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Kick-Ass (2010)
This Movie was NOT and NEVER will be a superhero Movie
I gave it a 1 out of 10 because I rated it as a Superhero movie. If it was rated as a gory blood fest with killings and guts etc then maybe I'd give it a 2.
If you are a 15 year old - or somehow haven't matured enough in your 20's or 30's and still listen to Zane Lowe on radio 1 for your next CD to buy - then maybe it is for you. I hasten to add that even when I was 15 - I would need not only to have gone back in time but changed my entire physical self to some kind of moron that confuses a superhero movie with a dark comedy about gangsters with 'American Pie' characters. Just for the record when I was 15, 'Weird Science' was my best film.
Let's get one thing straight before we begin - I love comics, the smell they have, how you hold them - the very look and experience of the fantasy and the magic. I understood why a teenager would want to be a superhero - so the movie starts with a good premise - but remains in a world void of that spirit. Give me Superman, Spiderman, Batman any day. It's fun - the comic book experience. It was NEVER about engaging with the readers to make them feel ill. It was never about offending sensitivities. It was about good overcoming evil. Simple. Check the ticket returns for a real superhero movie Vs 'this attempt'.
I really felt that this movie insulted the genre of superhero films. If you wanted comedy - watch 'Mystery Men' - keeps the same dreams with misfit characters. This movie is violent just for the sake of pulling itself through each and every sordid scene. Luckily it sits by itself unable to be bench marked. I haven't logged into my IMDb account in such a long time, but felt it necessary to counter the positive reviews. Sorry! I needed to shout to anyone mature enough who enjoys comic adaptations (and yes I can see the oxymoron 'Mature = Comics') to make a reasoned judgement about watching this "piece of filth". I know that sounds like I work for the Daily Mail, but for the sake of freedom of expression - I would stop no one who wants to genuinely sit through this - then fine, but for perhaps parents who have children almost the age of Hit Girl say 11, and thinking her use of salty language is funny - forget it. If my daughter spoke like that I would be mortified - it's just not funny or cool or
anything.
This - people belongs on the top shelf with other adult publications - not comics. It's like the Viz comic, but no where near as funny. It's marketed and aimed at young adults (which of course will include school children) and it is definitely not suitable for them. This picture is sick and twisted and no impressionable youngsters should be viewing these images. Hollywood has an open weeping sore. It's not well. Another symptom of our fallen social morals. We think this is cool? Really? God help us all.
Frank Skinner Live (1992)
Frank Skinner the most important Comic talent during the last decade
I first heard Frank Skinner on the Radio 1 Friday night show 'Loose Talk' (1991) where he was a regular guest. You could tell a Frank Skinner joke even on radio because of his unique accent and the fact he was being rude like a school child, but with an added intelligence. I saw him in Stockton at the Dovecot Art Centre in a small smoky room where he went through all the best jokes that are contained here on this video. It was the first comedy video I'd ever bought (I usually taped them from TV or radio). There were others coming through at this time such as Eddy Izzard, Jack Dee, Mark Thomas, 'Parrot', Lee Hurst etc. But it seems Frank Skinner with his delivery of material that he has often repeated has sold again and again. it has a quality to it that doesn't seem to bore as quickly as perhaps the equally talented Ben Elton. I think many males think Frank is amusing, because gentlemen themselves enjoy relaxing in the company of purile offensive jokes (not always, but when they do, they like to be amused by a real entertainer).
The jokes are about disabilities, toilet humor, detailed sexual encounters and everything in between lavished at no extra cost with colourful adjective swear words thrown in for good measure. Frank is relaxed on stage as if he were sat in a pub next to you. His humor here on this video is all the jokes he'd been storing away to springboard himself into fame and fortune. It's his 'first novel' - throwing everything (all his best ideas) into this routine. There's little vision to where he may be heading with Fantasy Football. There is no uneasy Baddiel sitting next to him. He is in his own element telling his audience his favorite stories which he's finely tuned to get the best response. All videos after this fall far from the bench mark. He has achieved further success from his honest observations (unlike Jack Dee - there was hardly any substance in follow ups to his first video) and with that ability to relate to the 'average man on the street', he will always be able to bring a smile to us. My very favorite joke that Frank has done will be the punch line to his 'Elephant Man' sketch when he makes the noise....
A great video - which I'd let you borrow but I don't think you'd return it.