Oh, that wasn't the bit that got me about Hit Girl, actually. That I was fine with, totally. It was more...she's shown consistently in combat to be extremely, massively competent. Then you get to the big finally battle with the crime lord her father's been after her *whole* life, and this climatic fight, after all her amazing competence--bam, she's back to the usual "female's gotta be rescued by the guy" trope.
I know that her entire life, that fighting was as part of a duo, she was used to fighting alongside her dad and having that other person she was always really in sync with combatwise watching her back, and I know that they needed a way for the guy to redeem/prove himself. But I think what I really wish they would have done, especially considering how UBERcompetent she was, was to make the kill of the final bad guy be a joint effort between her and Kick Ass. I could have handled that no problem, and I think would have still allowed for the proving himself/atone thing that they wanted to do with the guy.
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Date: 2010-09-14 05:06 am (UTC)I know that her entire life, that fighting was as part of a duo, she was used to fighting alongside her dad and having that other person she was always really in sync with combatwise watching her back, and I know that they needed a way for the guy to redeem/prove himself. But I think what I really wish they would have done, especially considering how UBERcompetent she was, was to make the kill of the final bad guy be a joint effort between her and Kick Ass. I could have handled that no problem, and I think would have still allowed for the proving himself/atone thing that they wanted to do with the guy.