A space for me, Daniel Swan, to talk about the things I love in moviedom. This'll include news, reviews, musings, rants and raves. Whenever possible it'll be with my wonderful wife, Tiffany B, who brings a deliciously level-headed viewpoint to discussions, entirely separate to my fanboy ravings.
Flix 150: Dogma aka "Who is this nobody he's gotten?"
God only knows how we’ve reached 150 episodes. Which is a wonderful segue into talking about Dogma: Kevin Smith’s most goddiest film.
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Telling the story of a woman disillusioned with her faith getting coerced into a holy mission by one of God’s right hand angels, Dogma got Kev in a lot of trouble when it was released because Catholics have as much of a sense of humor about their religion as ISIS.
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It’s got a great subject, and money, and a cracking cast. It should all fall into place nicely, right? I remember it being really good, and memory is never wrong, right? Is it any good?
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To help me decide, I enlisted the help of a woman who hates organized religion a mite less than I, Tiffany B. Through our exploration of the film we chatted about the effectiveness of yawn reviews, double bubble permissions and reference a cartoon that you won’t guess in a million years.
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There's a spoiler-free section, followed by a spoiler-filled, so if you've seen all of the films or none of the films, there's something for you to listen to!
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Cheers!
It’s Kevin Smith’s birthday today! Happy Birthday to Kevin Smith! Let’s celebrate by continuing our deep dive into his back catalog and sharing the episode that, in all likelihood, we’re going to be the nicest to him about.
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Chasing Amy is the one, for me. The film that took my Smith-ffection to the next level. Watching this film, young Dan was overjoyed to see Kevin Smith continue focusing on comic books and sweet dialogue as he had been doing with his previous films, but adding in relationship melodrama and much more Ben Affleck. What more could anyone ask for?
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And so, with my heart full of that fear that comes with rewatching films you really liked for the first time in ages, I pressed play on Chasing Amy. Having watched it, is it any good?
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To help me decide, I enlisted the help of a woman harboring a nuclear bias against the female lead, Tiffany B. Through our exploration of the film we chatted about the sexual arena being the hottest arena, Tasmanian Devil sex and perms, perhaps?
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There's a spoiler-free section, followed by a spoiler-filled, so if you've seen all of the films or none of the films, there's something for you to listen to!
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Cheers!
8 Jul 2020
Flix 148: Mallrats aka "Shouting at me: Please don't shout at me"
Continuing our journey down Kevin Smith’s rabbit hole, we find ourselves in the heady days of 1995 with Kevin’s follow up to Clerks where he attempted to spoil all the good favour he’d earned with that indie classic by making a studio dud.
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Mallrats will always hold a special place in my heart, as it was the first Kevin Smith film I saw, thanks to a Christmas gift from my now-brother in law. He earned cool points that day for buying me an 18 certificate video (VIDEO) when I was only 15 or 16, but the journey he set me on with that film was worth even more.
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My teenage brain was bursting with happiness watching these characters talking about comics and girls with equal parts eloquence and crassness. But watching it now, with my old, wizened adult eyes… is it any good?
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To help me decide, I enlisted the help of my very own suitorette, Tiffany B. Through our exploration of the film we chatted about wearing your obese dad’s suit, how many godamn kids these days are named Pilot, and giving girls a chance so you can get into their parnts.
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There's a spoiler-free section, followed by a spoiler-filled, so if you've seen all of the films or none of the films, there's something for you to listen to!
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Cheers!
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