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ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO Is The "Funniest Movie Of The Year"?

First! by Nickn328	Sep 12th, 2008 01:24:24 PM

Plant... by seniormoogle	Sep 12th, 2008 01:24:57 PM
or Kevin Smith apologist no doubt. It's one thing to hope this may be good, but funniest movie of the year... don't hold your breath.
KS rules by youhatestarwars	Sep 12th, 2008 01:25:05 PM
Uh huh
I'm looking forward to this by Kneprock	Sep 12th, 2008 01:26:13 PM
I think Smith is due for a good one
'Step Brothers' Lived up to the hype? by The Drude	Sep 12th, 2008 01:27:38 PM
One of the worst movies of the year so far. I am looking forward to Zack and Miri though...
Kevin Smith makes a Judd Apatow movie. by Optimus Primal	Sep 12th, 2008 01:29:04 PM
If you cant beat em, join em.
After Jersey Girl and that Spiderman comic.. by Underdogthe3rd	Sep 12th, 2008 01:31:11 PM
... I'll refrain my enthusiasm.
The Drude by unionJACKass.webs.com	Sep 12th, 2008 01:31:26 PM
THE PROMOTION and GET SMART were fuckin awful.
Instant Plant Statement: by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Sep 12th, 2008 01:34:36 PM
The pace doesn’t quit as the audience is hit with joke after joke, which at times can be annoying because everyone is laughing so hard that you sometimes miss jokes, but it’s worth it just because the those minutes are amazing. If I had a nickle...
If I had a nickle by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Sep 12th, 2008 01:36:15 PM
I'd apparently be broke and have a lot of woodpeckers, according to Wikipedia. However, if I had a NICKEL...
Step Brothers!!! I think you must LOVE ALL MOVIES!? by FILMFUNK	Sep 12th, 2008 01:42:18 PM
:oP
HARRY AND YOKO MAKE A PORNO by Vic Twenty	Sep 12th, 2008 01:42:23 PM
Oh, you just know that its out there, baby.
In glorious Anamorphic Widecreen... by Vic Twenty	Sep 12th, 2008 01:43:04 PM

I'm not a plant, in fact by Amber Spyglass	Sep 12th, 2008 01:43:18 PM
I'm not a huge fan of Kevin Smith's movies. Dogma and Clerks are great, Jay and Silent Bob was pretty good, everything else I can do without. Come back in a month and tell me the first 40 minutes weren't amazing.
Or Widescreen. HELL, CINERAMA!!!! by Vic Twenty	Sep 12th, 2008 01:44:09 PM
SMELL-O-VISION!!!!
Amber SpyPlant!! by Vic Twenty	Sep 12th, 2008 01:44:54 PM
GO GREEN!
Zack And Miri Grow A Plant by Tipsy McStagger	Sep 12th, 2008 01:51:19 PM
I know this to be true?
I got as far as this line... by Raindog789	Sep 12th, 2008 01:58:39 PM
"which at times can be annoying because everyone is laughing so hard that you sometimes miss jokes" ...before I stopped reading this "review". Fucking Trifids!
ugh by elkylos	Sep 12th, 2008 02:13:46 PM
I wish Seth Rogan would just go away to wherever Jim Carrey went and stay there.
May as well pile on by Olsen Twins_Fan	Sep 12th, 2008 02:13:50 PM
That was most plantedly the plantiest plant I've ever planted.
Hopeful by frongbak	Sep 12th, 2008 02:19:06 PM
Even the questionable nature of the review makes me a little more optimistic about this film. I haven't like KS since Jay and Silent Bob and I'm hoping he can finally rebound a bit. I'm sick of all these Trek guys in movies lately when we all know Star Wars guys are way cooler. K smith could kick JJ ass any day of the week.
Step Brothers was the funniest movie this year! what's with the by BrightEyes	Sep 12th, 2008 02:23:28 PM
And this is coming from the guy who's favorite young director is David Gordon Green and Pineapple just did not live up to the hype at all, and I did the first review for Tropic Thunder on this site in March and as great as Thunder was Step Brothers edged it out for being the funniest movie of the year. Anyways I love Kevin Smith and I hope this will be the funniest.
what's with the Hate* by BrightEyes	Sep 12th, 2008 02:23:49 PM

15 months by kwisatzhaderach	Sep 12th, 2008 02:27:31 PM
'til Avatar.
