I was "conflicted" over the movie, I watched the trailers on the website and the movie theater sites and it looked like a hero comedy, normal kid decides to be super hero, set against a backdrop of a world gone mad, hilarity ensues.
So thinking this I bring my other half to the theater planning a night of fun.
It is *not* a funny movie.
I mean sure there are funny bits in it, and the movie needs them. But it is about as far from funny as you can get. Heck its probably more like a comedic tragedy than any other label I can pin on it.
That said, once we were over the hump of expecting a comedy and getting some really nasty and graphic violence it was a quite engaging movie.
I loved hit girl, most children in movies/tv seem to be portrayed as helpless noise sources, IE if theres something "bad" they stand there and scream, not even trying to get out of the way of the bus.
When I eventually have children I hope they have a little bit (a really really little bit lol) of hit girl in them.
I also loved the "reality" of it, with a few exceptions, I never lost that "suspension of disbelief" hitgirls wirework, the operation of the "green tube" and the "vehicle" at the end. Whilst all really cool, they took it out of the plausible into the impossible for me.
Hit Girls wirework was *really* cool though ;-> perhaps in another movie it'd fit better.
Anyway, in summation, Go see the movie, but expect to be horrified by the realistic violence, aghast at mans inhumanity to man (always wanted to use that in a real sentance), amused at the dark humor that comes out of having an 11 year old girl who can dual wield pistols, and to come away from it feeling sad and happy at the same time.
... another classic... :twothumbs
