[Cop Out - Red Band Trailer]
GO SEE COP OUT this weekend!
Yes, I’m serious. I know I haven’t been epic levels of The Watchmen about this, but if you know me at all, you know I’m a serious Kevin Smith fan (post circa 2007).
It happened probably back in 1998 - I’m in 8th grade - when I saw Dogma on VHS and wondered who this Silent Bob was. That led me to Clerks then Mallrats and Chasing Amy and I was a Kevin Smith fan way before directing and acting out a scene from Clerks in 11th grade drama class (I played Dante).
My high school friends and I consumed Clerks: The Animated Series episodes on DVD like they were Family Guy episodes before their prime. We made a road trip from Philly to Jersey and checked out Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash comic book store in Red Bank and then made sure to hit The Quick Stop before heading back. I spent all of the money I had at the Stash and then spent my last quarter on Juicy Fruit at the Stop and it was one of the great trips of HS.
We saw Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back on IMAX and regular when it came out our Senior Year, now with many hours of View Askew goodness to quote on the regular.
Then college happened and my second year I submitted a 50 word “essay” to win a spot at Stash Bash #2 in Red Bank, where KS premiered Jersey Girl footage, signed everything, and then took us all bowling where I left and finally got back to my dorm at 5am, driving. That night Kevin signed 4 things for me, took pictures, and then took pictures again later at the bowling alley. That night I actually bowled the highest I’ve ever bowled.
I really, really enjoyed Cop Out. Granted, I am also a biased observer, but I thought there were some incredible comedic moments, and thought that Tracy Morgan and especially Sean William Scott KILLED it. Yes it had some pacing issues and suffered a somewhat cliched storyline/villain, but it survived mostly awful reviews, and it appears that the film will open in the #2 spot with around $18 million. That is by far Kevin’s best opening to date, meeting with studio expectations. It is exactly what he needed to get some mojo back, and that mojo will result in his upcoming hockey comedy Hit Somebody starring Sean William Scott, who absolutely stole Cop Out right out from underneath Willis and Morgan. And that my friends will be a Kevin Smith movie from top to bottom, inside and out.
Even better? It was another awesome night and weekend in the greatest city in the world with one of my best friends.
Via: Peter W. Knox
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time this weekend.
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really, really enjoyed Cop Out. Granted,...biased observer, but
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really, really enjoyed Cop Out. Granted,...biased observer, but
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