Best Movie Ever: Kick-Ass

You simply can't have a comic book movie without throwing in some direct ties and inspired scenes from the source material. You just can't unless you're purposely trolling the fanboys and want to see forums ignite across the web (here's looking at you, X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Director Matthew Vaughn showed his respect for Millar's story in more ways than one, but few things top kicking off the movie with a scene ripped straight from the comic book. This poor wannabe hero made the same fatal mistake as Star Wars: A New Hope's Jek Porkins: he forgot to pull up.

Every comic fan was thinking it when they watched Kick-Ass: the big screen version Big Daddy is a total Batman rip-off (but with guns, so more like Jason Todd in Battle for the Cowl, I suppose). To compliment the visual parody, Nicholas Cage's performance is blatantly inspired by Adam West's awesome version Batman (POW!). So when one of Frank D'Amico's (Mark Strong) thugs claims a man with a mask and a cape stole their coke, they all claim he said Batman took their drugs. Pure comedic gold follows as the brain dead goons draw comparisons to Batman, and D'Amico even claims the mysterious thief was Superman. "I never said Batman!!!"

Nothing says "I love you" quite like teaching your child how to take a bullet. Some parents bond with their kid through sports or hobbies, but the Macready family laughs at those silly traditions! They know to survive in this world, you've gotta be ready for anything... and that includes getting shot in the chest. Damon (Nicholas Cage) has his daughter, Mindy (Chloe Grace Moretz), put on a kevlar vest and shoots the 11-year-old over and over again. But fear not, little Mindy was rewarded for her courage with bowling and ice cream.

11-year-old Hit-Girl is without question one of the biggest highlights of Kick-Ass. It isn't every day you see such a young girl drop a hefty vocabulary of swear words and slice the legs off of thugs. Few moments can top Hit-Girl flipping down a hallway and shooting guys in the face, then resorting to her epic skill when she's out of bullets. Chole Moretz worked like hell to earn the performance, too. She had 2 months of intense training which included 1,000 crunches every night, and she can now dismantle and put together a firearm before you can find the remote for your TV. Fun fact: yes, she's that damn good with a butterfly knife.