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Having not read the comic (nor am I interested in reading comics in general), from the movie alone...
.. some of your points are not relevant. There's certianly no rape, but the important point is that character is prioritised over action and violence, at throughout most of the movie. Now it's use of humour to make the excessive violence more pallatable is more questionable, but this hasn't overly affected the film reviews over on this side of the pond, that have all been extremely positive (including The Guardian's 5-star review).
I never said Kick-Ass wasn't a parody. But I do distinguish between its sense of parody (i.e. the divergence between superhero fantasy and the attempt to obtain that) and that of the typical spoof movie which is just referential. This sense of being placed in "reality" was very evident to me as I watched the trailer (I had never heard of the comic) and anyone Ive discussed this with.
There may be better comics at this post-superhero concept but the point is that we're talking about this film, and most importantly, it worked on more than one level.
Is Kick-Ass actually starting to track better? Apr 05, 06:42
Tracking was in the 20s from Reel Source who also predicted over $80 million for Clash. Apr 05, 07:13
We should ask horlicks, the Twitter expert, what he thinks... surely it's gotta be on there already. {nm} Apr 05, 07:13
Its tracking amazingly well on Twitter. 4200 tweets last week. Ninja Assassin by comparison had 1700. Apr 05, 13:28
FWIW, KCKAS is already playing in theaters in Europe. {nm} Apr 05, 13:59
Definitely a factor in number of tweets. There are for instance a lot of Twitter users in the UK. {nm} Apr 05, 14:23
Yes that does make a difference, but its factored into my ratio estimate and total. {nm} Apr 05, 15:23
Would be fantastic to find out what tracking service and/or bureau the Los Angeles Times (LAT) uses... Apr 05, 07:38
Different audience. The older, African-Amercan female fans of TPERR and WDIG2 are not gonna see the vulgar DEFUN. {nm} Apr 05, 08:57
I think word-of-mouth is going to play a huge factor with this movie. It has been released in parts of Europe and... Apr 05, 07:21
Kick @ss is ironic, and Superhero Movie is a spoof. The difference is intelligence {nm} Apr 05, 07:58
Millar's style of irony isn't very intelligent... and his work IS parody. Apr 05, 09:14
Having not read the comic (nor am I interested in reading comics in general), from the movie alone... Apr 05, 11:29
KCKAS is very much a parody as well, just more subversive. {nm} Apr 05, 09:48
Spoof movies haven't been successful in the better part of a decade. {nm} Apr 05, 08:51