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Ogawa
Kevin Smith isn't taking Cop Out's reception very well. Kind of embarrassing.

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(1/5) @coked_up_jesus "I gotta say that every day I hate film theory & film students & critics more & more. Where is the fun in movies?" Sir

(2/5) sometimes, it's important to turn off the chatter. Film fandom's become a nasty bloodsport where cartoonishly rooting for failure gets
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(3/5)the hit count up on the ol' brand-new blog. And if a schmuck like me pays you some attention, score! MORE EYES, MEANS MORE ADVERT $.
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(4/5) But when you pull your eye away from the microscope, you can see that shit you're studying so closely is, in reality, tiny as fuck.
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(5/5) You wanna enjoy movies again? Stop reading about them & just go to the movies. It's improved film/movie appreciation immensely for me.
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Seriously: so many critics lined-up to pull a sad & embarrassing train on #CopOut like it was JenniferJasonLeigh in LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN.
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Watching them beat the shit out of it was sad. Like, it's called #CopOut ; that sound like a very ambitious title to you? You REALLY wanna
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shit 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
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review for #CopOut is akin to bullying a retarded kid who was getting a couple chuckles from the normies by singing AFTERNOON DELIGHT.
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Suddenly, bully-dudes are doing the bad impression of him, using the "retart" voice. The crowd shifts uncomfortably. #IfOnlyDaltonWasHere
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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
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fun of something that wasn't doing you any harm and wanted only to give some cats a some fun laughs. #YesIcomparedMyFlickToARetardedKid
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It was just ridiculous to watch. That was it for me. Realized whole system's upside down: so we let a bunch of people see it for free & they
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shit all over it? Meanwhile, people who'd REALLY like to see the flick for free are made to pay? Bullshit: from now on, any flick I'm ever
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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.
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Like, why am I giving an arbitrary 500 people power over what I do at all, let alone for free? Next flick, I'd rather pick 500 randoms from
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Twitter feed & let THEM see it for free in advance, then post THEIR opinions, good AND bad. Same difference. Why's their opinion more valid?
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It's a backwards system. People are free to talk shit about ANY of my flicks, so long as they paid to see it. Fuck this AnimalFarm bullshit.
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caley
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Writing a nasty review for #CopOut is akin to bullying a retarded kid who was getting a couple chuckles from the normies by singing AFTERNOON DELIGHT.

Look, I'm all for an artist defending his work, but equating your film with a mentally-challenged boy getting pity laughs doesn't really make me wanna see your movie.
Uncle Remus
the movie made more than any of his other films did. he should be happy.

whatever. I see this guy as being creatively dried up. he's doing his horror film "Red State" next. I know it's still semi-topical, but that term was at its biggest in the past decade. He's out of step.
Duff.
Wow, what a bithc.
By-Tor
But the most self-depracating bitch out there.
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Ebert:

@rogerebert Kevin Smith, fawned over by critics, makes a lousy movie and now hates critics because they said so. Kevin, it is BAD. http://j.mp/c4FGfF
Duff.
A bitch nontheless.
Tony
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