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Smitros
05/28/09

In reply to Kevin Smith's New Movie Is for Dicks
Speaking of "dicks" in the investigational sense, what's happening with the guy who made Brick?
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Richard Lawson
05/28/09

@Smitros: Brothers Bloom!
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Perhaps Not
05/28/09

In reply to Kevin Smith's New Movie Is for Dicks
Oh, I like Kevin Smith. His movies may have a lot of dumb jokes in them but he really is trying to talk about real things, which is not the case with a dozen of his stylish, dead-inside contemporaries. I laughed my ass off through Clerks 2 and I'm sure I'll be giggling at all the "turd burglar" jokes in the new one.
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El_Gato
05/28/09

In reply to Kevin Smith's New Movie Is for Dicks
Kevin Smith is still making movies? Christ. And what an awful storyline.

Plus the shit bandit character is a total ripoff of The Sopranos. Anyone who watched the show regularly knows that there was a character who committed heists with Christopher and Lilo Brancato's character and who always popped a squat during the robberies. In one squeamish line, Lilo Brancato turns to the character as he's pinching a loaf during a heist and says, "That's it, no more Mexican food before we go out on these things."

I forget the character's name, but he's the guy who later shoots Christopher.

PS: Yes, I do feel a little shame for knowing this.
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dado
05/28/09

@El_Gato: His name was Sean.
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Spirit Fingers
05/28/09

In reply to Kevin Smith's New Movie Is for Dicks
Hey remember when having Kevin Smith come to your college and do like a fifteen hour personal voyage/stand up kinda/diatribe on the man love he has for Ben Affleck, Prince, and Jason Mewes ( the androgynous stoner that has a way big fascination with sharing soulmatehood with a large guy who sweats in big coats), was cool?! Maybe? Well now he's feeling all insecure about this whole Apatow takeover so now he has to prove his relevancy again with movies that could be funny if maybe Apatow made them. Yay!

Also, Lithgow on Dexter could be a stroke of genius, but I'm still not forgiving the whole sister/loving/wife thing Dexter...oh, I mean Michael C. Hall pulled off last year. Anybody else think that's just creeptasticlly strange and poignant?
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secretagentman
05/28/09

@Spirit Fingers: "Also, Lithgow on Dexter could be a stroke of genius, but I'm still not forgiving the whole sister/loving/wife thing Dexter...oh, I mean Michael C. Hall pulled off last year. Anybody else think that's just creeptasticlly strange and poignant?"

No. Because they are actors 'portraying' siblings, not actual siblings. Michael C. Hall doesn't kill people either. That we know of!!
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Spirit Fingers
05/28/09

@secretagentman: Boo! for stating the obvious (and not in a clever way, I might add). I seriously doubt I was the only one who found his marrying his television sister a bit kooky when you think about the nature of the show. Also, have you never seen an interview with Michael C. Hall? Dude is a little odd, perfect for the role, but still odd, which is great for portraying the macabre, making it all a bit strange and poignant as I stated. Thanks, though!
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Paul.B.Dodd
05/28/09

In reply to Kevin Smith's New Movie Is for Dicks
Kevin Smith has lost whatever he had when he made Clerks and Chasing Amy. He needs to take a long vacation. Maybe Clerks was a fluke and we're now seeing the real Kevin Smith.
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bluebears
05/28/09

@Paul.B.Dodd: I think Clerks was a fluke. I didn't even really like Chasing Amy, the first half was funny but the second half was incredibly cheesy and overwrought.
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Mount_Prion
05/28/09

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I sure got excited when I thought the REAL Cam'Ron was gonna be doing something again...
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bluebears
05/28/09

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Hey Kevin Smith is just sticking with what works at the box office every time! oh hang on...
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Perhaps Not
05/28/09

@bluebears: Ya know what, though? No movie of his has ever lost money. Look at the budgets.
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dado
05/28/09

In reply to Kevin Smith's New Movie Is for Dicks
Kevin Smith should just stick to his comic book store and go back to Leonardo and get snowballed.
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Bob Wiley
05/19/09

In reply to George Clooney to Star as Martin Luther King in Lars von Trier's New Biopic
Did anyone watch Flash Forward in the 90s on the Disney Channel? That was where my Ben Foster love began...
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Motoko Kusanagi
05/19/09

In reply to George Clooney to Star as Martin Luther King in Lars von Trier's New Biopic
Lars von Trier is definitely an asshole, but he also might actually be the greatest director in the world. He is certainly the master of the mind-crushingly frustrating movie experience.
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Dickdogfood
05/19/09

@Motoko Kusanagi: Mind-crushingly frustrating movie experiences are exactly what I expect awful directors to produce.
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TillieHarper: Negress in Sheep's Clothing
05/19/09

@Dickdogfood: What's with the Lars hate? What's wrong with his movies? Why is he an asshole?
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Dickdogfood
05/19/09

@TillieHarper: We the Blacks...Niggmata (I Have Holes in My ...: I actually haven't seen any of his movies. I'm also not calling him an asshole or awful--but nonetheless it seems odd to premise the greatness of a film director on his ability to frustrate. It's like somebody telling me "OMG you totally have to see this guy's movies, they're so obnoxiously irritating, he's the best!" or "I give this chef's food an A+: it makes me want to throw up every time!"

(Mind you, it's not as if positive aesthetic experiences can't be rooted in what are ordinarily unpleasant mental states: for example, a great horror movie can frighten you, and a great tragedy can make you feel sad. But can a great movie truly frustrate you?--and if so, is it frustration you feel?)
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Spirit Fingers
05/19/09

In reply to George Clooney to Star as Martin Luther King in Lars von Trier's New Biopic
Wow. Perhaps no one will agree with me, but Clooney seems hell-bent on making the most boring movies ever conceived. Seriously. Who cares? I understand that he's now an Ac-Tor, but sheesh, would it kill him to find projects a little less esoteric? Even Clive Owen becomes a bank robber, a love interest, someone even minimally charming, every now and again. I'm not saying he needs to shoot Batman and Robin Make Milkshakes or anything, but where's that loveable guy that traded witty banter with Michelle Pfeifer all those many years ago, or the edgy dude who held his own with Tarantino? A little action and sex appeal would be nice, instead he's making movies made for the 7:30pm with oatmeal time slot. Boo!
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Spirit Fingers
05/19/09

Also, Soul Man, now there's a movie that's never shown on TBS.
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Midwesterner in NYC
05/19/09

In reply to George Clooney to Star as Martin Luther King in Lars von Trier's New Biopic
Does anyone watch "Southland"? I was shocked to learn one of the characters is played by C. Thomas Howell. He looks more recognizable in the picture in this post of him playing Mark Watson on tanning pills.
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Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux
05/19/09

@Midwesterner in NYC: That show is a definite "blink and you missed someone you know from a movie or tv series," brain bender. Last week I watched it while imdb-ing during almost every scene.
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