Kevin Smith Talks 'Clerks III,' Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis & More

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Жыл бұрын

Kevin Smith returns! The director is headed back out on the road to tour his new movie Clerks III, and took some time out of his busy schedule to chat about completing his first true trilogy. We cover his entire filmography, Bruce Willis’ legacy after his recent retirement, hoping to reclaim the rights to Dogma, his Tusk sequel, meeting David Fincher, and even more.
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@katevand Жыл бұрын

i love Kevin Smith, I made him laugh on Fatman Beyond once and I will carry that with me forever

@shilohstore6086 Жыл бұрын

I got to ask him a question once and he said my name real loud and I'll tell you what it made my month

@joelrasmussen1010 Жыл бұрын

Got to meet the man twice so I know what you're saying.

@negtype13 Жыл бұрын

Tell us how so!

@Yimpa_Joy Жыл бұрын

He complimented my hat one time! Such a sweet dude

@perryfan49 Жыл бұрын

49:19 Kevin begins talking about Bruce Willis

@jasonraschen1109 Жыл бұрын

Hilarious episode. Kevin is always entertaining. My favorite part is when he met Fincher. “Is that what you look like?” Too funny! Thanks for this video.

@amethizz7085 Жыл бұрын

As a big fan of his I've never seen Kevin talk like this and stand by his work. And it's awesome.

@gr33n3ggs4 Жыл бұрын

NO FILM has EVER made me cry; the events in CLERKS III made she shed tears. 😢

@donsmith8190 Жыл бұрын

Bet you didn't laugh at any point though.

@joeymack4622 Жыл бұрын

I cried because the movie was so bad and it ruined the franchise

@rustycaplinger8036 Жыл бұрын

Kevin smith keep doing your thing man i love your movies no matter what people say.

@jacklowe3429 Жыл бұрын

I honestly enjoyed Yoga Hosers. It has some big laughs in it and the girls, Harley Quinn Smith and Lily Rose Depp, give great performances.

@jamesdorkings3853 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love that man!!

@katevand Жыл бұрын

Zach Cregger

@davidsatthemovies2046 Жыл бұрын

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever heard Kevin Smith talk so passionately about his work, it’s incredible.

@have_studs_will_travel2809 Жыл бұрын

You should listen to his podcast, he is passionate about everything 😂

@katevand Жыл бұрын

it's a great podcast interview

@davidsatthemovies2046 Жыл бұрын

@@katevand it’s my favorite podcast!

@jamesmckay9672 Жыл бұрын

What? He talks passionately at length about his own work...for the last 25 years.

@davidsatthemovies2046 Жыл бұрын

@@jamesmckay9672 cool. I’m saying this is first time I’ve seen it.

@dariansmith8979 Жыл бұрын

Kevin deserves all the recognition for making his own universe pretty much in his own

@finnessuhnolastname1763 Жыл бұрын

The comment Kevin made on fight club is legendary, knowing that he enjoys the flick in such a way. Awesome

@bambamhakkai Жыл бұрын

Notification crew here! More power to reelblend.

@celioceccare9137 Жыл бұрын

Kevin Smith is awesome

@evanreid6917 Жыл бұрын

Now I don't go to theatres anymore, and the tour won't be coming where I live smaller city. But I 💯 will be buying the dvd or Blu ray no hesitation. Can't wait to see the flick.

@marshallarchiveofasianfilm 10 ай бұрын

Glad Kevin changed his mind about retiring. I hope his ice hockey film will happen one day and Tusk 2.

@jaimemitra2003 Жыл бұрын

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

@JasonDavisVoice Жыл бұрын

Thank you Reel Blend for supporting Kevin Smith's work. I think Tusk is one of the most unique (albeit, fucked up) movies. Kevin is very underrated as a storyteller. Even when he revisits his earlier work, (Reboot and Clerks III) he does it in a way that shows how much he's grown as a writer and director. Dick and fart jokes, yes, but both of those movies have a lot of heart too. Red State is a movie that deserves way more attention too. Unfortunately, too many people write Kevin off as just 'the Clerks guy' and don't give his other stuff a chance. I'll see anything he makes. I can honestly say I've enjoyed all of his movies. Yes, even Yoga Hosers.

