Oh, and Doris? Kindly shut up and go watch more movies made since "Mulholland Drive". Okay?

Your other points. The "homophobia" you mention? Oh hell no. The only time any sort of "homophobia" is brought up is when the "bad" characters make fun of the heroes, such as Eggsy being labeled a Rentboy. Whenever homosexual subtext is brought up otherwise, nobody seems offended by it. Vaughn has even said that in the sequel he\’s planning on revealing that Merlin himself is gay. Now Eggsy might be a little rough around the edges, but he\’s certainly open minded, and that\’s EXACTLY why Harry brought him into Kingsman in the first place. Harry and Percival, Roxy\’s supporter, wanted to bring fresh blood into the otherwise uppercrust, pretty boy, elitist Kingsman ranks, and they SUCCEED.

You make it seem like all movies must be sophisticated and have no entertainment value whatsoever or else, by labeling this "pandering to the lowest denominator." What happened to actually being able to enjoy a popcorn flick? Also, were you even WATCHING the same violence that others were? Yes, the church scene is BRUTAL, but we are NEVER made to believe that oh, these people deserved it because they were OOOH orthodox christians! The fact that Harry slaughtered them all without realizing it ACTUALLY affected him, which is clear after he comes out of hypnosis, and actually regrets doing it. The violence was stylized in a way that it was like a cartoon, which was the POINT because it\’s based on a GRAPHIC NOVEL like Kick-Ass was. This kind of violence can be cathartic to watch on screen because it is so out of this world and could never happen, and thus we\’re able to appreciate it in its own diegetic universe.

There\’s nothing cynical about this movie, nobody wants people to keep murdering themselves. These are pretty boy spies coming into the real world, and the crazy people they\’re fighting want this apocalyptic universe that thrives on the cynicism you speak of. It\’s SUPPOSED to be campy, it\’s SUPPOSED to be cheesy, and it\’s SUPPOSED to be extremely violent.

Like I said, I agree with your list otherwise, but this does not deserve to be on there. It seems like you don\’t believe there should be actual fans of anything you think isn\’t top-tier. I\’ll admit I\’m a fan of this movies, and yes, it does have flaws; namely the anal joke (which, as I\’ve said, I don\’t believe undermines its otherwise feminist messages at all, I mean HELLO a disabled antagonist who kicks ass? Granted, it\’s a homage to Bond antagonists who are often maimed or disfigured or disabled, but the fact that it\’s a WOMAN and she\’s capable of doing ALL THIS AMAZING STUFF on her own with her disability AND the actress did her own stunts, THAT is outstanding), and also some of the middle bits drag on, the under usage of Jack Davenport, and some of the side characters, but otherwise it\’s a solid movie that doesn\’t actually take itself that seriously, if you pay enough attention.

The only thing that made me happy is they made sure Colin Firth can\’t be in the sequel. Unless he can of course.

Kingsman was one of the best action movies of the year. You need to stop turning films into a political issue, and criticise every little things that falls outside of your extremely narrow field of political correctness.