I really enjoyed Zack and Miri Make a Porno, it was a classic Kevin Smith style movie, but it was in this movie that Smith meet Seth Rogen who introduced him to marijuana. As in Smith knew about it and played a petty drug dealer as Silent Bob but he didn't start smoking marijuana with regularity until he met Rogen. In my opinion, marijuana has ruined Smith's career.
Zack & Miri came out in 2008, followed by Cop Out in 2010, Red State in 2011, Tusk in 2014, Yoga Hosers in 2016 and most recently Jay & Silent Bob Reboot in 2019. Smith has stayed plenty busy with movies, comic books, appearances, podcasts, and acting in several films. I'm sticking to the movies he has written and directed.
Cop Out starred Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, this is the only movie Smith has directed that he did not write. He took on directing duties to work with Bruce Willis which he later regretted. Smith claimed Willis was difficult to work with and Willis claimed that Smith smoke too much pot and was anti-social and left the actors to fend for themselves. Smith rants about this in his 4th Q&A special.
Red State was Kevin Smith's art film where he wanted to get back to making an non-studio independent film. I didn't care for Red State, the film was some sort of social commentary that apparently was lost on me.
Johnny Depp is in it, he was in Tusk too because Lily-Rose is his daughter. This film is tied to Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back because in the film Smith's wife Jennifer plays one of the cat burglars, Missy Mackenzie, in these films his daughter Harley plays Missy's daughter Colleen Mackenzie.
The third film has yet to be filmed. This movie titled Moose Jaws is about killer moose on the loose in Canada, like Jaw in the ocean off Martha's Vineyard. It's confirmed that the Colleen's will star and that Smith and Jason Mewes will appear as Jay & Silent Bob. Johnny Depp is also slated to return.
Instead Smith went back to the beginning with Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. This movie brought back almost all his characters from Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Strike Back. Also Justin Long reprises his role of Brandon St. Randy from Zack & Miri Make a Porno playing an attorney at the beginning of the film. This, essentially, makes all of the movies Smith has written all part of the View Askewiverse. Except Red State.
Smith has another film slated to come out in 2020, Kilroy Was Here, set to be released this fall. It is a horror anthology that is based around the graffiti Kilroy Was Here. I'm don't have high hopes.
Until Next Time
I was the same way as I have Vulgar and Jay & Silent Bob Do Degrassi myself.
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