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What a complete and utter mess of a film. It's all over the place and is over saturated with characters and plot lines. Why they didn't cut like 3 or 4 of these plot lines and like 10 characters I don't know. Had they done that, they could have focused on the action and the relationship between Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl. That is all I wanted from this movie. But no. They had to waste my time with Hit-Girl having a dilemma about being Hit-Girl, Hit-Girl being a normal, stereotypical teenage girl, Kick-Ass dicking around with some random superhero group, and so much other crap like that. None of it was necessary. Unfortunately, they left in all of it and we are left with this cluttered, unfocused crap. Such a disappointing movie. Definitely avoid.

This was a refreshing movie for me. The most recent movies I've seen have ranged from "meh" to "awful". I'm glad to say this was actually a really awesome movie. The film has a magnificent ensemble cast that was brilliantly directed by David O. Russell. Every character, no matter whose side they were on, was memorable and a blast to watch. From Christian Bale and Amy Adams as con artists, to Jennifer Lawrence as a delusional, overly dramatic, clueless wife, and to Bradley Cooper as a FBI agent seeking fame and glory. All of them were awesome characters. Thankfully they were placed in really good plot line. Watching these people scam politicians and gangsters is fun, tense, and exciting. I'm really happy to say this film exceeded my expectations and I say go see it.

Well I saw "Michael Bay's most thought-provoking film to date" in the Rotten Tomatoes critic consensus, so I thought, "maybe he actually made a good movie for once". Oh how dreadfully naive and silly I was. This is movie is awful. Absolutely awful. In this film, we see Sir Michael Bay attempt to tackle the dark comedy genre while seemingly having no knowledge about what makes these types of movies good. The characters in your movie have to commit despicable acts while still remaining likable. Characters in Tarantino movies come to mind. Jules Winnfeld, Vincent Vega, Mr. Blonde, Django, etc. Michael Bay got the despicable acts down, but he forgot to make the characters likable in any way. I hated every single one of them. I wanted them all to go to jail. Never once did I want them to succeed. You cannot make dark comedy work with terrible characters doing terrible things, thus making this film doomed from the start. Every time something is played for comedy, you cringe at just how bad it is. Not having good characters for this ruins your film. When they finally do get caught, I was cheering. That should never ever happen in a movie like this. This would probably end up on a list of my least favorite movies ever. Stay very far away.