Kevin Smith slams 'nasty' movie critics over bad reviews

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ElJuski

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Alex B. said:
I tend to not read film reviews, because they are nearly always completely useless. Most of the ones I've seen tend to be something like this:

- Snarky pun title
- Mock filmmaker or actors
- Partial summary
- Broad, unsupported statements
- Arbitrary numeric/letter/star grade

What do people get from this? I just don't get it I guess. Watch a trailer, look at who's in it and who's making it, and you can usually get a pretty good sense of whether it's going to be good.

Film analysis which assumes the audience has seen the film I'm all for. But film reviews for people who haven't seen the movie are pointless and too easy to do badly.
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What film reviews are you basing this on?
 
Shannow

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ElJuski said:
I mean, the idea of a critic is that you find one that you align yourself with, and they're your taste test so you DON'T spend the money.

So yeah, if Kevin Smith wanted to make me be the judge, I would for sure do it for him for free. That's a great idea.

However, I won't deny that GOOD film critics have a deep love and understanding of film. And I look to them for that as well.
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This.

The Lovely Boner said:
I like Kevin Smith, and like most smodcasts, but he is WAY off the mark. But that's okay. I'll keep reading intelligent writers/bloggers/reviewers, and y'all can just go nuts reading any random Netflix and Twitter review and we'll both be happy.
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And definitely this.


Joe Johnson said:
"You know, Kevin Smith is reminding me more and more of Scott Kurtz. "


Man, that's exactly what I was thinking. The problem is that wining about stuff like this usually has the exact opposite effect as intended.
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Also, both are fat. :rimshot:
 
Kovac

Kovac

I like Kevin Smith but frankly in this case I think he needs to harden the f*$k up

Obligatory youtube video about how it's done -
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Maybe Kevin Smith is becoming the next Kevin Costner. Like how in the 80s Costner could do no wrong, then in the 90s he could not do a damn thing right. It was like how the critics that made him wanted to tear him down, because they could.
 
ElJuski

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Again I ponder, why do people think critics are lusting for these things, versus commenting on the state of things? Not that I have the testing equipment, but I'd bet a dollar more regular, untrained "non-critics" are the ones that hold bigger celebrity grudges than trained, academically minded critics do.
 
Cajungal

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^That. To me, someone who cares about his/her standing in the professional community, and about being completely honest/impartial, would be able to put past offenses aside if an actor/director had put out something really good. A casual blogger who does reviews might refuse to even see a movie involving someone who has let them down in the past.
 
ElJuski

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People often forget that, for the most part, these people have made film beyond a hobby and a passion and turned it into an academic pursuit. Of course, there are still shitty critics out there...but you can easily cipher them out. The common man is going to be way more emotionally attached. They don't have a professional and / or academic obligation.
 
Cajungal

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I know I don't. I've actually probably missed out on a lot for holding grudges against certain people in the film industry.
 
Bowielee

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My whole point about Kevin Smith and this reaction is that he talks to his fans like some buddies who came over for a beer. It's that conversational tone that the press grabs on and tries to turn it into some sort of "Kevin Smith is trying to change reviewing as we know it."

He's blowing off steam. If you want to interpret that as "butthurt" then, rock on with your bad self.
 
ElJuski

ElJuski

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Bowielee said:
My whole point about Kevin Smith and this reaction is that he talks to his fans like some buddies who came over for a beer. It's that conversational tone that the press grabs on and tries to turn it into some sort of "Kevin Smith is trying to change reviewing as we know it."

He's blowing off steam. If you want to interpret that as "butthurt" then, rock on with your bad self.
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The difference being is that he's not at that tone at all, and yes, he is making a bigger deal with it than he is. You can pretend that Kevin Smith has the power of a regular drunk guy....but that ain't true.

And oh shit. I forgot the capital T.
 
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Steven Soderburgin

Kevin Smith doesn't take criticism well at all. It seems like he takes criticism of his films personally, when he really shouldn't. He seems to fundamentally misunderstand what it is that critics do, and seems to think that they were picking on his movie because it wasn't aspiring to be high art, which is bullshit. If the movie was actually funny, I'm sure it would've gotten far better reviews. See The Hangover, Knocked Up, etc. I could continue to rant and rave about Kevin Smith being a big stupid baby but I'll stop.
 
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