Part of this guys greatness is the high level of interaction with the fans and the brilliant and meaningful way he does it. I hope he understands how much we appreciate the interaction
Dude, the chick on rotten tomatoes is fucking retarded. Okay? Because some 16 year old bitch doesn't understand the comedy of a Kevin Smith film makes her opinion obsolete. I grew up on these movies. We own all of them. And in all honesty, they're phenomenal pieces of cinema. Maybe they're not shot as well, maybe they're not as profitable, but they are great flicks about Jersey and that's what draws me in. They're about what me and my friends do on the weekends when we're bored. Genuine and real
dude don't let the bastards grind you down...some times there are people that can enter a beatiful room and all they are intrested in is looking for cracks or cob webs
@mesolovely1 "for anybody that didnt like zakk and miri, name me one, just one movie that came out that year that was funnier" I didn't like Zakk and Miri, but you have a point. I didn't like any movire that came out that year. Honestly, I havent like many movies in the past 10 years. I'm a hard sell, but Kevin Smith has sold me on almost every movie so far.
LOL, this reminds me of the part in Jay and Silent Bob where Movie Poop-Shoot was brought in. Wonder if that was inspired by this feeling, or prescient?
The thing with posts especially on forums is that when something is a success you won't hear a pip of negativity and but then if someone screw up look up all the posts of negative shit pilling up. it's like people are so cowardly that they'll wait for something to fail to let their voices heard.
You could successfully spend more time on-line battling Internet-Trolls if you would use the "invisible toilet" known as Depends. 'Twill be stinky yet sometimes a man rises to portray a certain image with a nasty clinging to you, known as a pile of product. The alternative is to not become upset, just like in this video.l
Really eloquent words about the negative haters on the internet. Im not famous but I used to post on forums a lot and it became a really negative thing in my life. Putting your attention on the words of haters is a terrible mistake. I have learned, like Smith, to just let the haters be and not try to argue with them.
i can see a bunch of parallels with his approach to the internet and Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller. He's an online video blogger and has almost the same experience. Penn no longer reads reviews online because of the time wasted getting angry over it. it's crazy to see how these two different people have the exact same approach to being "addicted" to online trolling. glad to finally see he got over it.
I think this is one of the best and hilariously inspirational videos I've watched on Youtube in a long ass time. He's so fucking dead on when he speaks his mind, and is so honest at the same time. Holy shit, it reminds me of just hearing my fucking self talk, minus the fucking talent. Kevin Smith fucking ROCKS!!!! XD
What kind of douchebag would say something about kevs kid? Cmon grow up people personally I love his movies and hes my biggest inspiration as a writer and people who talk bad about his filmmaking abilities probably dont know a damn think about making movies. Fuck them kev your awesome! nootch
This is what everyone who's ever started an argument on this (and other) website(s) should listen to and understand. That way when I look up a Tiny Toons clip, I won't scroll down to see an argument about politics and religion. (Not joking look up the clip from Tiny Toons "Istanbul" music video, last I checked it has people calling the animators racist... of a kids cartoon!)
This might be the best Kevin Smith thing I have ever seen in my life. What he said near the end was so inspiring that I am at a loss for words on how to say it.\ amazing it was.
Haha god damnit... I wish I had his money, He was speaking the fkn truth in this. "I'd rather watch a movie, buy some shit on ebay" K smith is the man.
I don't know a whole lot about Kevin Smith, but I think he's saying some wise things here. I've come to a lot of the same conclusions myself lately. There's really no point in fighting with the trolls, cause it's just a pain in the ass when you get right down to it.
lol..he strikes me as the kid in high school who never really fit in and tried their best to and ever since has been trying to be considered cool and part of the in crowd ..
@dopemcee He is cool and has a massive following, you seem to be the kid at high school who hung with the popular crew, didn't pay attention in lessons and is now a 40 year old super market worker desperately clawing for days gone by when people gave a fuck about you.
@MatsudairaTakuma take that shit els where you loser..i was cool in high school im still cool now and achieving dreams...go find someone else with that nonsense...
losers always trying to defend each other..he's an insecure dweeb who just wnats ppl to like him "plz like me...im so cool...like me...like me..if you dont im gonna go cut my wrists...like me plz"..
This is awesome. This would be rad if it was easier to be a "fan" of whatever you wanted. I like transformers movies and I don't want to hear how much it sucks because sunshine of the spotless mind was so cerebral. Fuck you, they are both good movies for different reasons.
The internet is full of weirdo's. As a Director you are amazing, as a writer you are amazing... I loved all your movies.. Zack and miri, jay and silent bob, clerks, clerks 2, dogma, chasing amy, etc... If your wife is beautiful then your wife is beautiful. What everyone thinks is irrelevant Kevin.
@DanteMcSparda Without critics, we'd be stuck with an industry full of hacks and mediocrity. People who fear criticisms are often ragingly envious and insecure themselves. In order to protect their thin fragile egos and questionable talents they project their own fears and secret frustrations onto their critics by dubbing them "haters". Valid criticism is necessary and healthy. Some singers are, in fact, tone deaf.
@ritter89 He's talking about trolls and caring about EVERY critic and EVERYTHING they say. Of course he understands valid criticisms, and people have every right to either take what's valid or whatever they want from it. Basically he's saying he's letting go of worrying about what people say and think, so if someone says he's a sellout or terrible at something, he knows he's doing the best he can at what he does and enjoys doing it, he doesn't need someone else dictating that for him.
Really? Zack and Miri got bad reviews? That was, like, Kevin's funniest flick ever, man. That shit was hilarious and, at the same time, very heartfelt.
