Comments on: Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno Teaser Trailer

By: Me

Me — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:52:23 +0000

Dont forget this is Lil Jimmy Nortons big break (The creepy guy from HBO’s Luck Louie).

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:49:17 +0000

Umm. Seth Rogen is funny and Kevin Smith is irreverent as all hell with his sense of the old dick and fart jokes but is there anything to this movie?

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:43:33 +0000

I think Seth Rogen is funny, but he looks disgusting and so does Elizabeth Banks. I guess the whole movie is dabbling in a disgusting realm, but it puts me off. And I think I’ve had enough Kevin Smith comedies for a lifetime about now. He’s moved on from his own schtick to just take in whatever seems to be popular. His youtube videos and podcast are ripping of Ricky Gervais, and he’s casting the Judd Apatow big black guy in this, as well as somebody from the Office, in addition to Rogen/Banks? With a little Jason Mewes and Jeff Anderson thrown in there. It’s a clusterfuck.

By: Jon Rocks

Jon Rocks — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:05:21 +0000

Rian, you said it correctly– Kevin Smith is an engaging and funny guy, he just no longer makes decent, or even watchable movies.

Having said that– I am looking forward to “Red State.” I love that title.

By: Rian

Rian — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:35:36 +0000

Between his podcast, Evening With DVDs, and recent-ish book, I like Smith more than I like his movies these days, but I’ve still been keeping my eye on Zak & Miri. This teaser didn’t do much for me, and I think that’s mainly because Rogen and Banks were obviously ad-libbing here and neither seemed to be terribly good at it. I’ll wait for an actual trailer before I pass judgement.

By: David

David — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:04:29 +0000

I could never understand or believe why people found “Knocked Up” even remotely funny – but Sean, if I recall correctly, you did – and that is why I am surprised you don’t think this clip from Kevin Smith is?
It is:
-the same humour
-the same forced timing
-the same foul language aimed at shocking the viewer (watch sex-type screwball comedies of the 80’s, this is nothing new)

We see the same thing with all of Judd Crapatow’s movies.
Personally, I found this clip quite amusing (and I don’t find that Seth Rogan is all that funny), but for this, he was alright.
Perhaps it if didn’t have any heart at all, like “Knocked Up” or had a mean-spirited character like the Seth played by Jonah Hill in ‘Superbad” (who coincidently plays the same character in every film, which is why I don’t know the reason they keep using him at all) it would be funnier?
Come on, this is Kevin Smith! It is going to be high-brow, low-brow and in the end very revealing.

By: Jon Rocks

Jon Rocks — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:52:19 +0000

I don’t mind Kevin Smith. I just hope he’s not desperate for material, and trying to co-opt Judd Apatow’s schtick. Also, he has mentioned several times on his “Smodcast” that there is full male nudity in this film. I hope he’s not leaning on that, expecting it to be comic gold.

I guess we’ll see.

By: Juho

Juho — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:56:32 +0000

Well… it’s basically outtakes so let’s not pass judgement just yet. But I agree, maybe it would have been better to just wait for a real trailer..