# Best Kevin Smith Flicks PLUS: Is there anyone who DOESN'T like his movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889 "2003-12-31T04:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/41 "2004-01-01T05:53:33Z")
I’m indifferent to him. ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/42 "2004-01-01T08:01:51Z")
_Clerks_ reminded me of watching a boring high school production, with poor acting, 2-D characters, and humor aimed at 13-year-old boys. After I saw that I had zero interest in ever seeing another Kevin Smith movie. I don’t have enough time to spend the rest of my life watching Kevin Smith movies when there are thousands upons thousands of great movies out there for me to explore. But I will give him and the PR machines credit, because _Clerks_, from what I remember at the time it came out, was an important movie in terms of getting audiences and distributors and theatres to take independent films seriously. And he has a cult following, so apparently a number of people get something out of his work. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/43 "2004-01-01T14:41:57Z")
I still have yet to watch CLERKS & CHASING AMY I TOTALLY LOVE DOGMA!!! I find it theologically profound & moving. MALLRATS and J&SLSB- plain stupid fun! ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/44 "2004-01-01T19:32:27Z")
I’ve only seen Dogma. Eh, it wasn’t bad, but I didn’t think it was all that great either. It seemed to me like the movie thought it was smarter and more profound than it really was. I guess I should see the other Smith movies just because it’s my duty as a geek or something, but I don’t feel particularly inclined to. ---
**Author:** ![eli\_the\_fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@eli\_the\_fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eli_the_fanatic)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/45 "2004-01-01T19:45:39Z")
Kevin Smith sucks donkey balls. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/46 "2004-01-01T19:46:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*I opened this thread after somehow misconstruing the title as “Best Kevin **Kline** Flicks”. Kept reading the titles and going “huh?” > > 😕 \*\* A Fish Called Wanda, Sophie’s Choice or The Big Chill ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/47 "2004-01-04T04:54:37Z")
Definitely “Fish”, but worthy of nomination also are “In and Out” and “French Kiss”. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/48 "2004-01-04T05:40:42Z")
I still believe that Kevin Smith has only one movie in him, and that was **Clerks**. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889/49 "2004-01-05T18:34:41Z")
Kevin Smith is one of those directors whose work just cannot be discussed. People seem to either insist he’s a genius and a funny, funny man or denounce him as a childish moron who got lucky writing poop jokes. I think Quentin Tarantino and perhaps George Lucas fall into this category as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-kevin-smith-flicks-plus-is-there-anyone-who-doesnt-like-his-movies/221889.md?page=2)