Kick Ass Kicks Ass!

Evil guy: “Playtime’s over kid”

Hit Girl: “I never play”

I love the movie. I love the gore. I love the fact a man was microwaved to a blood-splattering death. I especially love Hit Girl. And how she decimates everyone by chopping their legs, blowing their brains out, stabbing them in the back, in front, everwhere really, and terrifying the shit out of a-holes. I love that she does that with utter relish to the music of  ‘Banana Splits’ and ‘Bad Reputation’.

She’s my new hero. That doesn’t mean I want to go around spatting the c-word and kniving everyone I meet.  (Although I kinda wish I could scare some idiots by waving a dagger in front of their heavily comesticated faces)

Yes, the politics of Hit Girl have been discussed to death with many insightful commentaries and objections.

But: she’s a comic character. She’s not real.  The movie is a satire. It isn’t meant for kids. Nobody gives a shit about male comic heroes mass murdering their way through a movie. I think it’s time for girls, even inappropriate little ones, to get in on the imaginary fun.

April 20, 2010. Movies.