Kevin Smith Talks Trilogy

A look at how Kevin Smith takes his responses to a question in "An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder" and puts his rants as an act in his movie "Clerks 2"

[@Transformers217]

I love "Lord Of The Rings." But I enjoy Kevin Smith's rants on "Lord of the Rings." It is priceless. :)

[@volkstraum]

If LOTR is just about walking, then Jaws is just about fishing

[@Zodroo_Tint]

It is. :)

[@AtenRa]

I was rolling on the ground crying with my sides in pain and we had to pause the movie when we saw this scene in Clerks. Now I saw where it really comes from and I think I have to go to the hospital.

[@charismaticace]

"I make the least cinematic movies imaginable" I love how Kevin Smith can be so self-depreciating at times but not offensive. He just says it like fact.

[@Hatychify]

“Which left me to be the PIMP of the Shire.” Lmao

[@ScrubmanLowell]

If Lord of the Rings is about walking, then Casablanca is just talking.

[@Unibot47]

The "fuckin A" part in the clerks 2 scene always baffled me lol

[@TheLockon00]

I think the Nolan Batman trilogy may have to take the spot once TDKR comes out.

[@josevelajr]

Honestly, I believe that is my TRILOGY. Sure, I grew up with Star Wars but I wasn't introduced to it was after the original theatrical runs. The Dark Knight trilogy was something that really meant a lot to me, and TDK itself is easily in my top 3 theater experiences.

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

I love both series... Don't care about '' Which one is the Trilogy ! '' I enjoyed them both and will continue enjoy them both whenever I see them. This is all fun jokes. No need to take it too seriously. I respect the ''Original'' Star Wars and Tolkien + Peter Jacksons combined brilliance.

[@Rithkingwill]

i agree that Star Wars is "THE TRILOGY" (even tho lotr was good, too) May the Force be with you.

[@templetonbob]

LOTR deserves all the praise it gets. Kevin just can’t cope with the comparisons.

[@unacomn]

He should have used that ending for Cop Out.

[@BelatedCommiseration]

True I know he is indulging in hyperbole but the humour definitely has a barb in it. Smith has made this reference regarding LOTR too many times for it to be a purely light heareted off the cuff remark. He obviously regards it as a somewhat clever observation but I'm just saying anyone can reduce anything to a mere constituent for any movie. I mean the Godfather could be reduced to 'people with guns talking quietly then loudly' but you would obviously lose a lot in that interpretation.

[@nick6var]

You just saved me about 9 hours of my life.

[@DixyRae]

It did have the coolest ending. "Lets hunt some orc." I actually can't even remember how the second one ended.

[@ghrabi33]

Smith says he can't act, but I think his delivery is funnier than in what's on the film.

[@optimascrime5235]

Even to this day the original Star Wars movie trilogy is The Trilogy to me....And this is coming from someone who wasn't even alive in the 80's and 90's 😅

[@grkmalaka12]

its funny how he talks bout frodo and same when him and jay in the movie were in the exact same situation ROFL

[@GULLYGUS15]

@Draconios1 That's the guy that wrote Clerks 2. So of course he told the story exactly how it went in Clerks 2. It's his lines.

[@nightcrauler1]

the guy is a comedian! also a genius and a awesome director. I dont understand ppl who comment him about being wrong. Its just his oppinion...

[@Penlager]

One of the Best scenes from the movie!

[@RyanBrodie1]

The Q&A session from London was before Clerks II, and he took this and put it in Clerks II

[@ExtremeAnalDischarge]

Everyone in that audience is a slightly different version of Kevin Smith. Fat guy, fat guy with beard, fat guy with glasses, fat guy with beard and glasses, skinny guy with beard and glasses, fat girl with beard and glasses, fat guy with an over sized, heavy, stinky coat which he never takes off even though it is obviously boiling hot. They all love his boring story however true it might be.

[@kingtorm2]

He has a way with words that you just have to love.

[@johnnyschenker]

The man who will put subs(English subs) in those vids will be just a king above all in here...!!!!!!!

[@SyntheticsV2]

@zxRAMBOzx Just about the beginning part of your comment; the original SW trilogy was low budget and was made much earlier so comparing visual effects isn't a strong argument. Star Wars is great and so is Lord of The Rings, if anyone should be accepting anything, it should be you accepting that both are great and not taking sides.

[@2NDxDementionX322]

KEVIN SMITH IS THE GREATEST DIRECTOR AND ACTOR!

[@BrianScheelAlburez]

the star wars trilogy is the one and only trilogy... no one can ever change that...

[@ShoutaFuwano]

It's cute to see Smith make fun of LotR after all his antics when his movies got bad reviews. I like Smith, and nearly all of his movies, but it's silly that he thinks movie reviewers are bad but it's ok for him to give his opinion on every little thing.

[@manco828]

There's only one return and that's OF THE JEDI.

[@whoiscuriousgeorge]

I find this amusing because a quote from the second Matrix film - "Denial is the most predictable of all human responses" said by The Architect - sums this attitude up pretty well. The first sequel to the Matrix had a handful of great scenes. The second sequel was a complete mess though.

