I like Kevin Smith, he is one of the few major film makers from my generation that isn’t pretentious or boring as a person. He seems rather normal and has been able to maintain his normalcy even while working in the craziness of Hollywood. I’ve liked all of his films, with the exception of Jersey Girl (I’m just not a romantic comedy kind of guy) and his books, his college lecture tour DVD’s and his interview with Stan Lee. Now it seems Smith has added a new title to his burgeoning resume, film critic.
Before Ebert and Roeper was officially canceled, Smith had occasionally appeared on it as a special guest critic during Ebert’s surgery. I enjoyed the novelty of it but thought that that was just a one time thing. Apparently not. Smith has popped up on online chat shows talking about movies (his thoughts on the direction the next Batman movie should take were very interesting) and now he has been allowed to see secret screenings of both Watchmen and the new Star Trek (he gives rave reviews for both without revealing any spoilers).
Some guys have all the luck. He has a beautiful wife, beautiful daughter, owns his own production company and comic book shop, gets paid lots of money to do what he likes and to top it all off, gets to indulge his ubergeekness for free. If he wasn’t such a great guy I would hate him.
Rick Boyer said
August 25 2008 @ 11:51 am
Nice writing style. I look forward to reading more in the future.