First off, let’s get this out of the way.  I am not a critic.  I don’t make any money writing about movies.  GeekCouch exists because of my love of movies and my ignorant belief that some people give a shit about what I think.

One thing that I make a point to do, both in writing about and talking about movies, is NEVER under any circumstance to spoil key points of a movie.  Usually a critic whom I have immense respect for, Roger Ebert unleashed his VERY negative, spoiler filled, and unfair review of the new movie Kick-Ass entitled “A child kills and is bloodied, hahahaha“.

Directed by Matthew Vaughan and based on the extremely violent graphic novel by Mark Millar, it’s no surprise that Kick-Ass will fuel some controversy and hate.  But, by paragraph four of his negative review, Ebert had spoiled some key scenes and continued with spoilers throughout.  I don’t care who you are, but this isn’t cool. People who come out and spoil movies suck and it’s one of my main pet peeves.

Secondly, Ebert’s main gripes are with the hyper-violent nature of the film, especially the character of Hit Girl, a supporting character of the film (an 11 year old assassin raised by her vigilante father; in context of the story, her character works).  As a critic, you should be aware of the source material and obviously Ebert is not.  Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass is extremely violent and bloody, therefore the movie is extremely violent and bloody.  A faithful interpretation of the story.

I feel when one embarks in film criticism, one needs to be aware of the intention of the film and it’s audience.  I haven’t seen Kick-Ass yet, but I feel it succeeds at what it set to do.  From all the buzz I’ve heard, Kick-Ass is a super-violent, witty and enjoyable comic book romp for adults.  If you can’t handle that, stay home.  And for the love of God, don’t bring your kids.  Iron Man 2 will be out soon enough.