Zack and Miri and a trip to Kay Dub
Oct. 30th, 2008 02:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguySo, yeah, we saw Zack & Miri last night, and now I pay the piper by talking about it.
It's a Kevin Smith romantic comedy, so if you like that, you'll like that, and if you don't like it, well, there you go.
I'm not sure if he's getting more scatalogical as the time goes by, or if I'm just growing older and grumpier. There were still funny moments, and gross out moments, and occasionally moments that were both. Jason Mewes spends a fair amount of time naked in the film, and good on him. I guess if he can't have heroin anymore, he can at least hang onto the public nudity.
I was kind of perplexed by the film's treatment of homosexuality. Brandon Routh plays an old high school pal of the titular characters, and Justin Long plays his partner. Long's character is... Well, I think there's an issue with the enthusiasm he brings to it, plus the actual dialogue he's playing. He's locked into high gear as the most hyper-sexualized queen I think I've ever seen, and it made me not a little uncomfortable to watch it. Admittedly, it was better than his role in Die Hard 4 (John Maclean fucks a Jet), but Smith's role in this was better than his role in Die Hard 4, and he didn't have one.
I don't know if Smith has issues with gay sexuality. I assume not, what with Chasing Amy being a paean to LGBT love. It just got a bit much at the end.
Plus, there was poop. I don't know what Anderson did to piss him off, but I think he's even now.
If you go, stay for the credits, because the Nick Fury cameo is WHOA.
It's a Kevin Smith romantic comedy, so if you like that, you'll like that, and if you don't like it, well, there you go.
I'm not sure if he's getting more scatalogical as the time goes by, or if I'm just growing older and grumpier. There were still funny moments, and gross out moments, and occasionally moments that were both. Jason Mewes spends a fair amount of time naked in the film, and good on him. I guess if he can't have heroin anymore, he can at least hang onto the public nudity.
I was kind of perplexed by the film's treatment of homosexuality. Brandon Routh plays an old high school pal of the titular characters, and Justin Long plays his partner. Long's character is... Well, I think there's an issue with the enthusiasm he brings to it, plus the actual dialogue he's playing. He's locked into high gear as the most hyper-sexualized queen I think I've ever seen, and it made me not a little uncomfortable to watch it. Admittedly, it was better than his role in Die Hard 4 (John Maclean fucks a Jet), but Smith's role in this was better than his role in Die Hard 4, and he didn't have one.
I don't know if Smith has issues with gay sexuality. I assume not, what with Chasing Amy being a paean to LGBT love. It just got a bit much at the end.
Plus, there was poop. I don't know what Anderson did to piss him off, but I think he's even now.
If you go, stay for the credits, because the Nick Fury cameo is WHOA.
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Date: 2008-10-30 07:48 pm (UTC)I suspect that since Kevin is kind of a man of extremes, all of his characters are also extremes, hence the flaming of Justing Long. I have not seen the movie yet, so I don't know how cliched his character is. I hope I get to see it soon, and then we can chat about it!
I do think Kevin is getting more scatalogical. I don't think he's relying on gross humor, he's just able to get away with it more.
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Date: 2008-10-30 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-30 08:52 pm (UTC)I liked it.
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Date: 2008-10-30 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-31 01:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-31 01:41 pm (UTC)We made haste to get there, and it turned out to be not very necessary.