105 Comments
The new red band trailer for "Kick-Ass" (embedded after the jump) is stirring up some chaos on the interwebs.

While we happen to think the girl-kicking-butt-and-taking-names routine is awesome however Hollywood dishes it out, many of the more conservative movie-goers and Internet-trailer-watchdogs aren't so happy with the unwholesome talk and intense violence. (If you didn't know -- some of us didn't -- a red band trailer can only be shown during an R-rated movie.)

The problem? The gun-slinging character who used the F-bomb and C-word isn't co-star Nicolas Cage, but 12-year-old Chloe Moretz (who also appeared as Joseph Gordon-Levitt's wise kid sister in "500 Days of Summer").

Those angered by the trailer are taking to YouTube, IMDb.com and wherever else they can rant and rave (in G-rated language, we presume) about the inappropriateness of allowing such a young lady to say and do such things. But while it may not be a surprising argument, it is a rather pointless one.

First off, we aren't Moretz's parents, from whom she presumably had to get permission to do the film. If they're okay with it, it really isn't any of our business how they raise their kid. Secondly, we all know we can't police Hollywood. This isn't the first - nor will it be the last - time that a young star has been used in a controversial role. Thirdly, the film is an adaptation of a popular Marvel comic book series of the same name by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. that features a young woman kicking butt and calling names.

But, perhaps most importantly, there won't be any tween holding a gun to your head to make you see a movie you don't feel like/want to/agree with seeing, so we say, let the trailer roll, and let your ticket purchase -- or lack thereof -- speak for its filthy self.

Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments below what you think of the trailer for "Kick-Ass" and the controversy behind it. And now that that's settled, let's bitch about about a trailer that's honest-to-God terrible. (Legion, anyone? )

"Kick-Ass" is directed by Matthew Vaughn and also stars Aaron Johnson and Christopher "McLovin" Mintz-Plasse. The film opens in April, and the trailer is pretty violent and, clearly, Not Safe for Work.