The scene with the car crusher was probably the only scene I would have cut. I think it felt too "real" and just made me uncomfortable - and I have pretty thick skin.
>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Much of the violence was cartoonish, like Hit Girl running down a hallway, killing 20 guys in a matter of seconds, but some of the violence seemed intent on being disturbing, like when Big Daddy and Hit Girl smash a guy in a car crusher and laugh about it, or when hit girl kills the woman in the red dress. I think these scenes were deliberately meant to mirror the scenes in which the villains torture people.
I think 'selective humanization' is more of a condition of our culture than anything else, and Matthew Vaughn is playing with this concept, pushing our buttons. I've got his commentary on a blu-ray, I should probably check it out for more insight.

Much of the violence was cartoonish, like Hit Girl running down a hallway, killing 20 guys in a matter of seconds, but some of the violence seemed intent on being disturbing, like when Big Daddy and Hit Girl smash a guy in a car crusher and laugh about it, or when hit girl kills the woman in the red dress. I think these scenes were deliberately meant to mirror the scenes in which the villains torture people.

I think 'selective humanization' is more of a condition of our culture than anything else, and Matthew Vaughn is playing with this concept, pushing our buttons. I've got his commentary on a blu-ray, I should probably check it out for more insight.