Super

I said i was gonna do a movie review, i don't care if it's late! i'm gonna do it!

I was gonna do one of my favorite movies, but i just saw the movie Super, so i thought it'd be appropriate.

The movie Super, The plot is basically Kick-ass. Well that's what everybody compares it to, and that's initially what drove me to watch it. But Ellen Page in tights sealed the deal for me. Anyways upon further examination it is completely different then Kick-ass. Whereas Kick-ass was about ordinary kids becoming superheroes, Super was about a man on a self improvement journey...of sorts. Rainn Wilson stars as the main character Frank, who falls in love with Liv Tyler who is a recovering alkie. She starts to dabble in pot after they get married and goes onto the harder stuff. She leaves Frank for a major drug dealer and Frank wants to get her back. That's basic premise. And you think, oh ok, so he becomes a superhero, gets a sidekick, fails at first then comes in guns blazing and gets the girl and saves the city from a larger conspiracy. That is usually the plotline for these movies. But it's a much deeper movie than that.

What made me cringe a bit, is that Frank becomes a hero upon hearing a higher calling from God. Not destiny, but God, as in...well God. He see's a show on T.V. about a superhero called Christman or...somethin.... And he gets touched by God and believes God chose him to fight for justice. He's horrible at it. But as you watch the movie it's... very dark and brutal. You actually feel for the criminals. Some are bad, some are just minor crimes. Once Ellen Page's character joins the mix, it gets worse briefly. And what adds to it is Ellen Page going absolutely nuts over almost killing people! In one scene they She actually almost kills a guy who might have or might not have scratched her friends car. I tell you, the movie is horrible. Not horrible as in it sucks horrible. But horrible as in Million-Dollar Baby horrible. It's brutal, i found myself covering my eyes and cringing a lot. Those most of the things was, "I can't believe he's that stupid, no fucking way!" I didn't cover my eyes through violence. I covered my eyes when he dressed up in a costume and not only hit a man over the head with a wrench for CUTTING IN LINE at a movie theater, but also hitting an innocent girl for trying to stop him. It's the "he's so stupid" parts that make me cringe. I feel embarrassed for him. Also when he almost made it horribly apparent to a cop that he was the Crimson Bolt.

Is it to say the movie is bad? No! Of course not! By all means, it's a very good movie, it's engaging, it's funny, and it's unique with a lot of twists. Frank is absolutely incompetent, and it's to a painful degree, but still it's a very watchable movie. Overall... i'd give it an 8 out of 10. Unbiased of course, i'll give all movies an unbiased score based on how good it is. 8 out of 10 signifies that a lot of people would really enjoy it, and it's something that a lot more people should be into.

Now my score rating may be a bit weird. This time it's average. But I have a lot of favorite movies, and some might be getting low scores. But that's because i have to take in originality and storyline. My next movie might trip you up a bit. See you soon. Since i actually have a topic tonight, i might be posting something else up in like 10 minutes.