Kevin Smith: Creation vs Criticism

Sucks that he's retiring.
Yogisays...

It's as true as when Stephen Fry said it on Room 101. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO_jmUDaHSA&feature=player_detailpage#t=64s

I've liked every Kevin Smith movie I have seen. I wouldn't call them great cinema or compare them to some art house flick or Woody Allen film, but I enjoyed them. That's the point, I don't think I have never NOT enjoyed a movie. I've disagreed with them, I've been selective about the ones I will go see but every one of which had some redeeming quality and gave me some pleasure. I don't get why critics exist really, learned analysis of a movie ok that's fine...giving a movie a certain number of Stars or a directional digit? No thanks keep your ridiculous math to yourself and just say "It's good see it" or "Not for me but if you like _____ maybe you'll like this."

PHJFsays...

I don't need every frame of every movie analyzed to death, but I certainly do need critics. Like he said, it's never been easier to make and distribute a movie and I certainly don't have the time to watch just anything. Somebody needs to cull the "A Thousand Words"s from the herd.

gwiz665says...

See, the thing is that Red Letter Media reviews are as much a new thing in itself, like Zero Punctuation. It's comedy, not "just" a review.
>> ^EvilDeathBee:

Red Letter Media/Plinkett reviews of bad movies are still entertaining. Usually more entertaining than the film being reviewed

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