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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Awesome


'ô-sem

adjective

Origin: awe, from the Old Norse agi, "fright," + the suffix -some, from the Old English suffix -sum, related to sama, "same."

1. extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear.

2. extremely good; excellent.

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2 comments:

  1. "Writing a nasty review for Cop Out is akin to bullying a retarded kid."
    -Kevin Smith

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  2. I read that. It's just sad, considering as recently as Clerks II I considered myself a Smith fan. Since then he's kinda taken a swift nosedive from haha to meh to blech. I mean, if he considers his most recent film akin to a retarded child, that makes him, what, someone who knows the children he will father will have severe mental and physical handicaps but then knocks girls up anyway? (Bad analogy, I know; he's more like a previously fine (or at least entertaining) filmmaker who's now content with making wilfully bad movies.)

    Say what you will about Uwe Boll (whose movies I'd compare to a hyperactive, dumb-as-rocks 12-year-old boy), at least he injects some (very stupid) energy and fun into his movies.

    Now when I think of Kevin Smith, all I can think of is this:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEBn-uLTzYA

    He no longer makes "movies," he makes "Mongos."

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