Comments on: Kevin Smith to Handle a Couple of Dicks?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:28:15 +0000

I think its gonna bomb. Kevin Smith is awesome and everything but Im not gonna go spend good money to see two cops tracking down baseball cards. I can pick out a random episode of King Of Queens and itll have a better plot than that. But its all good. Hell bounce back. Hes Kevin Smith one of funniest writers in the business. And if the movie works out -great.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:28:00 +0000

By: Jeff_Hall

Jeff_Hall — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:08:14 +0000

Boy, I'm torn by this news. I love Kevin Smith as a writer, and I certainly love moveis he has directed. (All of which have been writen by him of course.)

I'm not convinced of him as a director. Smith would have to take another persons vision and project that in a way that an audience would dig. He certainly has a vision for his own work, but does he have a vision for someone elses?

I think ultimately that any Kevin Smith production is going to turn into a Kevin Smith style movie. I'm just not sure how many writers can produce a script that will fit.

By: djjeffhall

djjeffhall — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Boy, I'm torn by this news. I love Kevin Smith as a writer, and I certainly love moveis he has directed. (All of which have been writen by him of course.)

I think ultimately that any Kevin Smith production is going to turn into a Kevin Smith style movie. I'm just not sure how many writers can produce a script that will fit.

By: tmccar20

tmccar20 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:27:56 +0000

I love Kevin Smith the writer , but as far as Kevin Smith the director, he could use some help. I'm sure that it will good as long as they use Tracy Morgan correctly, lately on 30 rock he has become more a cartoon character rather than a real person, and I always thought he was way more funny in the first season. Kevin Smith has lost some of his luster after Jay and Slient Bob Strikes back. Clerks 2 was okay but was more bent on being ranchy than dealing with the story. Kevin Smith needs this movie to be damn good.

By: tmccar20

tmccar20 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:27:00 +0000

By: daviedave47

daviedave47 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:30:45 +0000

If he has indeed "closed a chapter" in his life…then I say go for it. I've enjoyed everything he's done so far, and I look forward to him branching out a bit. I know in past interviews he's mentioned only doing things he's written (for example, he was offered a chance to direct a BSG episode a while back, and turned it down for fear of ruining someone else's stuff), but I think it is about time for a new challenge. If it works, great! If not…I'm sure between him and his friends they can dream up some new, quirky stuff.

By: daviedave47

daviedave47 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:30:00 +0000

By: infernaltrio

infernaltrio — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:41:28 +0000

I saw Smith at a Q&A last week and he mentioned that he "closed the book on chapter one of his film career" and moving on to doing other people's stuff. So this news doesn't shock me. In fact I would say it about time.

By: infernaltrio

infernaltrio — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:41:00 +0000

By: ahall54

ahall54 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:21:50 +0000

I would be very shocked if this is true, Kevin has said many times on SModcast that he has no interest in directing something that he hasn't written. He tried that situation with the Reaper pilot and decided it was not for him. Then again in this economy it wouldn't be a terrible idea to try to score a large commercial gain.

By: ahall54

ahall54 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:21:00 +0000