[@Finalknot]

I'm going with the first one, but thank you on including the third, The Godfather was the best to in my books as well.

[@HeIsNick]

I love the Rings, but this was classic.

[@davethehostage]

I don't think anyone who has taken the time to watch the LOTR trilogy actually believes they were three movies about walking. I feel like the anyone who suggests such a thing was probably just disappointed to find that they weren't as action-based as they'd expected, and therefore refer to them as "boooooring". The LOTR movies were more centered around drama than action, and that wasn't what people were expecting.

[@AGentertainmentofficial]

OMG I thought I was the only one! My sister showed me Fellowship on DVD and I totally fell asleep half way through. Wow...

[@crosseightyeight]

I like to imagine that the guy with his hand up at 3:05 has had his hand up since before the beginning of this clip, and still had it up after the end.

[@johnnycoolguy9554]

While Star Wars is the original trilogy, Kevin Smith is a little too biased to base an opinion. Because if he has seen the movies, he'll know that all three movies in LOTR have intense epic battle scenes. In the first one, Frodo and Sam start their journey at the very end, so he's wrong about that. The second one, it's one third of the movie, and the same goes for the first one. I know that he's a comedian, but still have some integrity when reviewing movies, man.

[@007isYoshi]

@scraggly2 he wrote it... its his monolauge. Did you notice that its silent bob in the begining

[@mon0theist_tv]

i think before. im pretty sure this is from evening 2, which was released some time between strikes back and clerks II. i think. i could be wrong.

[@Isaiasm2006]

and clerks 2 was about clerks in a restaurant about 90% of the time, but it is the funniest comedy of all time. It has to be.

[@FOXGEAR92]

I concur. You stole what I was gonna say.

[@JoeBallard1979]

Star wars will forever be known as the triliogy.

[@Tapeleg247]

@scraggly2 he wrote, directed and acted in Clerks 2!

[@Rodimus78]

That ROTK comment was supposed to be posted 1st followed by the 2nd ended w/ "Nuff Said", but didn't happen that way due to crash issues w/ my IE browser, so consider the 2nd comment as sort of a 'P.S.' to the "Nuff said" comment. -r78

[@SlavaGen]

I remember LoTR movies as well as Pirates of Caribbean, I remember I enjoyed them while watching. BUT I don't remember myself willing to watch them again ever.

[@gingerninja79]

I'm in the Star Wars camp on this one, I was going to say it's the original 'The Trilogy' but according to Wiki it isn't... :/ as we all know wiki is the oracle and cannot be disputed...oh wait.

[@Superhumanattack]

It is three parts!

[@existenceisrelative]

Love Kevin Smith. That's all...

[@Tazzillekki1]

I love LOTR, but that was hilarious.

[@Bagheadman]

Are you sure you weren't just imagining that? You naughty fellow.

[@Lamentfordeath]

Jackie chan. The chinese guy who performs crazy stunts and intricate fight sequences. Are you asking who he is or questioning his relevancy to an epic fantasy movie?

[@BelatedCommiseration]

I know he's exaggerating for comic effect but I think its a bit rich for Kevin SMith to moan about LOTR being 'just about walking' anymore than Clerks was just 'two people sitting down and sometimes standing up' the whole movie. Star Wars is basically a road movie, crossed with WW2 in space and do you say 'that movie was just about people driving starships...thats it?' No, because there are events occuring around them that heighten interest and further plot.

[@NcChicken]

he just basically did randal's monolougue from clerks 2

[@Transformers217]

@DamianRavenblood The books were good, but I was disappointed. Tolkien spends more time talking about the world, and the details behind everything, instead of the actual narrative. But there is some great imagination behind his writing, and the books are probably the most influential piece of fantasy in the last 60 or 70 years. :)

[@FuNWithAChemicaLBomb]

This was before Clerks II

[@davethehostage]

@squamish4244 People seem to forget that the LOTR movies were based upon Tolkien's novels, and stayed true to the source material (ie. more drama, less action sequences). I haven't made my mind up on which of the trilogies I stand behind yet, it's hard to choose given the massive time gap between them. I'll say this though - at least Jackson isn't planning on making a separate three mediocre films in the hopes of capitalising off of his success with the former three films.

[@ghostwhiskey]

star wars is THE trilogy but i think back to the future gets overlooked in this debate

[@guitarman122508]

It's great to be a fan of Kevin Smith, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings. Now all people need to do is get a sense of humor.

[@chrisz31974]

i want a ghost dad trilogy

[@kevanoid]

im with Randall all the way he is soooo right!!!!

[@grimlexx]

Clerks II rocked

[@ffrancistwiy]

I like Lord Of The Rings, but Kev is absolutely right on all points.

[@lolubentrold]

Close. He said "insane glorious bastard."

[@LordFoxxyFoxington]

Damn right mate, LOTR forever.

