Kick-Ass

[kevinknapman]

OK, I have given up hoping to keep quiet and work it out in due course: somebody please put me out of my misery and explain what is meant by these "red band trailers" which several posters have mentioned? I've seen the film, but I haven't seen any posters or trailers - do they have some sort of red stripe across them to indicate the age restriction?

I too am not sure what this term means

'Red band trailers' is a reference to certain American made trailers. American trailers start with a graphic that states 'The following preview has been approved for...' Most of these are 'Green band trailers' and have a green background. They are suitable for everyone to watch. 'Red band trailers' are suitable for a restricted or mature audience only.They are known for showing the kinds of things you don't normally get to see in trailers such as extreme violence, swearing and nudity. They start with the aforementioned graphic on a red background and are generally shown before R rated, NC-17 Rated and unrated movies in the US. They can also be seen online (which is the only way we can see them here in the UK). Online they usually have something called an 'Age gate' where you have to input your date of birth in order to prove your age, although you can watch most 'red band trailers' on Youtube (Here's a link to the Kick Ass one NSFW obviously )

[bevvy]

Thanks for the speedy reply and detailed explaination KevinKnapman.

[Ms Thrifty]

And thank you from me, too, KK. I was quite expecting a howl of outrage and to be the only one in the dark. Well, I definitely fit the mature audience category!

[superhero]

It's weird watching Aaron Johnson playing this geeky, dorky guy when he's suppose to be some heartthrob in other flms like Nowhere Boy.

[Ms Thrifty]

Yet in the first few shots, I thought he looked so like the young John Lennon, i.e. as in Nowhere Boy - quite incongruous, given the nature of this film!

[valda]

He's the producer! I was quite surprised apart from him, most of the people behind the film are British.

My lucky mates went to the premiere last night. I wondered why everyone was going on about Brad

[valda]

I watched this film last week. It was very funny, very enjoyable and quite teenage-boy-rude in places.

I think the age limit of 15 is appropriate, although I think there are a lot of teens out there who would thoroughly love to see this film

My little friends are 12 and desparate to see it.

[Belleandpickle]

Just received this email:

Kick Ass!

If you have tickets for tonights preview please note that

THERE WILL BE SECURITY AT THE CINEMA.

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To enter go to www.futurecomps.co.uk/comicheroeslaunch

[tilly]

Security were there last Thursday. They just asked everyone to switch off their phones and checking bags!

[soonforgotten]

Yeah, I've never seen an email notice about there being security. I don't even have a ticket for tonight and I still got this email. Weird.