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Re: Kick-Ass

#221 Post by TheyCallMeMrGlass » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:45 pm

oh...I'm a bit presumptious arent I, lol.
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#222 Post by AYBG » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:10 pm

Yup, haven't seen it, but will be.

My concern is the knee-jerk reaction some people seem to be having. Like you say, the violence etc is toned down massively for wider advertising, and like you imply, this is out of necessity. Midian's post, however, suggested to me that she thought it was deliberately misleading.

Yes, Joe Public is ignorant, and nothing will change that, but I don't think anyone can justly criticise a film because of that fact. Audience Studies is a fascinating thing, and it's crazy to see how far an audience member's expectation affects their enjoyment of a film. But I whole-heartedly reject Joe P's insistence that There Will Be Blood, for instance, is a bad film because he thought it was going to be an action film (something someone actually said to me once). It's not just Joe Public, though - even film buffs like us have our movie experiences affected by what we expect (there's no such thing as a completely open mind, and personally I'm quite happy being suckered into the auteur myth). On the other hand we're better informed, and that's the way it should be. Otherwise we might criticise a film (or those who produced it) inaccurately and unjustly, due purely to our own inaction.
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#223 Post by superhero » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:33 pm

They are doing a "blindside" on Kick ass , cos they are worried no one will watch it....muhahaha
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#224 Post by superhero » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:35 pm

Exactly the point, I think they were going to like it no matter what...with that kind of a reception...
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#225 Post by Beate » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:35 pm

This is the second time today I get as far as putting my login details in and it tells me I can have tickets, then it suddenly tells me it's full, pipped to the post!
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#226 Post by Belleandpickle » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:38 pm

When you go to screenins do they ever check your name off on a list or anything like that?
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#227 Post by tilly » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:39 pm

I don't think there are many tickets as capitalfm are doing a competition to win tickets to see this next Tuesday in London. Wonder how many tickets they are giving away?
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#228 Post by Beate » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:39 pm

Nah. Certainly not at the Shaftesbury, they are as clueless as it comes.
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#229 Post by Beate » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:41 pm

tilly wrote:I don't think there are many tickets as capitalfm are doing a competition to win tickets to see this next Tuesday in London. Wonder how many tickets they are giving away?
"Ten qualifying winners will be drawn at random." So they are giving 20 tickets away.
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Re: Kick-Ass

#230 Post by tilly » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:42 pm

Beate wrote:
tilly wrote:I don't think there are many tickets as capitalfm are doing a competition to win tickets to see this next Tuesday in London. Wonder how many tickets they are giving away?
"Ten qualifying winners will be drawn at random." So they are giving 20 tickets away.
did you enter?
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