Because 11-Year-Old Girls Kick Ass, Too.

Kick-Ass is opening this weekend, and I am pretty stoked to go see it.  Granted, I am not always the uber-nerd I should be when it comes to comic book adaptations, so my expectations for this movie are at a minimum.  I have not yet read the comic, so I honestly have NO CLUE what I should or shouldn’t be looking for.  Still, I expect it to be a fun time.

So why am I talking about a movie that I know so little about?  Because it’s causing a controversy, of course!  Chloe Moretz plays Hitgirl, and the press seems to want us to believe that it’s a role that has tarnished this innocent flower forever because her character has a foul mouth and loves to splatter the baddies.  I mean, just look at her in her comic book form:

Eat your heart out, Go-Go Yubari.

This must be the most badass 11-year-old known to man.  The evidence is right there in the comic book.  Oh, and also in the movie’s R rating.  And if there’s anything we Americans just loooove to do, it’s throwing a royal hissyfit when minors act like adults on film.  Notice how no one is recognizing Chloe Moretz for playing yet another adult-oriented role in the past year:  the wise-beyond-her-years little sister to Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character in (500) Days of Summer.  Don’t listen to all the dicks out there who think you’re becoming an abomination, Chloe.  You are awesome.  And being in Kick-Ass is a gazillion times better than voicing Darby on My Friends Tigger and Pooh, which is something you’re also experienced at.

Are we really a nation of people stupid enough to think that any movie containing teenagers and children is actually appropriate for teenagers and children?

Maybe we shouldn’t answer that.  That’s what the comments section is for, kids.  Also, go watch this clip from CNN.com of the movie’s cast talking about how we all need to stop flipping out about Hitgirl’s potty mouth.   Clark Duke’s comment is my favorite.