The Trailer for COP OUT Sucks A Couple Of…
It makes me incredibly sad to realize that the trailer for Kevin Smith’s next film, Cop Out, is completely devoid of funny. I mean, I didn’t laugh once while watching it. Not once. And this is coming from the guy who made View Askew films one of the five fingers of Geek Force Five’s inaugural fist when the site debuted two years ago.
Now, part of the problem might be that the script ain’t Kevin’s—some say that might be part of the solution, but I ain’t going there—but I think the larger issue here is Tracy Morgan. This trailer is all about Tracy, and if you don’t dig his shit then you are not going to be amused by the schtick here.
Infinitely more amusing than the movie itself—or, at least more entertaining than this trailer—is Kevin Smith’s account of how the film formerly known as A Couple of Dicks came to be called Cop Out.
Thanks to News Askew for linking this up, but I think I’m gonna sit this one out and wait for Clerks III in 2016 (or at least until Kevin gets back to his own scripts).
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Shawn says:
I’ve been a huge Kevin Smith fan/apologist, but like you said, this is an ugly trailer. This reminds me of the trailer for Showtime. Ugh. That was a bad movie.
Bryan White says:
What I think is even more suspect is that the trailer doesn’t even mention his involvement. He just gets the standard credit in the credit block. Is he really that poisonous to the box office that eve mentioning his name is bad mojo?
E. Christopher Clark says:
Bryan - You ask a very good question. And I think the answer is “Yes,” Kevin Smith is not a name you want attached to a project you want to make money at the box office. His stuff will always do well on DVD/Blu-Ray/whatever comes next, but he’s become the opposite of a box office draw.
Shawn - On the plus side, I did read the other day that the trailer is not really representative of the film, and that it might be a better movie than this indicates.
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