[@AtrophyOffline]

Lotr will never replace Star Wars as the best trilogy because Star Wars was much better from a story-telling perspective. The 1st SW trilogy is successful because it manages to tell one cohesive story through 3 films flawlessly - without missing a single step. It was built from the ground up to be on the big screen - which is a huge advantage. Even if they had managed to create a perfect cut of lotr - theres a question as to whether or not the books were ever any good to begin with.

[@JacksInn]

He's not a filmmaker, he's a comedian.

[@Jah00123]

@TheWhiteKnight89 I guess you may have a point there, it could have much much worse. I'll stick to the radio 4 dramatization outside of the books, recommended if you haven't heard them.

[@stolisomancer]

There's no contradiction here. Saying that he thinks the films are homoerotic doesn't automatically mean he thinks homoeroticism is bad, and writing characters that are homophobic doesn't make him a homophobe.

[@Transformers217]

@MintNarcissus I respect what he said, because he was brave to say it. Because during that time, a lot of people weren't brave enough to put down "Lord of the Rings." But he not only publicly criticized them, he made a whole scene about his opinion in "Clerks 2." Lol!

[@rafterscott]

He put this almost verbatim in Clerks II

[@a1s1s1c]

that's just how he speaks

[@arncj18]

dude his movies are like his fashion sense and he talks about Lotr:))

[@jp3813]

2:16

[@EdIrwin]

I enjoyed LoTR but he's right up the ending. It just keeps going. It's like 25 minutes long.

[@DRPraeuner]

@crazy234lazy well Randall was written for kevin smith originally but then jeff anderson tried out for the part and he got it.

[@soundofmetal]

At least Frodo wasn't making out with his sister.

[@PaladinHero]

While I certainly would've loved KS's ending to LotR, I maintain that the true ending of that movie is when Aragorn is crowned king and leads everyone in bowing to the hobbits. THAT'S the emotional high-water mark that should've ended the trilogy. It's all downhill noise from there.

[@Isaiasm2006]

return is the last flick of the trilogy right? "3 for fellowship, 2 for towers, 4 for return" hahaha now I get it.

[@lordofbaraddur]

there will only ever be ONE trillogy...one to rule them all

[@badger5079]

Exactly.

[@cannonballkid]

It cant be denied though LOTR has kept its Integrity Star Wars has not

[@sevach]

Seriously that ending wouldn't make me go WTF just happened?!?. My reaction would've been more like "I KNEW IT!!!".

[@TheZionjuggernext]

Do you guys know he directed Clerks 2? So why are you saying he stole it from Clerks 2? It is his fucking movie.

[@torrentANONYMOUScodc]

It is.

[@crazydragun1]

that was one hell of a walk

[@ygustavo]

totally true......

[@morganlogan]

A lot of people loved zack and miri so that fact that you like it really doesnt matter since you not liking it really doesnt matter. he didnt like LOTR so he said something about it, the only difference between what you just did and he just did is that people give a fuck about what he has to say.

[@WalterLiddy]

Misleading title. I assumed he would be talking about Star Wars.

[@louislux]

He just forgot the several skirmishes and full blown war going on... It makes more sense to dispute Lotr not being a trilogy by the fact that it plays more like a single story divided into six parts, each book was divided in two for those who don't know.

[@atchisrj1]

Kevin Smith should make a Clerks 3 so he has "The Trilogy". lol

[@TheReaperjd]

You're not gonna believe this.

[@mantis5581]

clerks 3 was your fault

[@TheReaperjd]

@mantis5581 *condescending* Huh? Sorry what did you say.

[@wes8424]

Both are good film "trilogies" but LOTR will always be my favorite, it's deeper and the complexity and depth of the themes in story is what makes me enjoy it so much.

[@BlueMaxx86]

@WalterLiddy Same.

[@reaper6135]

when i saw fellowship in theaters i ended up fucking passing out halfway through cause all it really was was walking

[@Isaiasm2006]

which flick of the trilogy was the best? i havn't seen lord of the rings. After i saw clerks 2, i didn't wanna see it, but i read peter jackson's biography and now i want to. hehe

[@300daysandnights]

The trilogy to me has always been Indiana Jones. But hell, star wars is a masterpiece of science fiction. At least the original non remastered versions

[@HannahClosephotography]

i agree!

[@MrMZaccone]

What I could never figure out is why they didn't just ride the big bird over the volcano and drop the fucking ring in.

[@abetrasken]

@KeenProductions yeah true but it still kinda sucks to regurgitate bits from his own movies and pass them off as live wit. Then again he's Kevin Smith, he can get away with it

[@NcChicken]

@KeenProductions no i'm saying that he used the same monolouge in this and clerks 2. lol

[@clonard]

@TheWhiteKnight89 Spot on Buddy.... Smith is essentially jealous of what Peter Jackson achieved with LOTR. And knows deep down that he will never get the same critical acclaim or success that Peter Jackson has achieved. He even went to the point of putting a whole scene about it in one of his movies!!!

[@cavalierfan1995]

the lord of the rings:or how i walked to mordor