He's right. There's a lot of people who are just unhappy, mean, jealous and stupid. Everyday I see just @&#&ing crap that people say to others. Do you really have so little to do? Such a pussy, passive aggressive and cowardly way to feel good about yourself.
It's a shame Smith couldn't follow a lot if his own advice from this clip when 'Cop Out' eventually came out. I like him and he's a great guy, however he discredits himself a bit.
Reiterating everything people have said here...yea I could listen to this guy talk all day long...The Smodcasts were really cool...Him interviewing Neil Gaiman and Amanda "art chick" Palmer...way cool...I find Kevin Smith one of the most honest film-makers out there..
oh man is it just me, or does kevin smith look a hell of a lot like Atrus (Rand Miller) from the Myst games??? If the Myst movie goes ahead, my vote is for Kevin Smith to be Atrus biatches!!! I think he'd play it swimmingly xD
everything he says more or less sums up schenectady,ny. thank you kevin for articulating percisely the nature of ignorant and malicious people who are just haters.
The internet is filled with so many ignorant people, that it's not worth to have an argument. Kevin Smith pretty much sums up everything that's wrong with the internet. It has become a cesspool of ignorance, hate, idiocy, and hypocrisy. If you try to argue with the likes of internet cretins, you're dragged along with them. It's better to ignore, than to bother.
As much as I respect Kevin Smith, I have to say tha Cop Out was worse than Jersey Girl. Zack and Miri Make a Porno was good though.
Kevin, dont let these asshats wear you down. i know you have the wit and the prosperity to create good films, fuck all this jazz after watching this vid, it just seems to me you could use a break. dont we all? hell... if you want to i live in NY and ill take you salmon fishing. as i said before, the force is strong with you. dont let anything get to you, you are past that point. but the choice now is what you choose, you have #1 directing or #2 yourself, think about it
This was 3 years ago. If you listen to Smodcast you can see he is waay past this and the Too Fat To Fly and Cop Out too. he seems to be in a way better head space these days now that he smokes weed.
Whoa, you internet guys broke Smith. When you get married and spawn a kid, well, you need to feed it and shit. And that primal urge to provide nutrients for it, coupled with numbness and fatigue aging brings, well, you just become selfish and turn to your family and gather resources and shit, and you die.
And this internet, it is honesty. No other place where we can congregate and talk openly, be it bullshit or supply depots. Mainstream can feed you sway you, in the end, it will-ie, eat you.
Smith has grown up a bit since the beginning of his career, but he still cares about what people on the internet say about him. The negative reception to Cop Out showed that.
I can relate with Kevin and some good commenters here. Sometimes it's hard for me not to get sucked into fanboy wars and general "yo mama" BS. Because I see so much stoopidity (intentional misspell) and my OCD I feel a need to correct and punish. But I'm trying to leave it behind... trying.
Zach and Mirir was decent. I saw it in theatres and was so stoked to see a Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen film (90s/2000s same style of comedy mix)... and it was AWESOME. just saying...
Man the internets filled with lots douche bags and asshole.Kevin does'nt need these opinonated pricks telling him what to do.What would of happened if Hitchcock,Scoresacci,Romaro,Lucas,Cameron,and Speilberg all listened to a bunch of elitist armchair critics that live in their mommies basements.They would of never made any of the great films if they went by what other people have said.
Detachment and critical thinking skills. A lack of them is a huge problem on the internet because they require patience, and people don't have patience on the internet. This is a huge problem on all sorts of topics on the internet - politics, atheism vs. religion, fanboy wars, etc. etc. etc.
@BalladoftheWindfish I agree 100%. I admit I used to do exactly that all the time. I got to the point where I was like "You know what... I have a better time doing things that actually have a point, what the hell am I doing?"
I still comment on politics though, but not in any kind of overload. And it's usually just a comment.
Dude Jersey Girl rocked - I would be willing to bet you aren't a parent yet? That may be why you don't get it. You will later in life - don't sell the DVD. :)
@negativeindustrial I meant in jersey girl as a whole it did terrible. good for you but most parents yould never watch jersey girl because its kevin smith. I bet it be great if they saw another name and kevins fan are used to "how many dicks have you sucked" and the superman condom conversation. Granted chasing amy was really a great movie only because kevin wanted to do it.
LOL - Isn't it strange how filthy and wholesome his movies are at the same time? You got to be open minded and intelligent to understand him fully I think.
Kevin Smith is a pretty cool dude. Honest as fuck, maybe even to extent that it gives people an avenue to attack him on. But hey, people just have to get some perspective about this. Just because KS doesnt make a movie which fits exactly with your tastes, doesnt mean it doesnt fit with his. I am sure that you would love some of the music KS has in his cd collection and hate some of the other shit, but it falls in his taste. Sure I love some of his movies better than others, but thats fuckin life
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He's won? Now we know how he's started to think about himself. The man is running out of fans, each film is even worst. I had to turn Cop Out off halfway through and resume the following day, there's only so much unfunny shit you can sit through at one time. The rant he recently had on Twitter shows he's still trying to defend himself and takes it to heart, deep down he probably knows he will never make another cult classic like Clerks. Lucked out.
@sparced Is that why he's a rich successful director?lol I mean you cant really talk shit about the guy.People love his movies and not just clerks in hinesight it wasnt as good as strikes back or dogma.I think your just angry because you have 14 shitty youtube videos(maybe 5 originals) and a shitty last fm page lmao.You have no platform to be talking shit about people your an unsuccessfull loser so far in life.When your as well known as this guy come back and then talk shit.
