7.9/10 on IMDB's user rating? Are you kidding? I think you must be.
It makes me very sad to say this, because I have generally been a big Kevin Smith fan, but I thought that "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" was a bit disappointing.
Definitely not as good as "Clerks", "Chasing Amy" or "Dogma". In fact, scratch that. "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" is not as good as any previous Kevin Smith film. The script is not as funny, the performances are not as assured and I did not warm to the characters as much. Kevin Smith by numbers, I'm afraid. "Star Wars" gags? Check. Sex talk? Check. Pop culture references? Check. Jay and Silent Bob? Er... OK. Fair enough. No Jay and Silent Bob (it would have been a better film if they had been in it), but I kept thinking to myself that maybe it is time for Kevin Smith to change the record.
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" is not totally terrible. It is funny, and it does have some great moments, just not enough of them. Elizabeth Banks is sweet. Jason Mewes is funny. So is porn star Katie Morgan. Justin Long and Brandon Routh are really funny in their little cameo. Seth Rogan is... Seth Rogan. If you like him, you will like him in "Zack and Miri Make A Porno", if you don't like him, you won't. Traci Lords seems to have come to terms with her porn past. Interesting, that.
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" just made me want to shrug my shoulders. Yeah, whatever. Was that it?
Kevin Smith's worst film, but it is OK.
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This weeks desktop.
Reg Varney, of course. He died yesterday at the age of 92.
I would never claim that "On The Buses" was a great British sitcom, because it certainly wasn't, but it ran for seven series, was incredibly popular and, along with other terrible sitcoms like "Love Thy Neighbour", "Bless This House" and "Man About The House", was typical of the politically incorrect humour that made us Brits laugh in the 1970's. Well... Some of us.
Interesting fact. The "On The Buses" movies were the most successful that Hammer Film Productions ever made, grossing more than myriad "Dracula", "Frankenstein" and "Mummy" movies. I'm bet you are glad you learnt that, aren't you?
3 comments:
I don't think that the plot of Zack and Miri is something that I'd be interested in watching, even if the acting and writing was fantastic.
You, my dear boy, must never have seen "Mallrats." As much as I didn't like "Zack and Miri," I still think "Mallrats" is much worse. (Although I'm not really willing to test that theory by watching it again.)
j: I think that is fair enough. A few people left before the half hour mark had been reached.
medusa: I have seen "Mallrats", dear lady, and it was that good I can remember very little about it except that Ben Affleck? played a guy obsessed with anal sex. Am I right?
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