Comment Re:BWP did NOT invent this. (Score 1) 345
Kevin Smith? Bwahahahahahahaha.
Kevin Smith makes movies full of Generation-X angst. Phoney angst, I might add.
He's like Tarantino: the movie is about hipness and if you don't get it -- you lack it (hipness, that is) -- and, ha ha, the joke's on you.
Chasing Amy was a joke. Plot-wise, yeah, it was interesting: but story-wise? The characters were dudes, plain and simple. That, and the fact that any film with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are films to be feared.
But I know Smith has a huge following. A cult following. Like Tarantino. But when you cash in your hipness what's left? I mean, where's Tarantino now? (I'm serious: what's the next Tarantino project? Does anyone know?)
BWP had a great plot and even better story. The characters, yeah, were a little whiny -- all the nagging, the crying, the "you said this, no *you* said that" stuff -- but they worked. Ditto for PI -- a film which I thought was a bit indulgent but visually pretty damn cool.
Another great indie I just caught last night: "Niagra, Niagra." Bleak as hell, but interesting: real glimpse into what seemed like real lives. BWP was the same thing: a good glimpse. But Kevin Smith?
Bwahahahahahahahahah. A glimpse into one writer's half-hearted attempt at narcissism.
Kevin Smith makes movies full of Generation-X angst. Phoney angst, I might add.
He's like Tarantino: the movie is about hipness and if you don't get it -- you lack it (hipness, that is) -- and, ha ha, the joke's on you.
Chasing Amy was a joke. Plot-wise, yeah, it was interesting: but story-wise? The characters were dudes, plain and simple. That, and the fact that any film with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are films to be feared.
But I know Smith has a huge following. A cult following. Like Tarantino. But when you cash in your hipness what's left? I mean, where's Tarantino now? (I'm serious: what's the next Tarantino project? Does anyone know?)
BWP had a great plot and even better story. The characters, yeah, were a little whiny -- all the nagging, the crying, the "you said this, no *you* said that" stuff -- but they worked. Ditto for PI -- a film which I thought was a bit indulgent but visually pretty damn cool.
Another great indie I just caught last night: "Niagra, Niagra." Bleak as hell, but interesting: real glimpse into what seemed like real lives. BWP was the same thing: a good glimpse. But Kevin Smith?
Bwahahahahahahahahah. A glimpse into one writer's half-hearted attempt at narcissism.