I think its because hes a humble guy that he wishes to talk to people online. He's been there, he's had those conversations and he knows what it feels like to have someone say you're bad at something, especially people who don't even have the slightest grasp on his work.
I do however wish he saved that conversation of making that girl cry lol that right there is classic.
He is too fucking right about the internet. Its all a big breeding ground for hate, stupidity, and opinions. But we still keep our eyes glued to it, because it is just like a interactive television that you can yell at and people can hear(or read) you. Kevin is a great director and I love his dialogue based films, because they bring us back to the time when cinema was in its prime. When they didn't have to have 20 explosions per scene and every new release wasn't in 3-D.
You're kidding right? Smiths first movie came out in '94, a time when there was PLENTY of action movies with ten thousand explosions in the trailers alone. It easy to get caught up in nostalgia; everyone always thinks the previous generation was more ideal when it more often than not just isn't so. I would say cinema hit its prime in the '70's, and has been pretty much been going downhill ever since.
@RecklessYouth333 I do not think you read what I wrote quite right. I never said his movies were or are made in the times when cinema was in it's prime, but it takes us BACK to when cinema WAS in its prime. I never said that movies being released around the same time as his didn't have explosions. I never said the 90's was cinema's prime. Who said I was caught up in nostalgia also? You need to stop making assumptions. I never said Smith was the best director/writer ever, but he is entertaining.
Calm down, sparky. I made no assumptions, I'm just logically going the route your comment put down. You don't have to say '90's cinema was its prime when you insinuate it by saying Smiths films hearken to a time when cinema was great, or at least better than now. Its called reading between the lines. By virtue of the fact that you're reminded of a better time (hence 'nostalgia'), you make your point pretty clear: that older films were better than todays. Don't be so defensive.
I do not believe every movie from the past is better than now...watch Death Bed for an example. I do not even know why you decided to reply to my comment though, I didn't offend or say anything out of line at all. I stated my opinion that Smith's movies are great, because they're dialogue based which reminds me of great films that were dialogue based. Most films made way back when were dialogue based. Not everyone was good or had good dialogue. But, the good ones were good. So suck my cock.
Hardly any wits to battle. Dude makes an obvious implication and then pretends to not know what the fuck I'm talking about, and then appropriately ends it with "so suck my cock" like the whiny douchebag he sounds like. I'll just take the high road like Smith said. My fault for jumping into that pit.
yeah dude cop out sucked balls.you want them to blow hollywood in ya face?your way fuckin sweeter than that bullshit dude.yeah we want your opinion your in it we aren't plus you rock ass.
I would like to see Kevin make a sequal movie to Jay & SB Starike back lol, obviously call it "Return of Jay & SB" more adventures, more hot chcks, maybe bring back Shannon Elizabeth & Ali Larter? ; ) but this time including Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan, Jaime Pressly, Natasha Henstridge, Stacy Dash and Eva Mendez.
I would like to see Kevin make a sequal movie to Jay & SB Starike back lol, obviously call it "Return of Jay & SB" more adventures, more hot chcks, maybe bring back Shannon Elizabeth & Ali Larter? ; ) but this time including Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan, Jaime Pressly, Natasha Henstridge, Stacy Dash and Eva Mendez.
Yeah, you can't get lost in all the loser opinions on the internet, it just make those people feel powerfull and those same people that are the most insecure in the world sadly lol.
The ironic thing is that movies that Smith could/should be doing are actually very profitable right now. Look at the hangover, hot tub time machine, and that whole genre. Smith would be great at making that kind of film.
What i'm trying to say, in an incredibly long-winded fashion, is that Kevin Smith is at a crossroads right now. It's catch 22. He is damned if he abandons the loyal and faithful, and damned if he continues to produce mediocre crap like Cop Out.
I'm sure Kevin has agonised over this position for years on end, but whatever he decides, let's hope something good comes out of it.
So with Red State aside, the big question is if K.Smith decides to more in a commercial direction on a permanent basis in near future, will he be successful? Will he appeal to the broader film going audience? The evidence at this point says no. He is too much of an idiosyncratic director for the mainstream, and that's exactly why his fans love him. On the other hand, it's arguably that he has pandered too much to his core fanbase since the Jay and Silent Bob film.
Whether K.S has sold out or not is open to debate and frankly not at all relevant because it's his life after all. The problem with him 'selling out' though is that he isn't particularly good at it, and by good i mean successful. The films made outside the View Askew universe were all critical and commercial bombs. Sure Kevin can console himself by saying that Cop Out was his highest grossing movie, but for a Bruce Willis vehicle aimed at the wider market, it was a flop, plain and simple.
Love your shit Kevin - your words too really interesting - however can't help thinking how "prince-world" reflects on you after seing this...sounds like "kevin-world" ain't that bad too...
hahaha I'd let em shit on my rug, that's too good of a story to pass up.
fletcher10189 1 week ago
Lewis this video has no relevance to the 'invisible web'. Try searching for that instead.
MOHH2COD4 1 week ago
I saw Zack and Miri Make a Porno in theaters, from what I remember there was a decent amount of people
readordiefanatic 2 weeks ago
i came here because i searched "the dark side of youtube" = )) nice
blaukrautwow 1 month ago
lol... I really dig this dude!
