Big Cam, on Feb 6 2010, 12:54 AM, said:
I tend to agree but Kevin Smith has had quite a few "mainstream" films. Or at least what I would consider mainstream.
Clerks
Dogma
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
I think of this as another Dogma style movie, lots of big names but in Kevin Smith style.
Dogma is the only one I'd consider mainstream, in that I saw ads for it, but I was speaking about how the movie looks. He's pretty much made cheap looking movies. The Chasing Amy scene in the stand at the hockey arena jumps out at me, it looks like a Saturday Night Live sketch. His last one, Zach and Miri, was the first one that looked like it had a real cinematographer working on it. But this new one looks like a serious Hollywood movie. I was shocked. I wasn't getting at the distribution of his stuff as much as the vibe they gave off.
I saw Mallrats in the theater, loved it, and still do. That "uncomfortable place" joke still makes me laugh

It's a great movie, and made mini-stars about of Lee and Suplee, and Claire Forlani was about as beautiful as any woman I ever saw in a movie.