* ''Film/{{Kick-Ass}}'' sets itself up to examine the reality of normal people of superheroes like the comic book it adapts, and shows rather jarringly what would realistically happen to anyone who believes they got the skills, assets and resourcefulness satisfactory to be a costumed vigilante. However, ''unlike'' that comic book, [[DeconReconSwitch it then becomes a]] {{Reconstruction}} - effectively subverting the source material's entire plot and having the lead character eventually [[TookALevelInBadass gain many, many levels in Kick-Ass]] to demonstrate that either anything's possible with enough determination... or that grim realism is detrimental for a compelling plot.
** Of course, the original comic book went for such a self-indulgent DarkerAndEdgier dystopic view on humanity that you ''would'' think that it is an unintentional deconstruction of the self-absorbed emo-teenage fantasy (of the kind Frank Miller would agree with). At this point, however, it's either a very competent StealthParody or very sadly played straight.

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* ''Film/{{Kick-Ass}}'' sets itself up to examine the reality of normal people of superheroes like the comic book it adapts, and shows rather jarringly what would realistically happen to anyone who believes they got the skills, assets and resourcefulness satisfactory to be a costumed vigilante. However, ''unlike'' that comic book, [[DeconReconSwitch it then becomes a]] {{Reconstruction}} - effectively subverting the source material's entire plot and having the lead character eventually [[TookALevelInBadass gain many, many levels in Kick-Ass]] to demonstrate that either anything's possible with enough determination... or that grim realism is detrimental for a compelling plot. Of course, the original comic book went for such a self-indulgent DarkerAndEdgier dystopic view on humanity that you ''would'' think that it is an unintentional deconstruction of the self-absorbed emo-teenage fantasy (of the kind FrankMiller would agree with). At this point, however, it's either a very competent StealthParody or very sadly played straight.

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