Get the Miracle Grow by Faust_8	Sep 12th, 2008 02:34:46 PM
...cause this is a plant
I'm not saying this review isn't on the level, but by StanGrossman	Sep 12th, 2008 02:48:23 PM
I was driving home from my job at the nuclear power PLACE and I put in a cd by THE FORMER LED ZEPPLIN SINGER when it occured to me that I need to water the VEGITATION GROWING OUT OF POTS on my porch.
The Promotion by The Drude	Sep 12th, 2008 02:51:32 PM
Was quite good, actually, and Get Smart was brainless, but fun (and had Anne Hathaway in it). Tropic Thunder was awesome. Step Brothers was seriously shitty though...
Optimus Primal by Volllllume3	Sep 12th, 2008 02:53:03 PM
More like Judd Apatow makes Kevin Smith movies. Seriously, Smith has been making these movies since Clerks...
Plant! by unfaithfullyyours	Sep 12th, 2008 02:59:53 PM

I'll take Horticultre for $500.00 Alec by Xiphos_2	Sep 12th, 2008 03:13:00 PM
I hope Smith turns in a better movie then Clerks 2.
There's an actual Pleasantville? by drewlicious	Sep 12th, 2008 03:25:15 PM
That's swell.
"Kevin Smith makes a Judd Apatow movie" by LOTGA	Sep 12th, 2008 03:27:08 PM
And Judd Apatow got big by making a Kevin Smith movie with the crudeness turned up. Smith has just done the same.
Leafy Green Plant. by fiester	Sep 12th, 2008 03:35:57 PM
Kevin Smith's real brilliance these days is coming up with crappy franchise ideas for the fast food restaurant industry.
Yet to hear a discouraging word? You guys were the ones who prin by NinjaRap	Sep 12th, 2008 03:37:26 PM
http://www.aintitcool.com/node /36745
"It'll have you in stiches!" by Bob of the Shire	Sep 12th, 2008 03:42:09 PM
What the fuck.
This is funny by Reno	Sep 12th, 2008 03:50:45 PM
"Something that really stuck out for me was the choice of music that Kevin Smith made. Honestly, I don’t remember one of the songs" That's funnier than anything Kevin Smith has ever written.
HAHAHA by SUPERJIM	Sep 12th, 2008 04:01:00 PM
"...which at times can be annoying because everyone is laughing so hard that you sometimes miss jokes...". Either Beaks knows something we don't or he doesn't read the reviews before posting 'em.
You said "plant". Our survey says... ? by V'Shael	Sep 12th, 2008 04:02:13 PM
Ding ding ding!! Top answer!
The quote by skimn	Sep 12th, 2008 04:12:16 PM
"Seth Rogen is great, as he is in all his movies, even though he seems to be playing the same role in every movie"..has me worried. As long as this is better than Clerks 2, which I held out high hopes for, but I thought fell short.
The music I don't remember was great by INWOsuxRED	Sep 12th, 2008 04:26:42 PM
Ten points deducted for Nickn328 for his "first" post. Ten point bonus for seniormoogle for being the first to call plant.
Maybe AICN should institute a hyperbole-meter by skimn	Sep 12th, 2008 04:28:47 PM
Adjectives like funniest, greatest, amazing, etc. lose their power when used time and time again. And Harry is the biggest offender, so it's not suprising when a write-in reviewer does the same. BTW stating you're not a plant just fuels the fire for the skeptics.
if I were a vegetarian, I would eat this review. by darwinmayflower	Sep 12th, 2008 04:47:51 PM
I like Kevin Smith, but honestly. this review is too much.
The worst title I've heard in a while by worldofwarcraft	Sep 12th, 2008 04:52:08 PM
The word 'porno' is annoying. Why not just 'porn'? Porno sounds kinda juvenile. "I know where my dad hides his porno stash, wanna see?". I can only imagine working in a box office and having to hear "Two tickets for 'Zack and Mirra Make a Porno" all day. Ugh. Right up there with hearing people say "'Diabolique', 8:00 show please."q
funnier than Bangkok Dangerous? by Spandau Belly	Sep 12th, 2008 04:55:10 PM
Just the awkward shots where Cage is stretching were funnier than anything Smith or Apatow has ever produced.
