Kevin Smith's "The

[@travtotheworld]

Asking the actors if they were disappointed that he wasn't high is like Uncle Rico asking people if they were disappointed that they didn't get to see him throw a football.

[@Allen.Christian]

Lol this is perfect. How embarrassing.

[@raycerx87]

@@travtotheworld "we get it dad, you were 'cool' once". Kevin Smith is the saddest attempt of a celebrity making weed his personality.

[@CadBrad]

If I was an actor, I'd be incredibly worried if the director came to the set high.

[@donnylurch4207]

Can't wait for the sequel co-directed by Bames Ralph, The 5:40 Movie.

[@TauGeneration]

shit, you beat me to it XD

[@eyzmaster]

dang, best comm. close the chat. shut down youtube. perfect XD

[@CoffeeStain-Music]

No time.

[@barrelcorpenterprises8347]

Beat me to it.

[@jaodasilva7993]

i clicked on this video to make that joke.... :(

[@raycerx87]

I am howling at Kevin Smith asking teen actors about it being okay that he wasn't stoned the whole time. That's just plain sad.

[@takerdust]

Weird since all the movies he made that got him famous were done when he was sober, and most of his shitty ones when he was a full time stoner.

[@raycerx87]

@@takerdust it's the definition of irony

[@christian-mosesholtz5458]

he should have asked them if they are disappointed that he still dresses like a 12 year boy.

[@thefonzpart]

5:09 “You wanna hear something offensive?” *gets an ad*

[@slee1767]

I was definitely offended lol

[@eyzmaster]

who gets ads nowadays? have you never heard of adblock??? XD

[@shanekimberlin]

Mine was "As Alaskans, we think independent." Ha

[@n.rogers2273]

Red Cow, I admire your tenacity. I gave up on Kevin a while ago. Clerks 3 cemented the belief he's out of stories to tell. No 4:30 movie view, I refuse.

[@OSW]

Hearing you politely decimate this and knowing there's a tier BELOW THIS is wild!

[@GamingManual]

Always insane seeing you guys here in the comments! Can of Coke to ya, mates!

[@Allen.Christian]

"If you're a Kevin Smith fan, why not?" is a bit of reasoning that has already wasted too many hours of my life.

[@christian-mosesholtz5458]

he should have said "if you are STILL a kevin smith fan, after ALL THAT SHIT, then sure why not?" instead. xD

[@kanacus]

Kevin Smith is gradually decreasing the quality of his obituary. Another first draft, what a shame. Still find it weird how he keeps shoving his daughter's boyfriend in movies, and this time it's the starting role.

[@Kippykip]

Will we be getting a sequel of the 5:40 movie? 🍿

[@ToLa-qe1pg]

If there are two Hollywood figures I can't stand, it's Kevin Smith and Jack Black, they are both incredibly overrated and shoved into practically anything that's slightly nerdy, every time a documentary comes out about something even slightly nerdy. I know Kevin Smith and his stupid backwards cap and blazer are going to show up at some point.

[@markw110]

Yes! In individual interviews where he isnt forced to be "whacky", Jack Black is at least (or can be) a thoughtful guy. His mom was a rocket scientist for God's sake. I appreciate his hustle but Kevin Smith is trash!

[@GamingManual]

"24-carat case of love" has provided me with years of hilarity, lmao.

[@BannedInQueensland]

I pretty much agree with your assessment of this one. For me, the most cringey dialogue in The 4:30 Movie were those scenes where one character would mention a film director’s name and the other character would then say, “you know who [insert name here] is?!” as if having this shared knowledge was somehow the most profound human bonding experience of all time. Maybe you could get away with this line once, if it was delivered by a really good actor, but there’s one scene where Smith has two characters repeat this exchange three times in one conversation. Urgh. I cringed so hard I think I might have popped a cervical disc.

[@radfan7020]

many dweebs define themselves as superior based on what they consume and know to consume.

[@theyobby]

14 year old me would have been crushed to find out what happens to kevin smith's career

[@takerdust]

Same. Even his first few Q/A special DVDs were amazing. He's like a completely different person now.

[@ChrisLerouxDesign]

I'm sad the hear that every scene felt 7 times longer than it needed to be, because that was my main issue with Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

[@captindo]

He asked his daughter to do what?? His brain not working or something lol? I let out an audible ughhhhh and my wife wondered if I fell in the toilet and then I had to explain that nonsense to her. Her response was the same lol. True story and everything.

[@KevinJDildonik]

Someone want to dig up Smith tweeting about Trump on Ivanka, and side by side it with Smith tweeting about Harley? Same person, different politics.

[@captindo]

@ Fair point dude

[@debonaire_nerd]

If it goes for more than 70 minutes, James Rolfe will have to walk out.

[@christian-mosesholtz5458]

his third film in a row now where every sycophants review includes that it is "kevins most personal film yet" and that "it has sooooo much heart". xD

[@SuperNicktendo]

I don't think that weed was really the reason why Kevin has been lacking in movie making. It's because he hasn't grown as a film maker and writer since Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma and Chasing Amy. Success early in your career stunts your growth. We've expected more from Kevin but he thought he didn't need to improve because he hit a triple on his first at bat by accident.

