Comments on: kick ass and think of the children

By: John Girvin

John Girvin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:16:26 +0000

For the interested, Tookey's response is here: http://www.movie-film-review.com/devFilm.asp?ID=15578

By: DreadPirateKhan

DreadPirateKhan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:04:36 +0000

@jearle Exactly!

John, excellent article and good read. As a ladygeek myself, I found Hit-Girl’s getup to be perfectly fine – she looked, indeed, like a little girl dressed up as a superhero! Nothing egregiously tight, low-necked or revealing: this is exactly how I’d want my little cousins to dress if they were going to rampage around the neighbourhood pretending to shoot bad guys.

Tookey is looking for something that’s not there, and it’s a little disturbing to wonder why he’s searching that hard.

@markburstow – Heh heh heh.
Also, didn’t realize he had a response up… *goes to read it*

By: Mark Burstow

Mark Burstow — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:11:08 +0000

Just saw his self-justifying response – the lady doth protest too much?

By: HShorter

HShorter — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:01:31 +0000

Why aren’t critics employed based on their review vs the public rating after release? Surely that’s the metric of how good at their job they are? On that basis he’d be tanking right now – http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/1217700-kick_ass/

By: Mark Burstow

Mark Burstow — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:12:21 +0000

Great article John – I’m just surprised that Tookey didn’t say that it was a Lesbian, Immigrant,socialist, Muslim plot to overthrow the morals of the nation!

By: HShorter

HShorter — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:14:09 +0000

Can’t agree more. I read the Mail article and immediately went looking for a way to provide feedback. It would have been constructive. It would have been truthful. It would have basically been a piece slightly inferior to this article. Comments were turned off. No email link. I don’t want a faceless ‘editor’ (read intern with an auto reply) to assure me its all ok, I want Tookey himself to be answerable and realise how wrong he is.

The Mail review annoyed me, but the thought of that tool thinking it was bang on the money infuriates me even more.

By: John Girvin

John Girvin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:05:59 +0000

I only wish commenting on the original article was enabled. I missed my chance to get the boot in at the source, dammit.

The vast majority of those who did leave a comment disagree strongly with Tookey, and their comments have been mightily upvoted by other readers.

By: Jared Earle

Jared Earle — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:01:18 +0000

“No no no no. A thousand times no, you sick fuck.”

Tookey is trying to get us to agree with his view so he can get away with a “I’m no paedo, but that sexy school girl, eh? Eh? You all agree she was hot, right? Not just me then? Right, lads?” covering up of his own troubled feelings.

The guy obviously got a boner over an eleven year old girl and tried to absolve himself of guilt by saying how terrible it was that they MADE him get a boner.

Like you say, he’s a sick fuck.

By: Phill

Phill — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:32:31 +0000

I feel like i’m blowing smoke up John’s (Kick) ass today – but this is an excellent post. I’m pretty sure the Daily Mail Reactionary Scumbag just saw an opportunity to trot out some reader-pleasing rabble-rousing at the expense of a movie that its readership won’t be going to see anyway.

By: Martin Lucas

Martin Lucas — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:27:43 +0000

Good post John, definitely answered all the ridiculous points that the Daily Mail created, I’m sure of which were just created (out of nothing) to create a bit of attention for themselves.

Kick-Ass is indeed a great film, the 15 certificate is suitable – others have mentioned it should be an 18, and I think anyone with half a brain would realise that even though it’s based in the real world, it’s comedic tone and comic themes make it slightly make believe.