This review and the film KICKED ASS. I will agree that Caige isn't as bad as people think he is. I liked him as Johnny Blaze and the guy from that airplane movie he was in (it's been a long time since I've seen that movie). I also liked him in this movie. I agree that the comic book version of BD wasn't as good as the film's version, because I thought he was an asshole for kidnapping and brain washing his daughter, but in the film you feel a genuine father daughter relationship no matter how creepy it might be. Also the thing with Ebert as much as I respect the man, I'm going to have disagree with what he said about the young actress swearing and shit. She played the part perfectly and made the relationship with her and Caige seem genuine. So to Ebert I respect your opinion, but I have to say it is all wrong.

I think the movie that you are thinking is Con Air.

id like to take a guess on what machinery bd uses in the climax. is it.....a giant oil drill attached to a cupplet so he can hold it with his hand

Only one person I have spoke to on this has said that the comic book version of Big Daddy was better because it was more original. And while yes, that is a good point, I have to agree with CR and Spoony in that the movie version is better since it does have more heart

I also like the Bid Daddy in the Movie oppose to the Comic Books great video as always CR.

[b]The comic Big Daddy was a joke...I was pleasantly surprised that they changed the back story of the character for the movie. And Nic Cage doing his best Adam West impression = GOLD! [/b]

I'm going to hell, every time I see Big Daddy shoots Hit-Girl I can't help but laughing.

I like both versions of Big Daddy.
One major thing was that also changed was the girl Kick-Ass pretends to be gay with and her reaction to the revelation of non-gayness (it would be weird getting the comic reaction in the movie).

STARDUST KICKS ASS!!!!! Haven't you seen it? Well... it does actually have some real violent stuff in it, and the fights are good. Also it has Mark Strong in it as well... how I love Mark Strong...
Really... don't mess with Stardust... it's really one of the best "traditional" fantasy movies out there. It's a shame it didn't do better at the box office...

I also prefer the movie to the comic version. It seems like Millar wanted to have a moral here somewhere about superheroes but its all over the place and when the big reveal came I couldn't help but feel this isn't supposed to be thematic. Just edgier for the sake of being dark and "mature."

If there is one way for a comic to alienate me, its evoking the specter of the Dark Ages. EXTREME!

The movie didn't alienate you for the exact same reasons?

If anything it tries even harder to be dark, edgey and mature.

Maybe it is just me, but I did prefer the comic version of Big Daddy. Not only did it reinforce the "love letter" to comic books that the story has when all the people who choose to become super heroes were big comic nerds before hand, it also goes back to the theme that was started in the Watchmen comics that in order for someone to dress up in a circus costume, go out at in the middle of the night and try to beat up criminals they have to have some serious mental problems. That, to me at least, makes the whole story a lot more believable. If a "normal" person decided to become a vigilante they would turn out like Dirty Harry or Charles Bronson. It takes a fan of comic books to decide they need a mask and a cape to stop crime.

"If you laugh, you're going to Hell!

...

Roger Ebert says so."

That alone justified this episode. Beautiful, just beautiful. I know I should respect Ebert and all, but Jesus Christ, his rage over Kick-Ass is downright pathetic.

I haven't read the comic yet, been meaning to, but these differences here are way more apparent than I thought they would be. I've really gotta read the book, but I've gotta say, the thing about the comic's BD you pointed out just makes me dislike him a bit. Either way, looks good, but I've got a feeling that I'll like the movie more. But then... Chainsaw. >.>

No, attempting to compare the consenting violent actions of a fictional character to the real-life violence facing children.

Ebert's opinion of the film is honestly disgusting in its attempt to resemble morality at the expense of the memories of those children who have lost their lives to violence.

Nice. Still gonna go see the movie, or grab it on DVD if I can.

Another fine Ep there, Mr CR.

