Kick-Ass>TDK>Star Wars>Avatar

[Phoenix Dark]

Most badass movie I've seen in awhile. Discuss

[The Fake Shemp]

Maurice is easily impressed

Discuss.

[Phoenix Dark]

Maurice is easily impressed

Discuss.

It had me entertained and laughing from beginning to end. I wish I saw it in the theater, would have been a good experience.

And I liked how the score basically rips off TDK

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I liked it, but competent action films are becoming a rarity these days.
Still, pretty good, and pretty funny to boot.  I wouldn't mind a sequel, but its no great shakes.

And yes its better then Avatar.

[brawndolicious]

I liked it a lot but better than TDK? nicca please!

Exactly, it doesn't even need to be said.

[Ichirou]

:himu2

[WrikaWrek]

Cmon man...just NOOOoooo....

[Stoney Mason]

I'll watch it this evening just so I can come and piss on it in this thread.

[Diunx]

Loved it, I hope we get a sequel.

[Phoenix Dark]

smh a troll thread covering as many bases as possible (Manabyte, GS) gets trolled.

Kick-Ass WAS awesome tho

[Joe Molotov]

I haven't even seen it and I don't agree.

Agreed.

[Robo]

MacGruber > Kick-Ass

[Don Flamenco]

Batman Begins was a million times better than the Dark Knight. 

[Don Flamenco]

Batman Begins was a million times better than the Dark Knight. 

Such a bad movie

at least it had more going for it then "omg teh dark mature joker that justifies my 40 year old man-child love for comic book characters."  The Dark Knight was not solid at all.  Not to mention the ending was all cut up and anti-climactic.   

[Great Rumbler]

The ending and beginning did suck, but Batman Begins was a big pile of dog shit that you step in while wearing socks running around in the yard as a kid and it sort of squishes through the fabric and you have to peel it off but you still have shit juice on your foot and you're not quite sure what to do with the sock so you just hold it at arms length and limp to the hose to rinse off your foot while trying not to vomit.

[Don Flamenco]

The ending and beginning did suck, but Batman Begins was a big pile of dog shit that you step in while wearing socks running around in the yard as a kid and it sort of squishes through the fabric and you have to peel it off but you still have shit juice on your foot and you're not quite sure what to do with the sock so you just hold it at arms length and limp to the hose to rinse off your foot while trying not to vomit.

well, some of us like the smell of dog poo, A LOT, so that would be a positive experience for us.  hell yeah, dog doo doo.

[Great Rumbler]

EAT DA POO POO

[Phoenix Dark]

Batman Begins is not good, it's decent. The lack of a worth while villain OR super hero ruins it. Whereas the Joker manages to carry most of TDK. Sure the ending is lol, and there is much cheese to be had, but it's a great action movie and the best superhero movie by far. Most haters are reacting more to the fanboys than the actual movie.

but who cares about TDK, Kick-Ass is the new hotness

[fistfulofmetal]

All the relationship and high-school bullshit in Kick-Ass was not very good and it took up far to much of the film.

[tehjaybo]

I really enjoyed Kick-Ass.  Is it out on BD already?  If so, I need to pick it up.

[The Fake Shemp]

MacGruber > Kick-Ass

Agreed. I'm all about ripping throats, personally.

[Robo]

I'm all about celery sticks.

[Mupepe]

The worst thing about TDK is rewatching it.  The movie has little replay value and it's only made worse by the terrible pacing.  If I watch it once a year or even less often, then it's all good.

[The Fake Shemp]

I'm all about celery sticks.

This is where I wish I had an animated .GIF of MacGruber's smug face nodding in appreciation.

[Mr. Gundam]

Didn't see it.

Discuss.

[Madrun Badrun]

I watched The Dark Knight like 74 times.

wow you are right about your life sucking.

[CajoleJuice]

I watched The Dark Knight like 74 times.

wow you are right about your life sucking.

[drew]

Kick Ass was squarely aimed at serial GAF posters, so this thread makes sense.

dont forget the gunfags!

[tehjaybo]

I will have Big Daddy's gun room one day.

[OptimoPeach]

I refuse to watch a movie titled "Kick-Ass"

[Fresh Prince]

That's Arvie telling you that as well.

[ToxicAdam]

I feel bad for people that are currently 18-22. It's the prime of your movie watching years and you hold up shit like this as seminal stuff.

[CajoleJuice]

I'd say my prime was before that age. At least in terms of theater-going.

[ToxicAdam]

Yea, probably 16-20. I was getting high and watching dvds more when I was 21-22.

[CajoleJuice]

Yea, probably 16-20. I was getting high and watching dvds more when I was 21-22.

