Kevin Smith Appreciation thread

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For this man, I think he is a love or hate kind of guy

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Born and raised in New Jersey and very proud of it, this fact can be seen in all of his movies. His first movie, Clerks. (1994), was filmed in the convenience store in which Smith worked. He was only allowed to shoot at night after the store closed. This movie won the highest award at the Sundance film festival and was brought to theaters by Miramax. The movie went over so well that Smith was able to make another movie, Mallrats (1995). This movie, as Kevin has said, was meant to be a "smart Porkys". Although it didn't do well at all in the box office, it has done more then well on video store shelves and is usually the favorite among many Smith fans. During filming for the movie Smith met his new close friends and stars of his next movie, Ben Affleck and Jason Lee and his new girlfriend, Joey Lauren Adams. Smith has said that his relationship with Adams has been much of an inspiration for his next movie, Chasing Amy (1997), Smith's comedy drama which won two independent Spirit awards: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Role (for Jason Lee. Around the time that Chasing Amy (1997) was wrapping, Smith broke up with Adams, and then when the Spirit awards were approaching he met his soon-to-be wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith. After _Chasing Amy (1997) , Smith started on Dogma (1999), a controversial film about Christianity. Around this time Smith's wife gave birth to their first baby girl, Harley Quinn Smith. Harley Quinn and Jennifer both have roles in Smith's next film, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). In this road trip comedy, the cult heroes, Jay and Silent Bob go on an adventure to stop the production of a movie being made about them, find true love, and save an orangutan. In 2004, he wrote and directed Jersey Girl (2004), starring Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, and two years later he completed the sequel to his first film, Clerks II (2006). Smith has also written scripts for such comics as Daredevil and Green Arrow. He also wrote a script for a new Superman movie but decided to leave the project. Smith has opened a comic book store, has a production company, writes articles for Arena magazine, and does short films for the Leno show. He has accomplished so much and he has only been around since 1994.

Here's how I would rate his films;

Dogma
A++++++

Clerks
A+
Clerks II
A+
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
A+
Chasing Amy
A
Mallrats
A
Jersey Girl
B+



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I am a big fan of Kevin Smith's and have seen all of his movies except Jersey Girl which I don't really want to see. Not enough crudeness and profanity. Have you seen the dvd's of his tours speaking at colleges and then the series where he goes to London? He's a great public speaker, skilled at telling stories and very articulate. He's also very funny. If you haven't seen them yet, you should.



Not enough crudeness and profanity.
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It's funny/weird to read his books and stories about he and his wife's sexual exploits.

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I've been a Smith fan for a while he can always make me laugh especially in An evening With Kevin Smith.

Not too keen on his overly childish films like Jay and Bob Strike Back and Mallrats though I did love Brodie
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Not a huge fan, I loved Clerks, but Clerks 2 is one of the few films I've walked out on, after only 40 mins, and other than An Evening with Kevin Smith ( part 1 ) I can't say I'm too enamoured with him.
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Love the guy!



I adore Kevin Smith, his style is very cutting edge, well maybe that's not quite right..how about..he doesn't give a F*&% about what anyone thinks, and just does his thing..and it always turns out frickin' fantastic!



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Kevin Smith is a awesome director and he cracks me up as Silent Bob! He is the man!
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I could watch him tell stories forever--he is hysterical-- this is from "An Evening With Kevin Smith" warning--tasteless content



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i have lost count on how many times i've seen jay and silent bob.
Dogma has his moments in a way.

Though clerks 2 is a film i didnt finish.



I havent seen any of the other films, but they look funny so i'll add them to my list



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Grade-wise...

Clerks, B+
Dogma, B-
Chasing Amy, C+
Clerks II, C+
Mallrats, C+
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, C-
Jersey Girl, C-
Zack and Miri Make A Porno, D-
Cop Out, N/A
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Has your opinion of this movie changed since the last time I was here or am I imagining things? I think you're being too generous, gets a solid D+ from me.
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Some of his stuff I didn't really find the humor, but (as you can see on my top ten list) he has been able to produce some really good stuff and the guy gets my respect.
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Has your opinion of this movie changed since the last time I was here or am I imagining things? I think you're being too generous, gets a solid D+ from me.
Damn haters have gotten through to me, obviously. I'm been slowly but surely going off Smith's stuff completely, but I still have a soft spot for Clerks II, even though it doesn't hold up so well.