Here’s the big surprise twist of Cop Out: I didn’t hate Cop Out. And I really expected to! I’ve hated Kevin Smith through his latest round of ridiculously petulant press (which I’m not going to promote further by linking; you know what I’m talking about), and I’ve been hating him since circa the terrible Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. And yet Cop Out sort of works — probably in spite of him. Maybe the solution to his problems is that he should quit writing and just direct other people’s scripts from now on? Will and I pretty much agreed on the movie itself (which: not good, but not horrible, either), so stay tuned in our recap for our debate over how and whether artists should ever pick fights with their critics.
Next week: since it won the box office again, Shutter Island gets one last bite at the apple, but probably its last; it will probably be displaced by Alice In Wonderland, which I would like you to vote for, please. It should be good! Okay, it can’t be as tiresome as Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
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The Alice in Wonderland soundtrack features Avril Lavigne. It may not be as tiresome as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but it’ll probably trying a lot harder to reach that coveted “14 year-old girl audience”