Kick-Ass, the much anticipated graphic novel to be adapted into a full length movie, will be coming to theaters this April.  To say the comic book is “graphic” is an understatement.  Like most people who probably did not initially know of the comic book, when I heard the title “Kick-Ass” I just laughed at how stupid this will be and how I can’t believe Hollywood is really going to put out such a corny and obvious stupid movie that is guaranteed to fail.  But then I was turned on to the graphic novel by my brother and a friend, both who praised it not just for the writing and drawings, but also the extreme blood and guts that is combined with it.

Reading this I wasn’t sure what to expect.  I enjoy reading graphic novels every now and then, but wasn’t so sure about this, especially when I heard it was about some dorky kid who wanted to be a superhero.  When I started reading, I was turned on right away.  The illustrations are incredible, and the writing is down to earth and easy to relate to.  The author uses a very straight forward high school dialogue perfect for 2010.  Working in social media, I love the fact that the superhero became famous from Youtube and MySpace.  Maybe it’s a bit outdated with the MySpace, but you get the point.  The author played well to the language of the character and audience who would be reading it and did not hold back at all with offensive language, or offensive anything.

And like I said at the beginning, this is “graphic” beyond beliefs.  You want cursing…check.  Nudity….check.  Little girls cutting off the heads of mobsters….check.  The author leaves nothing to the imagination in this graphic novel and I’m happy he didn’t.  Now I can’t wait for this movie to come out next month, and early reviews have been positive.  They said they were true to the graphic novel and tried to work in the multiple story lines, and of course have the black humor and blood that you would expect.  Although this involves kids, this will not be a kid movie, at least I hope not.

The only potential downside is that the movie was made before the first edition of the graphic novel was finished, so the ending of the movie may be entirely different than the ending in the book.  I hope this is not because I actually liked the ending to the book.  The other potential downside is Nicolas Cage is one of the main characters.  Nic Cage was a beast for years in the late 80′s and 90′s and “The Rock” is one of my favorite movies of all times.  But he’s been terrible lately, and the fact that he is completely bankrupt scares me that he was desperate for a role, and is only looking for a pay check.  I know that might be a strange correlation but after Ghost Rider, how could one not be worried.  I hope I’m wrong and he fits the bill perfectly with this movie.  Either way, I cannot wait for this movie now and hope more people give it a chance past the silly name.

Are you excited for Kick-Ass?