Clerks II

[eSDee]

As an avid Clerks/Kevin Smith fan, I was a little worried when I heard that Clerks II was coming out. Based on the commercials that I saw it wasn't looking too promising, and I hoped that movie wasn't a short-sighted easy money making film made to exploit Clerks fans out there. I went to see it hoping for the best and expecting the worst. What I ended up with was something much much better than I expected, and pretty much all that I could have hoped for. The movie was full of intelligent and offensive adult humor. The characters from the first movie were given dialog worthy of their initial incarnation, and a few new characters were introduced that fit right in to the regular cast of the first Clerks movie. I enjoyed it enough that I saw it for a second time tonight. In another thread here someone said it wasn't his best flick ever. That may be true. But for many Clerks fans out there, this was a perfect sequel. For those of you who are wondering if you shouldn't see Clerks because it might be lame, I would suggest you go and see it. It is a smart and funny flick, with a love story throw into the mix. It is a great flick worthy of watching in the theatre. The crowd reaction makes it a lot of fun.

[DarkFury]

Although I still don't plan to see this movie in theaters... I still believe that folks need to take reviewer's opinions with a grain of salt. These folks are "self proclaimed" experts on movies, therefore pretty much they can say just about anything and folks may believe them.

On a side note... I still think some folks "think too hard" about movies. Personally, I go to the movies to "let go, and relax" and just enjoy the show. Pretty much you'd have to make one STINKER of a movie for me to not like it... and for most of those kind of movies, people would generally agree that they were Really bad movies.

[redcolours]

other than that mustachioed dork that stormed out like a wuss, most reviewers actually liked the film.

that of course still means nothing. Films were made to be SEEN, not read thru a review. i hope that other people who read reviews make up their OWN minds.

[BigJon]

I thought it was funny. And I never saw the first one.