DVDs were around when you were 21-22?

[EvilBoris]

Kick-Ass>TDK>Star Wars>Avatar

> Stardust
 
 admittedly I have not yet seen and been blitzed by the supposed novelty (pandering) of 'Kick Ass'.. 
I've never really been stirred by Vaughn's pastiche output and his guy ritchie study of all those adrenalized shot/sound mix enhancements.
and aaron johnson... not hot

[chronovore]

The Stardust novel is much better than the movie. Movie is kinda pretty, but blows the main point of the story in rewriting the ending. However, Michelle Pfeiffer still being hot makes up for a lot of things.

KICK-ASS hasn't come out in Japan, I think. Possibly later this summer? Everything except James Cameron or Spielberg movies opens late here. Book of Eli is just about to open. Will pass.

[ManaByte]

Batman Begins is not good, it's decent. The lack of a worth while villain OR super hero ruins it. Whereas the Joker manages to carry most of TDK. Sure the ending is lol, and there is much cheese to be had, but it's a great action movie and the best superhero movie by far. Most haters are reacting more to the fanboys than the actual movie.

but who cares about TDK, Kick-Ass is the new hotness

Begins has a better focus than TDK, and better villains. Ra's, Scarecrow, and Falcone are all villains from the comics and fit the first movie better than turning it into THE JOKER MOVIE like Burton did.

TDK's Joker is just wrong. Joker is kooky/funny-crazy, not creepy-serial killer crazy. Nicholson's Joker is a thousand times better than Ledgers and Ledger only got praise because he dropped dead. Actually read the Killing Joke. They gave that to Ledger to read, but he seems to have ignored it. The Joker in that and just about every other good Joker story is completely different from what Ledger did. Ledger's Joker sends a bomb to Gotham PD in a fat guy's chest. The Joker in the comic would send a bomb to Gotham PD filled with marzipan and kittens. Ledgers Joker would just shoot the Jason Todd Robin. The comic Joker would tie him up in a circus tent, beat him to a bloody pulp with a crowbar while laughing, and then blow him up with dynamite.

The only thing TDK did right was Two-Face (unlike Batman Forever), and then they went and got stupid by killing him.

[Great Rumbler]

Batman Begins is not good, it's decent. The lack of a worth while villain OR super hero ruins it. Whereas the Joker manages to carry most of TDK. Sure the ending is lol, and there is much cheese to be had, but it's a great action movie and the best superhero movie by far. Most haters are reacting more to the fanboys than the actual movie.

but who cares about TDK, Kick-Ass is the new hotness

Begins has a better focus than TDK, and better villains. Ra's, Scarecrow, and Falcone are all villains from the comics and fit the first movie better than turning it into THE JOKER MOVIE like Burton did.

TDK's Joker is just wrong. Joker is kooky/funny-crazy, not creepy-serial killer crazy. Nicholson's Joker is a thousand times better than Ledgers and Ledger only got praise because he dropped dead. Actually read the Killing Joke. They gave that to Ledger to read, but he seems to have ignored it. The Joker in that and just about every other good Joker story is completely different from what Ledger did. Ledger's Joker sends a bomb to Gotham PD in a fat guy's chest. The Joker in the comic would send a bomb to Gotham PD filled with marzipan and kittens. Ledgers Joker would just shoot the Jason Todd Robin. The comic Joker would tie him up in a circus tent, beat him to a bloody pulp with a crowbar while laughing, and then blow him up with dynamite.

The only thing TDK did right was Two-Face (unlike Batman Forever), and then they went and got stupid by killing him.

TDK's Joker made three guys fight each other to the death with pointy sticks, shoved a pencil through a guy's eyeball as part of a magic trick, and burned up a giant pile of money. How is that not awesome?

[Phoenix Dark]

good lord, if you think BB had better villains than TDK...then there's no point in talking to you. The villains in BB are boring, not interesting, and weren't particularly menacing. And none of this "bububu the comic book" bullshit. The films stand alone, and it was Nolan's vision of the Batman universe. The Joker in TDK is one of the best film villains in recent history. Was he exactly like the comic version? No. But to use that as a negative is just fanboy bitching, and an opinion held by a small minority of fanboys.

[ManaByte]

Nolan's vision? Oh come on. BB is basically Batman: Year One combined with The Man Who Falls and the tone of Long Halloween.

[brawndolicious]

good lord, if you think BB had better villains than TDK...then there's no point in talking to you. The villains in BB are boring, not interesting, and weren't particularly menacing. And none of this "bububu the comic book" bullshit. The films stand alone, and it was Nolan's vision of the Batman universe. The Joker in TDK is one of the best film villains in recent history. Was he exactly like the comic version? No. But to use that as a negative is just fanboy bitching, and an opinion held by a small minority of fanboys.

