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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #70 on: July 11, 2011, 08:11:16 PM »
Haven't seen Mall Rats, but as for the rest...

Dogma
Clerks II
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Jersey Girl

And to give some perspective, I really like Jersey Girl and love Clerks.

To be fair, Zack and Miri doesn't qualify as a View Askew film, and I'm not sure Jersey Girl does either.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #71 on: July 11, 2011, 08:44:43 PM »
Oh, you're right, neither does, I guess I just ranked all the films Smith has written.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #72 on: July 11, 2011, 09:00:25 PM »
haha i wanted to make this thread but figured it was already done... and was too lazy to search.


I cant place the movies in order from fav to least fav...

well mall rats is near the bottom...


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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #73 on: July 12, 2011, 06:08:49 AM »
I think I'm around halfway through Jay and Silent Bob so far.  It's good, only one complaint: they overdo Dante's refrain waaaaaaaaay too much in the View Askewniverse.  Like in Clerks it was funny and it was cool how they wrapped it up in the "moral" of the story, but it kinda loses its meaning taken completely outta context.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #74 on: July 12, 2011, 11:22:12 AM »
Its hard to rank the View Askew series, as I love them all. I enjoy every Smith film (outside of Cop Out).

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #75 on: July 12, 2011, 11:25:36 AM »
Cop Out was not written by Smith, he only directed it.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #76 on: July 12, 2011, 11:30:47 AM »
I'm aware of that Nick. Doesn't change the fact that it is indeed a "Kevin Smith" film.

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #77 on: July 12, 2011, 11:31:56 AM »
I consider Kevin Smith films to be films he's written, not just anything he's been involved with.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #78 on: July 12, 2011, 12:42:38 PM »
I consider Kevin Smith films to be films he's written, not just anything he's been involved with.

I agree, but only because I consider Kevin Smith to be a writer who just happens to direct, not a director.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #79 on: July 12, 2011, 01:26:22 PM »
I consider Kevin Smith films to be films he's written, not just anything he's been involved with.

I agree, but only because I consider Kevin Smith to be a writer who just happens to direct, not a director.

And I agree with your reasoning, but only because I consider you one of the chosen people.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #80 on: July 12, 2011, 08:13:41 PM »
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #81 on: July 12, 2011, 08:14:53 PM »
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« Reply #82 on: July 12, 2011, 08:42:05 PM »
Everyone on earth knows that the director's name is put above a film first and foremost, regardless of who writes it.
The only exception is a producer credit and that is always billed as "presents".

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #83 on: July 12, 2011, 08:43:43 PM »
Everyone on earth knows that the director's name is put above a film first and foremost, regardless of who writes it.
The only exception is a producer credit and that is always billed as "presents".

I still consider Kevin Smith a writer who just happens to direct (and should stick to directing what he writes) as opposed to a director.
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« Reply #84 on: July 12, 2011, 08:46:46 PM »
Be that as it may...Cop Out IS a Kevin Smith film, regardless of who wants to accept it or not :lol

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #85 on: July 12, 2011, 08:47:46 PM »
Be that as it may...Cop Out IS a Kevin Smith film, regardless of who wants to accept it or not :lol

Eh, it's a kevin smith directed film.

None the less it has no part in a view askew thread.
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« Reply #86 on: July 12, 2011, 08:56:17 PM »
Nor do Jersey Girl or Zack and Miri, but I consider them honorary entries as they have well balanced comedy/drama bits that make it feel similar to the other films. Plus both are technically "View Askew Productions", so you could say that puts them in there somewhere...not to mention "Vulgar", which Smith had little to do with creatively but which I feel is certainly in the same universe.

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #87 on: July 12, 2011, 08:58:01 PM »
Nor do Jersey Girl or Zack and Miri, but I consider them honorary entries as they have well balanced comedy/drama bits that make it feel similar to the other films. Plus both are technically "View Askew Productions", so you could say that puts them in there somewhere...not to mention "Vulgar", which Smith had little to do with creatively but which I feel is certainly in the same universe.


Is Cop Out a view askew production?
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« Reply #88 on: July 12, 2011, 09:14:30 PM »
No. Scott Mosier had no involvement.

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #89 on: July 12, 2011, 09:16:02 PM »
No. Scott Mosier had no involvement.