Hellhound30x 1 month ago
I want to be in those movies
CaptainArrrgh 1 month ago
Part of this guys greatness is the high level of interaction with the fans and the brilliant and meaningful way he does it. I hope he understands how much we appreciate the interaction
AJoseph0007 1 month ago
Dude, the chick on rotten tomatoes is fucking retarded. Okay? Because some 16 year old bitch doesn't understand the comedy of a Kevin Smith film makes her opinion obsolete. I grew up on these movies. We own all of them. And in all honesty, they're phenomenal pieces of cinema. Maybe they're not shot as well, maybe they're not as profitable, but they are great flicks about Jersey and that's what draws me in. They're about what me and my friends do on the weekends when we're bored. Genuine and real
StupidNoobFace 1 month ago
dude don't let the bastards grind you down...some times there are people that can enter a beatiful room and all they are intrested in is looking for cracks or cob webs
andylnfarley 1 month ago
for anybody that didnt like zakk and miri, name me one, just one movie that came out that year that was funnier
mesolovely1 1 month ago
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@mesolovely1 "for anybody that didnt like zakk and miri, name me one, just one movie that came out that year that was funnier" I didn't like Zakk and Miri, but you have a point. I didn't like any movire that came out that year. Honestly, I havent like many movies in the past 10 years. I'm a hard sell, but Kevin Smith has sold me on almost every movie so far.
davidsfriend01 2 weeks ago
i actually searched the dark side of youtube
The1ceblitz 2 months ago 4
@The1ceblitz me 2 ^^
blaukrautwow 1 month ago
I like the movie Copout I watched it twice in the theater. I own dvd and blu ray of cop out. Zack and Miri was really good too.
rockerrockstar 2 months ago
Man I feel so bad after thinking about all that time, I would get upset over some bitch telling me shit online.:(
adrianadio 3 months ago
LOL, this reminds me of the part in Jay and Silent Bob where Movie Poop-Shoot was brought in. Wonder if that was inspired by this feeling, or prescient?
xMazz666x 3 months ago
Kevin Smith is my hero. He proved that even a fat geek who smokes too much crap can be successful.
GMovieSeeker 3 months ago
@GMovieSeeker If you watch his interview movies you would see that he never really got into smoking anything until fairly recently.
AdamBomb669 3 months ago in playlist kevin smith
The thing with posts especially on forums is that when something is a success you won't hear a pip of negativity and but then if someone screw up look up all the posts of negative shit pilling up. it's like people are so cowardly that they'll wait for something to fail to let their voices heard.
skinwalkerxxx 4 months ago
Look here's your god telling you it's lame to be an opinionated person and a douche, I've met many a douchey Smith fan. Take this to heart please
MindstormRecs 4 months ago
You could successfully spend more time on-line battling Internet-Trolls if you would use the "invisible toilet" known as Depends. 'Twill be stinky yet sometimes a man rises to portray a certain image with a nasty clinging to you, known as a pile of product. The alternative is to not become upset, just like in this video.l
brentpieczynski 4 months ago
Really eloquent words about the negative haters on the internet. Im not famous but I used to post on forums a lot and it became a really negative thing in my life. Putting your attention on the words of haters is a terrible mistake. I have learned, like Smith, to just let the haters be and not try to argue with them.
corbalt1 4 months ago
anyone else notice how he looks like a jedi?
" you have learned well, the apprentice has now become the masterf"
ImaginedFantasy 4 months ago
I don't care for any of the few movies I've seen that you made... but I would watch them over most movies M. Shamalama Night made any day :)
OmegaDeman 4 months ago
joenation didnt send me here...lmao jk he totally did =P haha
drahunter213 4 months ago
ALL of Australia...loves Kevin Smith films. I flat out said it....
cajugriffen 5 months ago 4
ALL of Australia.... I flat out said it....
cajugriffen 5 months ago
man fuck what they say,just be you
yusef1818 6 months ago
i can see a bunch of parallels with his approach to the internet and Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller. He's an online video blogger and has almost the same experience. Penn no longer reads reviews online because of the time wasted getting angry over it. it's crazy to see how these two different people have the exact same approach to being "addicted" to online trolling. glad to finally see he got over it.
kbrinks 6 months ago
Kevin Smith just inspired me to close my Facebook tab and do something else. lol
NinjaPirate77 6 months ago 29
@NinjaPirate77 amen to that son
paolobernardini 5 months ago
I think this is one of the best and hilariously inspirational videos I've watched on Youtube in a long ass time. He's so fucking dead on when he speaks his mind, and is so honest at the same time. Holy shit, it reminds me of just hearing my fucking self talk, minus the fucking talent. Kevin Smith fucking ROCKS!!!! XD
Leonesaurus1990 6 months ago
@Leonesaurus1990 well... you both definitely have a liking for the word "fuck".
GodWasConfused 5 months ago
@GodWasConfused LOL You got a point! XD
Leonesaurus1990 5 months ago
@DanteMcSparda MJ and GL are well deserving.
Clay3613 6 months ago
Sounds like me.
ultta 6 months ago
reminded me of 2p2
rubslotionskin 7 months ago
What kind of douchebag would say something about kevs kid? Cmon grow up people personally I love his movies and hes my biggest inspiration as a writer and people who talk bad about his filmmaking abilities probably dont know a damn think about making movies. Fuck them kev your awesome! nootch
BarkerFan180 7 months ago
Kevin Smith is A+++++
lastzombiehunter 8 months ago 3
This is what everyone who's ever started an argument on this (and other) website(s) should listen to and understand. That way when I look up a Tiny Toons clip, I won't scroll down to see an argument about politics and religion. (Not joking look up the clip from Tiny Toons "Istanbul" music video, last I checked it has people calling the animators racist... of a kids cartoon!)
detrius82 8 months ago
Kevin Smith plays online poker??? Awesome!!! I like him even more now...
gskowal 8 months ago
37 dislikes. Far out man.
TehBalladeer 8 months ago
we all love bush shots!
herschelsucks 8 months ago 2
omg he mentioned the guardian :D
PiddleMeElmo 8 months ago
Yeah Kevin, some people think you suck.
