Hi! I found Hit Girl fascinating and disturbing at the same time, so poking my nose in :) So much to unpack.
I found that Kick-Ass made me uncomfortable, but for me it was actually seeing Hit Girl killing people that bothered. I think maybe the beginning of the film made me want to take the violence more seriously, so I was taken aback when it turned out the movie wanted me to cheer this stuff on. Like - you have this extremely disturbed child and I'm supposed to be amused? And that kind of cast a pall over all the violence.
But then, I couldn't say that that wasn't intentional on the part of the filmmakers. Just... I felt like the people around me watching were all like, this is awesome, and I was sitting there all squirmy. Which I don't think is a bad response to have to something, because I like things that make me squirm. But it didn't seem like what they were going for.
I kind of want fic dealing with what actually happens when Mindy starts school, because the idea is kind of terrifying. Awesome and terrifying. Or more 'charming' family scenes :) She was definitely the most interesting character in the movie.
A friend of mine mentioned that he'd seen critiques talking about how Hit Girl's character was sexualised, and just being like... no. And that that's a character that usually would be, so people are reading that over how she's actually presented? Which is creepy in itself. But yeah, it's so unusual for that kick ass female character not to be sexualised, for there to be more going on for her. & I guess I agree with hellkitty, that this can only happen because she's still a child.
Um, sorry for going all TL;DR in your journal! The whole discussion is fascinating, thanks for writing :)
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Date: 2010-05-07 12:59 am (UTC)I found that Kick-Ass made me uncomfortable, but for me it was actually seeing Hit Girl killing people that bothered. I think maybe the beginning of the film made me want to take the violence more seriously, so I was taken aback when it turned out the movie wanted me to cheer this stuff on. Like - you have this extremely disturbed child and I'm supposed to be amused? And that kind of cast a pall over all the violence.
But then, I couldn't say that that wasn't intentional on the part of the filmmakers. Just... I felt like the people around me watching were all like, this is awesome, and I was sitting there all squirmy. Which I don't think is a bad response to have to something, because I like things that make me squirm. But it didn't seem like what they were going for.
I kind of want fic dealing with what actually happens when Mindy starts school, because the idea is kind of terrifying. Awesome and terrifying. Or more 'charming' family scenes :) She was definitely the most interesting character in the movie.
A friend of mine mentioned that he'd seen critiques talking about how Hit Girl's character was sexualised, and just being like... no. And that that's a character that usually would be, so people are reading that over how she's actually presented? Which is creepy in itself. But yeah, it's so unusual for that kick ass female character not to be sexualised, for there to be more going on for her. & I guess I agree with
Um, sorry for going all TL;DR in your journal! The whole discussion is fascinating, thanks for writing :)