(originallly posted on my AFF SexyAds blogs)
Yeah, and I’ll bet you believed I kissed Katy Perry too, didn’t you? Come on, fool you once, shame on me, fool you twice, shame on you. 
I went to see Zack and Miri last night. OMFG! Kevin baby, you knocked that one out of the park. That movie is a mix of the weirdest little genres all rolled into this strange stew. And it frigging works!
You know, I may seem easy to impress in the theater, but that’s not really true. I walk into every Sandler, Stiller, Rogan, Carrell, Ferrell, etc movie, not sure what I’m going to see, but ready to be blown away. Some are amazing, and some are just mildly entertaining. A few I can’t really take at all. It’s like they have two different zones of comedy, and if they push too far into one zone, I don’t enjoy it as much. For instance, I hated Something About Mary, and I can’t really watch 40 Year Old Virgin. Oddly, I can’t deal with movies where the leads are constantly in completely embarrassing situations, unless they can deflect me from the pity enough to laugh. I’m not a masochistic movie goer. 
Now I am most definitely a fan of Kevin Smith, I mean, he is one of the three writers I want to get to have a conversation with. But even Kevin Smith movies, I have to admit, there are some that don’t just get me jonesing for a DVD of them. In fact, I sadly admit, I’m not that big a fan of Clerks.
My thinking is, Clerks doesn’t represent the dialogue style that I most enjoy of Kevin’s. It’s the conversational way he talks in all the Evening with Kevin Smith DVD’s (the third rocks btw), that’s the Kevin Smith I really adore. And that is better represented by Dogma, even Jay and Silent Bob.
Most definitely, by Zack and Miri! That movie shocked the hell out of me, and I have to say, well done sir! It’s particularly amazing, because he basically flipped every Jersey Girl hater the bird! He said, ok all here’s your Kevin Smith grade of humor, and some naked Mewes just to further enslave you. But then, haha suckers! I roped you into a romantic comedy. Kiss my ass! Ok, ok, I threw some more inappropriate Mewes into the romantic climax, but it’s still ending with an aww moment damnit!
And he made Seth Rogan kinda sexy all of a sudden. I mean, let’s face it, you could barely like Rogan in Pineapple Express. His character really is a dick, but he manages to keep him just above water enough to laugh at his misery. Knocked Up, not saying the chick didn’t have her own issues, but once again Rogan is kind of a thoughtless dick, even if he gets his shit together near the end. But in Zack and Miri, yeah he’s not perfect, but he’s a pretty decent dude. He actually feels a sense of responsibility. And I don’t know if all of his “what we did meant something” speech was Kevin’s doing or their collaboration, but the dialogue is the only way I can believe a guy like Seth would say those things.
Surprised the hell out of me, this movie, but it was such a great surprise overall. It also made me realize some interesting things about these characters, and this new type of relationship dynamic we’re exploring. The ultimate loser and the woman who could probably do better. And that’s not me talking, that’s Seth’s characters. Smith sort of danced with this topic doing Clerks 1 & 2, and one could argue Mallrats (though mostly with Lee’s character). Rogan does it masterfully, pretty much every time. I think what helps is, the character’s are just so up front and frank. They’ll call bullshit whether it’s appropriately placed or not, so that when the guy does decide to commit to the girl, you believe he’d be as frank about that.
As I said, the “it’s all fallen apart” scene in Zack and Miri absolutely impressed me. You get where Miri is coming from finally. Sure, she handled the situation in a crappy way, as many women in these stories do (see The Break-up for a prime example), but ultimately her resentment started when he gave himself more than one sex scene. Her frustration just got worse from there. You realize that she has secretly harbored feelings for him all this time, perhaps even more than he has done. Part of her did hope he was using this as an in to get her into bed (or a pile of coffee beans as the case may be). And it hurt when she realized that wasn’t his motivation at all. But when she plays it stupid, he calls her on it, and slaps her in the face with how things have changed since they “made love”. It’s a real love scene, not some dumb watered down one, where neither party is coming off real.
Their porno scene was also impressive. I love how Kevin just throws in the goofy off camera stuff, to keep it light, while still letting things get intimate for a few minutes. Even Anderson’s character is affected by the scene (which is particularly funny for the Randal fans). And for all the people who still think Kevin isn’t much for visual style, fuck you! The boy has learned the art of the real camera movement, not that artsy crap some use in movies where it has no place.
The rest of the cast is just a mixture of brillant comedic actors, doing what they do best. Traci Lord’s, passing along the torch to Elizabeth Banks was pretty fabulous. That’s really how it felt. Those of us who love Traci in things like Cry Baby, know it’s never been about her playing the slut. It’s about her playing the cool chick who also has no sexual hangups. Elizabeth is moving into that category quickly, and it’s very cool to have acknowledged that. And Mewes, damn boy do I love you to death, and I know why you really are one of Kevin’s heterosexual life mates. NO ONE could’ve done Lester like you did. Also big kudos to Mrs. Smith (seriously why would you keep Schwalbach if you didn’t have to). She proves she must have a sense of humor, in the parts she ask Kevin to give her. She acknowledges that she looks like a stuckup chick, and lets him play with that, and that is impressive to me.
Great to see Kevin finally getting to work with Justin Long, and what a fricking character he handed him too. That’s one of the funniest damn scenes in the movie, him bristling that his adorable boyfriend (OMFG it’s Superman!!) wants him to be more reserved and ‘closeted’. Always good to see Craig Robinson going for the quiet funny, he does it so well. And I’ve missed Tisha Campbell alot, especially as the hard ass chick, always a good time.
Kevin has kicked ass once again, as he never fails to do. It’s no wonder I adore this man.
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