Kick-Ass

Grrr. I should have made films like this. Seriously, in some parallel universe where burgers are good for you and Kirk has the pointy ears, there's a Fletch who got off of his arse, realised what he should do with his life and went out and made films instead of being a web monkey. I'm not saying that they would have been as good as this (my parallel ego isn't that big) but this is the sort of film they would be like. But enough of my regrets...
     

Kick-Ass is a great film. You have to see it. It's just so much bloody fun (excellent unintentional pun there). Fabulously, gloriously, violently, stupidly entertaining. I loved it. So many good things to mention but sod that, you need to enjoy them for yourself. Don't let some film geek on a blog site ruin it for you. I will say that Nicolas Cage (who last made a good film....when?) playing 'Big Daddy' in the style of Adam West's Batman is worth the ticket price on its own. And that it's really funny and the action scenes are like OMG awesome dude - Hit Girl will be a cinema legend. The superhero references and clever nods to modern internet use/abuse are good value too.

My obsession with movies was forged watching miles of VHS tape round great mate Lolly Lol's house as a kid. Watching Kick-Ass made me feel the same way I felt as a 12 year old seeing Predator or Robocop for the first time. In my stupid head that's high praise. So yeah, I'll never make a film like this but I'm pleased that Matthew Vaughn has. He's married to Claudia Schiffer too, the git. In some parallel universe he must be really suffering.