Kick Ass!

[Spitfire]

Anyone read "Kick Ass"? I kept seeing movie posters for it and at first I had assumed it was one of those bad "Scary Movie" like parody films. I dismissed it completely. Then I was at a comic store and saw a hardcover of the comic series with a big ole "Now a major motion picture" tacked onto it. I noticed the guy who did it was the guy who did "Wanted" and I was interested. So I picked it up and I have to say I enjoyed it quite a bit.

It's funny, witty, and just plain clever. I liked how for the most part it was grounded in reality, Hit Girl is really the only thing that's hard to swallow from that perspective. That aside though it's awesome and I really hope they do more. The twists were great. I read the whole thing in one sitting because I was so into it.

After reading the book I checked into the movie some more. Mathew Vaughn is directing it. He did "L4yer Cake" which was a good film. I am nerd-raging a bit though because they changed all the costumes. The ones they had on in the comics not only made more sense for the whole "home made" thing but I liked them more. I don't know why they insist on changing stuff like that. I also can't see Nicolas Cage playing Big Daddy. The trailer though seemed to retain the essence of "Kick Ass!" and the humor looks to be there so I'm still excited to see it.

So yeah anyone else read this? What did you think?