My Take On… “Kick-Ass”
Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick Ass” may be the most infuriating movie I have seen in a long time, but that’s probably just because it spends the first fifteen minutes pretending it’s going to have something interesting to say. The...
Terrence Malick makes films like no other person working today. His works, currently standing at four films over four decades, are connected by doomed romance, philosophically simple narration, absolutely gorgeous cinematography, and a feel that is best described as “dreamlike”....
There’s nothing I love more than a radical, non-conformist, ballsy as hell, swing for the fences movie. There almost always intensely personal (who can’t appreciate the wealth of subtext in “The Toxic Avenger”), and the kind of picture that makes for perfect cult fare. Most...
Jake Mulligan reviews awesome and obscure movies, makes random top ten lists, and keeps you updated on cool screenings in the city of Boston. For those tired of the terrible offerings in theatres every Friday.
You are right that the end of the movie is different from the book. The reason is that the ending of the comic book wasn't written before the ending of the movie. The movie had been far into shooting before Mark Miller wrote #7 and #8.
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