Thunderfunk

April 28, 2010 12:39 am Typo Correction: I obviously meant to write, "Having Katie accept Dave, and be his girlfriend?!?", not "boyfriend".

April 28, 2010 12:27 am

Before I start, I must say that I thought the movie was great, the comic was MUCH better, but I enjoyed the movie and will buy the DVD.

That said, I must strongly disagree with your unanimous opinion that the changes made for the movie were improvements over the comic.

1) Big Daddy's Origin: Come on guys, you really think the movie version was better? To me, it's too generic, too close to The Punisher and too close to a bunch of different cop gets set up then gets revenge movies. In the comic, that moment when he reveals that he made up that origin story, that he is in fact just a fanboy just like Kick-Ass, is a twist that I would guess very few readers saw coming. It's a punch in the gut to Hit Girl, a mind blower to Kick-Ass and it's original. Without the twist the origin is cliche.

B) Katie's reaction to Dave's confession: The scene in the comic when Katie has Carl kick Dave's ass then sends him pictures of her going down on Carl is hardcore, realistic and once again, original. Having Katie accept Dave, and be his boyfriend?!? Please! Typical, unoriginal, unrealistic and uninteresting!

III) The Jetpack: I don't care how cool you guys think the jet pack is. I don't care that my wife agrees with you. She's wrong too. Why make a realistic super hero movie and then introduce an element that saps the realism right out of the climax? 

I'm not hating on the film. I'm not even insisting that the movie should be exactly the same as the comic. But, to say that the changes make the story better? No frakkin' way! The examples I mentioned illustrate that the changes made for the movie are cliche and water down the hard core nature of the book. The comic definately has bigger balls than the movie.