Kevin Smith is boring by Second Try	Sep 12th, 2008 05:02:39 PM
Funniest movie of the year was Sex And The City... just the concept of such a movie makes me laught.
Not a Plant by Antz	Sep 12th, 2008 05:11:29 PM
Garth over at Dark horizons had a very positive review up a few days ago. His reviews have always been very trustworthy.
LOOKS FUNNY TO ME.. oh and 1st posters by eoneon	Sep 12th, 2008 05:34:05 PM
can eat my anal douche filled with corn and barely legal fat girls' pubic hair! K Smith should make a movie about how lame 1st posters are! i liked clerks,but actually laughed the most during mallrats. peace to all who seek it
If no one else will ask....... by Ronnie__Dobbs	Sep 12th, 2008 05:41:14 PM
Does Elizabeth Banks get naked in this?? Is their full penetration?
Whoops------there, not their by Ronnie__Dobbs	Sep 12th, 2008 05:50:08 PM
I got excited
Elizabeth Banks? I 'd plant that! by spud mcspud	Sep 12th, 2008 05:51:27 PM
You know you'd plant that. Plant it til the buds fell off, baby.
"Fricking atheist propaganda" by MattmanReturns	Sep 12th, 2008 05:55:27 PM
Yeah because there's no religious propaganda, right?
its been a good year for comedies, and all movies by BMacSmith	Sep 12th, 2008 05:58:29 PM
really solid summer, and this is from a self described hater.
Hmmm by Tipsy McStagger	Sep 12th, 2008 05:59:46 PM
"I believe that what Zack and Miri went through in order to make that porno was something like what Kevin Smith went through in order to make “Clerks.”" Really?
Atheist propaganda by samsquanch	Sep 12th, 2008 06:05:34 PM
The minority of religious people must beware the well-organised monothilithic group of power hungry atheists! Pity the poor, downtrodden believers and their folkloric mysticism attempting to do battle against the true rulers of our civilization! Am I pouring it on a little too thick? Well, it usually works in a less strident style.
"his best movie since Chasing Amy" by samsquanch	Sep 12th, 2008 06:06:14 PM
Chasing Amy was his worst movie.
Miles huh? by skimn	Sep 12th, 2008 06:44:06 PM
Your girlfriend made YOU watch Mallrats and Clerks, and that caused your breakup? Was it your reaction to the flicks...I don't get the connection.
Kevin Smith is a fucking cunt. by performingmonkey	Sep 12th, 2008 06:49:31 PM
Someone had to say it. Clerks then...what, exactly? Why do people even know who the guy is? He's a fucking dickweed with a mouth like trailer trash. If he's finally made a passable movie it's about fucking time. Still can't give me back all the various hours of my life he's taken up, fucking fat wasting cuntrag.
ConsiderMeMilesDavie, about suckin KS's dick by g-ride9000	Sep 12th, 2008 06:51:03 PM
That's 18.5 flying cars he'd owe me.
Clerks III: Still Clerkin', Even Though I'm 40 Years Old by Mr Spork	Sep 12th, 2008 06:52:38 PM

Fart Porn by Kevin Smith - No Fucking Thanks by hatespeech	Sep 12th, 2008 07:27:38 PM
I'd rather give myself an enema.
I feel like watching some movies by tomdolan04	Sep 12th, 2008 07:38:13 PM
Plant of the Apes and Plantoon are our starters for ten
"his best movie since, well, me backwards" by Amy Chasing	Sep 12th, 2008 07:42:21 PM
Someone didn't like Dogma. Can anyone name a recent writer/director who's had a perfect track record? Try to be as objective as you can be... heh, who am I kidding. Scratch that, rather if you don't like it, don't watch it. As for why Kevin seems to get more exposure than alot of directors - he's got a good agent and there's obviously a market for it.
Can't wait by Jay Mammoth	Sep 12th, 2008 08:02:01 PM
The haters can keep hating, while me and thousands of others are laughing our asses off at the theater. (Though I'm betting a lot of the haters are also in the theater)
Seth Rogen was great, Elizabeth Banks was great... by Mr. P. Lant	Sep 12th, 2008 09:15:02 PM
The jokes were great, the music was great, the writing was great, the romance was great, the profanity was great, the sight gags was great (etc...)
