away ." - "Empire" The superhero movie role model." - "Film4"
"Great movies create great characters, and the newest and smallest of them is Hit-Girl." - "Times [UK]"
"Anti-hero + hero movies , comics + pseudo-comic movies, violence + funny + warmth + touching + nerd culture perfect mix!" - "Watching Movies"
[Kick-Ass]
Director: Matthew Vaughn Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Allen Vaughn Aaron Johnson / Chloe Moretz / Nicolas Cage / Mark Strong / Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Rating: R
Produced by: Universal / Lionsgate
Duration: 117 minutes
Release Date: March 26, 2010
The first thing to note is that, although the film's distributors are Universal and Lionsgate, this is a completely independent film made by director Matthew Vaughan out of the Hollywood industrial system. That's why you can see 11-year-old Chloe Moretz spit out the C-word and slaughter. In fact, for the audience, the name and poster of the film are very misleading. Before I watched the trailer, I took it for granted that this was another toilet comedy spoofing superheroes. After watching the trailer, I realized that this is a super handsome antihero comic book movie. After watching the feature film with confidence and hope, I realized that this movie is far beyond my expectations. Heroes and anti-heroes, comics and pseudo-comics, he freely shuttles between various elements, seamlessly combining these views. It's not a new chapter, and I used tears and emotion to complete this perfect mashup, which made me still excited and difficult to myself after watching the movie for an hour. Although only a third of the year has passed in 2010, and the summer and Christmas seasons have yet to come, this movie has been firmly nailed to the top of my 2010 best movies. He is not [300] in 2010, he is not a replica and follower of any movie, he is [Kick-Ass] in 2010.
Who is Matthew Vaughan?
He's Guy Ritchie's golden partner, producer from [Two Smoking Guns] to [Snatching]; he's the husband of forever supermodel Claudia Seaver; he's two unsuccessful Director of 's films, [Layer Cake] and [Stardust]; he is the bole of many stars, from Vinnie Jones to Daniel Craig to Mark Strong, this time benefiting from Chloe Murray Here; he has his own independent production company, Marv Films, and has been involved in the production of all his films since [Layer Cake], but this is the first time to independently operate a film, and the cost is not for an independent film. 30 million less.
hero or anti-hero
What is a hero in the traditional sense? In the words of Peter Parker, "with great power comes great responsibility". When this man with extraordinary abilities took on the burden of "justice", he became a hero. Anti-heroes, on the other hand, have a much wider scope than heroes. He has two extremes, one is like Wood Harrison in [Defenders], he has heroic will but no heroic power. Such antiheroes are projections of the true hope in people's hearts, and thus are closer to ordinary people. And because his behavior is difficult for ordinary people to really do, marginalized people have become the biggest soil for the birth of such anti-heroes. The protagonist of this film, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), is one of the disadvantaged groups. He has retro hairstyles (should be said to be outdated) and sloppy clothes. He can only hang out with two equally weak and unscrupulous companions. In terms of existence, it is like an invisible existence (although not as desperate as Usui Kagerou in [Mr. Despair]). To put it bluntly, he is a housekeeper. It was just such an ordinary A-Zhai that one day developed a self-awareness, "Why doesn't anyone try to be a superhero in real life?" Superpower Spider-Man (Peter Parker-esque inner monologue throughout, calling him a copycat Spider-Man is not without reason).
As we all know, heroes in the traditional sense basically do not kill, and even have compassion for their enemies, such as Superman, Spiderman, and Batman. In contrast, another anti-hero extreme is the role of people blocking murderers, Buddha blocking and killing Buddhas, every battle is like a lion fighting a rabbit, and the role of the enemy will never be tolerated. The so-called purpose is the same, the means are different, and everyone in the [Punisher] and [Watcher] belong to this category. This type of anti-hero is also the most popular at the moment, because nothing can limit them, whether it is a rule or an enemy, they are all objects used to break and kill. Closer to the nascent dictator, [God of War] Kratos brought this spirit to the extreme. Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) are similar to the "Avengers", and they are also such "killless" anti-heroes, the difference is that they are not hostile. They have only one target, and that is Mark Strong's mob boss.
It's such a movie that is anti-hero from both sides. After an important person gets a lunch, it becomes a hero movie with a thorough spiritual temperament, although Hit-Girl is still hacking (should say killing) , Kick-Ass is still an ordinary person, but they use courage and behavior to explain what a real hero is, just like Luffy in order to save Ace to face the three generals in Marine Ford, Usopp used his fearful With trembling hands down the flag of the world government, Defendor defended his faith and defended his city with his life. In the final showdown, the only time in the film is the plot for the plot. Hit-Girl and the gang boss duel with bare hands. Once the invincible Hit-Girl puts down the gun, the gap in size and strength is instantly widened, and it is natural to be suppressed. . At the last moment, Kick-Ass took out the rocket launcher from the bottom of the Big Daddy's press box after the beautiful airborne window of the shoulder jet a few minutes ago and blasted the gang boss away, ending the war handsomely.
