Kevin Smith Has Seen Watchmen: Its...Astounding

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

Maybe so. I'm just guarded due to his over-the-top raves for the Star Wars prequels, as mentioned above. It really puts an asterisk next to his reviews.

I see what you mean, but he did rave about TDK before it came out.

 

[Shifty]

Kevin Smith: The Dark Knight is Better Than Watchmen and Star Trek?

September 19, 2008
by Alex Billington

Just yesterday I sat down for an interview with Kevin Smith in Austin, Texas. We spent a while chatting about Zack and Miri Make a Porno, his latest brilliant comedy, but before it was over, I had to ask him about both Watchmen and Star Trek, two movies that he's already seen. I asked him which of the those, plus The Dark Knight, he thought was the best, but when he said that was too tough to answer, I asked if he had to choose one to watch, which would it be? "I would say The Dark Knight… Well, Dark Knight was kind of amazing," he began. Over both Watchmen and Star Trek? Don't worry, he did mention a few more things about the other two as well, calling all three of them amazing movies.

"Watchmen and Star Trek are amazing too, but Dark Knight, I think, it's just an imminently watchable film. I saw that movie 5 times in the theater and I was never bored once," Smith recalled. "I would probably give the edge to The Dark Knight, personally, just because I love that movie so much. And it was like seeing Batman done right and seeing the Joker done right." I don't think anyone can argue with that. The film's stint at the top of the IMDb rankings shows that it does have quite a few fans who still think it's one of the best movies ever made. I guess this all just comes down to our excitement for what's next - Watchmen and Star Trek. Kevin Smith continued on about both of those briefly as well.

"But man, those other two, Watchmen and Star Trek, come close. I mean, I'm not a huge Trekkie, so I'm not like, oh man, you must see this before you die. But for what it is, in terms of a reboot, he did a fantastic job with it. Because it sounded like, when they announced it, 'why do you want to go back and do little Kirk and little Spock?' But man he did it and it made it viable and it doesn't get rid of anything that it had before, it kind of makes way for the continuity, so it all fits in that world still. It doesn't negate the series, the series of movies, anything, it's all part and parcel with it."

"And Watchmen is just spellbinding for how — it is literally the graphic novel comes alive, there's not a misstep in it. It's like reading the book, but watching it instead. He did a great, great job."

These recaps seem on par with his past mention of both films: Watchmen and Star Trek. The reason why I'm so fascinated by everything Kevin Smith has to say about both of these is because I think they're easily my most anticipated movies of next year. And hearing him speak so highly about both of them definitely makes me excited. I'm not worried about The Dark Knight comparison, because it is such an amazing movie and it's really hard to top, but I'm still anxious to see Watchmen and Star Trek, especially when Kevin Smith says they pulled it off.

I'm perhaps a bit more interested in this Star Trek movie. The Dark Knight is one of those rare once a decade films. So I'm not expecting Watchmen to top it but if it does... t:

 

[matrix_ghost]

Kevin Smith: The Dark Knight is Better Than Watchmen and Star Trek?

September 19, 2008
by Alex Billington

Just yesterday I sat down for an interview with Kevin Smith in Austin, Texas. We spent a while chatting about Zack and Miri Make a Porno, his latest brilliant comedy, but before it was over, I had to ask him about both Watchmen and Star Trek, two movies that he's already seen. I asked him which of the those, plus The Dark Knight, he thought was the best, but when he said that was too tough to answer, I asked if he had to choose one to watch, which would it be? "I would say The Dark Knight… Well, Dark Knight was kind of amazing," he began. Over both Watchmen and Star Trek? Don't worry, he did mention a few more things about the other two as well, calling all three of them amazing movies.

