'Touched'
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
I respect things like the Pirate Store, where a celebrity (of sorts) shares an obsession with the public. I respect Sean John. I even respect Shoshanna.
But celebrities who open stores that are ostensibly about something else (comics) but in fact all about them? Ick.
Just because people will buy it (don't know if they will -- store's too new to tell), doesn't mean I still respect the seller.
Remember, this is the guy who tells aspiring college filmmakers to apply for every credit card in sight and max them out to pay for making their first films, but only if they are too squeamish to raise the funding by giving head.
I never saw Kevin Smith as the sensitive artiste type. The Jay and Silent Bob fans are hardcore. I don't do action figures and stuff, but getting ahold of the dvds can be a pain. It would be nice to have a handy place to do that. I'm probably not the target audience, but I'd buy a t-shirt.
I don't think Kevin is too wrapped up in needing respect, but he will take your money if you give him half a chance.
I never saw Kevin Smith as the sensitive artiste type.
Well, once you've seen a film of his, how could you?
However, he now looks part and parcel of what he mocks. He's Disney tie-ins, with swear words.
As is his right. My goodwill to him may come back once the slimy feeling gains distance, but until then, the $13 worth of comics I bought today is probably the last he'll see of my money.
He had my goodwill. And with such, entré to my wallet. Now, NSM.
He had my goodwill. And with such, entré to my wallet. Now, NSM.
Fair enough. He just got another $50 off me, for this Massey Hall appearance, and I'm psyched to be there. An Evening with Kevin Smith was one of the funniest things I saw last year, and this is part of the filming for the follow-up.
Crackheads:
Sylvester Stallone's 2000 reworking of the Sir Michael Caine crime thriller Get Carter has been voted the worst film remake of all time in a new poll. In a survey of 2,000 film fans by DVD rental company Screenselect.co.uk, a majority voted the Rocky star's version was abysmal compared to the 1971 classic. Unfortunately for Jude Law, the recently-released Alfie film - another Caine remake - was also slammed and came in at number six in the poll. The Anne Heche-starring 1998 version of the Psycho horror film followed Get Carter at two and this year's flop Thunderbirds entered at three. The top ten also included Point of No Return at four, Charlie's Angels at five, Planet Of The Apes at seven, Starsky And Hutch at eight and Cape Fear at nine. Surprisingly 2001 blockbuster Ocean's Eleven came in at ten, despite most film reviews lauding the George Clooney film as better than the 1960 original.
Now, admittedly I've seen neither Get Carter. But Ocean's Eleven doesn't suck, and Starksy & Hutch and Charlie's Angels are just muddying the water.
The Rat Pack Ocean's Eleven was pretty mediocre. Wasn't it itself a remake of a French film or something?
Wasn't it itself a remake of a French film or something?
"Les Onze du Mer"?
t /smartass
How do you say "Steph sucks" in French?
"Steph est la plus belle du tout!"
The Rat Pack Ocean's Eleven was pretty mediocre
There are a couple of good bits but really it's one of the most boring movies ever.