Well Kick My Ass: The 5 Best Moments of Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass pulled in a decent haul at the box office over the weekend, and I saw it for a third time in New York’s Union Square. I think I might have loved it even more the third time around the bend.

That said, the audience seemed to have quite the mixed reaction. I was sitting next to a group that laughed almost in synch with me – as director Matthew Vaughn skewered everything from high school comedies to superhero showdowns (bazooka and all). But there were also several points in the film where you could tell only a third of the audience was laughing, and there were some who weren’t quite sure how to take the sarcasm, or the fact that a 11-year-old girl is slaughtering bad guys. (More at Techland: Read our Kick-Ass review)

I sat there once again, though, with a big dumb smile on my face. I absolutely love this movie, and I think I’ve identified my five favorite moments. Wondering how they stack up against yours:

5. The Knifing of Kick-Ass

I know it’s gruesome, and pretty shocking, but this is really the moment that spins the movie on its head. Our hero’s bought the suit, he’s talked the big talk, but he gets knifed within seconds of going out on his first mission – in brutal fashion – and we suddenly realize this boy is in way over his head. Being a superhero here clearly isn’t anything like what we’ve see in most big-budget thrillers. And while it’s a downer, this is the point at which Vaughn can take the movie in just about any direction he wants. In one swift slice, all bets are off, as to what’s going to happen to our everyday hero. This is the moment that knocks us out of our routine expectations. (More at Techland: The 10 hottest iPhone games)

4. Going For the Breasts

Dave gets the girl, FINALLY, and the first thing he does is go for the breasts. It’s such an awkward gesture, but it’s so gloriously naïve and in keeping with the character of this loser who has never been with a woman before. The whole sequence is achingly funny, but also perfectly timed: Kick-Ass, our hapless hero, manages to screw up even the sex scene.

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doubleang

I think you hit all the right points here, except for the jetpack scene. The scene felt awkward to the point that I wondered afterwards, “why on earth did they include this scene?”. I’m surprised it didn’t end up on the cutting room floor.

I’m a little burnt out on it simply because its one of the scenes we have seen for months, but the intro scene with the lunatic jumping off the building into the taxi was fantastic. excellent skewering of the genre, and reminded me of Spiderman movies for some reason
pantz86

The scene that I remember the most was Big Daddy’s fight filmed by the teddy bear camera. The music was just perfect and just the way he killed everyone with such purpose made it a very intense and not to mention amazing action scene. I also enjoyed watching Nic Cage get ready by putting on his goatee and painting on his black make up. For some reason that scene stuck with me.
http://youtube.com/churchhatestucker Church

You missed the moment when Hit-Girl turns on her night vision, and it suddenly becomes a first person shooter. The GF has probably played one FPS in her life, and she got that. It’s part of the language of film now.

Lovely that the script diverged from the books halfway through (mostly in details, but at least one major plot point) which kept it fresh for people like me who had read the books.

I’m predicting a hit, here. It’ll be interesting to see what they do with the inevitable sequel, since Hit-Girl was retired at the end of the comics, but it’s more ambiguous here.
Kemper

One moment that really got me was when Kick Ass tries to help the guy being attacked and one of the bad guys asks what’s wrong with him. That reaction with him pointing out that three men are attacking one while a crowd films it, and he’s the only one doing something about it and he’d rather die than NOT do something, was my favorite in the film. Oh, and when Hit Girl kills EVERYBODY. That was cool, too…..
charlieromeobravo

Yeah, I hated the jetpack scene too. Frankly, I was disappointed in the movie all the way around. The ending was too pat compared to the comic, Big Daddy’s crappy revised back story, Kick-Ass’s home life (a small but important part of the character) was completely nonexistent. A couple of scenes, the knifing scene, Hit Girl’s entrance, were very good but over all I thought it was a weak adaptation. I think that maybe my biggest problem is that it just didn’t catch the tone of the comic. You can rearrange and streamline things for the sake of the medium but they just didn’t hit the serious, satirical tone of the comic and I think that’s key to the whole concept working well.
grape_crush

Fun movie.

The moments that stuck with me were the smaller ones…Frank D’Amico rushing an execution to go see a movie with his son, the tanning scene between Katie and her ‘gay friend’ Dave, the Huge Goon asking permission to keep and later use the bazooka…Main criticism was that – at points like the jetpack scene, or the Hit Girl fights – the movie became more like what it supposedly satirizing.
jeia56

Such an awesome movie.