Comments on: Kevin Smith To Make ‘Hockey Movie’ Next If He Can’t Get Funding For Red State’

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:26:24 +0000

"Red State" is a concept far past its sell-by date.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:31:55 +0000

Smith said WB's Jeff Robinov once told him before shooting Dicks that he would like to produce a talk show with him. Smith declined. The man would thrive as a talk show host. He's quick on his feet, is a master verbal storyteller. He's an okay filmmaker. Think about all the hacks directing studio comedies that are much worse than Smith who don't get shit on. People are unfair to the man.

By: K

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:49:38 +0000

I'd like him a lot more if he's movies weren't so bad. Once upon a time I liked a few of them (Clerks, Chasing Amy), but they don't age well.

His Evening with Kevin Smith series is pretty great, though.

By: SK

SK — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:17:43 +0000

Kevin Smith reminds me of Michael Moore a bit, mostly in the way he comes across. From seeing Moore in some of his and others (The Corporation) documentaries, I'm appreciative of his work.

But Smith has that same stubborness that can make his project unappealing.
Like the titles of his past movies.
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno", "A Couple of Dicks", and now "Red State".
For lack of a better term the "agenda", or punch-line, for his movies comes out in the title and doesn't leave much more to be desired. And we can see why he can't get his projects off smoothly. The title "Red State" can be a little demeaning and why would anyone throw much money at it? Let alone try to get talent (at much less than asking price) for it.
He's never sublime with his films, which isn't necessarily a bad thing obviously. But he just seems to cut his prospects in half before the movies even get going by insisting on too much.

And I think he should get the hell away from Twitter. It's obviously not helping.