You might find it weird, when you read the recap Will and I wrote for Kick-Ass, that I seem to be defending so strenuously a movie that I start out describing as a disappointment. I did think the movie was only okay, but I kind of fell in love with the character of Hit-Girl, and since people seem to be throwing around words like “brainwashed” and “sociopath,” I wanted to stick up for her. Obviously, if Big Daddy were a real guy in Queens who’d turned his tiny daughter into a costumed vigilante and I read about him in the Times, I would be horrified. But in the movie they’re both pretty awesome. That’s all.
But next week…you guys. Please don’t make me see The Back-Up Plan. Don’t make us follow Kick-Ass with Hot Ass. Disney is releasing a perfectly lovely- and fascinating-looking documentary called Oceans, and just in time for Earth Day! Make us see that and help us all stave off extinction somehow! If nothing else, compare the good a movie like Oceans can do to the carbon footprint (or, let’s face it, buttprint) of Jennifer Lopez Inc. Do the right thing. Go vote!
