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Let's just cut to the chase with this summary of the current state of comic book films by Brett White.
(Source: Gamma Squad blog, Twitter: @BrettWhite)
Anyway, the big news of the day is that Vin Diesel confirmed that he's voicing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy. Speaking of Groot (and Rocket):
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(Source: Gamma Squad blog, Twitter: @BrettWhite)
Anyway, the big news of the day is that Vin Diesel confirmed that he's voicing Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy. Speaking of Groot (and Rocket):
http://media.tumblr.com/d926d50944b7ecab90545b83a9e26cac/tumblr_inline_mrhqkaKNB41qz4rgp.gif
http://media.tumblr.com/0d032b577e1ac0c37cd6bcdaa1bfe4ab/tumblr_inline_mrhq27RXNF1qz4rgp.gif
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edit: Also you are all welcome for Vin as Groot, I've been wishing that into existence since day one! I may or may not have delved into some dark magiks
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Drax is already Riddick. Seems unnecessary.
Has he been confirmed as Vision?
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He's going to play the obscure non-mutant Morlock character Tunnel?
But, the official announcement should have been
"I am Groot"
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I will say, this is from Tobes, and squeeze him gingerly
and the chances of the movie including mind control just went up 100%!
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I think that, due to the more mainstream nature of film, as well as the gargantuan budgets they're hoping to recoup, movies have to tamp down a lot of the stuff I'd find objectionable, or just not fun, about a comic like Kick-Ass.
Like, basically every gross, depressing thing was stripped out of the first Kick-Ass comic, leaving a fun action movie. And Nicolas Cage doing an awesome faux Adam West.
Meanwhile, the comic of Kick-Ass is free to be as nasty as it wants to be, because it's being produced fairly cheaply, is meant to appeal to maybe 40,000 people, and is a medium that doesn't draw a whole lot of mainstream scrutiny.
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There are still a few scenes that I'd say are kind of shitty and sexist although it was interesting to see that they got a laugh out of the audience
I want to read the comics now to see how they compare.
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It's kind of astounding that Mark Millar's work could be so rampantly puerile that its content is actually improved by the meddling of Hollywood.
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I don't know why this is news, they've pretty much been saying this since Miller went to go be the Fox liaison.
It's very well paced for the first hour or so, and the characters are all pretty likable, but then it lulls later on before the big conclusion almost like the film had a sugar crash. I liked the first one and it still is one worth watching if it shows up, and that's kind of where it stays here with me. Good sound and fight choreography when it's not up against blatant greenscreens.
The only downside is Hit Girl has a subplot about fitting in which almost feels like Moretz was gearing up for her Carrie role (and I don't know who the hell Union J is, I thought they were fake but it turns out they're real), but the subplot ended well with very good gross humor. The other weak part was Ian Glen tries to play italian mob boss but his accent is terrible. For as much as the comics are very messed up and very Miller this was well done, and Jim Carrey does a real good job selling an old man who wants to redeem himself. There's a lot of corny good vibes running through in the beginning but at the same time it's just kind of nice to see.
And one of the villains, Mother Russia, is just super cool. She's Drago and what Cherno Alpha should have been put together, and there's a lot of damage for her to cause, some of it pretty original in terms of violence! And they actually show her getting a roundhouse kick to the stomach but the foot just bounces off her abs because she's a flippin tank and you go "whoa"
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So I think if you liked the first one you'll like this one, and I don't really get why it's so low compared to other films this season. I think people might have heard about the comics being irredeemable and are punishing the movie in response.
-Underneath all his facial prosthetics and bulky costuming, Jim Carrey's unrecognizable in this film, and he gives a really fun performance.
-Chloe Moretz manages to be the best and worst thing about this movie, with her character arc dragging the middle portion of the movie to a halt, and her cartwheeling action scenes being a highlight.
-Man, didn't that Tumor dude look like Zach Galifianakis? Am I alone here?
-John Leguizamo is great, bringing a ton of charisma to every line he delivers. Wish they'd given him a little more to work with.
-Overall, the movie just feels kind of disjointed. The pacing is off, the characters feel lifeless, just moving from one plot point to the next, with nothing in the film really impacting them, and the tone's all over the place, vacillating from deadly serious to poop jokes, every couple of minutes.
I think it's a fun movie, but save a few bucks, and catch it as a matinee.
-Mother Russia rips a car door off a police cruiser, and her punches don't destroy a fifteen year old girl?
-The running gag about the shark cracked me up.
-After the first film, where the heroes gleefully gunned down mafia enforcers, dismembered drug dealers, and blew up a mob boss with a rocket launcher, this film felt downright tame. Really, I felt like someone was really shy about showing too much violence onscreen.
-Example: When the Motherfucker orders the Tumor to hurt Nightbitch, "badly," she gets away with a black eye and a few minor contusions.
-Remember how I said the characters all felt lifeless? Seriously, where's Dave's reaction to getting dumped by his girlfriend? Or to having Colonel Stars and Stripes get stabbed and beheaded? Or to Nightbitch being threatened with rape, and beaten? These are all brushed away with barely a mention.
-Meanwhile, the Motherfucker's best friend/confidant gets knifed in the throat, and we never see him repay this trespass? Or really alter his behavior in any way?
-Ass-Kicker/Reverse Kick-Ass joins up with a group of psychopaths who have been going on well-publicized rampages, and spending a considerable amount of time around them, but never catches on that they're for real? The fuck?
-What's with the big emphasis on promises in this movie? I feel like someone was making and then breaking a promise every five minutes. I'd call it a theme, but it never really came to anything.
-Really, I feel like there's either a really good Director's Cut floating around, or this is just a particularly poorly made movie.
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