You nailed it, menippus. I have the exact same take on this.

Exactly, there is no humor in that particular scene.
I really very much doubt that people who consider that as funny really got the bitter, satirical part of the movie. Kick-Ass is not supposed to be just a funny action spectacle with some teen angst moments but its a clever, original superhero satire exposing the absurdity of being a vigilante in real life with that scene being the dramatic climax.
But the movie is anyway underrated for a comic adaptation in my view, next to great adaptations like Sin city or The dark knight its one of the best.

I try to find the humor in it but I just thought that was soo sad.I mean I cant get passed the fact he is burning alive and all he cares about is making sure his kid survives.
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It was not funny at all. It was meant to be dramatic as he was screaming in agony and pain but still kept a clear mind to protect his child and give the right instructions so Hit Girl can survive. The scene is one of the most tense and emotionally engaging I have experienced on screen.
I am rather baffled that some think it was funny and completely discredit this awesome scene but to each their own.

It was quite intense and funny
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It was funny and sad at the same time.
One of the best parts of this film..and one of Cage's top performances, ever. I really liked him in this film.
Um, the name was Abby. Abby something-or other-Normal.

I was recently released from the Torrance Memorial Burn Center where I was treated for 2nd and 3rd Degree burns over 72% of my body.
I can confirm that your voice does indeed take on an exceptionally distorted and horrific tone when you are being burned alive.

Wasn't funny at all
I thought he screamed his lungs out in agony because of the pain from the fire and also so Hitgirl could hear him Not funny at all

Cage is the greatest actor of our time, lmao.
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Upon a re-watch his voice doesn't sound different when he says take cover child, he's just screaming with the big daddy voice.
When his voice changes is after he has been on fire for a while, and after Mindy put it out and he says his final words.
I thought the first time, and still maintain, that Cage was talking like that to simulate having burnt his lungs/throat by inhaling super heated air.
You're a troll.

Agree, saw the movie again yesterday, and that scene still gets me.

completely agree.
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I didn't think it was hilarious, I thought it was effing awesome and one of the most emotionally intense action scenes I've seen in a long time. Good work by the director, editor, Cage, the music guy, everybody.

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He was trying to keep her in the moment, remember when he said he made it into a game? I think the southern accent is something he did only when they were "playing" so if anything, it was just to keep Hit-Girl calm, since she was getting emotional over him on fire, so almost to suck her back into "The Game" he puts on the accent.
Personally I think it's just the fact it's Nicolas Cage is what makes the scene more humorous and harder to swallow through a serious throat. But whatever, it made sense

Pretty good reason for the high pitched voice: the boys were on fire.
Did anyone else notice that whilst he used Adam West to portray Big Daddy; his persona for Damon was Sheldon Cooper? As evidenced by the laugh he uses when watching the Kick Ass clip on Youtube.
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One bit he enunciated like Adam West's Batman, while obviously dresses like 'Bale's' - pretty sure that was on purpose

I found it mostly bizarre but also humorous. I noticed that, early on in the movie, he did have a forced way of speaking (or rather a deliberately different way of speaking) when he was in costume. I think he did this to help hide his identity? I haven't watched this movie enough times to really verify that theory.

I didn't think it was funny thought he was screaming like that because he was burning
Same here, I thought that scene was pretty sad, I know some that thought it was disturbing.
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I thought it was the character trying to be funny and whilst I can see how some could be amused I found it rather sad (in a good way).
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