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03/21/2006: "Coolest Email and Review -From Derek Kagemann"

Chris,

Yessum, and they fit it into the article: http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=34667&adid=arts. You'll see it isn't all inclusive (very short word count). I'd really wanted to fit in more about your background but that'll have to be for the next one. I know I made one mistake in it, but I think you'll dig the title (I'm not obsessed with Kevin Smith). They cut out the "fucks" from the article. Hope you like it.
Also, Jennifer and I watched the movie last night. Here's my opinion: Not many movies are consistently funny. Most tend to have these hillarious spikes interspaced with substantial lulls. What impressed me about Gamers the most was that it IS consistently funny. It also stuck with us. Even though I'd seen the Wake Up Dick part a good twenty times already from the website, it was still funny when viewed in context and we had it stuck in our heads all night and into today. We keep remembering scenes and laughing about them throughout the day. I judge the quality of a director by how much time it takes me to digest it, and it is apparent that you are a very good director. Parts keep popping to mind, I think them over, and laugh at them again and again. Plus, we want to watch the movie again, which speaks strongly for its merits. Knowing the story behind many of the parts was also great - make sure to have that as a feature on the DVD.
We wish that some of our favorite parts were a little longer - then again, that longing to see more may well be the strongest appeal. Johnny and his parrot are fucking hillarious. The meat video and the zooming was some funny ass stuff. Great job! You really have your shit together. There is no way that this won't find a distributor. Don't be discouraged if they don't go for it right away, because it's likely to stick with them and intrigue them as time passes. There's enough in the first fifteen minutes to keep them in their seats. So, a very heartfelt congratulations on a job well done and best of luck tonight (your congratulatory gift will be in the mail today, since we'd forgotten to bring it along to send last week). This movie truly rocks, and I can't wait to do a screening here!


Derek