Comments on: Kevin Smith Lashes Out at Film Critics (Again)

By: Kurei

Kurei — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:09:37 +0000

Why is he even complaining about critics? Is he that immature? You produce art, you lay it out there, then it will be criticised, is he that dumb that he cant accept that fact?

If he hates being criticised so much, he should stop making crappy movies, but then that wont stop people from criticising anyway since some of the best movies gets run over by some people. He’s like a big baby that wont shut up.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:47:25 +0000

The thought of Kevin Smith furiously jamming his messages onto Twitter is too hilarious for me.

By: rus in chicago

rus in chicago — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:36:46 +0000

dude, the post is about him trying to defang the people publishing that his movies are POOR and not WORTH the MONEY. I find it amazing that people like you don’t see hypocrisy in his actions. Making money is fine, just don’t sell me a lame widget and blame it on the people that review widgets for me. And don’t get all sensitivity when people call you “overhyped” when you are known, and claim, to be a “hype-machine”

and if you don’t see the different set of “value” between a writer/director/hype-machine like Tarantino or Hitchcock

and Smith and M. Night…well I can’t help you

By: cuebert

cuebert — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:49:33 +0000

rus in chicago : oh noes! someone trying to make money, say it isn’t so!!! He’s like everyone else sir, he wants to make a living. So what, if he’s managed to market himself as a commodity, as well as his films.. why’s that make him a bad person?

He’s not forcing himself down your throat by doing appearances on all your favorite shows. He’s pretty low key when it comes to that, he puts himself into venues where his fans will get to enjoy him.

Wow.. he’s such a horrible person by being so non-intrusive.

By: rus in chicago

rus in chicago — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:20:47 +0000

/\/\/\/\/\his only need (favorite thing) is to stay the focus of your attention and pawn crap (including his movies) on to you.

“another dashboard Jesus please, oh add that book that is a list of Smith’s tweets.”

He is just another Rachel Ray or Judge Judy at this point.

By: Tomoo

Tomoo — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:38:33 +0000

As a person who listens to SMODcast regularly I don’t get it when he goes nuts like this. He seems like a very laid back and cool guy on SMODcast, and I’m not sure how I feel about this. Also if I remember correctly at one point on SMODcast he said he felt like his favorite thing to do was to do the podcasting/public speaking thing and he made films lately so he could do that.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:36:11 +0000

you know what they say about people who assume
you only make an ass out of u and me

By: Jesse Hopkins

Jesse Hopkins — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:02:31 +0000

Assume nothing.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:51:50 +0000

Pretty sure he said 100 random followers on Twitter, who I think it’s safe to assume are mostly his fans.

By: Jesse Hopkins

Jesse Hopkins — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:47:19 +0000

This article is very inaccurate. “Smith insists that he would rather hold an advance Red State screening for 100 fans and post their reviews than let a bunch of critics see it for free.”

He really said 100 random people. Point being that random opinions are no more valid than critics. Critics often slam films that have a lot of fans, and turn people off from going to see things who might be open minded. Critics say “don’t go see this” when they have no idea who their readers are. They’re saboteurs.

By: rus in chicago

rus in chicago — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:34:33 +0000

I support his idea. get Kevin Smith, Uwe Boll and Robert Rodriguez all off the critics list so I never have to hear about any of their movies again.

By: cuebert

cuebert — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:25:58 +0000

I don’t see why anyone is making a big deal about his stance on critics. It’s old news, he brought all this up a long time ago (around Cop Out and somewhat beforehand as well).

I think Smith is on the right track, and he knows that his movies are going to be viewed by his core audience. He’s no longer going for the wide audience, as he has come to terms that his fan base are the ones that are going to give his flicks a chance regardless of reviews/critics.

It’s a case of knowing and pandering to one audience. Red State being a horror flick is definitely a new genre for him to tackle, but he knows his core fan base is going to see it regardless. If he hits any numbers outside that fan base then good for him. If not, well, he’ll probably still turn 20-30 million on a 4 million dollar project.

And, there’s something to be said for trying out new things, especially in such an old industry as film. Breaking out of the box a little bit, going a little indie, but with an industry audience.