I think you're brilliant and talented and I hope you fucking read this and it makes your fucking day....or not...
whatever man
shabyyy 8 months ago
This might be the best Kevin Smith thing I have ever seen in my life. What he said near the end was so inspiring that I am at a loss for words on how to say it.\ amazing it was.
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850Nexus 8 months ago
Kevin Smith, you are a fucking legend!
Decklocation 9 months ago
Haha god damnit... I wish I had his money, He was speaking the fkn truth in this. "I'd rather watch a movie, buy some shit on ebay" K smith is the man.
nickmeahan 9 months ago
how can u not lik,e clerks
mototattooie 9 months ago
You all have problems.
MrSpiritjackal 9 months ago
Are you a wizard?
roentjeu16 9 months ago
He's too sweet and sensitive to ignore the trolls.
mmr11027 9 months ago
It had Seth Rogan in it and you're surprised that it only made 2 million the first week ?
Spottedfeather 9 months ago
this is awesome man. Very inspirational.
campaz83 9 months ago
I don't know a whole lot about Kevin Smith, but I think he's saying some wise things here. I've come to a lot of the same conclusions myself lately. There's really no point in fighting with the trolls, cause it's just a pain in the ass when you get right down to it.
thejesman 9 months ago 5
I like everything except the bongo music at the beginning and the end of the video. lol XD
Ladygagsalot 9 months ago
Why did it took you so long to realized that ?
milansikidjo 10 months ago
@milansikidjo EXACTLY!
Cekil1 9 months ago
lol..he strikes me as the kid in high school who never really fit in and tried their best to and ever since has been trying to be considered cool and part of the in crowd ..
craves acceptance and to feel like he's cool...
who cares
dopemcee 10 months ago
@dopemcee dude, fuck you.
ReadMyCommentBitch 10 months ago
@dopemcee He is cool and has a massive following, you seem to be the kid at high school who hung with the popular crew, didn't pay attention in lessons and is now a 40 year old super market worker desperately clawing for days gone by when people gave a fuck about you.
MatsudairaTakuma 10 months ago
@MatsudairaTakuma take that shit els where you loser..i was cool in high school im still cool now and achieving dreams...go find someone else with that nonsense...
losers always trying to defend each other..he's an insecure dweeb who just wnats ppl to like him "plz like me...im so cool...like me...like me..if you dont im gonna go cut my wrists...like me plz"..
fkk outta here.
dopemcee 10 months ago
@dopemcee Oooh hit a nerve didn't I, sorry bro, didn't know u mad.
MatsudairaTakuma 10 months ago
Kevin Smith sums up my feeling on the internet precisely.
G1Starfire 10 months ago
This is awesome. This would be rad if it was easier to be a "fan" of whatever you wanted. I like transformers movies and I don't want to hear how much it sucks because sunshine of the spotless mind was so cerebral. Fuck you, they are both good movies for different reasons.
kmarois 10 months ago
trolls do suck
loveofphysics 10 months ago
The internet is full of weirdo's. As a Director you are amazing, as a writer you are amazing... I loved all your movies.. Zack and miri, jay and silent bob, clerks, clerks 2, dogma, chasing amy, etc... If your wife is beautiful then your wife is beautiful. What everyone thinks is irrelevant Kevin.
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@xarmaniax Then why are you telling him what you think?
WalterLiddy 7 months ago
he is right. although kinda obvious
tubehiki 10 months ago
@DanteMcSparda Without critics, we'd be stuck with an industry full of hacks and mediocrity. People who fear criticisms are often ragingly envious and insecure themselves. In order to protect their thin fragile egos and questionable talents they project their own fears and secret frustrations onto their critics by dubbing them "haters". Valid criticism is necessary and healthy. Some singers are, in fact, tone deaf.
ritter89 11 months ago
@ritter89 He's talking about trolls and caring about EVERY critic and EVERYTHING they say. Of course he understands valid criticisms, and people have every right to either take what's valid or whatever they want from it. Basically he's saying he's letting go of worrying about what people say and think, so if someone says he's a sellout or terrible at something, he knows he's doing the best he can at what he does and enjoys doing it, he doesn't need someone else dictating that for him.
Jumpunit 10 months ago
@ritter89 the same could be said for some critics
09nob 10 months ago
Wow, he's really insecure. He's like the high school drop out who thinks that college is waste of time.
ritter89 11 months ago
I like this guy, he realy seems like a good person
pitaa8a 11 months ago
SHOUT OUT TO THE GUARDIAN YO!!!!
PeterZeeke 11 months ago
Really? Zack and Miri got bad reviews? That was, like, Kevin's funniest flick ever, man. That shit was hilarious and, at the same time, very heartfelt.
MarciusWhithood 11 months ago
He made a 16 y/o girl cry over the internet? How would he even know that she was crying? WTF?
gloriadaves 11 months ago
He's right. There's a lot of people who are just unhappy, mean, jealous and stupid. Everyday I see just @&#&ing crap that people say to others. Do you really have so little to do? Such a pussy, passive aggressive and cowardly way to feel good about yourself.
silverlocke1 11 months ago
amen to that Kevin, amen to that... life's too short, go be happy
orangetrigger 1 year ago
who is this guy
TheWezid 1 year ago
You've got a bunch of money kevin. That could buy a lot of plane tickets...
Nisshoku1729 1 year ago
OMG! Kevin Smith is my fucking Guru! I feel made joy after listening to him.....I guess as an artist I understand what he puts up wit
atomicbunnygirl 1 year ago
36 people have said stupid shit to kevin smith
regulatorzone 1 year ago
It's a shame Smith couldn't follow a lot if his own advice from this clip when 'Cop Out' eventually came out. I like him and he's a great guy, however he discredits himself a bit.
