I'll admit that neither exist purely to insult my intelligence.Originally Posted by mjmacky
So, you admit there was some entertainment in watching a guy rape a bunch of women into lust, then watching a pig get human dick fucked.
I think what really bothers me about this and the new Kick- Ass movie is another example, is how gutless the mass market movies have become.
Like in this Red Dawn remake they find a more sanitized way of dealing with the "traitor" thing which was obviously one of the more lasting images from the first film.
That it was originally nasty and left a bad taste in your mouth was sort of the whole point.
They also kind of blend this new take into Lea Thompson's demise except Thompson's death was poignant in how it really gave you a sense of trying to at least make your death worth something.
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Kick-Ass 2
A tepid remake where the producers are clearly simply trying to check all the boxes of what make the first one successful.The problems are though that while a little girl who is a stone cold killer and who swears like a sailor is interesting,a teenager who does so not so much.
Also in a monumentally bad decision they try to give the story some heart which if you think about it , is really the antithesis of the original concept.
That and everything is basically done at half measures and for something as absurd as this to work,you really have to go at it balls out and you either find an audience or you don't..
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