I'm a fan of Kevin Smith. His work is funny and entertaining. Kevin brings a certain artistic touch to his films that is not found in the films he has nothing to do with. Pretty much you either like him or not. His latest tirade however is turning movie critics off like nothing else. Kevin got finger happy on twitter in response to the negative reviews 'Cop Out' received. This from Twitter:
"Watching them beat the sh*t out of it was sad. It's called 'Cop Out.' That sound like a very ambitious title to you? You REALLY wanna sh*t in the mouth of a flick that so OBVIOUSLY strived for nothing more than laughs. Was it called 'Schindler's Cop Out'?
Writing a nasty review for 'Cop Out' is akin to bullying a retarded kid who was getting a couple chuckles from the normies by singing AFTERNOON DELIGHT. Suddenly, bully-dudes are doing the bad impression of him, using the 'retart' voice.
And you may impress a couple of low IQ-ers who're like 'Yeah, man! Way to destroy that singing retart!' But, really? All you've done is make fun of something that wasn't doing you any harm and wanted only to give some cats a some fun laughs.
That was it for me. Realized whole system's upside down: so we let a bunch of people see it for free and they sh*t all over it? Meanwhile, people who'd REALLY like to see the flick for free are made to pay? Bullsh*t: from now on, any flick I'm ever involved with, I conduct critics screenings thusly: you wanna see it early to review it? Fine: pay like you would if you saw it next week. Like, why am I giving an arbitrary 500 people power over what I do at all, let alone for free?"
He has a point. Kinda. But the point of an early screening of any movie is to promote it purely from a Movie Critic's point of view. Good, bad, or indifferent. Kevin, dude, chill out, bring us more Jay & Silent Bob, make us laugh some more. Who cares what the haters think or say. Do your thing that put you on the map in the first place.