"Watchmen and Star Trek are amazing too, but Dark Knight, I think, it's just an imminently watchable film. I saw that movie 5 times in the theater and I was never bored once," Smith recalled. "I would probably give the edge to The Dark Knight, personally, just because I love that movie so much. And it was like seeing Batman done right and seeing the Joker done right." I don't think anyone can argue with that. The film's stint at the top of the IMDb rankings shows that it does have quite a few fans who still think it's one of the best movies ever made. I guess this all just comes down to our excitement for what's next - Watchmen and Star Trek. Kevin Smith continued on about both of those briefly as well.

"But man, those other two, Watchmen and Star Trek, come close. I mean, I'm not a huge Trekkie, so I'm not like, oh man, you must see this before you die. But for what it is, in terms of a reboot, he did a fantastic job with it. Because it sounded like, when they announced it, 'why do you want to go back and do little Kirk and little Spock?' But man he did it and it made it viable and it doesn't get rid of anything that it had before, it kind of makes way for the continuity, so it all fits in that world still. It doesn't negate the series, the series of movies, anything, it's all part and parcel with it."
"And Watchmen is just spellbinding for how — it is literally the graphic novel comes alive, there's not a misstep in it. It's like reading the book, but watching it instead. He did a great, great job."

These recaps seem on par with his past mention of both films: Watchmen and Star Trek. The reason why I'm so fascinated by everything Kevin Smith has to say about both of these is because I think they're easily my most anticipated movies of next year. And hearing him speak so highly about both of them definitely makes me excited. I'm not worried about The Dark Knight comparison, because it is such an amazing movie and it's really hard to top, but I'm still anxious to see Watchmen and Star Trek, especially when Kevin Smith says they pulled it off.

I just underlined the stuff that Kevin Smith said. I think that anyone who's a little biased to a certain comic book property , will prefer that movie over other great movies too. That's why i think that SMith is giving the edge to TDK .
Make no mistake he enjoyed all 3 movies but he's a batman fan , which is why he'll place TDK higher. If he weren't such a big Batman fan , i think he'd say that all 3 flicks are equally great

 

[gwynplaine]

"...seeing the Joker done right..."
I wonder what Smith thinks about B89 ?

 

[luke1234]

"...seeing the Joker done right..."
I wonder what Smith thinks about B89 ?

he quit his job just to go watch the 89 film and loved it, he just thought the dark knight was on a whole other level

 

[gwynplaine]

he quit his job just to go watch the 89 film and loved it, he just thought the dark knight was on a whole other level

Cool, thanks for the info.

 

[luke1234]

Cool, thanks for the info.

yeahi read it in an article somewhere

he worked at dominos as a delivery guy and all his friends were going to see batman that night and got him a ticket. He had to stay at work all night but then he went on a delivery and never came back ahhaha. Said it was one of the best movie experiences of his life.

 

[DarkReflections]

Yeah i remember hearing that on the Clerks X dvd. I thought that special was awesome.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Have you guys seen Smith's video on his Superman film on youtube? It's hilarious! t:

 

[Bubastis]

he quit his job just to go watch the 89 film and loved it, he just thought the dark knight was on a whole other level

Yeah but when asked about it he was like
"Did I like Batman? Yeah, I liked Batman, with all it's f**kin flaws and s**t, yeah. I liked it."

 

[the dmg]

Have you guys seen Smith's video on his Superman film on youtube? It's hilarious! t:

Umm...link?

I'm too lazy to search on youtube.

 

[DarkReflections]

Umm...link?

I'm too lazy to search on youtube.

here man: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk

 

[Ronny Shade]

I still think it looks wack.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Also, Kevin Smith liked "Mage." Hardly a guy you want to listen to.

 

[DarkReflections]

its not like he is trying to shove anything down our throats. if anything he does that to the non-nerds when reviewing a movie he likes. he knows he cant persuade us. on the clerks 2 dvd for the intro to the trainwrecks he brings up how he complains to scott mosier, his producer and friend, that he hates it when people online are making fun of him lol. lets face it non famous nerds and famous nerds nowadays are fundamentalists when it comes to films. we just fight about everything and nitpick at what we hate, and like about movies.