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« on: September 24, 2004, 05:52:17 pm » |
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Whats your favorite movie/dvd by this funny bastard? Discuss!
My personal favorite would be An Evening with Kevin Smith...his personal anecdotes on everything from meeting his wife to doing a short film for Prince are just hilarious.
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2004, 06:56:19 pm » |
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It's pretty hard to pick one of these, I think, because I love all of his movies. I guess I had to pick 'Strikes Back' though because I love all the cameos and how so many stars are making fun of themselves in it. 
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2004, 07:05:02 pm » |
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If someone thinks he sucks atleast explain why!
Dude, did you see the little spread Kevin shot of his wife for playboy? Was very cool!
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2004, 07:08:47 pm » |
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Dude, did you see the little spread Kevin shot of his wife for playboy? Was very cool! WTF?!? WHERE!!!?!?!?!?
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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2004, 08:11:05 pm » |
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CLERKS YOU FOOLS
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« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2004, 08:36:43 pm » |
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No Vulgar? No Chasing Flies? I am shocked!
Well, they both suck royal, so maybe I'm not.
My vote goes to Clerks. It's the Seinfield of movies. The dialogue is incredibly tight.
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« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2004, 11:32:23 pm » |
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chasing amy.
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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2004, 09:28:38 am » |
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I'm with Wu on this.
I love Kevin Smith, although I hate Jersey Girl and Dogma and thought J&SB Strike Back was on the edge.
The 'new jersey trilogy' was brilliant, in my opinion. While most fans would vote for Clerks and most critics dismiss 'Mallrats' (which I adore) I think Chasing Amy hit just the right balance between content and nonsense. It's actually about something, and it really hits home with me on a personal level. Chasing Amy is my Top Ten Movies of All Time, whereas none of Smith's other ones are.
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2004, 11:13:15 am » |
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The playboy spread may have been online only...I haven't had time to look through back issues or anything on that.
I voted for An Evening with Kevin Smith just because its him ad libbing everything and just spinning stories, just really great stuff. Of his regular movies, Chasing Amy is my favorite w/o a doubt, but Mallrats is the funniest one. I am a bit skeptical of his upcoming The Passion of the Clerks (yes a sequel) but I'll reserve judgement until I see it.
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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2004, 11:21:09 am » |
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The playboy spread may have been online only...I haven't had time to look through back issues or anything on that.
I voted for An Evening with Kevin Smith just because its him ad libbing everything and just spinning stories, just really great stuff. Of his regular movies, Chasing Amy is my favorite w/o a doubt, but Mallrats is the funniest one. I am a bit skeptical of his upcoming The Passion of the Clerks (yes a sequel) but I'll reserve judgement until I see it. Did you guys see a different Chasing Amy than I did?? the one I watched had about 20 minutes of good Kevin Smith humor, and then had like a whole hour of relationship bullshit.... You guys like Julia Roberts movies too??? wtf?
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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2004, 11:44:04 am » |
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It was all about prime Kevin Smith humor with RELEVANT relationship bullshit. Plus, it added the word 'idiosyncratic' to my vokabbelary.
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« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2004, 01:09:31 pm » |
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Dogma was by far the funniest. That scene in the bus... priceless... 
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2004, 06:12:24 pm » |
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The playboy spread may have been online only...I haven't had time to look through back issues or anything on that.
I voted for An Evening with Kevin Smith just because its him ad libbing everything and just spinning stories, just really great stuff. Of his regular movies, Chasing Amy is my favorite w/o a doubt, but Mallrats is the funniest one. I am a bit skeptical of his upcoming The Passion of the Clerks (yes a sequel) but I'll reserve judgement until I see it. Did you guys see a different Chasing Amy than I did?? the one I watched had about 20 minutes of good Kevin Smith humor, and then had like a whole hour of relationship bullshit.... You guys like Julia Roberts movies too??? wtf? I like Kevin Smith and I like relationship movies, but yeah I gotta agree. Chasing Amy (after the first reel anyway) really didn't seem to play to his strengths like a movie like Clerks or Jay and Silent Bob did.
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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2004, 06:32:00 pm » |
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Does that mean there will be no Julia Roberts marathon after the SCG tournament? I was looking forward to a triple bill of Pretty Woman, Sleeping with the Enemy, and Erin Brochovich b/t games of Type 4. 
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« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2004, 07:02:08 pm » |
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Clerks, though Dogma is a close second. I haven't seen Chasing Amy.
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« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2004, 08:02:20 pm » |
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Chasing Amy gets my vote because I am a total sap, but Clerks is very, very close. Mallrats was too puerile for me, and Dogma was really mainstream-ified compared to the other ones, which makes it hard to rewatch.
I haven't seen Jersey Girl or An Evening With Kevin Smith, but *shiver* I have seen Vulgar. It's one of those movies that you can't UNwatch.
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« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2004, 09:08:28 pm » |
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An Evening with Kevin Smith is incredibly hilarious. Special mention goes to Dogma, which would have been atop this list if it wasn't so horribly overdone. Even Comedy Central broadcasts that movie.
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« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2004, 06:37:41 pm » |
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Eh, I wouldn't say he's talentless, but he's definitely overrated. I mean, he doesn't really say anything terribly unique in his movies and the rest of it tends to be dick and pot jokes. Whoopee.
I've liked the comics he's written though.
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« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2004, 06:40:03 pm » |
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Other than The Preacher, his Green Arrow work are my favorite comics that I have read in a very long time. Excellent work there w/ a previously unappreciated character. Anyone know if the trade paper of his run on the series is out yet?
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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2004, 01:41:34 am » |
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I downloaded green arrow 1-10 i'll have to read them soon
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