-jonathan-ross-turf.html

[Tom]

Following recommendation from here I had waited with reading the comic. May want to do that now quickly and then watch the film once more in the cinema.

I am eager to hear your thoughts on the comic.

[Critter]

Wow this movie is really climbing on IMDB. Yesterday it got into the top 250 for the first time and was sitting at 211. And I just checked today and it has moved to 166. Pretty good since a whole group of cinema s(I think 300 across America) aren't even showing it.

[Tom]

I don't trust IMDb's Top250 shortly after a movie came out. In the beginning all the fans are giving it high marks. After a few weeks it will get a more balanced rating. Though I hope that Kick-Ass will keep a strong rating as I think it deserves it.

[Dragonfire]

I was surprised that it didn't make more money this weekend given how positive all the reviews I've seen have been so far. 

[Critter]

I don't trust IMDb's Top250 shortly after a movie came out. In the beginning all the fans are giving it high marks. After a few weeks it will get a more balanced rating. Though I hope that Kick-Ass will keep a strong rating as I think it deserves it.

Oh yes there's always a great spike when a movie first comes out. I love seeing how high each movie gets in the ranking though before things settle and it starts to drop down in numbers again.
And Marie, I never really expected it to make too much, what with it being R rated cuts out a lot of audience who could see it. And also the fact that Carmike cinemas across America aren't showing it would take a toll.

[Dragonfire]

I hadn't heard that there was a theater chain not showing it here.

[Critter]

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blogs/a-pissed-at-the-fact-that?xg_source=activity
Apperntly it's a chain of about 300 cinemas across the state and none of them are going to be showing Kick-Ass.

[Dragonfire]

That would have ticked me off too.

[Critter]

Yeah I would be annoyed as hell, all cinemas are showing it in Aus and it has a lower rating here.

[Jimmy]

I don't trust IMDb's Top250 shortly after a movie came out.

To be honest the rating system of imdb worth nothing since a lot of people cast their vote without watching the films at all. I won't give any exemples but you know already the ones who pop in my head while I write this

[Tom]

I have already planned two further visits to watch Kick-Ass
Next Friday and the following Tuesday.