So I win. :)


Now let us continue to discus View Askew films.




Which did you like better, Jedi? Or the Empire Strikes Back?
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #90 on: July 12, 2011, 10:40:10 PM »
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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #91 on: July 12, 2011, 10:41:13 PM »
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Dude................there's only one return and it's not of the king, it's of the Jedi.
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #92 on: July 12, 2011, 11:32:48 PM »
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #93 on: July 13, 2011, 12:08:47 AM »
Empire had the better ending.  I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett.  It ends on such a down note.  And that's what life is: a series of down notes.  All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets.

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« Reply #94 on: July 13, 2011, 04:16:16 AM »
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« Reply #95 on: July 13, 2011, 09:36:01 AM »
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Dude................there's only one return and it's not of the king, it's of the Jedi.

Fuck both. Planet of the Apes slays everything.

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« Reply #96 on: July 13, 2011, 11:50:06 AM »
*sniffs around thread*

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #97 on: July 13, 2011, 12:11:10 PM »
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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #98 on: April 22, 2015, 12:08:37 PM »
BUMP



Rewatching the Veiw Askew movies. (because I haven't blabbed enough about it in other threads...)



Chasing Amy. omfg :heart


Apparently they are working on Mallrats 2 and then Clerks 3 is set to start after that.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #99 on: April 22, 2015, 12:39:41 PM »
I never knew there was a view askew thread!  Im a huge fan.  Jay and Silent Bob are both from a town close by to me so the Secret Stash store is also very close and a lot of the filming of the movies was in nearby areas.

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Chasing Amy. omfg :heart


Apparently they are working on Mallrats 2 and then Clerks 3 is set to start after that.

For some reason I thought it was the other way around, clerks 3 first then mallrats 2, but I wasnt really following.  Either way, Im pumped for both!

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« Reply #100 on: April 22, 2015, 01:10:10 PM »
Apparently (and I don't have a link sadly...) it was set to be that way but the mall that Kevin Smith wanted to film in "won't be around for long'... so they flipped the filming and focused on Mallrats first.
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #101 on: April 22, 2015, 01:24:40 PM »
I like the films, but I feel that in some ways (and I know this will sound condescending but I don't intend it that way), I have outgrown them.

In other words, they spoke to me at a very specific time of my life.  I love them, but they aren't the same anymore for me, as a group.

But Dogma is awesome.
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« Reply #102 on: April 22, 2015, 02:24:24 PM »
I like the films, but I feel that in some ways (and I know this will sound condescending but I don't intend it that way), I have outgrown them.

In other words, they spoke to me at a very specific time of my life.  I love them, but they aren't the same anymore for me, as a group.

But Dogma is awesome.

I can see that.  That comedy is specific and mostly toilet humor so I can see how one would grow out of it. 

My rankings:

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (this is actually my favorite movie of all time although that opinion changes, Kevin Smith was also in the movie theater on release day when I was there to see it (he was walking out as I walked in, I've always wondered why he was there)
Mallrats - My high school english teacher grew up with the guys and Ben Affleck stayed at his house while filming since he was not yet famous
Clerks 2 - The beginning is essentially a drive down route 35 which is the main highway that runs through my town and to Red bank
Dogma - and to Red Bank where the Church is and I had one of my first make out sessions with a girl on a bench outside that church.
Clerks - My high school English teacher's sister is the girl who comes into the store when the muscle guy is in there giving them a speech about getting in shape.
Chasing Amy - Also filmed in Red Bank, the apartment they live in is on top of a CD store that was really awesome, bought all my used Van Halen albums there! It's also across the street from their comic book and movie memorabilia store Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash.

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Re: 'View Askewniverse' appreciation thread
« Reply #103 on: April 22, 2015, 02:24:59 PM »
I like the films, but I feel that in some ways (and I know this will sound condescending but I don't intend it that way), I have outgrown them.

In other words, they spoke to me at a very specific time of my life.  I love them, but they aren't the same anymore for me, as a group.

But Dogma is awesome.

Completely agree.  I still like Chasing Amy as well.
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« Reply #104 on: April 22, 2015, 02:29:52 PM »
Yes, that's a well-made film.  Probably his best.
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