@spleenzen Жыл бұрын

Just saw Clerks III. I loved it! I will watch all these movies over and over until the day I die.

@Axolotl_Mischief Жыл бұрын

100% agree. Fight Club is amazing. Best novel to film adaptation ever, and I've read the book many times and love it, but goddamn I looove the film. In my top 5 of all time since I saw it opening weekend back in the fall of 1999.

@lapislazuli5035 Жыл бұрын

Yep. Even Palahniuk says that it was a great adaptation.

@RandyReviews1990 Жыл бұрын

iam surprised he didn't say seven!

@soccerprog226 Жыл бұрын

Watching this makes me so excited to see this in the theater tonight :D

@Callmethraxx444 Жыл бұрын

Huge huge huge kevin smith fan , so im here , maybe ill become a fan of this pod!

@Knight451 Жыл бұрын

What is up with all the hate for Kevin Smith? Don't like his movies, move along son. Loved Clerks 3. I'm not crying, you're crying.

@joeymack4622 Жыл бұрын

How the hell can you like Clerks lll, it was terrible. Kevin Smith has ruined the franchise. Mallrats 2 is going to suck

@benholman-kl7rt Жыл бұрын

I get all the Moonlighting love but my favorite Bruce movie that isn’t Die Hard is Hudson Hawk. He’s hilarious in it.

@Jaloja Жыл бұрын

I made a joke at the box office about it being a "Fathom event". I never fathomed paying $13.00 for a Clerks movie. But it was a event and worth the spend. I have never seen a perfect movie and don't expect to ever see one. This was a complete movie in many ways and was more than I expected. As always Silent Bob got the best dialog... :) Kevin takes care of Bob.

@robzilla730 Жыл бұрын

SUBBED!

@MariaScreamapova 7 ай бұрын

He has to do at Clerks 4 with his daughter working at the Quik Stop, or a RST THC, with the rest of the cast

@vowelmoevment2827 Жыл бұрын

I love KS.

@rbarnett3200 Жыл бұрын

I love Kevin Smith. He's awesome as a person. I got into Clerks via Mallrats and Slacker. Having said that, I think Kevin's best film are outside of the AskewUniverse. Zach and Miri and Red State are genuinely great films. Clerks 2 is good, but outside of Chasing Amy I don't think the AskewUniverse is up to much

@gezbanks1277 Жыл бұрын

He's such a decent genuine guy

@Courier_333 Жыл бұрын

Damn it's kinda nice for Kevin to stand by his work and not just admit he's a bad director. I don't like all his movies but damn

@lapislazuli5035 Жыл бұрын

It makes me happy that he's not shitting on himself and self deprecating all the time. That can be fun, but after a while, if you keep insulting yourself, eventually everyone starts to believe it.

@EmilyKresl Жыл бұрын

I was listening to smodcast when he read the wanted ad in that British paper. I voted tusk yes and everyone I knew was just pissed Jay and silent bob wasn't in it. I was like dude it is possible for Kev to make a horror movie. There's a smodcast too where he talked to the guy who wrote the original ad. Kevin should collaborate with that guy for the script. He was clever as hell .

@maxhammer4067 Жыл бұрын

I like all the clerks movies 1 2 3 and I hope we get 4,

@xdirtyrandyx Жыл бұрын

every person that i have ever talked to about Tusk in person has thought the movie was both weird AND AMAZING! the people who shit on it were imo either biased, ignorant, or closed minded. i personally found it to be such an interesting story and idea especially since i was a mega fan of kevin's SModcast and sister podcast Tell Em Steve Dave. i can't tell you how many hours of my life was spent listening to 4 different jersey dudes talk about life and shit.

@luxi378 Жыл бұрын

I am also waiting for Barbarians... just watched House of Darkness with Justin Long and while Long was great as always the film was a little too slow for my taste, more of a chamber piece... who else has seen that one...? from Neil Labute (Wicker Man Remake, Lakeview Terrace). THX for the Smith interview though!

@macklemorganfreeman8488 Жыл бұрын

Moose Jaws better happen. Ive been wanting it for so long.