[@SandshrewGarfield]

Regarding the matter of Kevin and Walt falling out... I'm pretty sure you guys did a whole 20 minute plus video about that once upon a time. It was about how Walt had told Kevin that weed was taking over his entire waking life and then finally Kevin quit and realised Walt had a really good point.

[@melancholoid]

Awesome Vid! Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany!

[@seanami8701]

Everyone that made Kevin Smith funny is gone. Mosier is gone on to bigger things, Bryan no longer talks to him, and he forced Walt out of his job at his comic shop and rarely talks to him. The weed didn't help, but everyone that supported him to make him good is gone.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Never go full Hollywood. Kevin leaving New Jersey is pretty much what started him down the path to where he is now.

[@timrichards9395]

What happened with Bry and Walt? I haven't heard anything.

[@takerdust]

@@ryanjacobson2508 kinda amusing how Kevin Smith rushed his pregnant wife on a plane to to fly across country to give birth in Jersey, and his Vegan Cali daughter has no desire to go there.

[@hakaigonzalez7253]

My issue with smith is that I feel there's a talented dude in there but he just seems to rather coast and not put any serious effort in anything he makes.

[@GevinHuey]

2:57 a character based on himself making out with his real daughter Vs Directing your daughter's boyfriend making out with some random pretty actress. Doesn't feel like a win in either direction.

[@BSzili]

I guess the people who were willing to tell Kevin he's "posting cringe" are no longer his friends.

[@angiead]

I'm always here for a good RCA film chat. Dogma was one of my favourites growing up. I watched it repeatedly. His daughter is 100% right about it being weird to play her dad's fictionalised girlfriend. Sounds like he made a 90minute movie feel like a bloated 2hr30.

[@takerdust]

I think he's desperate to put his daughter in any kind of movie to help her "career". She was atrocious as one of the stars in Yoga Hosers.

[@hansjuker8296]

KS was always over rated and has a weird ability to come across as down to earth AND condescending.

[@BenjaminNixon]

Okay the "make it iconic" line was wild. Was he hoping for his own viral dance scene like in the Wednesday series?

[@postgotham]

Have you guys ever watched the Clerks animated series? It's far and away the best thing Kevin Smith has ever done imho. It's crazy to see how different his material is quality wise these days

[@RedCowArcade]

Yes of course! An excellent show. But Kevin didn't have a lot to do with it! It was mostly Dave Mandell.

[@postgotham]

@RedCowArcade good point

[@jimjo8541]

Uh, Mallrats is 100% top tier and the fact that one of y’all would even MENTION putting it in “Step Below”… my God.

[@DarthDoodie]

Another excellent vid guys. A part of me is sad the golden age of kevin smith was awhile ago but its ok. You are absolutely correct his films feel like first drafts or sitting around with friends going "yeah that's funny" Hopefully he can make some kinda come back. until then though he will be chasing the dragon... or amy.

[@Paahtis]

430 has no fat on the bones. Only meat and skin.

[@HenryNooney]

"not Kevin Smith tears; we've had plenty of those"--so funny

[@TheShadowWarsVeteran]

If it were The 5:40 Movie, we wouldn't have enough time.

[@xxdeftones86xx]

Clerks 2 was the last good movie Kevin Smith made. The rest i've never bothered with or were ok at best (clerks 3/zack and miri)

[@franknitty43]

I genuinely never have to hear about Kevin Smith every again 🙅‍♂️

[@skitswithextramayo6371]

I was really impressed by Red State. I liked Tusk a lot, too. Dogma is my favorite outside of those. Just thought you guys should know hahah

[@ImNotGregGraffin]

I think it’s a big mistake for Kevin to edit his own movies. Oftentimes, it’s an external editor and the director working together that make something interesting.

[@diesirae3505]

Kevin Smith has always been a hack.

[@immortaluglyfish2724]

17:55 Geezus louisus, Kevin Smith must be one of the most auto-cannibalistic filmmakers alive today. 19:02 "It's stylistically designed to be that we, we can't change it but we can diminish the effects of it"

[@gameboizchannel]

Aw man, the trailer actually looked pretty promising.

[@GevinHuey]

22:00 I consider myself a former fan. I've skipped about 8 of his most recent films & didn't much care for 3 of the last 4 films I did see. ...It's entirely fair to say I only loved his 1st 4 Viewaskew films.

[@HarlotEffect]

Well if it had a release in the UK physically I'd actually watch it..

[@MTL-Matty]

4:30 not being in his Dog Shit tier is huge for Kevin Smith. He's moving up!

[@heyhonpuds]

Obligatory 5:40 reference lol Bimmy a free iPad etc

[@seangalvin4582]

He seems to no longer have a story to tell. He is forcing a story. He had a free location he could use and hung a loose story around it.

[@MattsFreeChannel1]

I've tried to watch the Jay and Silent Bob reboot twice, the second time wondering what happened, why I didn't Finish it. The first time, thinking, "This is gonna be great!" I think both times, I stopped-sort of hard-Stopped, the first time, but then kind of let it linger, the second, when the Earl guy showed up. Just Awful.

