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caddymanThe few stills I've seen suggest that visually at least, Kick Ass the movie based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's comic of the same name will follow it very closely. Initial reports also suggest that it will be uncompromisingly bloody, too. A quick bounce around the internet has turned up this production still, which looks promising, though in the comic the kid is rather more weedy than stringy. Nonetheless, not the usual muscle-bound offering:
Whether it lives up to such panels as this, we shall have to see...
I am torn; genre movies are becoming unremittingly dark and gritty (Iron Man being a solid and fun exception). Part of me likes this and another, equally interested part, mourns the loss of fun the earlier adaptations had. You should not take this to be a plea for more Adam West style Batman films, but there should be a happy medium somewhere along the line.
Talking of which, I see that Chris Hemsworth has been cast to play Thor in the forthcoming offering from Marvel, with rumours that Brian Blessed will play Odin.
Whether it lives up to such panels as this, we shall have to see...
I am torn; genre movies are becoming unremittingly dark and gritty (Iron Man being a solid and fun exception). Part of me likes this and another, equally interested part, mourns the loss of fun the earlier adaptations had. You should not take this to be a plea for more Adam West style Batman films, but there should be a happy medium somewhere along the line.
Talking of which, I see that Chris Hemsworth has been cast to play Thor in the forthcoming offering from Marvel, with rumours that Brian Blessed will play Odin.