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ranitamalshika 1 year ago
Reiterating everything people have said here...yea I could listen to this guy talk all day long...The Smodcasts were really cool...Him interviewing Neil Gaiman and Amanda "art chick" Palmer...way cool...I find Kevin Smith one of the most honest film-makers out there..
massivekartattack 1 year ago
oh man is it just me, or does kevin smith look a hell of a lot like Atrus (Rand Miller) from the Myst games??? If the Myst movie goes ahead, my vote is for Kevin Smith to be Atrus biatches!!! I think he'd play it swimmingly xD
DJLeeZ 1 year ago 2
everything he says more or less sums up schenectady,ny. thank you kevin for articulating percisely the nature of ignorant and malicious people who are just haters.
orion3448 1 year ago
The internet is filled with so many ignorant people, that it's not worth to have an argument. Kevin Smith pretty much sums up everything that's wrong with the internet. It has become a cesspool of ignorance, hate, idiocy, and hypocrisy. If you try to argue with the likes of internet cretins, you're dragged along with them. It's better to ignore, than to bother.
As much as I respect Kevin Smith, I have to say tha Cop Out was worse than Jersey Girl. Zack and Miri Make a Porno was good though.
uadfa 1 year ago
Kevin, dont let these asshats wear you down. i know you have the wit and the prosperity to create good films, fuck all this jazz after watching this vid, it just seems to me you could use a break. dont we all? hell... if you want to i live in NY and ill take you salmon fishing. as i said before, the force is strong with you. dont let anything get to you, you are past that point. but the choice now is what you choose, you have #1 directing or #2 yourself, think about it
revmaynard971 1 year ago
@revmaynard971
This was 3 years ago. If you listen to Smodcast you can see he is waay past this and the Too Fat To Fly and Cop Out too. he seems to be in a way better head space these days now that he smokes weed.
negativeindustrial 1 year ago
@negativeindustrial
Sorry - 1-1/2 Year ago. Something like that.
Go subscribe to Smodcast if you haven't already.
negativeindustrial 1 year ago
kebbin smis.
psmtheman 1 year ago
Whoa, you internet guys broke Smith. When you get married and spawn a kid, well, you need to feed it and shit. And that primal urge to provide nutrients for it, coupled with numbness and fatigue aging brings, well, you just become selfish and turn to your family and gather resources and shit, and you die.
And this internet, it is honesty. No other place where we can congregate and talk openly, be it bullshit or supply depots. Mainstream can feed you sway you, in the end, it will-ie, eat you.
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davidfussellfilms 1 year ago
I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE Kevin! Most awesome guy on the planet. period.
jackbyrnes86 1 year ago
Finally getting over himself at 38 years old. Well done. Congratulations. Wonder if he threw a party?
jamiestarr69 1 year ago
@jamiestarr69 WOW You sound like a bitter person. Seems you still havent gotten over yourself.....
BlammoGer 1 year ago
Smith has grown up a bit since the beginning of his career, but he still cares about what people on the internet say about him. The negative reception to Cop Out showed that.
mattd687 1 year ago
"Sorry, honey, I can't fuck you right now. Someone is wrong on the internet!"
JacksInn 1 year ago
Kevin Smith's philosophy: Hater's gonna hate.
JuliusEWomack 1 year ago
I can relate with Kevin and some good commenters here. Sometimes it's hard for me not to get sucked into fanboy wars and general "yo mama" BS. Because I see so much stoopidity (intentional misspell) and my OCD I feel a need to correct and punish. But I'm trying to leave it behind... trying.
gunkyzip 1 year ago
Zach and Mirir was decent. I saw it in theatres and was so stoked to see a Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen film (90s/2000s same style of comedy mix)... and it was AWESOME. just saying...
phelan1928 1 year ago
well kevin smith its funny and all, but you can see in this video that hi is kind a working guy, and thats really cool i think...
joze508 1 year ago
Man the internets filled with lots douche bags and asshole.Kevin does'nt need these opinonated pricks telling him what to do.What would of happened if Hitchcock,Scoresacci,Romaro,Lucas,Cameron,and Speilberg all listened to a bunch of elitist armchair critics that live in their mommies basements.They would of never made any of the great films if they went by what other people have said.
daneviler 1 year ago
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fuck you kevin smith your wife is ugly
TheConn23 1 year ago
@TheConn23 Internet filled with dousche bags. Example A: @TheConn23
drumsfouraliving 1 year ago
Detachment and critical thinking skills. A lack of them is a huge problem on the internet because they require patience, and people don't have patience on the internet. This is a huge problem on all sorts of topics on the internet - politics, atheism vs. religion, fanboy wars, etc. etc. etc.
BalladoftheWindfish 1 year ago
@BalladoftheWindfish I agree 100%. I admit I used to do exactly that all the time. I got to the point where I was like "You know what... I have a better time doing things that actually have a point, what the hell am I doing?"
I still comment on politics though, but not in any kind of overload. And it's usually just a comment.
XBOX Live is worse.
iwebber88 1 year ago
Hey, beating random strangers in a game of wit on the internet is a tough job, but *someone's* got to do it...!
