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A review by krystlocity
Kick-Ass by Mark Millar
4.0
Like a lot of the population I'm sure, I saw the movie before reading the graphic novel on this one. I saw the movie, and immediately had to go out and buy it, add it to my list of favorite movies of all time, and had to stop myself from watching the movie with any free time I had for about 2 weeks.
I'm a person that usually likes the book more than the movie, so I had to read it. It might be just because I saw the movie first, but, I liked it better. The comic, in comparison, is a lot sadder to be honest. I felt a little depressed after reading it, while the movie just amped me up. I would say the graphic novel is probably more realistic in all ways except perhaps the violence-which there is more of in the graphic novel. Some of the original I liked more than the movie-(small spoilers coming)some of the unique violence was cool, I liked it better that he didn't get the girl (I'm bias-I never want the guy to get the "popular" girl, because I never was one and I never liked them-and if the guy's not popular, why should he get the popular girl? It's stupid, just like a 300 lb. woman getting an in shape hotty). I also enjoyed more details on the beginning relationship of Kick-Ass and Red Mist. However, the novel didn't even have my favorite line of the whole movie-call me cheesy, but..."The three assholes, laying into one guy while everybody else watches? And you wanna know what's wrong with me? Yeah, I'd rather die..." Aw, I melted, and knew I'd forever love this movie.
And Big Daddy's origin in the comic vs. the movie? That was the most depressing thing of all. Plus, Hit Girl going to be a normal kid? Uh-uh, that's a cop out and if Kick-Ass is gonna go on (oh, 'cause he's s guy?) then I want Hit Girl to as well. She's better than normal, and I didn't want to see her revert to that. I'd like a mix-yeah, go to school, but still be cool.
Still, the graphic novel was original, I got all the references and was beautiful in it's relate-ability in the real world. And the fact that it was depressing? Well, that just makes it all the more realistic, right? So, it was wonderful, just sad and not as inspiring as the movie.
I'm a person that usually likes the book more than the movie, so I had to read it. It might be just because I saw the movie first, but, I liked it better. The comic, in comparison, is a lot sadder to be honest. I felt a little depressed after reading it, while the movie just amped me up. I would say the graphic novel is probably more realistic in all ways except perhaps the violence-which there is more of in the graphic novel. Some of the original I liked more than the movie-(small spoilers coming)some of the unique violence was cool, I liked it better that he didn't get the girl (I'm bias-I never want the guy to get the "popular" girl, because I never was one and I never liked them-and if the guy's not popular, why should he get the popular girl? It's stupid, just like a 300 lb. woman getting an in shape hotty). I also enjoyed more details on the beginning relationship of Kick-Ass and Red Mist. However, the novel didn't even have my favorite line of the whole movie-call me cheesy, but..."The three assholes, laying into one guy while everybody else watches? And you wanna know what's wrong with me? Yeah, I'd rather die..." Aw, I melted, and knew I'd forever love this movie.
And Big Daddy's origin in the comic vs. the movie? That was the most depressing thing of all. Plus, Hit Girl going to be a normal kid? Uh-uh, that's a cop out and if Kick-Ass is gonna go on (oh, 'cause he's s guy?) then I want Hit Girl to as well. She's better than normal, and I didn't want to see her revert to that. I'd like a mix-yeah, go to school, but still be cool.
Still, the graphic novel was original, I got all the references and was beautiful in it's relate-ability in the real world. And the fact that it was depressing? Well, that just makes it all the more realistic, right? So, it was wonderful, just sad and not as inspiring as the movie.