Kickass 2?

Kickass 2? Not quite but i noticed a lot of elements in this trailer which i seemed related to Kick Ass, for instance, the thought of an average joe becoming a super hero, then the super hero having a young side kick, i related that to Big Daddy and Hit Girl. I thought i would share this anyway.

Kick-ass Music Comparison

The music used in Kick-ass is some what unusually adapted to the movie. Whereas Kick-Ass is a quirky postmodern film in the way how it presented in the movie, a pastiche, because the movie is using and exposing elements from other movies such as superman and spiderman to put a plot together for Kick-Ass. Kick-ass soundtracks used within, work against the movie in the way that the music used has been used in previous text's such as 28 days later and Requiem for a dream, therefore taking the audiences' mind over to that film instead of concentrating on Kick-Ass, that is if they have heard the song in previous text's.





Same song if not tweaked slightly.

Inglourious Basterds/Kick-Ass

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One of the most significant aspects of postmodernism in this regard is the use of pastiche to other media texts and the inclusion/alteration historical facts, within a piece of media. This can be seen in Inglourious Basterds, a film based around the time and events of World War II, however the events within the film are almost completely fictional, for example Adolf Hitler died by committing suicide as it became apparent the war was lost, in this film he is killed in a suicide mission (arranged by the ‘Basterds’, a military unit fighting against the Nazis) in which a Jewish cinema owner hosts the premiere for a new Nazi propaganda film, then sets the cinema on fire, killing Hitler. Although entirely fictional, the overall presentation of the film would imply it is a reflection of real-life events. Postmodern texts frequently blur the lines between real life and the reality presented within the text, the audience willingly accept this regardless of the fact the film is clearly artificial, and often hints towards this using narrative devices such as splitting the film into chapters, a convention normally seen within children’s fairy tales, used here for a completely different reason. This historical inaccuracy may be controversial as the film isn’t a ‘real’ war film in terms of the plot it portrays, and because it may be seen as disrespectful to war veterans due to the way in which the film represents war in a humorous way. ‘Inglourious’ contains multiple scenes of extreme violence to the point of being gratuitous, showing the film doesn’t take itself seriously despite being based around extremely serious real-world events, this glorifies a violent approach, even representing the ‘good guy’ Basterds as thuggish, as is seen when they are ordered to collect scalps from every Nazi they kill. This could cause controversy as the Basterds are a group of Jewish soldiers, which are represented as the heroes of the film against the Nazis, yet are still shown to be violent, as if to advocate violence as being the ‘right’ thing to do. Inglourious Basterds is directed by Quentin Tarantino, who is known for producing postmodern films such as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and Pulp Fiction. These films, together with Inglourious, have attracted controversy over the amount of creativity or original thought which has gone into the creation of each film. A characteristic of postmodernism is the heavy use of influences, or direct lifting of elements from other media texts. Inglourious Basterds doesn’t have a specially composed soundtrack, but lifts music from other films and artists, for instance a David Bowie track entitled “Cat People (Putting Out Fire)” is used as background music in the scenes leading up to the Basterd’s plan to burn down the cinema.
The selection of music is not only controversial in the use of others’ work, but also because the music used doesn’t fit the time period; Cat People was released in 1982, but is being used as a soundtrack to a World War 2 film.

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My View

Taratino's Inglourious Basterds is a paradox as it contradicts the way Adolf Hitler died, whereas in the movie he was murdered by the 'Basterds' with the unknown assistance of the cinema owner (Shosanna Dreyfus) and her assistant (Jacky Ido), in comparison to real life historic story that Adolf Hitler committed suicide when figuring out he was losing the war.
Whereas the music from other war films in inglourious basterds worked well because war when you hear a soudntrack from a war film you may also think of a different film which takes your mind of the current film, however because it is in the same genre it works because in war movies their is always a battle/war in commence. In kick-ass the soundtrack seemed to work against the film because when you heard the 28 days later soundtrack even though the soundtrack may have fitted the scene and worked, it therefore did not work as it made the audience who have seen 28 days later think of that specific film, therefore taking the audience's mind onto another film.

Kick-Ass Soundtrack Criticism

Hit Girl Essay (KICK-ASS) attempt 1

Hit Girl - Postmoder Heroine or "morally reprehensible"?

I believe the way Hit Girl is portrayed in the hit movie 'Kick Ass' is complex, mystifying and blurring, all in all being confusing, i believe this because of the scenes within the movie such as when she is looking innocent in some scenes whether it be with a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows or even in the cold looking wrapped up, however Hit Girl can look innocent no matter what she is doing when she isn't killing, this is because our society today implies that anyone below the age of around sixteen is innocent because we don't expect them to know and do the stuff adults do. So in addition when we witness Hit girl killing people and using the word 'c*nt' we are shocked and yet intrigued as an audience, however it depends who you are on your reaction. We are shocked because we don't expect a young girl to be using such words, in addition we are intrigued because of the shockness, for example "she swore!? what else can she do or say?" it can leave the audience wanting to see how much of a 'bad ass' she is.

Hit Girl shares a hot chocolate with double marshmallows with her father.

 

In the image to the left, we are witnessing a young girl and her farther having a hot drink. Totally looking innocent, however the faces on their expression can lead to another discussion of "what are they looking at?"

In this image we as a audience stereotypically think this is fine and how it should be, and all she is missing is a cuddly toy.

Hit Girl in School uniform

In the image to the right we are shown a state of Hit Girl we are used to from the comic books with a weapon. However, with Hit Girl wearing a school uniform it makes a sort of disjunction because of the innocence of the uniform and the bad assness with the silenced pistol.

This poster for Empire would have gotten many complaints for the actress only being twelve years of age and posing like that holding a weapon, even if it was to promote a film.

However in these modern day's adults dress up as children at the weekend, whether it be in a school uniform or even in a giant nappy and adding their own 'touches' to the uniform whether it be with the short being tied up like a bow or the skirt being ridiculously short. So we have to ask ourselves "are we convincing the youth its fine to dress like this?"

Hit Girl in her superhero costume

In the image to the left, again Hit Girl is looking innocent yet mysterious. In comparison to the image above in the school uniform she is wearing more clothes and has less skin showing, yet again holding a weapon. in  this picture she is wearing a eye mask which adds to her mysterious identity, similar to such comic heroes as Robin from Batman, Cat woman etc.

From just looking at this image i get the feeling she is good and means well, possibly because their is light shining around her in a god like figure.

 

Hit Girl as portrayed in the comic. The text box reads "She was John Rambo crossed with Polly Pocket"

The image to the right is how Hit Girl is portrayed in the comic book.

Samurai to the neck and blood spurting out all over the picture and Hit Girl. This is where the disjuncture comes in, a 11 year old girl killing a man, stereotypically not meant to be.

In conclusion Hit Girl could be looked at as morally reprehensible because she is a 11-12 year old killing people and using words such as ''c*nt's", however, Hit Girl could also be portrayed as a postmodern heroine because it is different because she is a 11-12 year old killing people and calling people "c*nt's" which makes our human stereotypical mind think about the current situation. So if possible i believe the morally reprehensible backs up the postmodern heroine by being different and making our minds think "hold on, shes 12, killing people brutally and swearing..this isn't natural." I think to fully understand and be able to discuss and decide the viewer must watch the whole of kick-ass to be  able to make a fair judgment.