tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post115369594130572454..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: "I'm not even supposed to be here today!"Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1154362857185024522006-07-31T12:20:00.000-04:002006-07-31T12:20:00.000-04:00lady t said:>>Some phrases from the film are just ...lady t said:<BR/>>>Some phrases from the film are just gonna make me and my sis laugh randomly like "Pillowpants","inter-species erotica" and a couple that are a tad too raunchy to repeat here:)<<<BR/><BR/>I saw it yesterday and thought it was hilarious. I laughed myself silly when the Jame Gumb thing was fully revealed. And yeah, there's a lot that is funny that cannot be quoted in polite company, so the friend I saw it with and I are relying on things like "Pillowpants" and "Listerfiend" and "I'm taking it back!" to crack ourselves up.<BR/><BR/>And what is a Magical Latina? I bought into Rosario's character as a down-to-earth girl who would be into a goofball like Dante. Their relationship is based on knowing each other's personalities well, and I didn't think she was just some idealized female character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1154004267520909482006-07-27T08:44:00.000-04:002006-07-27T08:44:00.000-04:00Here's the Onion on Kevin Smith's career highlight...Here's the Onion on <A HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50858" REL="nofollow">Kevin Smith's career highlights.</A> Pretty funny.Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320979906551787343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153864740460133512006-07-25T17:59:00.000-04:002006-07-25T17:59:00.000-04:00Here's Siegel explaining himself to Smith (as well...Here's <A HREF="http://www.viewaskew.com/kevin/joelsiegel.mp3" REL="nofollow">Siegel explaining himself to Smith</A> (as well as Alan's favorite radio team).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153847000649312272006-07-25T13:03:00.000-04:002006-07-25T13:03:00.000-04:00Okay, now I *know* I'm on the other side of the ge...Okay, now I *know* I'm on the other side of the generational divide.<BR/><BR/>I also saw "Clerks II" yesterday, was sporadically amused (as I'd been during "Dogma" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," the only other Smith flicks I've seen)... but was left puzzled as to why this guy has such a huge reputation amongst younger Americans. I think he lacks wit. I don't think he has anything to say about human nature. His sentimentalism is as paper-thin as his attempts to "shock."<BR/><BR/>But maybe it's me. Because I've also never gotten "South Park." Yep... totally do not get "South Park." Not funny to me. "Family Guy" is sort of growing on me, but it rarely makes me laugh out loud, the way "The Simpsons" often does. Even though it tries ten times harder.<BR/><BR/>What Kevin Smith, Parker & Stone and Seth McFarlane have in common (aside from a similarly adolescent impulse to "shock" and transgress) is a sense of humor based entirely inside the echo-chamber of pop culture. Goodness gracious, what did people make jokes about before "Star Wars," '70s cop shows, Saturday morning cartoons and "E.T."?<BR/><BR/>In my day, we had "SCTV"... and I'm rocking those DVDs as we speak. Yeah, they parodied TV and the movies, but they did it through brilliant observations of character, and through comic acting that reached the heights of theatrical art, and through writing of genuine wit and ambition. What do we have today that compares? ("Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Daily Show," "Da Ali G Show," not much else.)<BR/><BR/>Even "Strangers with Candy," which shares the same Second-City-improv DNA as "SCTV," would rather mudlark around in smutty gags and the comedy of hostility than reach for something higher. The "Strangers with Candy" movie blew. I weep for what's becoming of American culture.<BR/><BR/>Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and remove this stick from my ass. (Don't worry... I won't go A2M.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153841891853910252006-07-25T11:38:00.000-04:002006-07-25T11:38:00.000-04:00I hear Siegel walked out because of the donkey sho...I hear Siegel walked out because of the donkey show, but I could be wrong. <BR/><BR/>Magical Latina, eh? I'll have to think about that. I think she was just another idealized woman by Smith, in the mold of Joey Adams in Chasing Amy or Liv Tyler in Jersey Girl. There's always one woman in every one of his movies that Kevin wants you to fall in love with, and here it was her.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153834754784122992006-07-25T09:39:00.000-04:002006-07-25T09:39:00.000-04:00Posted my review this morning without knowing this...<A HREF="http://throwingthings.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Posted my review this morning</A> without knowing this was up. I liked this movie a lot, and much of it is because of that third act pivot into why they're still clerks, and why Smith still makes movies about them.<BR/><BR/>It was good enough to make me not want to criticize the Magical Latina nature of the Dawson character, or the Hey! That Must Be The Director's Daughter! shot of, yes, the director's daughter. Not since that shot of Sorkin in the West Wing finale has a filmmaker more given the audience a "gosh, that must be someone important" feeling for an otherwise minor shot.<BR/><BR/>I imagine it was "ass-to-mouth" that convinced Joel Siegel to leave?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153811699011988582006-07-25T03:14:00.000-04:002006-07-25T03:14:00.000-04:00So I'm the guy. Apparently I'm the only person who...So I'm the guy. Apparently I'm the <I>only</I> person who liked "Jersey Girl". It probably helped that Kevin Smith included the "Sweeney Todd" chair delivery scene.<BR/><BR/>"Bless my eyes/Fresh supplies."R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153808045714407202006-07-25T02:14:00.000-04:002006-07-25T02:14:00.000-04:00Just when I thought there was no hope for Kevin Sm...Just when I thought there was no hope for Kevin Smith anymore, you know? Jersey Girl was so painfully bad and atypical of Smith's sensitivities that I honestly thought that the man who used to write beloved geeky stuff like Mallrats or Dogma or Daredevil and Green Arrow comics was lost forever. Clerks II is not exactly a maasterpiece (like Chasing Amy, one of my favourite movies of all time) but marks the return of the Kevin Smith we've known and loved...<BR/><BR/>PS. lady t, Shyamalan's movies usually are.dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153781173503946572006-07-24T18:46:00.000-04:002006-07-24T18:46:00.000-04:00I just saw it today(double featured with Lady in t...I just saw it today(double featured with Lady in the Water,which is better than the reviews say it is)and it was a really cool bookend to the first movie. Some phrases from the film are just gonna make me and my sis laugh randomly like"Pillowpants","inter-species erotica" and a couple that are a tad too raunchy to repeat here:)lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1153777178267215362006-07-24T17:39:00.000-04:002006-07-24T17:39:00.000-04:00I love these characters... in a totally heterosexu...I love these characters... in a totally heterosexual way.<BR/><BR/>This movie doesnt disappoint. It is a laugh-fest with a heart-worthy story.<BR/><BR/>To be honest I am quite shocked that you found the time to check it out, with your hectic schedule this weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com