@boarder6246 Жыл бұрын

SAME. I regularly check to see if there is an update

@have_studs_will_travel2809 Жыл бұрын

The crew doesn't even have to ask questions 😂

@FernandoGarcia-rl6gj Жыл бұрын

Would like to see Kevin Smith eventually try and make another horror movie again

@WildOneFilms Жыл бұрын

He says in this podcast he's making a sequel to Tusk! Tusk$!

@FernandoGarcia-rl6gj Жыл бұрын

@@WildOneFilms I seen tusk for the first time a couple days ago, tbh it was actually a pretty good horror movie. Felt bad for the main character at the end of the movie

@theplourde Жыл бұрын

I am so happy that Ben Affleck invited Kevin to his wedding

@Spliff-master Жыл бұрын

Are they doing the tusk story where the moose kills silent bob isn’t it called MooseJaws

@DamonBrazzellUkesploitation Жыл бұрын

If you want to get technical, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back would be "spin-offs." But point still made.

@petewillson205 Жыл бұрын

Yeah irs more of a web and accepting Jay and Silent Bob could be all over the place the funeral with the swimmer, happens in Mallrats the next day is Clerck, then chasing Amy

@BrunchHager 4 ай бұрын

Haha, what did Kevin smoke? I’m 7:15 in and at times he talks half as fast as normal 😂🤷🏻‍♂️ enjoy yourself, buddy! 💚🤟

@BrunchHager 4 ай бұрын

But PLEASE NO tusk sequel! I just don’t get it I think, and I love weird comedic and dark stuff (just no senseless splattermovies) but tusk was a movie I don’t get I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️ every other movie from you are awesome, keep making them! (Except tusk haha *begs*) I’d rather have something “Dogma’esque”at some point in my life one more time. 🤟 🤘👊🫷🤜🤛🫰👊✊👈THAT’S HOW WE DID IT IN THE NINETIES, SON!

@GamerWho Жыл бұрын

Kevin should crowd-fund the shortfall to buy back Dogma

@geeksontapshow Жыл бұрын

Mallrats 2: Online Retail

@maccusmc Жыл бұрын

Clerks 3 was aiiight

@Jared_Wignall Жыл бұрын

2:00 Kevin is shown

@johnphantom Жыл бұрын

Clerks 3: Phoenix

@TheKiwiwayne Жыл бұрын

Tusk is a horrible experience i wish i'd never seen, Clerks etc is awesome.

@xdirtyrandyx Жыл бұрын

i know 5 million is lot, but fuck it dude that ain't shit in the long run. that's your ip, one of honestly one of the greatest religion-inspired films of the last 50 years. i think it's value far exceeds 5 million, but of course that comes with the caveat of using the film/ip to create something new.

@therobbrownchannel5079 Жыл бұрын

In the era where Arnold is the modern John Wayne, Willis is the modern day Clint Eastwood. As for a tabloidy headline - "Smith says New Jersey non-actors better performers than Affleck, SMG, Armisen, Suplee and Garman."

@fraac Жыл бұрын

how does he not know the difference between good and shit?

@robzilla730 4 ай бұрын

Smith's monologs are better than anything he's made in at least 10 years. His audience is an echo chamber. Randal, Dante, Jay and Silent Bob doing their slacker shtick in their 50s is just sad now. Like Dane Cook...

@supersentaiguy Жыл бұрын

I can’t with this movie. Kevin has always been an inspiration to me, but he’s more recently turned into the poster child for what not to do when writing and being creative.

@joeymack4622 Жыл бұрын

Agree

@buzzedaldrin6317 Жыл бұрын

The world needs Yoga Hosers 2: Mini Bratwurst Hitler's Revenge. It writes itself. And it sets up the trilogy with: Return of the Basic. Shot by Randal Graves. And gay hobbit bratwursts take him down. The Colleens buy the store and yoga ensues

@TB-TheGoldenAgeGamer 9 ай бұрын

Clerks 3 sucks. The second film ended perfectly

@scottcasey9240 Жыл бұрын

The reviews aren't good people.

@Veritas-Vincit Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, after Scot Mosier stopped working with him, the films started to decline.. (Other than, “Red State”)

@Deadcrows1981 Жыл бұрын

If you are a fan of Clerks dont watch beyond Clerks 2. End it on a good note not a dumpster fire.

