KICK-ASS was a massive success when it was released in 2010. Written by Mrs Jonathan Ross, Jane Goldman, and directed by Matthew Vaughn the film launched the career of Aaron Taylor Johnson who has since gone onto GODZILLA and the next AVENGERS film, as well as Chloe Moretz who completely stole the film as Hit-Girl, a foul mouthed ass-kicking tween superhero vigilante.
Moretz returned for the sequel KICK-ASS 2 last year, but due to a lacklustre box office a third film seems unlikely. Whilst speaking about new movie IF I STAY in which she plays a cello protege who experiences an out-of-body experience faced with a dilemma after falling into a coma, she was very vocal about her thoughts on what the future holds for the series:
“Sadly, I think I’m done with the character. Hit-Girl was a very cool character, but I don’t think there will be any more movies. You make these movies for the fanboys, but nowadays everyone seems to pirate them rather than watch them in the movie theatre. KICK-ASS 2 was one of the number one pirated movies of the year, but that doesn’t help us because we need box office figures. We need to prove to the distributors that we can make money from a third and fourth movie – but because it didn’t do so well, we can’t make another one. If you want more than one movie, everyone has to go and see movies at the cinema. It’s all about the the numbers in the theatre.”
So film pirates have put a nail into the coffin of another film franchise. I have to agree with Moretz, piracy will cause films serious pain, what is the point in harming the thing that you love? Personally I love watching films as they were intended to be seen on the big screen. So if you are one of those people who do download movies, think again next time as you will be contributing to the demise of the very thing you are trying to watch.
Source: Digital Spy
bfg666
Aug 28, 2014 at 5:42 am
You and Chloe are missing the point: the only people contributing to the demise of the very thing we’re trying to watch are the studios and multiplexes themselves. When 1) going to a movie once is getting more expensive than buying an endlessly replayable DVD and 2) the movie doesn’t look that good to begin with, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see people pirate it beforehand to check if it’s worth the ticket price (and in the case of Kick-Ass 2, sadly, it clearly wasn’t). Add to that the pauperization of the masses, the rise of home cinema and the fact that people have become less and less respectful of other viewers in the theatre with their mobile phones, constant talks and hands rummaging through giganormous buckets of popcorn, and it becomes quite clear that the market is not being killed by piracy, rather evolving. Lower the insanely high prices and kick the morons out of the cinema and you’ll have people back in no time…
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