Everything about the '"comic book" Joker was more interesting.
 
It's like manabyte said, he fucks with people just for fun.  He doesn't kill people because he's depressed and angry, he does it because he thinks it's art.

I think Ledger just didn't get Nicholson's Joker.  He wasn't just a nihilist with some bullshit anarchistic goal.  The Joker is even less human than that.  That's what makes him awesome.

[TakingBackSunday]

Nolan's vision? Oh come on. BB is basically Batman: Year One combined with The Man Who Falls and the tone of Long Halloween.

You got Long Halloween from Begins?  That shit is hardly present in the first movie, but is at the forefront for TDK.

[ManaByte]

good lord, if you think BB had better villains than TDK...then there's no point in talking to you. The villains in BB are boring, not interesting, and weren't particularly menacing. And none of this "bububu the comic book" bullshit. The films stand alone, and it was Nolan's vision of the Batman universe. The Joker in TDK is one of the best film villains in recent history. Was he exactly like the comic version? No. But to use that as a negative is just fanboy bitching, and an opinion held by a small minority of fanboys.

Everything about the '"comic book" Joker was more interesting.
 
It's like manabyte said, he fucks with people just for fun.  He doesn't kill people because he's depressed and angry, he does it because he thinks it's art.

I think Ledger just didn't get Nicholson's Joker.  He wasn't just a nihilist with some bullshit anarchistic goal.  The Joker is even less human than that.  That's what makes him awesome.

Exactly.

When Nicholson's Joker kills Grissom in Batman, THAT is the Joker. He doesn't just shoot him. He shoots him and then starts laughing and dancing around while shooting him some more.

[Raban]

shit>poo>crap>feces

jarosh

[Phoenix Dark]

The villains in BB were terrible.  That dude with the dumb name and that other guy who was onscreen for like 2 minutes?  Great.  And the bad guy's plot was lolworthy.  Really just a bad movie all around for internet nerds who care too much about comic book no one else does.

Also

Origin stories

bububu scarecrow

Seriously BB's rogue gallery sucks. The Joker in TDK carries the entire damn movie. Who cares if he wasn't 100% accurate to the comics unless you're a loser

[Mupepe]

Ask most people what happens in the last half of BB and I bet they can't tell you.  It's so boring and you forget it as soon as the image passes. 

[bork]

Watched Kick-Ass last night.  It was all right.  The Mafia guys, Hit Girl, and Big Daddy were awesome.  It was Kick-Ass himself that dragged the movie down.  The parts with him were boring, geeky-guy wants hot chick been-there-done-that scenarios. 

The best part of the movie was when

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Hit Girl showed up for the first time and brutally murdered all of the drug dealers at Razool's.

[close]

  I didn't read the comics and didn't even know the movie got an R rating.  It was pretty tame up until this part, and so the "surprise" was hilarious.

[chronovore]

I watched this last night as well, after picking it up from the same rental place LyteEdge did.

Also finding myself in agreement with his assessment: KICK ASS as a character was pretty lame, and I know that is kind of the point of the character since the first five minutes' exposition is entirely about him not being special in any way. The boy has pretty eyes and he'll probably do OK in Hollywood, but I didn't find his story compelling.

Overall, I'd say it was a little better than WANTED: Weapons of Fate, though it had a number of the same production hallmarks, and felt pretty similar. And was also based on a Millar work.

The real treat was Big Daddy and Hit Girl. Nic Cage must have been stoked to have a chance at a Batman-style character. His use of the speaking cadence of Adam West's Batman was lolworthy in a good way.
Nic Cage  

Any sequence with Hit Girl will also be getting repeated views after I pick up the BluRay. Little girl is a virtuoso of violence, almost to the point of feeling bad for the 12-year-old playing the role.

Anyone read the comic? Is it worth picking up?

[ManaByte]

Nolan's vision? Oh come on. BB is basically Batman: Year One combined with The Man Who Falls and the tone of Long Halloween.

You got Long Halloween from Begins?  That shit is hardly present in the first movie, but is at the forefront for TDK.

Falcone is from Long Halloween.

[Great Rumbler]

Nolan's vision? Oh come on. BB is basically Batman: Year One combined with The Man Who Falls and the tone of Long Halloween.

You got Long Halloween from Begins?  That shit is hardly present in the first movie, but is at the forefront for TDK.

Falcone is from Long Halloween.

And Batman: Year One.