An important symbol of comic or pseudo-comic
comic movies is beyond reality, or ignoring reality. Although this film is adapted from Mark Millar's unpublished comics, everything in the film may happen in reality. Big Daddy and Hit- Girls are ordinary people who have undergone years of intensive training. Although Hit-Girl is only 11 years old, according to the film, he has had a special training period of 6 years, and the action scenes in the film do not violate the common sense of physics. . That's the sense of realism that this film strives for, and it never crosses that line, and Kick-Ass is no exception.
Without the skills of Hit-Girl, Kick-Ass's debut was a disaster. After being stabbed by a gangster, he was hit by a car speeding from outside the camera and rolled in place. Thanks to the shelter with the protagonist's halo. The first turning point of the film has come. If Kick-Ass gains superpowers because of this accident, then the film will go all the way to the end of the traditional comic book movie. Fortunately, the director did not do that. Kick-Ass's bones were smashed and riveted with steel nails, and the X-ray photo was clearly a parody of Wolverine. Although he didn't gain superpowers, Kick-Ass lost his sense of pain (in fact, this is a hidden ability: full blood resurrection in place), which became an indispensable part of his road to superhero. Kick-Ass's undefeated heroic appearance made him a new Internet idol after a brave act was filmed by onlookers with their mobile phones and uploaded to Youtube.
Fame that doesn't match his strength has become Kick-Ass's proud capital, but also his nightmare, because he is targeted by Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong), Big Daddy and Hit-Girl's "performance" is counted on his head. At this time, another superhero Red Mist appeared in the trailer, played by Christopher Metz-Plasse, a real otaku spokesperson. His true identity is the son of a mob boss, and he approaches Kick-Ass to go undercover. It's not a normal comic book movie for the director to play like this. Because no matter how wonderful the original work is, once it jumps from 2D to 3D, almost all of it becomes a brainless film. Because of being designed by Red Mist, Big Daddy's existence was exposed, and he was finally caught together with Kick-Ass for a live broadcast of his death on the Internet. It is here that the real watershed in the spiritual connotation of comics and pseudo-comic movies emerges. In normal American comics movies, the protagonist group members will not die, even if they die, they are functional deaths. Unless they are hardcore fans, ordinary audiences will not be easily touched. But Big Daddy's death here is the same as Kamina's death in [Tianyuan Breaks Through the Eye of Red Lotus], hitting the softest part of the audience's heart. It is rare to be moved by watching comics and movies.
Chowder Samurai
Another success of the film is the mix of many types of films. The Kick-Ass line is the history of pseudo-Spider-Man's growth. If the action scenes are removed, it will become an ordinary school comedy. The Big Daddy and Hit-Girl line was originally a [Kill Bill]-style revenge film, but because of the strange interaction between father and daughter, the smell of blood was completely gone, and the joy was full. Coupled with the magical character setting of Red Mist, the harmony and fermentation between different characters makes the film's appeal beyond the table. Nicolas Cage's accent and belt pinch him, Chloe Moretz's sultry appearance and C-word vomit, Aaron Johnson's fake house dress, Christopher Maze-Plesser's real home life, This is a movie that was really made for Ah Zhai to watch, and the more exciting things can only be understood and cannot be described in words.
According to director Matthew Vaughn, he was going to cast Christopher Maze-Plasse as Kick-Ass and Zac Efron as Red Mist, but that didn't happen. Although the actors and characters have a better aura in this way, they will completely lose the wonderful sense of incongruity presented at the end of the film, just like the head-shake dance they were sitting in the Red Mist car, the aura is really amazing . As far as the actor itself is concerned, Aaron Johnson is James Franco without the evil spirit. He just played John Lennon in [Nowhere Boy]. It is really unconvincing to play the otaku who has no sense of existence, not to mention the tyranny. , there is also a bit of misplacement of the roles, but fortunately he is shy enough to be worthy of the name of "close friend in the boudoir" in the film. Needless to say Christopher Maze-Plasse, from [Too Bad] to [Model Mean Brothers] to [Year 1], the funny otaku hat can't be taken off. In this film, because my father is the boss of the gang and the family is super rich, Red Mist's outfit is several times more handsome than Kick-Ass's cheap outfit. It really depends on clothes and horses!
Although the protagonist and soul of the film is Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl has become the ace character of this film because of the brilliant character setting and another wonderful performance by Chloe Moretz. Chloe Moretz, who was very present in [(500) Days of Summer] last year, is definitely more amazing than Abigail Breslin in [Little Sunshine]. , and the shock to the vindicators was far greater than that of Breslin's striptease. If the last carnival of [Little Sunshine] was a little girl who conveyed her grandfather's beliefs on her behalf, then Hit-Girl clearly knew her beliefs and persistence, and understood her father's love and death.
The only sad part of the film is that Kick-Ass's horse doesn't fit the oriental aesthetic at all (like Elizabeth Banks), but his horse's friend is quite eye-catching, played by mixed-race Sophie Wu. In the trailer, Matthew Vaughn's regular teammate Jason Fleming, who seems to be very dramatic, only showed his face twice, and was blasted off the camera by Hit-Girl. Director Matthew Vaughn said that if the film can be a commercial success, he will start a sequel, and the story of [Kick-Ass 2] has already been in his mind. And the success of this film is not only commercial, [Kick-Ass 2] must be not far from us.
Wuxingwen
/ Tianwangjun (UK)
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