@donsmith8190 Жыл бұрын

That's true. I do't understand how anyone could like 3.

@joeymack4622 Жыл бұрын

3 sucks

@orlandoruizjr3834 Жыл бұрын

1. Chasing Amy 2. Red State 3. Tusk 4. Clerks II 5. Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back 6. Clerks 7. Zack And Miri Make A. Porno 8. Dogma 9. Jay And Silent Bob Reboot 10. Mallrats

@mr.ultrafino6891 Жыл бұрын

Howabout Yoga Hosers?

@orlandoruizjr3834 Жыл бұрын

I like Yoga Hosers, but it doesn't make my top ten Smith films.

@mr.ultrafino6891 Жыл бұрын

@@orlandoruizjr3834 Ah.. didn't realize you were doing only the top 10. Yoga Hosers is actually the only KS film I could not make myself sit through :)

@celioceccare9137 Жыл бұрын

Clerks, chasing amy, mallrats, dogma, clerks 2, jay silent bob, red state ( original ending (it's in my mind so it happened)), tusk, jay silent bob reboot, Zack and MIRI make a porno, jersey girl, yogA hosers

@orlandoruizjr3834 Жыл бұрын

Good list👍

@demo3456 Жыл бұрын

Smith ruined clerks, 3 was god awful and I defended this man for almost 30 years

@joeymack4622 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was so bad. You watch Mallrats 2 is going to be terrible. Kevin Smith has lost his mind

@tarantinoish Жыл бұрын

It was so depressing, it wasn’t even funny. Suppose to be a comedy man. Just kept asking, “Why are you doing this to the characters we love?” If I could erase one movie from my mind so it didn’t exist, it would be Clerks 3. Then we could just go back to the ending of Clerks 2 again.

@ComaAlpha Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen Clerks 3 but after watching the trailer and reading the spoilers I now know that I don't want to. It sounds like garbage compared to Clerks 2. I remember when Kevin Smith used to be good.

@tjrobinson5241 Жыл бұрын

It undid everything good from clerks 2 and was depressing as hell to watch.

@ComaAlpha Жыл бұрын

@@tjrobinson5241 yeah, because that's what I want. I want to watch a comedy that's gonna leave me suicidal instead of happy. Nice job, Kev.

@AnthonyMonaghan Жыл бұрын

Kevin...Clerks lll is awful mate, it's below you. You are so talented please find a new vehicle for your very unique take on life. Just my opinion. Onward.

@tryksta7247 Жыл бұрын

Kevin Smith out there still trying, eh? 🤷‍♂️

@daltonio6001 5 ай бұрын

and succeeding

@donsmith8190 Жыл бұрын

He swears too much, it's off putting.

@nikto-ky4kx Жыл бұрын

Its a shame Lardass went woke. Used to be a damn fine movie maker. RIP

@RandyReviews1990 Жыл бұрын

how did he go woke his films have always been this way!

@egrasinger2 Жыл бұрын

🤡

@joeymack4622 Жыл бұрын

Kevin Smith has lost his mind. Clerks lll is absolutely terrible

@smolket7066 Жыл бұрын

Kevin says with his flop movies that he was right- just early....it is more like people are bored and have low expectations and nothing better to do and watch them now for free.

@spookrockcity Жыл бұрын

Movie sucked. Kevin needs to retire from directing.

@waaaah5305 Жыл бұрын

His writing is the problem. He barely directs.

@BAM5636 Жыл бұрын

@Spookrockcity Maybe you should retire from commenting.

@RolandDeschain1 Жыл бұрын

Kevin needs to stop talking and actually listen to someone for a change.

@BAM5636 Жыл бұрын

They don't have him on for him to listen to them..lol.

@RolandDeschain1 Жыл бұрын

@@BAM5636 He used to do Q&A talks where fans got to ask him questions and he answered them. In the past 15 years he has just gone on stage and will take maybe five questions in 90 minutes, because he has all of his prepared monologues. He has absolutely no concern for actually answering questions.

@BAM5636 Жыл бұрын

@One-Eye I am very aware of his Q&A sessions he has done. I have been to several. Again, though those are done completely for him to answer questions, not listen to the audience. What are you even talking about? He doesn't need or want your script advice, dude..lol