Sunday, September 29, 2013

Top Ten Movies about Parenthood #6

Kick-Ass

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be considered a Super Hero?  NOT ME!  I am one of those wussys who runs to the frozen food section of a store when there's trouble, or screams in pain and agony before my heel even touches the pointy lego.  Apparently that didnt matter for ---, becuase even though he had about as many super powers as Michael Jackson had real noses, that didn't stop him from opening up a can of whoop-A on a couple gangsters.  So it should be no surprise that our friend got his @$$ kicked, but he wunt alone for long!  Along side our hero was a couple masked crusaders called Hit-Girl and her dad, rightfully called Big Daddy, and this is where the worlds greatest parenting comes into play.  Hit-Girl is a young middle-school aged youth with the cuteness of a lost puppy and the potty mouth of a Mel Gibson voice-mail.  The sad part is Hit Girl isn't 100% to blame for her behavior, instead it's her father.  Her father (Big Daddy) was a cop was bent on revenge after being wrongfully thrown into prison, and so in order to get back at his enemies he became a vigilante who looks more like Batman's awkward cousin, and he trained his daughter by teaching her karate and having her take voice lessons from the Insane Clown Posse.  This is TERRIBLE parenting!  It reminds me of when I was at work yesterday and my boss told me he witnessed a father teaching his son to use the word "Gay" as an appropriate response to anything he doesn't like.  Just when my faith in humanity is restored by acts of kindness like someone opening the door for me, or when my wife treats me to a $5 Hot-N-Ready, I see stuff like the douche of a parent at my work.  This movie is a lot like that parent I saw at work, and is one of the ones on my list that is a perfect example of what NOT to do, which is to turn your daughter into a potty-mouthed Sociopath!

3 1/2 out of 5