Official "Kevin Smith is a Moron" Thread

Wow.

 

I don't really follow his movies, but it really annoys me that he started out as a comic book writer and yet his movies have all been dumb crap like comedies and stuff. If I was exiting the comic medium and entering film, you'd better believe I'd be doing as much cool action and sci-fi stuff as I could get my hands on. Kevin Smith acts like he's kind of the geeks even though he hasn't done anything geek-worthy in years.

 

he has written comics for both Marvel and DC though.

no he didn't.

 

You really think so... Do you meow.

 

Uh, he was a filmmaker first, genius.

 

Do you people even know who Kevin Smith is?

 

No. Apparently not. I thought he was an experimental crossbreed between Chris Farley and the magical spinach monster.

 

I like his movies, but that man must have the world's biggest inferiority complex. He will say anything to pander to his little geek kingdom as he is so desperate to be liked.

 

I don't like any of his films, but I could listen to him all day. He's smart, funny and his comments on Supeman Returns are some of the funniest things I've ever heard. Smith as a filmmaker, I could care less, but as a man with something to say, he's brilliant.

 

He made Clerks on a shoe strong budget of maxed out credit cards. He showed the entire industry that it could be done. You may not like the finished product, but you asked what he did.

 

Apparently crawled deep inside your bum so that you can't stop telling us all just how mad you are at him I mean, seriously, did the guy sleep with your mother or something?

 

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Unless this thread is supposed to be a practical joke...

 

Okay, if you're going to make a debate: get your facts straight.

 

Well Smith admits himself his too lazy to make a comic book movie. The weinsteins give him money any time feels like making a movie anyway so he probabley doesn't care anyway.

 

The original poster is going way overboard with the Smith hate, but Smith is indeed very, very overrated by a certain element of film fans.

I liked his first couple movies back in the 1990s (when his style was actually more relevant). Around the point in Chasing Amy when the main characters are screaming at each other in the stadium parking lot however, I came to the conclusion that I wasn't having fun watching the movie anymore and Smith was taking himself way too seriously.

I don't see how Dogma could be considered theologically deep and insightful by anyone other than a group of sophomore Philosophy majors sitting around smoking weed. I really haven't bothered watching anything Smith has made in the last 7 years or so beyond the bits and pieces I see on TV.
I can understand why some people still like his brand of humor (hell, the internet is still full of pseudo-cool, foulmouthed fanboy writers who try to be just like Smith's characters - see the Penny Arcade webcomic for one pathetic example), but I guess I just outgrew it myself.

Plus, his slackass, "I don't care about comic deadlines because I'm a celebrity" attitude towards that Black Cat limited series he wrote for Marvel shows he's not a legit comic writer either.

 

Ive....never thought that deeply about Kevin Smith. Ive found some of his movies funny....The End.

 

Like someone else pointed out, he's written comics. And if you think all it takes is making a comic book movie to be in the comic industry... wow.

Well, you haven't seen An Evening with Kevin Smith, even he says he can't act. And to my knowledge he hasn't won any awards for acting. So you hate him for something even he says sucks?

His fans.

Again, you haven't seen Evening with Kevin Smith. But here's a quote, "I believe in God for the sole fact that I have a movie career."

Besides there being just as many people who say Tim Burton sucks and is a one trick pony in Hollywood, have you even seen the page that he based the joke on?

It actually does look a lot like the end of Planet of the Apes. And also, it was a joke to which Tim Burton overracted even more.

Die Hard 4.... okay.

Yeah, we get it. You hate him so much for some unknown reason.

I strongly believe you don't understand the concept of differring opinions.

 

You are all wrong...Kevin Smith was fantastic as Aries on "Xena--Warrior Princess".

 

Actually, this strip would lead me to believe the Penny Arcade guys aren't really fans.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/24

Anyway, I agree with pretty much everything you said, Liz - target audience for Kevin Smith movies are 15-25 year olds or so. Clerks and Chasing Amy were well done, Mallrats is an enjoyable little comedy, and that's where the good stuff ends. Dogma is overrated, and again, only seen as poignant by those of a younger 'rebellious' mindset (although if this is their first introduction to challenging established religions, so be it. They'll find their way to Dawkins eventually ) Jay and Bob was just a 90 minute In-Joke for his fans, Jersey Girl was a failed attempt at doing something like Clerks and Chasing Amy, and Clerks 2 doesn't quite redeem the wasted time by beating your expectations and actually TRYING to say something in the last few minutes. As for his personality, I personally enjoy it and find his Q&A sessions pretty hysterical to watch. I have no interest in his appearances in other people's projects, so just because he messed up the thread starters candle-light in front of the TV evening alone with John McClane on DVD doesn't really affect me.

 

Yes, but he is dead