Kevin Smith

[QueenOfGoths]

Mr. QofG's loves him, I am less convinced - though the little kids swearing at the beginning of "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" (I think it was that one) did make me laugh.

Mind you Mr. QofG's did find a copy of this for £3.00 the other day and said it was one of the most obscene things he has ever read!

http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/1119589/Tales-from-the-Clerks-/Product.html

 

[Kanda]

I asked him if he was sure he could leave the viewaskewniverse alone, as he was claiming - he was a little bit patronising and assured me he could. (after asking me "how did you get here? and me rather lamely saying "i flew" - complete with hands flapping in feeble bird impression... dead witty and cool me). Anyway, i felt dead smug when i heard about clerks 2. I was right. Man loves his viewaskewniverse.

If Lou can't make it, wanna come do that again?

 

[machine cat]

Clerks
Dogma
Jay & Silent Bob
Chasing Amy


the rest can fuck off

 

[spanglechick]

If Lou can't make it, wanna come do that again?

is Buddy Christ a Catholic?

 

[sim667]

Take it or leave it tbf.

 

[The Octagon]

He was on form at Comic-Con -

[mentions Twilight fangirls and gets booed by crowd]
Stop…stop, that’s the next generation of fans… How dare you pass judgment on those 12-year-old girls who like vampires! They need to be encouraged.... because in six years they’ll be 18-year-old girls who like vampires and are into all sorts of goth-permissive and whatnot. Don’t poo-poo it. There’s a plan, and it’s working.

 

[ViolentPanda]

He of Chasing Amy, Mallrats etc fame.

I guess all haters here?

I love a couple of his films (Clerks, Chasing Amy), I like others (Mallrats, Dogma, Zack & Miri, Jay & Silent Bob) and I tolerate the mess that is "Clerks 2".
And "Reaper" is class.

 

[fen_boy]

Chasing Amy is fucking dreadful, what's wrong with you people?

 

[DotCommunist]

It's a while since I saw Chasing Amy, but isn't it just 'lezzer turned to the straight and narrow by the power of beef?'

 

[Orang Utan]

but smith has nowt to with reaper, so tis false to credit it to him. he was 'executive producer' on one episode, an episode he cameoed in. it was probably written into his contract. i doubt he had any creative input.
executive and associate producers are often meaningless credits.

 

[fen_boy]

It's a while since I saw Chasing Amy, but isn't it just 'lezzer turned to the straight and narrow by the power of beef?'

That's basically my reading of it, yes.

 

[The Octagon]

That's basically my reading of it, yes.

Individual interpretation an' all that, but I think you're wrong.

It's probably his most mature film (which isn't saying much I know, but still).

 

[El Jefe]

I loved all the early movies, but he's stuck in a rut and "Kevin Smith World" isn't somewhere I'd like to live.

 

[Orang Utan]

zach and miri was shit

 

[Santino]

It's a while since I saw Chasing Amy, but isn't it just 'lezzer turned to the straight and narrow by the power of beef?'

It's actually 'lezzer turned to the straight and narrow by the power of beef with the moral of the story spelled out by the director himself in a long monologue at the end of the film in case you don't get it'.

 

[Riklet]

I like all of his films that i've seen....

Clerks 2 is DEFINITELY worth a watch, it's fucking funny.

He was also involved in writing/producing Good Will Hunting, which I think is fuckin excellent. Probably lots of petrol bombs with "Mat Damon" scrawled on them around here though....

 

[bluestreak]

That's basically my reading of it, yes.

You're wrong. It's about a bloke who destroys his relationships through sexual insecurity.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

He of Chasing Amy, Mallrats etc fame.

I guess all haters here?

Huh? I thought he was the sort of well trendy director that would be quintessentially Urb.

 

[fen_boy]

You're wrong. It's about a bloke who destroys his relationships through sexual insecurity.

It attempts to do that and fails badly.

 

[Chz]

What's a Nubian?

Jon Peters:
1. I don't want to see him in that suit...
2. I don't want to see him fly... and
3. He has to fight a giant spider in the third act.

 

[Orang Utan]

he's on newsnight's late review now, talking about sci-fi. dressed in a bath robe.

 

[gavman]

dressing gown!!

he was ok, but i've got a weird crush on natalie portman. geek totty

 

[ViolentPanda]

zach and miri was shit

It had some funny moments, like when the cameraman gets "frosted".

 

[Biglittlefish]

Films are hit and miss. Loved clerks 2. Seems like an ace guy though, very funny, great stories.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Dogma was fun, since it was just silly and kept the dictionary-swallowing speeches to a minimum.

Dogma is wicked.

Yep I love Dogma.


kevin Smith is a tough one. He can be funny. He can also be complete shit.


He does something that annoys the living fuck out of me, he uses the word "Sir" a gazillion times per day. That puts me off him.

 

[DexterTCN]

He's in Glasgow on Monday doing one of his talks, I'd love to go (so'd my 14 year old daughter, she's a massive fan) but I've no money just now.

 

[Kanda]

Going tonight after sorting out tickets not arriving and them not being in my name... !! Wuwu!

 

[Sadken]

Let us know if it's any good - reckon it could go one of two ways, really

 

[Sadken]

he was ok, but i've got a weird crush on natalie portman. geek totty

Nothing weird whatsoever.

 

[The Octagon]

he was ok, but i've got a weird crush on natalie portman. geek totty

Nothing weird whatsoever.

Pah! Get with the times, Felicia Day is the new geek totty