BlackErtai on 23/7/2006 at 20:50
From what I've heard, this movie is either one of two things:
a) Amazingly brilliant and hilarious
or
b) the most immature pile of rubbish ever released (are we forgetting about Golddiggers and American Pie:Band Camp?)
It seems to me that Kevin Smith movies are written for people with a bit of an immature sense of humor, or who can at least enough about 2 hours of said humor. The majority of the jokes in his movies rely on the dick/fart/gay-not gay joke line. Which is not to say many of them aren't good (i.e. Chasing Amy and Dogma are among my favorite movies ever), but they do take abit of a stomach to sit through. I heard about the 8 minute standing o, but I also heard about critics walking out mid-movie due to some of the situations. My roommate saw it yesterday and said it was a servicable movie, but not something he'd be willing to pay full price for (he saw the afternoon, read cheaper, showing). I'll probably do what I have with all Smith's movies, and watch it on DVD.
Marecki on 24/7/2006 at 03:22
I really like it. Hard to say why exactly, but I do. Plus, it's nice to see something eventually working out for Dante... Yes nurse, I know where the boundary between fiction and facts is. It's over there.
Navyhacker006 on 24/7/2006 at 04:02
Toss my vote in with the 'found it funny' crowd.
Pyrian on 26/7/2006 at 19:36
Quote Posted by BlackErtai
a) Amazingly brilliant and hilarious
or
b) the most immature pile of rubbish ever released
That's just silly. It is, of course, a brilliantly hilarious immature pile of rubbish. Typical Kevin Smith, really.
MsLedd on 26/7/2006 at 19:56
Jason Mewes' brilliant homage to "Bufflao Bill" (Silence of the Lambs) alone was worth the price of admission! :thumb:
Shayde on 27/7/2006 at 06:29
Not out here yet, but I loved the first one so much I named my cat
"annoying customer".
Risquit on 30/7/2006 at 02:16
Funny, but not as good as Clerks 1 or Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
King Diamond's music makes a surprise appearance!
I love Rosario Dawson.
Raymond Luxury Yacht on 3/8/2006 at 06:08
Saw it in LA w/ my li'l brother on opening day. There was a Q&A w/ Smith afterwards. At least I didn't pay for it. Since I don't give a toss about his two main characters, it was doomed for me anyway. I prefer his semi-serious (Chasing Amy, Dogma, even Jersy Girl) to the numb-nuts not-as-funny-as-he-thinks ones. But since we're near the same age I can usually relate to his movie likes and dislikes (mainly Star Wars and Indiana Jones).
It has its moments (Mewes's Buffalo Bill was hilarious and the LOTR bit was fuckin hysterical) but it was predictable and the shameless ass-kissing at the Q&A was revolting. It's not like he's Scorsese or Woody Allen (he pointed that out in the Evening with Kevin Smith DVD).
BTW it was only Joel Siegel who walked out - due to the idea of a certain Bachelor Party homage (Smitty saw it on Beta at age 12 like me). Then again, apparently it was the first time in 30 years Siegel walked out, and K.S. wondered 'why Clerks 2 of all movies?' A relevant question actually. Did Siegel see Grandma's Boy?
So I guess I'll play the middleman - eh. Seen much better, seen much worse; it's on the lower end of his oeuvre (sp?).
thefonz on 3/8/2006 at 22:03
If you go into a Kevin Smith movie expecting a high-brow, intellectual mix of amazing acting, well-worn editing and a sweeping soundtrack to sex all your senses...
...then you will not like Clerks 2.
(or any other Kevin Smith film for that matter).
RyushiBlade on 3/8/2006 at 22:27
I may as well throw in my two cents. I saw Clerks II opening day and hated it. A lot of good points have been brought up: I didn't care one bit about the characters (I was, in fact, hoping atleast one of them would die or commit suicide. That would have made me laugh, if only for the irony of it.) I'm usually very laid-back, but the movie ended up leaving me with a vague sense of being offended. Most of the movie was also plotless, revolving around people talking to eachother and cracking jokes which didn't even make me smile.
Maybe I just don't get American stupid Smith's humor. But then I also enjoyed Dogma and the stupidity of Napolean Dynamite, the director of which I can't remember.