Considering that Kevin Smith has NEVER been funny... by Big Dumb Ape	Sep 12th, 2008 09:29:11 PM
...The odds of ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO turning out to be "the funniest movie of the year" is equal to Jenna Jameson picking me up at Costco later tonight and then taking me to a party in the valley which every Vivid Video star is attending, at which point they all drop their clothes in unison and say "You can have us ALL!" Which is to say the odds are ZERO. I very rarely accuse anyone of this, but this is either one seriously diehard Kevin Smith lover (so the review was objectively pointless to begin with) OR this ranks as one of the greenest and lushest PLANTS we've seen around this place yet.
I'm with The Drude... by Darkman	Sep 12th, 2008 09:41:36 PM
STEP BROTHERS had a few laughs, but it is easily the worst film I've seen this year. I've managed to nail down my main problem with it: in hindsight, I didn't like Ferrell or Reilly's characters. I'm supposed to be rooting for these overgrown children who refuse to leave the nest, and meanwhile, Adam Scott's character, ostensibly the villain, has carved out his own life away from home. And Kathryn Hahn's character was an unfunny cartoon. (And to anyone thinking that I'm reading too much into this film, please kill yourself. I like to care about the characters when I watch a movie.) GET SMART was funny and if you didn't work in a place like in THE PROMOTION, of course the film's gonna seem awful. ZACK AND MIRI looks funny, but then, it's Kevin Smith. I'm already there.
Amy Chasing by Superflyfox	Sep 12th, 2008 10:36:19 PM
Chris Nolan = perfect track record
Quick question. by liljuniorbrown	Sep 12th, 2008 10:38:46 PM
I just have to ask.... Why the hatred on Kevin Smith? Seriously. I'm just kind of curious. It seems like when his name is brought up on this site there are some real heated,passionate posts about how much he sucks or how great he is. It's almost like the political discussions, people really get fired up one way or another. It's interesting to me for some reason.
Consider this... by Darkman	Sep 12th, 2008 10:47:14 PM
All that came from a person who can't even spell "fuckin'". That so puts me in my place. Also, I've never even seen a STAR WARS movie. Where's your argument, now, Moses?! Oh, that's right. You didn't offer one as to why STEP BROTHERS is any good. My mistake.
Well, at the risk of being pedantic by Amy Chasing	Sep 12th, 2008 11:10:16 PM
I meant a recent writer/director as in "written & directed by ..." like a Shyamalan or Lucas or Smith. Nolan comes close, but he's usually working with someone else (to his credit) and/or adapting someone else's work. That and I thought The Prestige went on a bit long (and the duplication machine didn't work for me) - but I know I'm in a minority here.
BAGEL MAP SHYSTERS!!! by Darth Philbin	Sep 12th, 2008 11:37:30 PM
HOLY FUCK I FIGURED IT OUT!!! THE AMBER SPYGLASS IS AN ANAGRAM FOR "BAGEL MAP SHYSTERS", WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A REFERENCE TO HARVEY & BOB WEINSTEIN OF THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY WHICH HAS A PRODUCTION CREDIT FOR THIS MOVIE. WHAT THE FUCK DOES ALL THAT MEAN YOU ASK? PLANT!!!
Superflyfox is a liar by Street	Sep 13th, 2008 02:35:48 AM
How can Chris Nolan have a perfect track record when The Dark Knight was complete and utter balls.
Leave the Nolan alone (woah, almost an anagram) by Amy Chasing	Sep 13th, 2008 02:52:49 AM
He doesn't count as a writer/director. Almost, but no. Besides he directed Insomnia which while it had high production values and a good cast, was nothing special. Same could be said for The Prestige, but I won't. Closest I can think of might be Brad Bird, but then comparing him to Kevin Smith is a little silly.
Insomia and The Prestige "nothing special"? by Obscura	Sep 13th, 2008 04:35:14 AM
you sir, need to have yourself a little nolan appreciation rewatching party.
the prestige fucking ROCKED by applescruff	Sep 13th, 2008 05:43:28 AM
yeah
"Can anyone name a recent writer/director who's had a perfect tr by applescruff	Sep 13th, 2008 05:45:27 AM
Here's one, PAUL THOMAS FUCKING ANDERSON
Here's another one by applescruff	Sep 13th, 2008 05:46:47 AM
MIKE JUDGE
Also... by applescruff	Sep 13th, 2008 05:48:09 AM
SPIKE JONZE
What actually defines a perfect track recod? by Street	Sep 13th, 2008 05:54:40 AM
everyone is entitled to their opinion but then again everyone has different tastes. if everyone was the same nothing would sell. So answering the question no one has had a perfect track record.