[@JimEpcotLive]

Im waiting for the 5:40 film

[@ProgSnob14]

Bear McCreary put out a pretty interesting metal double album this year.

[@MichaelMichael-us6wq]

I gave this one a 6/10. Hey at least it’s another viewaskew connection. Also it’s pretty clear ever since Clerks, this is his attempt to make Dazed and Confused, after Linklaters Slackers.

[@xtraflo]

Curious either of you remember "Ashens?" A "Shit-Tuber" from the early days of KZbin that is still doing the exact same thing he's been doing 18 years. He even made a horrendous crowd funded movie like James..?!

[@NintenDub]

Ive tried taggin him before on one kf your other critiques,cuz i think a video like this, if hed sit down for 20 minutes, hed see real seasoned fans of his point out stuff in a way hes prob never thought about, or forgot that he knew, like editing and having it be lost on people. Cuz maybe eventually hell have another end of life mid life crisis and do something good again. Hinestly his last movies ive seen was clerks 2,zack n miri. I never watched clerks 3 or the jay n silent reboot. I didnt see a point..and as for all the other small stuff,if jt was great, id have heard about why i needed to watch it. Maybe one day hell see a red cow video, and realise that its not just hate. It reall is love. His fans ktove him, but theres a reason why his later stuff just doesn't hit. Hes gotta know the truth somewhere deep inside himself

[@takerdust]

i'm kind of the same except I gave Yoga Hosers a chance and I regretted it. Only the first 5 and last 5 minutes of the movie is watchable.

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Not going to lie. Kevin Smith's relationship with his daughter goes from sad to suspicious very fast.

[@Sapphire.solstice]

Weirdly enough, I thought this was a small step up from pretty much everything Post-Tusk that Kevin has made. Personally, Clerks 3 and Yoga Hosers are the absolute bottom of the barrel from his filmography, I legitimately don’t think there’s anything that redeems those films, whether it’s within the script or the actual film making. I think there is a bit more thought put into the actual craft on 4:30, and I think it is visible in the final product. To me, it seems the immediate difference between Stoned Kev and Sober Kev is that, for Stoned Kev, whatever he shot was “good enough” and that was that. Sober Kev seems like he actually wants to try things, whether he succeeds is another story. Thing is, I also very much agree with pretty much all of your criticisms. It drags, the argument at the third act break is forced and trite, the actor playing Kevin’s stand in was awkward and amateurish, and Kevin is in a place with his writing where he just can’t pull off that 90s era stylistic dialogue anymore, so it just comes off so cringe at times. Yeah, 4:30 isn’t good, but it feels more…rough around the edges more than it is actually bad. I can see potential here for him to graduate out of making absolute dogshit into…mediocrity at least.

[@glassjawrules13]

I liked this movie.

[@PorkMarshmallow]

Did you coordinate your Batman games?

[@RedCowArcade]

we actually didn't! we are the same idiot

[@PorkMarshmallow]

@ 😂❤️

[@MT-or7lv]

let's fight outside a movie theater...nonsense.

[@jacobc4320]

"its like we're watching him have the experience of making a movie". yes, bc Kevin Smith = NPD.

[@ElectronicWitchcraft]

You both went with Batman!

[@TheSuckoShow]

I love the genre of movies with a bunch of little movies in them. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Hail Caesar, etc. I watched enough of this movie to see that the movie-in-a-movie movies suck and aren't funny and don't feel like plausible representatives of 80s cinema. So I didn't watch the rest of the film.

[@HanoiRocks1994]

The amount of love-hate relationships you two have and share is wonderful

[@king802]

S Tier Kevin Smith movies?

[@11gingin]

is it like a will ferral movie

[@suspiciouslynx7716]

Where does Tusk go on the tier list?

[@RedCowArcade]

I'm sure for most people it's on level 3 or 4. But if I'm honest...for me it's level 2. I like Tusk. Red State is like, 1.5. It's almost a 1 except the ending kinda reveals the movie has nothing to say.

[@fraac]

smith won't make a good movie until he dresses in clothes that fit him

[@Spudcore]

"Bucklick"? Pshh, it's no "Keep On Oinkin'", that's for sure.

[@immortaluglyfish2724]

Bummer that this one's a turkey. Part of me is holding out hope that he finds his mojo again but as the years go by it really seems like he's out of juice. It kinda seems like the dude never grew artistically or really challenged himself creatively.

[@Shifty1940]

Wow, jersey girl and Zack and Miri are mid?

[@PrincipalButtsavage]

Mallrats definitely S Tier, underrated!

[@ducko5404]

Never liked Kevin Smith in any shape or form tbh

[@Denis-tf8fl]

Ken Jong is not "the Asian guy from the hangover" lol ...come on

[@RealJeffTidwell]

People have already forgotten, man. Six seasons and a movie. 😢

[@DaWho05]

Lol I’ll always know him as the ambiguously gay Asian guy from Transformers 3

[@Thatswildpimp]

lmao stevo is cringe

[@LifeIsAFetchQuest]

Dogma is atrocious

[@radfan7020]

yeah.