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: : : : You're licking your box office wounds? : : Well, not anymore. : : : Honestly, I am, too. I spent most of the summer informing my friends who : : had never heard of your work that, "This is the movie of the summer, just : : you watch. It'll bury American Pie 2, Rush Hour 2, and even Cats and : : Dogs." : : In terms of pure laughs or quality, most would say we did. : I've no disagreement with you there, Kevin. Pound for pound, laugh for laugh, "Jay and Bob" was a superior flick. Of course, if what I thought mattered, the whole world would look different. : : : In terms of Box Office, most - if not all - would say you were on crack. : I was probably a little high, especially for someone that wasn't privy to the movie directly. But, again, if I were in the business of professionally estimating the box office of movies, I wouldn't be wasting my time in University. : : :I'd love to entertain your thoughts for a while, especially in light of : : the fantastic numbers the film did in previews. : : You remember a little picture called 'Almost Famous'? Everyone loved it, : : and it did around thirty million bucks at the box office. : "Almost Famous"? Loved it. I'm a complete junkie for Cameron Crowe, and I have been since "Say Anything..." the most under-rated film of my generation. : : How about a picture called 'Fight Club'? Same thing. : Saw it twice in the theatre. : : A flick called 'Billy Madison'? : Twice in the theatre. Twelve of my hard-earned American dollars went to encouraging that Sandler kid. : : What about that movie 'Dogma'. : Heard it was shit, and ran like hell from the theatre. : : : Anyhoo, my closing thoughts on box office are thus: can you tell me, off : : the top of your head, without rushing to a box office archives website, : : what 'Ferris Beuller' did? How about 'The Breakfast Club'? How much did : : 'Raising Arizona' eventually tally up? You don't know, do you (again, : : without looking it up)? Regardless, they're still remembered very fondly, : : and watched incessantly today. : I couldn't give you those numbers. First, I'm 20. Second, well, I probably couldnt' if I was 35. Especially not if you can't. : : The same will be true of 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back', if 'Clerks' and : 'Mallrats' are any indication. And at the end of the day, longevity, to : me, is far more satisfying than big box office. : Agreed. And, after all, isn't the objective of the film medium to tell a story that deserves to be told over and over again? Sure, a minor objective is to make money and bang starlets, but isn't that the primary one? : : : : I'm the Affleck of your audience, so to speak. : : Meaning you make fifteen million a picture and fuck starlets? If that's : : the case, what the hell are you doing sitting around watching my flicks? : Sadly, that's not the case. But I'm working on it. Right now I'd probably settle for scale and freebies at the streetcorner, but I'm working on it. : : : Thanks for dropping by, Kevin, and perhaps once this place calms down : : with the twelve year olds, and you iron out the details on the next flick, : : we'll see more of you again? I certainly hope so. : : Me too. : Sounds fantastic. I look forward to it. And thanks for taking the time to read my drivel. It means a lot to me as a fan to be able to get some feedback to the creators; you and Jeph "Superman" Loeb are top-notch in this field. Oh, and I can't forget that Jason Lee, either. : : ********** : : *******

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