Brewster McCloud Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Jason Lee totally steals the show in Mallrats - it's a great performance and he seems like the perfect vessel for Smith's often unwieldy scripting. You probably have to have a lot of affection for dumb 80s teen movies (which I do) to get much out of it, though. I liked Clerks II in the same way I enjoyed the WWE's One Night Stand - I like Randall and Dante so much that it was good to have them back, even if there was an underlying sense that it's just a wallow in nostalgia (right down to having the Smashing Pumpkins on the soundtrack) and the world has moved on. The Trevor character was a good addition to the mix and I'm happy to watch Rosario Dawson in anything, even if it stretches credibility that such a specimen would be all over a schmuck like Dante. The Clerks animated series was decent and probably should have been the destiny of those characters. Yoga Hosers is his absolute nadir, just offensively indulgent and shoddy in every way. The big joke is that Canadians like hockey say "aboot". If he's making films for a young teen audience now, he'd better make up his mind if he actually likes them or not. As others have said, he's great when you're in your teens/early 20s, but ultimately he's a one trick pony whose trick seems less impressive with each new film. Like the WWE, though, he's got an undemanding core audience so he's not going to change any time soon. Snootchie Bootchies! Edited February 19, 2019 by Brewster McCloud Quote
cobra_gordo Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) I’d completely forgotten Zack And Miri Make A Porno was one of his. It’s on Netflix and we needed something stupid and easy to watch so stuck it on. As soon as I saw Scott Mosier as producer I twigged. Feels totally different to his other films, probably due to the cast because it just feels like Apatow 2.0. He said after he saw Seth Rogan in 40 Year Old Virgin he wanted to put him in something, used Elizabeth Banks aswell and by the time this was made Knocked Up had come out so it feels more like those movies than anything else he’s done before or since. It’s decent fun, only the second time I’ve seen it and plenty of funny bits. Basically Apatow with Smith’s dialogue. Edited February 19, 2019 by cobra_gordo Quote
David Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 15 hours ago, Wretch said: He's looking good after dropping that weight after his heart attack last year. That's true, although you'd think he was the only guy on the planet to have a heart attack and lose weight. He manages to shoehorn his "experience" into much of what he says these days, reminding me of Walowitz in Big Bang Theory when he went to space. He also doesn't seem capable of buying new clothes that fit him either, maybe because if he wears his old fat clothes it gives him more opportunities to bang on about how he's lost lots of weight. Quote
Steve Justice Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 Shit, I forgot about Zack and Miri. That's another favourite of mine. LET US FUCK! Quote
Factotum Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 Quote He also doesn't seem capable of buying new clothes that fit him either, maybe because if he wears his old fat clothes it gives him more opportunities to bang on about how he's lost lots of weight. God yeah. Him being a vegan is his new, 'OH I SMOKE WEED' He mentions it constantly. Well done Kevin, you've discovered sugar is bad. Quote
The Gaffer Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 I idolised the first Clerks as a teen with designs on getting into film-making, like plenty of us probably had. How could it not be an inspiration? "Hey, we're making films on the cheap that are carried solely by our cool dialogue we always have with each other anyway!" It was perfect at that age. I even read his diaries for awhile before getting sick of hearing about him falling asleep in front of episodes of Law & Order with his wife every night. Knowing Jason Mewes actually just bummed around his house with no clothes on in real life, playing online poker all day, was perfect foil, though. I'd probably still enjoy Clerks now, but the rest of his stuff has aged horribly. Then the whole Judd Apatow/Freaks & Geeks crew came along and started doing relentlessly better stoner movies. I don't think I'll ever get bored of Superbad, and it's 12 years old! Quote
Factotum Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 Yeah Clerks does hold up as its essentially a bunch of sketches in a narrative form, and actually has some pathos to it unlike the utterly forced pathos of Clerks 2. Chasing Amy has also aged very badly bar Jason Lee being great. Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 19, 2019 Paid Members Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Gay as FOOK said: I idolised the first Clerks as a teen with designs on getting into film-making, like plenty of us probably had. How could it not be an inspiration? "Hey, we're making films on the cheap that are carried solely by our cool dialogue we always have with each other anyway!" It was perfect at that age. Yeah, it's perfect fodder for a film student who's still young and self-assured enough to think he and his friends are fascinating and interesting, and if you could just film us hanging out, it would be the funniest thing ever, man. I suppose all that lot make podcasts now. Quote
WyattSheepMask Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, BomberPat said: Yeah, it's perfect fodder for a film student who's still young and self-assured enough to think he and his friends are fascinating and interesting, and if you could just film us hanging out, it would be the funniest thing ever, man. I suppose all that lot make podcasts now. And Film Studies? Pah! Media, Communication & Culture Studies was where its at. ”You have to really understand The Bible to actually get Dogma” Edited February 19, 2019 by WyattSheepMask Quote
Paid Members BomberPat Posted February 19, 2019 Paid Members Posted February 19, 2019 To be clear, I was 100% describing myself in that post too. Quote
King of Hamptons Posted February 22, 2019 Posted February 22, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 11:09 AM, wordsfromlee said: I quite liked Red State. It was good to see him do something that was a complete 180 from his normal film making style and it not be complete shit. If he had shot the original ending it would have been amazing! Quote
Paid Members DEF Posted November 30, 2019 Paid Members Posted November 30, 2019 Most of you miserable sods will probably hate it but I went to see Jay and Silent Bob Reboot last night at the Genesis cinema in London with a live Q&A with Kevin Smith. It's tremendous fun. It's basically a string of cameos and one liners that more often than not hit perfectly. If you're a fan of Jay and Bob Strikes Back I say go for it otherwise stay away. It's absolutely lovely revisiting all the characters from the View Askewniverse without them ever out staying their welcome. Not to mention the many cameos. If I had one real criticism putting aside Kev's usual writing issues etc (because I have no problem with them) it's that the music is extremely heavy handed. It's pretty much constant and never lets up. Sometimes to the detriment of it other times it's perfect. Overall it left me either laughing my arse off or with a big shit eating grin. The Q&A was tremendous. I was front row for it too. As you'd expect it went on for over an hour. A lot of the stories I'd heard but he did talk about what would have been Stan Lee's role which would have amazing. Reboot has a lovely tribute/interview clip with Stan at the end but his role would have been amazing. Also basically there's no chance of Dogma sequel as Harvey Weinstein owns Dogma outright which is why it's not available on physical media or streaming anywhere. He's basically hoping that Harvey's legal costs fuck him up so much he's forced to sell it. Quote
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 30, 2019 Paid Members Posted November 30, 2019 3 hours ago, DEF said: Most of you miserable sods will probably hate it Ahh that fine line between misery and discerning criticism. Quote
Loki Posted November 30, 2019 Posted November 30, 2019 By far the best thing Kevin Smith ever did was his long story about working with Prince. A fascinating insight into a real genius. Quote
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