when she delivers the pathetic line "i'm not even supposed to be here today" it's supposed to be a glorious homage to "clerks" but it comes out terrible and it takes knowing that the film was trying to pay homage to clerks to remember the line and "get it".
there's one thing about real movies. they don't end at the third take. di caprio was forced to eat shrimp for like six hours in "the wolf of wall street" for a two minute scene. that's how real people make a movie. they get 100 takes and pick the one that works best. practically nothing in this film is a "good take". it feels like "troma" quality, at best.
i have to try so hard not to rag on kevin smith. i have to try so hard not to mention that his stupid hockey jersey, backwards hat and big dumb eyed look don't scream insecurity and that he thinks he's cute and tries so hard to be the ultimate fanboy of worthless US culture while slamming canadian culture like he's cute and funny for doing it. the "fubar" films were GREAT. he is GARBAGE.
"tusk" only succeeds because it was so tastelessly disturbing. find another film that's about horrendous body modification that includes a story about child rape. if anything, that film gets the "PTSD" award of the century but only because it was so out of control disturbing.
he's a lucky hack when he gets anywhere but otherwise, he shouldn't be allowed to waste people's time with his films.
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Druff (1473)
3 years ago
I dunno man. When I watch Kevin Smith Q&A sessions, it's obvious he knows what's up. He's very self aware and self deprecating. If I had to bet, I'd say he knew damn well his daughter saying that line from Clerks was going to make a lot of eyes roll. He's basically been spending the last 20 years struggling to stay a step ahead of his haters. He knew damn well most people were going to hate this movie and he said as much.
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