Writer's Block

There may be some spoilers in this post, blah blah who really cares. I went to see Kick-Ass last night. I didn't know an awful lot about the film other than that it was a comic book adaptation centering around a geeky teenager, Dave Lizewski, who attempts (in the true Batman/Iron Man spirit) to become a superhero, the eponymous Kick-Ass. It's very good fun, but incredibly dark in places. For example, an Armenian lunatic kills himself by jumping off a skyscraper dressed as a superhero and Lizewski's mother dies of a brain aneurism, both in the early minutes of the film. It's also far more violent than I had anticipated, probably worse than the Dark Knight and movies of that ilk in terms of blood and gore. Lizewski's first attempt at dispensing justice on the streets of New York City ends with him being stabbed by muggers and hit by a car. This sets the tone for the film, with Lizewski by and large dealing with the brutal realities of attempting to tackle the violent ...