New 'Kick-Ass' clip and poster introduce Nic Cage as Big Daddy
The buzz builds as a new image arrives
Nicolas Cage was almost Superman, and he definitely played Ghost Rider, but you'll forget both of them once you meet Big Daddy
I'm going to be publishing my thoughts on "Kick-Ass" verrrrrrrrrry soon, but I don't want to rush it.
Suffice to say, Matthew Vaughn conquered that Austin audience this weekend, and I'm thrilled with the way the film cut together. When you visit a set, you're looking at parts. Pieces. Potential. But until a film is done, almost anything could happen. I've seen films that were moderately impressive on set come together in a way that is almost confusingly great, and I've seen the exact opposite. With "Kick Ass," I hoped it was going to work from the moment I read the script, and in every one of the set reports I wrote after visiting last year, I was optimistic. I've been playing cheerleader ever since, and now, I'm thrilled to see that whatever I thought it was going to be, it's better.
Today, UGO got hold of the new "Big Daddy" character poster and a great new clip.
I heard some criticism from people at BNAT of the way Lionsgate is handling the promo art on this film so far, but I disagree. I love the four-part poster featuring just the backs of the characters, and I love that they're not selling these people as movie stars, but as CHARACTERS. That's what I love about the film... it's not the violence, although that's awesome, and it's not the superhero stuff, even though that's fun.
No... this is a movie about a handful of truly special characters who meet each other at a very strange moment in time, and if it's going to work, it depends on the audience really buying into each of them. Kick-Ass, Hit Girl, Big Daddy, and the Red Mist all have to click if the audience is going to take this wild ride with them.
Here's the poster, which reveals just how "Phantom of the Paradise" meets "Batman" the design on Big Daddy really is:
And now here's the clip, which is the way we meet Damon (Nic Cage) and Mindy (Chloe Moretz) in the film.
"Kick Ass" arrives April 16, 2010. You are not ready.
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December 15, 2009 at 7:05AM EST Reply to CommentEverything I've heard or read paints this as strictly a geekboy's wetdream. Yawn. Lionsgate will be lucky to get even the small readership of the comic book to turn out. The desperation to over-hype them ad nauseam always taints these kinds of films and TV shows.
southafricanguy
December 15, 2009 at 11:23AM EST Reply to CommentYeah, I agree dude, this may be like watchmen where the geeks/fandom cream in their pants over it, and hype the shit out of it, while the mainstream remains indifferent....
Evil Dead Junkie
December 15, 2009 at 1:21PM EST Reply to CommentYeah I'm sure Lionsgate will be broken hearted over some 100 million dollar indifference.
I way Nic Cage says "Child" cracks me up every time.
warblecroaker
December 15, 2009 at 2:45PM EST Reply to CommentBullshit. This one looks so excellent I bet its going to do real good. It might the strange but if its as fun, violent and high quality as people say, it should overcome the barriers.
drew
December 15, 2009 at 2:55PM EST Reply to CommentGo ahead and tell yourselves that, Sam and southafricanguy, if that's what you need to sleep at night. Meanwhile, when "Kick-Ass" explodes this spring and becomes a cultural phenomenon, the rest of us will be enjoying ourselves. But I'm sure your crossed arms and intense scowls will be enough to make you happy.
Sam Can Drew, I usually find your reviews and analysis quite extraordinary and insightful. You're my go-to reviewer on everything and I trust your thoughts on most movies. But along with that I have my own tastes and some longtime knowledge of both the film and the comic book industry. I'm glad you enjoy this film but my Spidey Sense smells geek love here for a movie with a narrow and exclusive market. I just don't believe the hype being built up around KICK ASS in the fan press concerning a film constructed especially for genre geeks and a very small portion of the comic book buying customers (it's no secret the KICK ASS comic book is no barn burner in sales, say the way WATCHMEN comic books were, and they certainly haven't achieved the mainstream acclaim for being something special or revolutionary like WATCHMEN). I've spoken with people that have seen the film who didn't care for it. Yes, they are out there and are pretty sharp industry people. I have watched the film clips and find them merely meh. You are usually such a stickler for people building a world in their films by establishing rules and sticking to them. I've seen the clips of Cage and the girl practicing her getting shot with the gun. Cool. Works great for developing a "reality" to the violence though the interplay seems too glib. But the thought behind it makes sense. Then when the violence does come, the little girl, eleven years old, turns into Yoda and chops men apart with a sword staff like she's using a light saber. Even Toshiro Mifune couldn't chop people up like that! All the logic of the "shot in the chest" scene goes out the window! I can buy this kind of thing in a BUFFY TV show because they built a logic to it concerning her Slayer-given strength, agility and honed senses but a little girl that chops men's limbs apart faster and better than Uma Thurman?!!! Even with training since she was four she doesn't have the strength and speed to do that. And then to top it off she cracks wise and calls people cunts and other street language. Drew, I may be wrong but I see no way that this will play with something other than a small portion of the movie public. This isn't TRANSFORMERS (which I was wrong about in concerning your predictions of how huge it would be but that was for a film that parents and kids could go to along with having a long-time established fan interest). As I've mentioned before Lionsgate PRODUCED "THE SPIRIT" and marketed it though it was a turd. In my opinion this film looks gawd awful and is a mess. I've been told it was by some people I trust on knowing action product and genre. This screening was just for geeks and it's being crowed over by geeks. You and I know the temporary music cues in this film were from top comic book movies and other popular films and Lionsgate will never get the rights to them. But that played like hell on wheels with the geeks who saw it at BNAT. So right there this film will NOT have those cues when released. And I'll bet the film's score ended up having the least amount of money put into it and those cues will be hugely missed and so the film will suffer even more for it among any geeks that catch it in theaters. In fact the film you finally see will be greatly different for having a cheap score. But see, the GEEK HYPE created off of BNAT is all that matters right now. The marketing guys are going full throttle and kissing your ass and every geek site editor/writer about this film. Drew, we've seen this kind of hype before online so watching the rusty wheels roll again just isn't doing it. Those posters look really cheap not iconic or atmospheric or even well-done. But that's how the film looks.