Terrence Malick & Stanley Kubrick by pokadoo	Sep 13th, 2008 06:04:52 AM
You can argue the merits of Thin Red Line or Eyes Wide Shut, but neither films were shite!
Examples of an imperfect track record by pokadoo	Sep 13th, 2008 06:12:54 AM
(which would have nothing to do with personel tastes) would be Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, Steven Speilberg, Martin Scorscese, Brian DePalma, George Lucas, John Landis etc etc. A lot of great directors have turned out flawed turkeys. They're all moviebrats though. I suppose the longer your around and the older you get, the easier it is to lose focus/heart. These new young guns have only made about four or five films.
Agreed, pokadoo. by Knuckleduster	Sep 13th, 2008 09:20:30 AM
I won't even argue The Thin Red Line with anyone. It's perfect, in my opinion (yes, I'm an unapologetic Malick fan).
I think we're getting off the Kevin Smith topic, by Amy Chasing	Sep 13th, 2008 10:08:22 AM
and my topic as well (considering all directors mentioned aren't strictly writer/directors, and I did tell you to scratch the idea too - because it's totally subjective and hence pointless). My bad I guess. I now return you to your regular imperfect track record of a talkback.
Wow, by OfficerJunior	Sep 13th, 2008 11:00:24 AM
I love me some Kevin Smith, his "evening with's" are great. I dig the smodcasts. I didn't think Jersey Girl was a total abortion either, but this "review" needs some pruning.
How do I know this is a plant? by zappaman	Sep 13th, 2008 11:23:05 AM
Cuz I've seen the movie and it had 3 laughs in it. The reviewer couldn't hear what was being said because people were laughing so hard? Here's what you missed-"dick", "fuck", "suck my dick", "suck your own dick", "fuck", "ass fucking", "fucking ass fucking", "fucking ass fucking with my fucking dick". That about covers it. SEX DRIVE is way funnier. Amazing that Kevin Smith has not progressed as a screenwriter or director in 20 years. Not to mention the shameless ripoff of an Apatow flick. Crap.
I just hate when the lead girl doesn't get naked by I Dunno	Sep 13th, 2008 12:55:55 PM
I haven't seen this but I'll bet a million dollars that Elizabeth Banks doesn't get naked. The lead girl almost never gets naked. And fucking with a bra on, WTF is that shit? Who fucks with a bra on? Then they'll release the DVD with the "With TITilating scenes we couldn't show in theaters!" sign over Elizabeth Banks' tits, and the deleted scene will be Smith in an unfunny cameo or something. Oh yeah and PLANT. Or someone who just naturally writes like a marketing worm.
Kevin Smith = talentless uber-hack by UnChienAndalou	Sep 13th, 2008 05:53:22 PM
jk Kevin I love all of your stuff except for Clerks 2 which I felt was very perfunctory and didn't milk enough of the fast food joint atmosphere for humor in the way part one did with the convenience and video store milieus. Jersey Girl I thought was very sweet and touching.
what a dumb talkback by imascooby1985	Sep 13th, 2008 06:41:19 PM
"This reviewers a plant." "I hate Kevin Smith." "I like Kevin Smith." "Chasing Amy sucked" "Step Brothers sucked" repeat ad nauseum.
PLANTY'S BEST PLANT SINCE PLANTY PLANTY PLANT PLANT by 2for2true	Sep 13th, 2008 06:44:27 PM
You know it's true.
This movie is going to have to make me shit my pants by Series7	Sep 13th, 2008 09:35:37 PM
In order to be funnier then Tropic Thunder. That movie was so good. People poop there pants about how Jake Gyllenhaal's Top should get an Osacar for TDK, Ironman deserves one for Tropic Thunder, and so do Throughx and Stiller for writing. Also Stiller is a much better director then Apatow and Smith combined in terms of technical work.
kevin smith is box office poison by Gus Van Rant	Sep 14th, 2008 10:50:01 AM
It will be in the theatres for 2 weeks before it is pulled.
I guess Aintit is a little behind on their BW payments by jdean	Sep 14th, 2008 01:00:56 PM
Give me a P... give me an L... give me an ..........

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