June 2010
MOVIES, EVERY DAY MORE EXPENSIVE AND MORE BORING
Last Friday, we went to see Legion. I had really been looking forward to seeing that film, not only because the trailer looked really exciting, but also because it had great actors like Paul Bethany and Dennis Quaid. Well, not only was it a bit ridiculous, but it was also very dull. The most exciting bits were the few seconds seen in the trailer. It had lots of potential, but they didn't really work it too well. The angels were gayer than Colin Farrell in Alexander… The special effects? The coolest part, the mutant Ice Cream guy, lasted two seconds, and they killed him with a… But I won't on in case you want to see it.
But seriously. First, what's with the recent surge in religious films? And they don't even do them well. I was expecting something like Constantine, but instead, I got a B-movie zombie flick and not much else. And second, since going to the movies has to be so effing expensive, at least they could bother to do good films, for Pete's sake!!!
Today, we're going to see Kick Ass, which has excellent reviews and looks hilarious, but if it's another piece of crap, I swear I'll stop going to the movies, because they're just taking the piss…
BUT SOMETIMES IT'S WORTH THE WHILE GOING TO THE MOVIES
And of course, sometimes I have to eat my words.
We went to see Kick-Ass, and the truth is, I loved it. It's one by the same guys who did Superbad, which was a movie I resisted for a long time, thinking it would be a been-there-seen-that American Pie kind of movie, and when I finally saw it, I loved it.
Anyhow, still in the same vein, Kick-Ass is a crude, extremely aggressive, somewhat mentally disturbed, superheroes without powers movie. I laughed, I cringed, and in some scenes I was a bit nauseous, because the fight scenes are very realistic.
All the actors are excellent (about time Nicholas Cage did something good again), and I will closely follow Chloe Moretz's career, as her performance as Hit Girl was incredible. Her character is the reason this movie has received some terrible reviews, as it features a violent and foul-mouthed part, but I thought she was magnificent.
