Comments on: Weinsteins Turn Down Kevin Smith Horror

By: Krewo

Krewo — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:37:53 +0000

I LOVE all the movies Smith made before Clerks 2; simply love them. Clerks 2… not so much. I thought it was a mediocre movie and his weakest film to date. Not that funny, and I just couldn’t care about the main characters. Also, concerning the “themes” – I guess if you’re a certain type of person you may find them deep and inspiring; I just found them obvious, dull and uninteresting. And I really can’t understand all the praise for this movie. After Jersey Girl (which I actually enjoyed more than Clerks 2) Smith seems to have lost his touch. Maybe it’s better that he’s trying different genres, but I’m very doubtful that he will succeed. For a horror movie you need certain skills which he might lack. Anyway, time will tell.

By: Josh Kelhoffer

Josh Kelhoffer — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:49:37 +0000

I personally like Smith’s movies..but I don’t want to get into the “No, you’re wrong they suck” “no you’re wrong they rule” argument, because those just go on forever..

I’m interested in the effect…could it be that the studio will take less chances..I mean, sure they don’t need to making Ultraviolets, but think of all the great movies that were made because studios took the chances nobody would take (the first Star Wars)

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:18:18 +0000

His movies are just so shallow. Which works fine for the comedy but when he seemingly wants us to take these characters seriously it all falls apart so quickly, because there is nothing to them. They say everything. It’s like a stand-up routine focusing on a relationship.

Not to mention in something like Clerks 2, the so-called dramatic aspects are so indredibly childish and shallow that you can’t possibly feel for any of the characters.

By: Robert(wolf)

Robert(wolf) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:38:03 +0000

This is very disapointing news. Hope another studio picks it up. I would like to see what Smith can do in the horror genre.

Clerks 2 was the best fucking movie last year for me.

By: alfie

alfie — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:05:18 +0000

the weinstein company aint that big john…they are the last guys who can afford a bomb like that…..while they were once titans with miramax they just do not have the old mojo that they used too…..

there are a lot of rumours that they have major money troubles and that they had a lot of the companies future riding on grindhouse. I have read a few things here and there that suggest the company will be lucky to last another year…..

as for smith I used to fucking love him but his over reaction to that critic who walked out of clerks 2 was ridiculous and really put me off him.
he came off to me as a big thin skinned fucking cry baby who is can dish it out but cannot take it.

plus clerks 2 was the biggest disappointment i have had in along long time. jaw droppingly bad and I just found the whole thing to be incredibly sad and desperate.

having said that i have been won back by smodcast..it is very funny. and i always have to remind myself how great the original clerks is and how absolutely fucking amazing chasing amy is.one of my favorite films of all time.

By: krazie835

krazie835 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:12:44 +0000

I haven’t liked all of the mans work but there are some things I really do enjoy. His Clerks films were good and I really liked Dogma a lot its my favorite film from him but really the man doesn’t seem able to do stuff other than his own personal film that has the same characters. I mean Jersey Girl wasn’t a horrible flick but it wasn’t that good either also if you watch the special features on the Clerks 2 disc it really seemed clear that Smith couldn’t even handle the pressure of making a film with out his typical characters. Its not like the movie was expected to be a huge blockbuster and it didn’t even have a huge budget. I guess Smith just buckled under the pressure of that film some directors can deal with it and some can’t.

I would like to see him do more different projects and a horror film is something I would love for him to do.

By: John

John — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:47:50 +0000

Hey hotmale,

you said:

“why? because I said fucking donkies and talking about assfucking? Because that is all the movie was about.”

Wow dude, if that’s really all you saw, I feel bad for you, cause you missed out on the biggest and best part of the movie. To each their own, but I’d suggest watching it again and pay closer attention to the themes. You may still not like it, but I think you’ll agree that there was a least a whole lot more to the film.

Cheers.

By: hotmale

hotmale — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:44:52 +0000

why? because I said fucking donkies and talking about assfucking? Because that is all the movie was about. It was complete trash and I didn’t laugh a single time. I never saw the first clerks so I HOPE it was better but doubt it.

By: Twiz

Twiz — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:48:54 +0000

Wow, there are some nice people posting comments on this site.

By: hotmale

hotmale — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:58:45 +0000

haha…clerks 2 was so bad. How can anyone like that horrible piece of crap of a movie. The movie is sooo layered!!! What with all the fucking donkies and talking about assfucking. So deep.