tugmoose Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 From NY Post Page Six: July 19, 2006 -- DON'T joke about women, donkeys and bestiality if you expect Joel Siegel to watch your movie. That's what director Kevin Smith found out when the pun-loving "Good Morning America" film critic stormed out of a press screening of Smith's "Clerks II," which opens Friday - an act that's sparked a vicious war of words between the two. "Time to go!" roared Siegel to his fellow critics. "First movie I've walked out of in 30 [bleeping] years!" His tirade came 40 minutes into the long-awaited Weinstein Company sequel to Smith's 1994 cult classic about two foul-mouthed Long Island convenience store clerks who razz customers and goof off. In the scene that sent Siegel to the exit, the characters graphically discuss hiring a woman to perform sexual favors on a donkey. Siegel told Page Six: "It was so foul and mean and repulsive. I finally realized I could not say anything positive . . . I wasn't ready for this kind of smut . . . I hope he doesn't make any more movies." An apoplectic Smith fired back on his MySpace blog: "Getting a bad review from Siegel is like a badge of honor. This is the guy who stole his mustachioed-critic shtick from Gene Shalit years ago, and still refuses to give it back. This is a guy who seemingly prides himself on his own nyuk-nyuk wordplay. For 'Pirates 2,' he made us all titter with 'Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Fun' . . . He made us squeal with delight when he wrote, 'Wheelie Good Time for "Cars." ' I mean, Fozzy [bleeping] Bear laughs at this guy." And there's more: "I don't need Joel Siegel to [bleep] my [bleep] the way he apparently [bleeps] M. Night Shyamalan's, gushing over his flick ['The Lady in the Water'] before he's even seen it, but [bleep] man, man - how about a little common [bleeping] courtesy? You never, never disrupt a movie, simply because you don't like it. Cardinal rule of moviegoing: Shut your [bleeping] mouth while the movie's playing. "I don't come down to your job and slap the taste out of your mouth for coming up with a line like, ' "Shark Tale" Is a Halibut Good Time' - so don't [bleep] with my stuff while it's still screening . . . What are you, a 12-year-old boy cutting loose with your pals at a Friday night screening of 'Scary Movie' 4' while your parents are in a theater down the hall watching 'The Devil Wears Prada'? Leave the diva-like behavior and drama-queen antics to the movie stars, not the movie reviewer, ya' rude-ass [bleep]." More Siegal fun here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 They're both fairly insufferable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Did the guy not see Clerks? Or any other Kevin Smith movie for that matter. If so, he should've known what he was in for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I can't believe I'm on Kevin Smith's side of something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I can't believe I'm on Kevin Smith's side of something. Ditto. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I liked Gene Siskel's "The fucking WASPs own all the insurance companies" outburst better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Siskel telling Ebert he gave a thumbs-up to Free Willy because he was fat and identified with the whale is pretty good too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
c53x12 Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I can't believe I'm on Kevin Smith's side of something.Lesser of two evils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I got to see Clerks II yesterday and it was pretty damn funny. Not as bad as I feared it was going to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JUDE Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I got to see Clerks II yesterday and it was pretty damn funny. Not as bad as I feared it was going to be. This point needs clarification. Was it still bad, as in not worth seeing? Or was it, 'hey not too bad, no Chasing Amy or Mallrats', but all in all worth seeing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 This point needs clarification. Was it still bad, as in not worth seeing? Or was it, 'hey not too bad, no Chasing Amy or Mallrats', but all in all worth seeing? I got to see it for free, so would I have paid to see it? Sure. I am a Kevin Smith fan-boy. It was much better than Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. It's wasn't a Clerks or Chasing Amy, but it was funny as hell. Clerks is one of my all-time favorite movies. When I heard about C.II, I thought "fuck, this is gonna suck!" After seeing it, it wasn't that bad, meaning it was alright. So, I give it my seal of approval. It's a Kevin Smith movie, so there's tons of cursing in it. There's so many great parts, but I can't tell you until you see it. Don't want to spoil it. Kevin confronting Joel. Funny stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kicking_Television Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 god damn, i think i'm a bit more of a fan of kevin smith then most around here, but still, this is fucking hillarious Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elixir Sue Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I caught the end of an interview with Kevin Smith on NPR this morning. I liked what he had to say, it definitely piqued my interest in seeing Clerks II. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Siskel telling Ebert he gave a thumbs-up to Free Willy because he was fat and identified with the whale is pretty good too.That was the good old days.... I just saw Clerks I this week. Funny stuff.... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plasticeyeball Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 From NY Post Page Six: His tirade came 40 minutes into the long-awaited Weinstein Company sequel to Smith's 1994 cult classic about two foul-mouthed Long Island convenience store clerks who razz customers and goof off. i feel like in reverence to northern monmouth county in this great state of new jersey, i need to correct Page Six and clarify that long island was not the setting of Clerks I but instead it was down the road from my house in leonardo, nj Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Perm Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Ditto.Tripled, YES! and I agREE with Jorge, JOrge Fabercollege!@ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 god damn, i think i'm a bit more of a fan of kevin smith then most around here, but still, this is fucking hillarious Better check with Peel. I have seen all of his movies multiple times and am looking forward to this one. As I said yesterday, I see behavior on here everyday that is not much different than what is in his movies so I find it odd that people would hate him. I include myself in that equation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parisisstale Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 i feel like in reverence to northern monmouth county in this great state of new jersey, i need to correct Page Six and clarify that long island was not the setting of Clerks I but instead it was down the road from my house in leonardo, nj Right off good ol 36. Used to live in the Highlands. Good times, good times . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parisisstale Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I got to see it for free, so would I have paid to see it? Sure. I am a Kevin Smith fan-boy. It was much better than Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. It's wasn't a Clerks or Chasing Amy, but it was funny as hell. Clerks is one of my all-time favorite movies. When I heard about C.II, I thought "fuck, this is gonna suck!" After seeing it, it wasn't that bad, meaning it was alright. So, I give it my seal of approval. It's a Kevin Smith movie, so there's tons of cursing in it. There's so many great parts, but I can't tell you until you see it. Don't want to spoil it. Kevin confronting Joel. Funny stuff. "Joel, did you write The Passion of the Christ nails it?" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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