Kick - Ass trailer

I knew nothing about this comic book series before coming across this excellent write up for the trailer over at smokingsection:

Appalled is usually a punk word. Punks get appalled. Old British ladies choke on their crumpets when they’re appalled. Your grandmother was appalled when she accidentally turned on BET’s Uncut. A grown man like myself should never be appalled.

I read Kick-Ass and I was appalled. The eight-issue comic book series written by comic genius Mark Millar (Wanted, Ultimate Fantastic Four) just wrapped up last week and if I had a coinpurse, I’d have clutched it while reading. The last issue alone features a 10-year-old girl doing coke and shooting mafia bosses in the scrotes. Awesome!

If the movie lives up to half the craziness of the comic, you’ll be in for a cringe-inducing but thoroughly enjoyable movie. Judging by Hit Girl’s use of the word “cock,” the movie looks like it plans to be true to the book.

With some top notch names involved, it looks like it could be a fun movie, but David’s write up might have sold me on checking out the comic book as well.