The Film-Kick Ass!!

The film Kick Ass is based on the Marvel comic books Kick Ass, it was relased in the United Kingdom in April 2010. The films actual director throughout was Matthew Vaughan, although worldwide famous actors like Brad Pitt played parts in directing the film. To compromise for making the film the producer Michaeal Vaughan had to change the basis of the film, pretty much he was told he wasn't allowed to give the film a sad ending if he was going to make the film. So in one of the final scenes when Dave Lizewski told Katie that he was he in the mood for having sex her, as he'd had a thing for her for many years, in the comic she told him to go away, and never spoke ho him, whereas in the film he was forced to make Katie take Dave up on his offer and said she actually wanted to have sex with, and their relationship built form there. Vaughan was forced making this ending a reality against his will as he actually wanted to give the film a sad enging. which resulted in an issue with producing the film itself.


The film was based on the American Marvel comic books, when they realised they wanted to use one of the characters from the film they were struggling to get the copyright and funds together to be able to pay Marvel to even be able to use one of their lower card characters, they were struggling to even get a 'C-grade' character This eventually led to a problem when financing the film, as distributors etc. weren't sure why this film starring the the lesser known Marvel chracters as it's main faeature would bring the audience and the money in.

Controversy surrounding the film, was the amount of explicit language and voilence used by the films young cast. First off 'Hit Girl' is quoted as saying ok you "c***" when she comes up against some criminals, this was opposed to by some viewers because they didn't young children to be influenced by Hit Girl as she was seen a hero in the film, and people didn't want children to imitate this behaviour.

A big reason why the succeeded is because the films rating did not entirely mean it was intended for that age audience because there were different aspects of the film which appealed to a wide ranges of audience, it wasn't just a film that intruiged violent teenagers, it caught the imagination of many peoples eyes and they saw a difference to other films in Kick Ass, this illustrates that unrealistic feautures in films can still be popular, and it can also convince people that comic books still have a life to lead and can remain successful.

If anything, when talking about about the music used in the film, it seems to be that there was a hint ofb laziness used when composing the music. I mean sometimes there can be nothing wrong with re-using music but sometimes the music has a lasting rememberance with a certain film, so when being reused it could just being linked with a previous, therefore giving Kick Ass less independance. So personally I believe if you get the music right then it can define your film, giving it a lasting legacy, which is one thing Kick Ass could lack.