This is a strangely entertaining video. Kevin Smith is a good orator, that's for sure! I'm not big on rating or reviewing stand up comedy or like presentations, but that's usually because they're short and because they don't have very lasting effects. "An Evening with Kevin Smith" is exactly the opposite... clocking in at just under 4 hours and with a lot of very revealing anecdotes.
Of course, the playlength could be a problem to people who are simply just not as interested in the stories or points made. The editing between events is a good idea because it gives all the stories a logical flow and makes it seem like everything was more planned out than what the on-the-spot events must have been like, though I don't want to praise the editing too much because most of it was flat and boring and they had this weird tendency to cut to the most ugly people in the crowds for reasons I cannot comprehend.
I liked the insider stories of having to deal with producers and people like Prince more than the stories of getting everything together, which is actually pretty available knowledge, and just like his movies, Smith has a very refreshing viewpoint and quality of expression over sexuality and related things. It makes his current slump in directing (Jersey Girl and Clerks 2) all the more unfortunate because he really has a great sense of humor and is a very appealing person to listen to, if he'd try doing something more like his old stuff.
Some of the information in this video has changed since it came out. At one point, Smith states pretty firmly that Jay and Silent Bob will no longer appear on a live-action movie screen. Clerks 2 came out 4 years after this. Those little incongruities do not mind me because it's not like we have to take Kevin Smith at his word, really. It's just interesting to know how things have changed for him over the years.
--PolarisDiB
Of course, the playlength could be a problem to people who are simply just not as interested in the stories or points made. The editing between events is a good idea because it gives all the stories a logical flow and makes it seem like everything was more planned out than what the on-the-spot events must have been like, though I don't want to praise the editing too much because most of it was flat and boring and they had this weird tendency to cut to the most ugly people in the crowds for reasons I cannot comprehend.
I liked the insider stories of having to deal with producers and people like Prince more than the stories of getting everything together, which is actually pretty available knowledge, and just like his movies, Smith has a very refreshing viewpoint and quality of expression over sexuality and related things. It makes his current slump in directing (Jersey Girl and Clerks 2) all the more unfortunate because he really has a great sense of humor and is a very appealing person to listen to, if he'd try doing something more like his old stuff.
Some of the information in this video has changed since it came out. At one point, Smith states pretty firmly that Jay and Silent Bob will no longer appear on a live-action movie screen. Clerks 2 came out 4 years after this. Those little incongruities do not mind me because it's not like we have to take Kevin Smith at his word, really. It's just interesting to know how things have changed for him over the years.
--PolarisDiB