After gorging myself at the trough of summer movies for the past few months, for some reason I’ve found it hard to motivate to the theater, even though there are a half-dozen movies I’d like to see right now. I could blame it on the baby, but considering that she was born during the apex of the summer movie season and I still saw most of what came out, I have nothing to blame but laziness and The Force Unleashed.
But looming on the horizon is a flick that is going to get me out of my slump, ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO, in which my hero Seth Rogen teams up with another geekboy idol, Kevin Smith. CLERKS came out just as I was finishing film school and that movie stood as a beacon of hope for all of us geeky, fledgling filmmakers that yes, we can make it. I’ve been a fan of Kevin’s ever since.*
Kevin Smith just may be the king of all fanboys. He’s a comic book nerd who happens to be infinitely more literate and talented than most of us. He’s a great storyteller and writes sharp dialogue. Yes, he’s profane. But come on, who doesn’t love a good dick joke? I dig Kevin Smith for many of the same reasons that I love Seth Rogen. He’s a regular guy, who’s carved out a solid career doing the stuff he wants to do…films that speak the language of the fanboy.
And now they’ve made a movie together. Oh happy day!
I’m itchy with anticipation for ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO. It comes out in a few weeks.
*I use his first name as if I know him, but the closest I’ve come to meeting him is standing two feet away at a wedding.
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