tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post8473082658234923408..comments2024-01-08T13:20:56.857-05:00Comments on Culture kills... wait, I mean cutlery: Kevin Smith Attacks His CriticsMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-48971606831428233292010-03-27T22:50:50.344-04:002010-03-27T22:50:50.344-04:00He just seems like he is being a little paranoid a...He just seems like he is being a little paranoid about critics going after a movie which he is admitting isn't super great and that he didn't have the same kind of freedom on. <br /><br />He tried something different and took some lumps for it, but he should accept it and move on... not act like some prima donna that has been slighted by everyone because they didn't like his most recent stab at things.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-50241384649820220772010-03-27T21:36:43.950-04:002010-03-27T21:36:43.950-04:00I really liked the Tarantino quote because I hones...I really liked the Tarantino quote because I honestly believe he is one of the most qualified film makers who can say that.<br /><br />Some of the comic books I've read by Smith don't exactly back up his character/dialogue claims though but then they may have been aimed at a different demographic.<br /><br />One of his 'gifts' (I guess we call it that) is his pop culture referencing.<br /><br />His public speaking events are also brilliant as well as in general his podcast.<br /><br />I've enjoyed several of his movies a lot and frankly he's films are a damn sight better than mine.Lee Sargenthttp://quityourdayjob.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-2379452356603272952010-03-27T21:29:45.686-04:002010-03-27T21:29:45.686-04:00See, for the French to love Kevin Smith, there wou...See, for the French to love Kevin Smith, there would have to be some sophistication to his buffoonery.MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984793682474594967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-3126409124472250422010-03-27T18:45:01.888-04:002010-03-27T18:45:01.888-04:00Hehe.Hehe.William Kecklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492547054986452311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-63019384975160402242010-03-27T17:14:30.926-04:002010-03-27T17:14:30.926-04:00"He'll end up the next Jerry Lewis or som..."He'll end up the next Jerry Lewis or something."<br /><br />That pretty much says it all right there. Bravo, Bill!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27176467.post-89501026138033714982010-03-26T23:48:42.914-04:002010-03-26T23:48:42.914-04:00I have sort of admired his laziness at times.
He&...I have sort of admired his laziness at times.<br /><br />He's right about not being a visual stylist, but I don't think he's all that strong on character or story either, really. <br /><br />I think dialogue is his real gift.<br /><br />He does that funny, stichomythic thing rather well at times.<br /><br />When stichomythia is done well (whether it's Shakespeare or David Mamet or Kevin Smith) it's like slapstick in words. <br /><br />And some of his characters have near classic jousts in that arena of language (the semantics of blowjobs not equalling sex in Clerks being a classic Clintonian example).<br /><br />Cop Out sounds like one to miss. <br /><br />He's had quite a few of those lately.<br /><br />For a moment, he had a real handle on what the latest lost generation did to get some twisted fun out of an all-too-often boring existence.<br /><br />I think it all came out of a New Jersey state of mind. I like to visit the state, but every time I do all I hear is young people saying they can't wait to leave...as if somehow ten feet over the state line life becomes magical.<br /><br />The playwright David Ives does something similar in one of his plays where Philadelphia becomes a stand in for a Beckettian nowheresville.<br /><br />That early period of off-the-cuff filmmaking and funny despair was a good moment for him and his posse, and I think they'll be remembered for that.<br /><br />Even if he does become a bitchier tubby or tubbier bitch or Teletubby or whatever.<br /><br />I think the French dig him, so maybe he'll end up the next Jerry Lewis or something.<br /><br />Enjoyed your "calling out" though.William Kecklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492547054986452311noreply@blogger.com