OolTube02 1 year ago
what kind of asshole would rip on a guys wife and kid only a monster would do that
felineshadow0221 1 year ago
@felineshadow0221 stink
MrJangofett234 1 year ago
i always wanted to get everyone to like me until the internet taught me one great life lesson: the haters, they keep hating :P
kulturvultur 1 year ago
He's wearing a Jedi robe. I just noticed that.
redcthulhu 1 year ago
"I beat a random strange on the internet at a game of wit" omg... I was so like that too. And then I slowly stopped caring.
visceralegend 1 year ago
all his films are just wholesome and funny, if you dont like them great, if you dont, fuck off and stop shitting on my rug haha
Kennyrobbo2007 1 year ago
@Kennyrobbo2007 one fuckin movie jersey girl. but besides that He is amazing.
d4rKAcE3 1 year ago
@d4rKAcE3
Dude Jersey Girl rocked - I would be willing to bet you aren't a parent yet? That may be why you don't get it. You will later in life - don't sell the DVD. :)
negativeindustrial 1 year ago
@negativeindustrial I meant in jersey girl as a whole it did terrible. good for you but most parents yould never watch jersey girl because its kevin smith. I bet it be great if they saw another name and kevins fan are used to "how many dicks have you sucked" and the superman condom conversation. Granted chasing amy was really a great movie only because kevin wanted to do it.
d4rKAcE3 1 year ago
@Kennyrobbo2007
LOL - Isn't it strange how filthy and wholesome his movies are at the same time? You got to be open minded and intelligent to understand him fully I think.
negativeindustrial 1 year ago
@negativeindustrial couldnt agree more
Kennyrobbo2007 1 year ago
Kevin Smith is a pretty cool dude. Honest as fuck, maybe even to extent that it gives people an avenue to attack him on. But hey, people just have to get some perspective about this. Just because KS doesnt make a movie which fits exactly with your tastes, doesnt mean it doesnt fit with his. I am sure that you would love some of the music KS has in his cd collection and hate some of the other shit, but it falls in his taste. Sure I love some of his movies better than others, but thats fuckin life
harddobe 1 year ago
I'm a Kevin Smith fan but it's embaressing when his fans talk like he does...
crieff405 1 year ago
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He's won? Now we know how he's started to think about himself. The man is running out of fans, each film is even worst. I had to turn Cop Out off halfway through and resume the following day, there's only so much unfunny shit you can sit through at one time. The rant he recently had on Twitter shows he's still trying to defend himself and takes it to heart, deep down he probably knows he will never make another cult classic like Clerks. Lucked out.
sparced 1 year ago
@sparced you know its ppl like u his talkin about right?
tagerdinmoedom 1 year ago 10
@sparced Is that why he's a rich successful director?lol I mean you cant really talk shit about the guy.People love his movies and not just clerks in hinesight it wasnt as good as strikes back or dogma.I think your just angry because you have 14 shitty youtube videos(maybe 5 originals) and a shitty last fm page lmao.You have no platform to be talking shit about people your an unsuccessfull loser so far in life.When your as well known as this guy come back and then talk shit.
lezsmokehaze420 1 year ago
I think its because hes a humble guy that he wishes to talk to people online. He's been there, he's had those conversations and he knows what it feels like to have someone say you're bad at something, especially people who don't even have the slightest grasp on his work.
I do however wish he saved that conversation of making that girl cry lol that right there is classic.
PrisonCipher 1 year ago
he worries too much
tacomonster98 1 year ago
i never understood people who openly hate kevin smith. weird lonely people who call themselves "writers"
Swoogie01 1 year ago
My love for Kevin Smith knows no bounds...
FilmMakar 1 year ago 26
Dude is the definition of candid. Props to him, and I'll be expecting to see more of his films,
unabomberman 1 year ago
He is too fucking right about the internet. Its all a big breeding ground for hate, stupidity, and opinions. But we still keep our eyes glued to it, because it is just like a interactive television that you can yell at and people can hear(or read) you. Kevin is a great director and I love his dialogue based films, because they bring us back to the time when cinema was in its prime. When they didn't have to have 20 explosions per scene and every new release wasn't in 3-D.
BigTymerPimp 1 year ago
@BigTymerPimp
You're kidding right? Smiths first movie came out in '94, a time when there was PLENTY of action movies with ten thousand explosions in the trailers alone. It easy to get caught up in nostalgia; everyone always thinks the previous generation was more ideal when it more often than not just isn't so. I would say cinema hit its prime in the '70's, and has been pretty much been going downhill ever since.
RecklessYouth333 1 year ago
@RecklessYouth333 I do not think you read what I wrote quite right. I never said his movies were or are made in the times when cinema was in it's prime, but it takes us BACK to when cinema WAS in its prime. I never said that movies being released around the same time as his didn't have explosions. I never said the 90's was cinema's prime. Who said I was caught up in nostalgia also? You need to stop making assumptions. I never said Smith was the best director/writer ever, but he is entertaining.
BigTymerPimp 1 year ago
@BigTymerPimp
Calm down, sparky. I made no assumptions, I'm just logically going the route your comment put down. You don't have to say '90's cinema was its prime when you insinuate it by saying Smiths films hearken to a time when cinema was great, or at least better than now. Its called reading between the lines. By virtue of the fact that you're reminded of a better time (hence 'nostalgia'), you make your point pretty clear: that older films were better than todays. Don't be so defensive.
RecklessYouth333 1 year ago
I do not believe every movie from the past is better than now...watch Death Bed for an example. I do not even know why you decided to reply to my comment though, I didn't offend or say anything out of line at all. I stated my opinion that Smith's movies are great, because they're dialogue based which reminds me of great films that were dialogue based. Most films made way back when were dialogue based. Not everyone was good or had good dialogue. But, the good ones were good. So suck my cock.
