I have never read the comics, so I'm making my judgement based purely on the first movie.
Reasons for disliking it:
-The "Mean Girls" scenario. I suppose others have conversed about this too, but I felt this was highly unnecessary. I felt Hit-Girl would not behave in such a fashion as she did through out this, and I didn't pay money to watch a sadistic little high school girl deal with "bullies". I wanted to see her kicking ass! That, and her scene of "revenge" against the characters seemed unpleasant. Sure, she got back at them, but she didn't learn anything. In fact she is almost worse off. Instead of shrugging away her problems, realizing that overall some people are just ass holes, she retaliates in a more violent manner. Although she's a child, she has been raised to believe this is acceptable behavior, which is not going to help her in the future (assuming she ever even has one after the incidents of the movie).
-Kick ass himself (i haven't seen the movie in a while, can't remember his real name) didn't learn anything in the movie either. Most of the message of the movie, as told a lot by his father, was to not be this superhero. That it's good to help others and do good, but by putting on the mask he is causing even more problems. Included in that is that it was his fault in the first place by being a "hero" he not only created the villain, but in the end his father was killed for it. I expected that by the end of the movie, he would take the message like the other heros, and have his suit be his every day clothing. That he would continue to do good, but instead not include the suit with it, choosing instead to perform while under a more natural disguise. Instead, the entire message is ignored and even after his fathers death he still chooses to wear the suit and continue on this apparent crusade.
-The final fight. Don't get me wrong, this is amazing, and probably really the only part of the movie I enjoyed overall. However, it felt kind of weird. The bad guys, sure, I kind of understand them putting their lives on the line for their goals (we can assume their not totally in the right state of mind in the first place). However, to have these completely normal people, most who are wearing the suits as a "fad", to be facing a gruesome death for whatever reason instead of just calling the authorities never struck me as something most people would do. I can almost chalk it up to "stretching my beliefs", but I couldn't quite do it all the way. I just could never figure out what these good guys had in mind that would have them resorting to putting not only their lives, but the lives of family and friends on the line when there were many others options available.
-The friend being responsible for the death of his father. I could never figure out how this kid was so stupid as to see all those criminals and never once go "hey, I might be in a pretty awful situation. These guys look like the real deal". Especially after the killing of the police officers mid-way through the movie. They made their presence known, and it's not like the media would have never posted a story about these police killers, so how did this kid, in this day and age with our technology, not find out how crazy these people are?! Due partially to him, the main characters father died, yet it's brushed aside pretty quickly.
This is my opinion however, and if anyone can argue them, that would be awesome. I would love to have a better appreciation for this film.
Reasons for disliking it:
-The "Mean Girls" scenario. I suppose others have conversed about this too, but I felt this was highly unnecessary. I felt Hit-Girl would not behave in such a fashion as she did through out this, and I didn't pay money to watch a sadistic little high school girl deal with "bullies". I wanted to see her kicking ass! That, and her scene of "revenge" against the characters seemed unpleasant. Sure, she got back at them, but she didn't learn anything. In fact she is almost worse off. Instead of shrugging away her problems, realizing that overall some people are just ass holes, she retaliates in a more violent manner. Although she's a child, she has been raised to believe this is acceptable behavior, which is not going to help her in the future (assuming she ever even has one after the incidents of the movie).
-Kick ass himself (i haven't seen the movie in a while, can't remember his real name) didn't learn anything in the movie either. Most of the message of the movie, as told a lot by his father, was to not be this superhero. That it's good to help others and do good, but by putting on the mask he is causing even more problems. Included in that is that it was his fault in the first place by being a "hero" he not only created the villain, but in the end his father was killed for it. I expected that by the end of the movie, he would take the message like the other heros, and have his suit be his every day clothing. That he would continue to do good, but instead not include the suit with it, choosing instead to perform while under a more natural disguise. Instead, the entire message is ignored and even after his fathers death he still chooses to wear the suit and continue on this apparent crusade.
-The final fight. Don't get me wrong, this is amazing, and probably really the only part of the movie I enjoyed overall. However, it felt kind of weird. The bad guys, sure, I kind of understand them putting their lives on the line for their goals (we can assume their not totally in the right state of mind in the first place). However, to have these completely normal people, most who are wearing the suits as a "fad", to be facing a gruesome death for whatever reason instead of just calling the authorities never struck me as something most people would do. I can almost chalk it up to "stretching my beliefs", but I couldn't quite do it all the way. I just could never figure out what these good guys had in mind that would have them resorting to putting not only their lives, but the lives of family and friends on the line when there were many others options available.
-The friend being responsible for the death of his father. I could never figure out how this kid was so stupid as to see all those criminals and never once go "hey, I might be in a pretty awful situation. These guys look like the real deal". Especially after the killing of the police officers mid-way through the movie. They made their presence known, and it's not like the media would have never posted a story about these police killers, so how did this kid, in this day and age with our technology, not find out how crazy these people are?! Due partially to him, the main characters father died, yet it's brushed aside pretty quickly.
This is my opinion however, and if anyone can argue them, that would be awesome. I would love to have a better appreciation for this film.