Youre review: Kick Ass, just like the movie

I think the only Hit Girl Fanfics that are gonna be around are not the kind anyone would want to see...unless they got a record for that sort of thing...Or a Japanese animator/manga "artist"

I was completely missold this movie when I first saw it advertised. I was expecting Superbad with superheroes.

It's worth pointing out that it was better than I expected; it's a great film and I'll look forward to it coming out on DVD/BluRay.

As for the character of BD... since I haven't read the comics and only based on what you have to say about it, I have to agree with you: the character is MUCH more likeable as a cop who has a lost as a direct result of the antagonist, screw originality, you still have to be able to relate to it.

You make me want to watch this movie just for Big Daddy.

I don't blame Nic Cage for movies being bad. It disappoints me how often he ends up in bad movies. Cage is great when he is used well in films.

Anyway, I can't believe you didn't touch on Cage's performance of Big Daddy while he was in front of Kick-Ass. You must have noticed what he did with is voice work there. Oh well, it'll be a good surprise for those that see the movie. Well, those that get the reference anyway.

Butterfly kiss & butterfly knives = awesome!

Also, Vaughn didn't direct Lock Stock. He just produced it, while Guy Ritchie directed it.

Same. I prefer the the movie over the comic in story. In violence I prefer the comic but story always triumphs over action so the movie wins.

We want Lobo, the Last Czarnian: The Movie...

ummm...I'm sure someone already mentioned it, but Lock,Stock was directed by Guy Ritchie, Vaughn was producer on it.

There have been good times and bad times indeed. X-Men was one of the former. Or how about this classic no brainer:

"Do you know what happens to a toad when it's struck by lightning?"

Oh, and you gotta love those Matrix suits replacing the classic X-Men outfits.

Nice.

Here, buddy, take this net.

Hopefully next time a point comes around, you won't miss it.

Isn't the comic book Dave Lizewski blonde? In the movie he isn't.

how did you get all of this footage from the movie?

It's all from press realeased footage.

The comic IS pretty bad.

I notice you didn't mention Big Daddy giving Hitgirl cocaine.

The problem of many people is that the dont get the analogy of Big Daddy and Kick Ass. Both are board guys, who find there life boring, trying to change the world they are living at, make superheros real and, this is the important part, hurt people, who care about them. In Big Daddy case he lie to his daughter and manipulate her to become a superhero, how he wants a superhero has to be. In the case of Kick Ass he lie to his father and gives him pain over his dream to become a superhero. Both also have lost a woman, who cares for them and both have seen to be not care about them (Kick Ass never cries or have a sad image about his mother. She also gets in his way one time.). There story's are connected and show to versions of the same story. Big Daddy just go to far and have to pay the price both in the movie and the comic. Kick Ass just get the turn at the right moment and recognize how much pain he brings about close people of him, instated of helping other. "With no power comes no responsibility" to the public, but the power he has over the people he love is a responsibility. So he cant just die or bring himself in danger. Kick Ass get this in the end, Big Daddy not.

This is the analogy of the comic. I also like the movie, but the story of Big Daddy just get to heroic and to superhero like, what the comic doesnt try to be. They both are only normal people, who are board of life and society.

"If you laugh, you're going to hell! Roger Ebert says so!"

Okay, first - I know what you're trying to get at, but you're taking what Ebert actually said in his review way out of context.

Second, I'll admit the scene forced a small chuckle out of me, but it's the sort of bleak, humorless chuckle I always make whenever I watch a pitch-dark show like LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN. It's not so much comedy, as sadism exaggerated to a grotesque extreme.

The sequence makes it clear both Big Daddy and Hit Girl are completely unrepentant psychopaths, and you can only make two unlikeable characters like that so funny before you're too revolted to laugh anymore.

What's to take out of context?

He claims that Hit Girl hits too close to home due to the existence of incidences such as school shootings. I find such a comparison not only disgusting but absolutely disrespectful towards child victims of violence. He's using their memories to criticize the film when there's a very, very large difference between Hit Girl and the perpetrators of youth violence.