Kick Ass as a British Film - Repost

Kick Ass is a worthy study as a British film in Institutions and Audiences. Have a look at Mr Smith's information to aid your study of this film for institutions, audiences, production, marketing, exhibition and exchange. When you get there, scroll down.
http://asanda2mediastudies.blogspot.com/2010/11/some-excellent-resources-on-kick-ass.html

Excellent resources on "Kick Ass" from Mr Smith

This is very useful for a case study on the UK film industry; You would also need to research the institutions and people behind the film.
http://mrsmithasmedia.blogspot.com/2010/11/kick-ass-case-study-2.html

Matthew Vaughn Talks To Jonathan Ross about Kick Ass and the British Film Industry

The discussion on the state of the British Film industry begins four minutes in - but it is worth waiting for! Use this information for your case studies.

"Kick Ass" reviews which discuss its POMO features

A great discussion on the British Film Industry in this last video.

.filmcritic.com/reviews/2010/kick-ass/

http://scifimafia.com/2010/04/kick-ass-is-matthew-vaughns-post-modern-love-letter-to-superhero-movies/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/mar/26/kick-ass-comics-film-adaptations - Very useful for postmodernism.

Phillip French guardian.co.uk/film/2010/apr/04/kickass-film-review  He thinks it's "ersatz".

Peter Bradshaw guardian.co.uk/film/2010/mar/31/kick-ass-review-film  Loves it but feels he "shouldn't."

blogcritics.org/video/article/movie-review-kick-ass1   Some interesting ideas
The Californian Literary Review  Balanced, with readers' comments added.

scifimafia.com/2010/04/kick-ass-is-matthew-vaughns-post-modern-love-letter-to-superhero-movies/

filmschoolrejects.com/features/culture-warrior-deconstruction-and-difference-in-kick-ass  Quite technical, theory-wise!

http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-7203-kick-ass-is-only-half-right.  Good on parody

zoemedia.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/kick-ass

guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/apr/02/kick-ass-bad-language

Roger Ebert's scathing review  He does focus on the film as post modern, but as something dark and disturbing.

filmthreat.com/reviews   Another reviewer with mixed feelings about this film.