December 15, 2009 at 3:49PM ESTdrew Actually, Lionsgate isn't kissing any part of my anatomy on this one. And the difference between this and "Watchmen" will be astronomical in terms of mainstream response, and the reason is simple: fun. I quite like "Watchmen," but the last thing I'd accuse it of being is fun. "Kick Ass" will deliver the same adrenal spike to an audience that "Pulp Fiction" did. You don't have to believe me, but I've been right about this one so far, and I suspect I will be all the way through release. And if you don't want to see it... don't. No skin off my back, and no dent in my enjoyment.
December 15, 2009 at 5:43PM ESTSam Can Drew, PULP FICTION never crossed its own logic and reality in the process to have fun. Let's compare sword-welders here. Bruce Willis was a brutal, hard-bodied boxer with real muscles welding a sword and he didn't chop anyone's limbs off like an eleven year old girl does in KICK ASS. Tarantino didn't have Willis acting like some expert Samurai warrior but we could buy a muscled-up boxer slashing and stabbing people. Everyone in PULP FICTION shot or beat-up paid a price for it. They limped or staggered away or were blown away into the bathtub with real force and gravity. QT didn't set up rules and then break them like the clips of KICK ASS do.
December 15, 2009 at 8:56PM ESTPULP FICTION made brilliant use of its music and had the dough to license it. The music in the BNAT screening was temp cues taken from superhero and genre films they will never get the rights to use. Those familiar cues were custom-made for a geek audience. We all know how music creates the "soul" and many times the "fun" of a film and how it affects the audience. So the BNAT film experience and its "fun" score will NOT be recreated in theaters in April. That will make a huge difference in how the film plays at that time. So to make a big deal over this screening of the film in its temp form at this time creates a false impression of what is to come to theaters. Unless you know something I don't and Lionsgate can assure us that those cues will be used then no review of this film at this time from BNAT is solidly valid. I believe without those pop movie cues the film would have played a lot differently at the BNAT screening for an audience of film and comic book geeks that came from all over to see a 24 hour marathon of films. That enthusiasm was calculatingly set-up by that film score. By the way, WHO is scoring the film?
Special effects. They look pretty shoddy to me. Especially that opening scene (along with the uninspired use of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" which its satirical license was revoked about twenty years ago). The matte work looks like stuff from YouTube (Some YouTube work looks better!) The CGI stuff in the Hit Girl Attacks scene looks bad, too. Like a cartoon.
Okay. Maybe this film is as funny as you thought OBSERVE AND REPORT was. Look at how well that "film geek" movie did at the box office with the mainstream audience. I'm sure the critics will love KICK ASS just as much, too, and this film is about superheroes on top of it which we know how critics love seeing insular films about that genre. I really can't see how a mainstream audience will have much fun with a lot of inside comic book geek jokes lobbed over their heads.
southafricanguy Drew, calm down and dont get your panties in a twist dude. I have never said anything about Kick-ass not being good, in fact I liked the trailer. I am just unsure wether the mainstream will go for it.
December 15, 2009 at 9:04PM ESTAlso, Vaughn, like his pal Ritchie, have yet to ever impress. Sorry if aping Tarantino, making flat out garbage like Swept away, and a mediocre fantasay film (stardust) does nt impress me Drew. I love sherlock holmes and would love to see a good reinvention (im no purist by any means), but the script is simply mediocre. Otherwise please explain to me how the "mystery" is any suprise whatsoever....
I also love the concept of Kick ass, but until I see it, Vaughn has no great track record that I should just suck his dick. Sorry if it upsets you Drew that I only give a director the benefit of the doubt when they have a proven track record. Then I will follow them where ever the hell they want to take me....
drew Thanks for condescending. Both of you. It's greatly appreciated. Short answer: I've seen the film and you two haven't, and I'll stick with my opinion. We'll see who's right in April. Thanks.
December 15, 2009 at 10:41PM ESTsouthafricanguy Drew, no thank you for be damn condesending. All I did was voice wonder if kick-ass would work for the mainstream. And then you proceed to have a hissy fit like a big baby. Drew, realize that not everyone lives in the insular world of geek la la land, ok?
December 16, 2009 at 12:14AM ESTDont lump me in with the typical bitter, obsessed whiny fanboys that want everything to fail. I hope that both Sherlok holmes and Kick ass are good, and if so suceed as they deserve to.
Similarly, I have been disgusted with a large segment of Fandoms childish attitude to Avatar.
If anyone is being childish and condesending its you pal. You seem to be very protective of the film and attack anyone that is unsure.
I dont give a shit if you have seen it or not. I was never making any fucking claims about its quality. I have always trusted your reviews and I find that I almost always agree with your assessment. So if you tell me its good (and again, heres the important part, try to read...I like the concept of kick-ass and I like the trailer) then I will believe you.
But dont act like an arrogant tool if someone wonders if it will succeed. Last time I checked, no-one can predict these things (or everyone would have Lucas/Cameron success would nt they?)
But you go ahead and make grand statements about the films success, I prefer to wait and see what happens.....
southafricanguy Btw, your Avatar review was awsome. Thanks for voicing the sentiments of the sci-fi fans that dont belong to the really ugly side of fandom these days.
December 16, 2009 at 12:30AM EST