BigTymerPimp 1 year ago
@RecklessYouth333
Funny shite. Battle of wits. Keep going.
unabomberman 1 year ago
@unabomberman
Hardly any wits to battle. Dude makes an obvious implication and then pretends to not know what the fuck I'm talking about, and then appropriately ends it with "so suck my cock" like the whiny douchebag he sounds like. I'll just take the high road like Smith said. My fault for jumping into that pit.
RecklessYouth333 1 year ago
@RecklessYouth333
I was actually making an allusion to the whole thing Kevin Smith is talking about, about how it was pointless.
Anyways, laters.
unabomberman 1 year ago
yeah dude cop out sucked balls.you want them to blow hollywood in ya face?your way fuckin sweeter than that bullshit dude.yeah we want your opinion your in it we aren't plus you rock ass.
nohuj 1 year ago
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tacosalad98 1 year ago
I would like to see Kevin make a sequal movie to Jay & SB Starike back lol, obviously call it "Return of Jay & SB" more adventures, more hot chcks, maybe bring back Shannon Elizabeth & Ali Larter? ; ) but this time including Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan, Jaime Pressly, Natasha Henstridge, Stacy Dash and Eva Mendez.
tacosalad98 1 year ago
I would like to see Kevin make a sequal movie to Jay & SB Starike back lol, obviously call it "Return of Jay & SB" more adventures, more hot chcks, maybe bring back Shannon Elizabeth & Ali Larter? ; ) but this time including Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan, Jaime Pressly, Natasha Henstridge, Stacy Dash and Eva Mendez.
tacosalad98 1 year ago
Yeah, you can't get lost in all the loser opinions on the internet, it just make those people feel powerfull and those same people that are the most insecure in the world sadly lol.
tacosalad98 1 year ago
The ironic thing is that movies that Smith could/should be doing are actually very profitable right now. Look at the hangover, hot tub time machine, and that whole genre. Smith would be great at making that kind of film.
crackmonster99 1 year ago
I'm completely agree with him. Finally people in America started to think about it.
TheALEXERX2727 1 year ago
You give hope to the rest of us untalented pricks. ;)
iamsemjaza 1 year ago
i think he will start to write his most interesting things after he knew this, give him time :)
thygfdsg 1 year ago
Anybody that hates Kevin Smith needs to listen to this video.....
83phatman 1 year ago
lol i bet he could go on with this monologue forever =D
I didn't like "zakk & miri.." but he's a great filmmaker & in general one awesome guy! loved clerks..
Fuzorz 1 year ago
randomly ran into Kevin on the street the other day (I live in Alaska). he was on a cruise here, pretty sweet... and his wife is hot.
g0tcadaver 1 year ago
Cop Out doesn't look that good to me, but I think Kevin Smith is a great filmmaker. Dogma was hilarious.
JacksonOssea 1 year ago
I'm a fucking asshole, but I can't control myself, I have to tell the truth. Hope Kev doesn't read this comments.
iamcharming2008 1 year ago
5:29 he reminds me of Obi Wan Kenobi for a second, i have no idea why.
greedoshotfirst1 1 year ago
@greedoshotfirst1
It's the frame and robe he is wearing LOL. I believe it was totally unintentional - he is always wearing a robe.
BTW - Excellent name however everyone knows Greedo never even fired a shot :P
negativeindustrial 1 year ago
@negativeindustrial Bah. Greedo fired. I know he did. Lucas favored Han, so he made him OFFICIALLY shoot first. Or at least have a little twitch...
greedoshotfirst1 1 year ago
More people should see this!
216kingDavid1 1 year ago
Every person on /b/ should watch this video.
illznik2 1 year ago
Sounds like a really cool guy to go for a coffee with.
teikalen 1 year ago
Remind me to renew that restraining order - 'cus I'm gunna blast Kevin Smith on the internet tonight
(..... unfortunately, he won't care.)
CrazyChiv 1 year ago
"just cuz I've always been that way doesn't mean I have to remain that way" exactly.
marty3699 1 year ago
This is his Dennis Hopper moment out of Apocalypse Now... "you can't land on a fraction, maaan.."
Tobacc0 1 year ago
check out the Kevin Smith Brocast commercial on Youtube
ryharrington 1 year ago
@ryharrington what the hell are you babbling about?
Arthur5041975 1 year ago
He's a cool dude.
DeathstarGalactica 1 year ago
What i'm trying to say, in an incredibly long-winded fashion, is that Kevin Smith is at a crossroads right now. It's catch 22. He is damned if he abandons the loyal and faithful, and damned if he continues to produce mediocre crap like Cop Out.
I'm sure Kevin has agonised over this position for years on end, but whatever he decides, let's hope something good comes out of it.
lamentate07 1 year ago
So with Red State aside, the big question is if K.Smith decides to more in a commercial direction on a permanent basis in near future, will he be successful? Will he appeal to the broader film going audience? The evidence at this point says no. He is too much of an idiosyncratic director for the mainstream, and that's exactly why his fans love him. On the other hand, it's arguably that he has pandered too much to his core fanbase since the Jay and Silent Bob film.
lamentate07 1 year ago
Whether K.S has sold out or not is open to debate and frankly not at all relevant because it's his life after all. The problem with him 'selling out' though is that he isn't particularly good at it, and by good i mean successful. The films made outside the View Askew universe were all critical and commercial bombs. Sure Kevin can console himself by saying that Cop Out was his highest grossing movie, but for a Bruce Willis vehicle aimed at the wider market, it was a flop, plain and simple.
lamentate07 1 year ago
Love your shit Kevin - your words too really interesting - however can't help thinking how "prince-world" reflects on you after seing this...sounds like "kevin-world" ain't that bad too...
thelibertybalance 1 year ago