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"An Evening With Kevin Smith"

Has anyone seen this?

Whatever you think of Smith's films (which have been alternately praised for their realistic yet witty dialogue, and panned for being "peurile, childish, swearathons" (I know, I know; I'm trying to understand just why that is such a bad thing too), if you have even a shrivelled and atrophied sense of humour, even if you think that "there are some things that are no laughing matter", you'll almost certainly crack a smile or two if you watch this dvd.

Essentially Smith did a US college campus tour which consisted (theoretically) of a number of Q&A sessions. What it actually seemed to consist of is Smith recounting anecdotes and tales of his career and his life. This would be a DVD of purgatory if most directors did this. However, Smith is always hysterically funny, occasionally illuminating, and not afraid to take on awkward questions (or even drunken questions), and his candour is refreshing in an industry which is seemingly populated by "wonderful people" and "great actors".

Not only that, but it's one of the few non-fiction dvd's out at the moment that you can watch with either right or left wing friends....

Ive just popped this on my rental list.

Yeah I never would have seen Jersey Girl if it didn't have Smith's name on it. Closed-minded, I know.

The Evening With DVD is great but nowhere near the standard of seeing him in London.

Jersey Girl was not what I've come to expect of a Kevin Smith film. It was sweet, sentimental and not really funny. Very un-Smithlike. It'll bring a smile to your face but I doubt you'd laugh at it. Hard to pass judgement really as my vision's clouded by the genius of Mallrats and Clerks...

unknown kernel wrote:
> I love Kevin Smith movies and I'd really like to see this now that I
> know it exists.
>
> Has anyone here seen Jersey Girl? It sounded so terrible that I
> couldn't bring myself to go and see it.

It would suck if it wasn't a Kevin Smith movie. If that makes sense. That is, if it didn't have good Affleck, Jason Lee, and George Carlin in it, it'd be terrible. It's very predictable, but also kinda sweet.

I'm sure I read an account of someones evening with Kevin Smith a couple of months back..

I love Kevin Smith movies and I'd really like to see this now that I know it exists.

Has anyone here seen Jersey Girl? It sounded so terrible that I couldn't bring myself to go and see it.

Flunkey? FLUNKEY?

/Admires Snuggly's font colour

That's okay, Rich is my flunkey anyway.

It's really funny, he's a genuinely hilarious guy, even just standing on a stage talking for four hours. I saw him do just that a few months ago in London, and it was most entertaining (particular his confession of wooing a girl by putting notes on her windscreen, dressing as Batman and perching on the roof of the nearby pharmacist).

Erm....sorry Snuggly; I seem to have gotten you in trouble...

Yup, he sure does. I didn't find that quite as funny as my friend Sara (who is a huge Prince fan, whereas I don't care if he lives or dies) did, but it's a corking monologue. For my money, his chat about the whole "Superman Lives" debacle (plus ANY comments about Tim Burton) are the funniest bits of the dvd.