Comments on: Sundance ’11 Review: Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ An Ambitious, Greatly Flawed Stab At Horror

By: Frank Montes

Frank Montes — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

Critics are useless. How many times have you seen a movie that was \”best film of the year\” by all critics and you came out thinking it was ok. Just go see a movie cause it caught your attention. F*** who directed, wrote, or produced the film. If you like the actor and the story looks like something you might like, go see it. Do you really need a critic to tell you what to ike or dislike. F*** this guy and anyone that does the same job. Just enjoy films for what they are – a chance to get away from the daily routine.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

Kevin Smith strikes me as the Sarah Palin of Hollywood. The more you point out either one\’s legitimate flaws, the more their acolytes perceive you as attacking them, and the more it validates their image as martyrs. Fuck \’em both. Red State looked terrible from the trailer.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

Easy, pal. For every Kevin Smith that doesn\’t need a review, there\’s an \”Alamar\” or a \”We Are What We Are\” or a \”Marcy Martha May Marlene\” that benefits wildly from any sort of critical coverage, negative OR positive. Surely you don\’t think cinema starts and ends with Kevin Smith.

By: Thomasr

Thomasr — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

The best thing about this review is how it plays perfectly into Smith\’s hands.

Critics are an irrelevancy and I guess that hurts.

By: First and last-time reader

First and last-time reader — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

touting for weeks? Are you sure he was or was it you, the fucking media machine? I hate all you useless critics. People can form their own opinions, we don\’t need yours and I don\’t understand why it exists? Get a real job \’professional appreciator\’!

By: Leo

Leo — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

He\’s also offering his fans a chance to become filmmakers!!! That\’s the real story!!! Why is everybody ignoring that?! That should be headline news!

http://wp.me/p1gK9Y-er

By: WritersBlock

WritersBlock — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

And, in converse, I have never read a more achingly dull review of an Independent film in my life. At least the critic\’s opinion wasn\’t lead in by a typical, overstretched grasp at an impressive relative metaphor or analogy.

Oh wait….

The moral of the story, kids?

Critics don\’t like critics who don\’t care about critics.

By: Brace Face

Brace Face — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

But what will ThePlaylist think of it at the end of the year? Either love it or hate it, depending on what other journalists and bloggers write…..right?

By: Bob Morton

Bob Morton — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

Hey All, see Todd McCarthy\’s review over at Hollywood Reporter.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

Kevin Smith sucks so much that James couldn\’t add any further depth to this critique.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

*of \”media bias\”, etc. Fucking proof read next time, Andrew.

Anyway, great review. Forget the \”hater\”-haters.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

If I can find a review of Red State that isn\’t immediately followed by blanket dismissals or \”media bias\” and \”haters\” from Smith\’s sycophantic followers, I\’ll eat my own anus.

By: Klesla

Klesla — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

why does any space need to go to be \”devoted to Smith’s abominable showmanship?\” some of us non-\”industry critic\” folk don\’t care about that and are just curious about the movie. I could give two shits about \”four walling\” or if you\’re mad Kevin Smith won\’t talk to you and let you visit his set.

honestly, this barely is a review you basically just type the minimum needed so you can get to your Smith-hating and clever little pun about preaching to the choir at the end.

I\’m not really a big Kevin Smith fan, but if anything, the nonsense surrounding this movie has made me annoyed with the people whose movie writing I read online everyday. I was kind of going along with the writers bitching and thinking Smith was loosing it but reading a review like this, I\’m not so sure. Wonder how the movie is…

By: Anton Sirius

Anton Sirius — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

Dear me, the Smith fanboys certainly rushed to his defense in a hurry…

By: Dirk.

Dirk. — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

The review works better as a cheap hack job on Smith, rather than a legitimate critique of the material.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:25 +0000

I don\’t see anything particularly wrong with this critique. It sums up the few good points of Red State and hits all the bad ones as well. Such is the job of a review.