# Clerks - am I supposed to like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876 "2011-05-31T19:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/61 "2011-06-01T01:12:35Z")
Oh hey, sorry I haven’t been back to the thread. My ears just finished bleeding from the Boeing 767 that went over me at about head level. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/62 "2011-06-01T01:53:40Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > Anyone know what cost “so much” in _Clerks_? I think I’ve read that it was the licensing of the music that sucked up a huge chunk of the budget. > [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > You really doubt that the movie blows or that there’s nothing worse than a Kevin Smith junkie who sneaks stupid references to obscure parts of the movie into everything? > > Of course, I see where your handle comes from, and naming yourself after the producer, well… I don’t know if I’m being whooshed, but YOUR user name, deliberate or not, is also a joke from Clerks… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/63 "2011-06-01T02:06:35Z")
Specifically, [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmE7mhmCUY). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/64 "2011-06-01T02:18:27Z")
[QUOTE= MsWhatsit] Oh hey, sorry I haven’t been back to the thread. My ears just finished bleeding from the Boeing 767 that went over me at about head level. [/QUOTE] That’s one of the dangers of being a roofer. That and getting blown up by mobsters. 😃 [QUOTE= Ruby Sees] I don’t know if I’m being whooshed, but YOUR user name, deliberate or not, is also a joke from Clerks… [/QUOTE] You should have seen the list of usernames the SDMB administration said “no” to before they gave me this one. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/65 "2011-06-01T02:25:06Z")
Put me down as a big fan of _Clerks_. And the whole story of how it got made. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/66 "2011-06-01T02:25:25Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > This movie flat-out blows. > > The only thing worse than the crappy delivery of the totally unfunny jokes is the legion of brain-dead Kevin Smith worshippers who sneak little references to the movie into their everyday lives, like this is supposed to make them clever or something. If I ever saw one of those people on the street, I’d beat the crap out of him on general principle. [![](http://www.the-games-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/I-see-what-you-did-there-Fry.jpg) ](http://www.the-games-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/I-see-what-you-did-there-Fry.jpg) link is safe, BTW I remember I rented Clerks when I was about 13. I was a bit ahead of myself trying to watch “important” or “cool” movies - and this is one my mom decided to watch with me. My parents are not square at all (mom had me watch stuff like Animal House and Monty Python because she loved it when she was young) but Clerks was the only movie she asked me EVER to please turn off. I just rented it again a year or so later. Probably a better idea because by then I understood the jokes 😛 Then came Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and the rest as they were released. Skipped the Jlo one or whatever. I overall dig but don’t worship. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/67 "2011-06-01T02:29:01Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > You should have seen the list of usernames the SDMB administration said “no” to before they gave me this one. :dubious: No kidding. I had to give up on any variation of goatfelcher… ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/68 "2011-06-01T03:13:32Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > The movie needed better actors and more money, and to be honest, it needed interesting people. And when Smith got that **Mallrats** was the result. Perhaps the worst of the Jersey movies. Hell, even Kevin makes jokes about how bad it was. It did introduce a number of actors who have reappeared numerous times in his movies (Ben Affleck, Jason Lee). Give it a try if you like, but if you didn’t like **Clerks** you won’t like this one. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/69 "2011-06-01T03:28:50Z")
I’ve seen it twice, liked it a lot, thought it was funny. In 1990 I was a 40 year-old boomer. Go figure. Haven’t seen any other KS movies. . ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/70 "2011-06-01T03:32:05Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Haven’t seen any other KS movies. You really should see _Chasing Amy_. It is by far Smith’s best film. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/71 "2011-06-01T04:20:14Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > This movie flat-out blows. > > The only thing worse than the crappy delivery of the totally unfunny jokes is the legion of brain-dead Kevin Smith worshippers who sneak little references to the movie into their everyday lives, like this is supposed to make them clever or something. If I ever saw one of those people on the street, I’d beat the crap out of him on general principle. Awesome.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/72 "2011-06-01T04:46:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You really should see _Chasing Amy_. It is by far Smith’s best film. Ebert put it on his Top 10 list for the year it came out. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/73 "2011-06-01T05:06:59Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Best line in the movie, spoilerboxed for those at work: > > “Try not to suck any dicks on your way through the parking lot!” No way. Best line ever: “In a row?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/74 "2011-06-01T05:26:25Z")
I’ve not seen Clerks, but have seen a few of Kevin Smith’s other films, including _Chasing Amy_. Did not like any of them. And, from what I can tell, I don’t like the man himself either. He seems to be somewhat of a blowhard. So many of my contemporary geeks seem to love him, but once again I stand apart. ---
**Author:** ![Pitter\_Patter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@Pitter\_Patter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitter_Patter)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/75 "2011-06-01T06:42:37Z")
I bought on Laserdisc (shudder) soon after it was released. Thought it was hilarious, but that was back then. I am nearly 50 now. Still makes me laugh, but not so much. I am old;) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/76 "2011-06-01T07:04:56Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But life’s too short to finish movies (or books, or games) that you don’t like. How do you know you don’t like them if you don’t finish them? Sure, I’m not raring to go to watch Clerks from these reviews, but I wouldn’t walk out halfway through. If I’ve committed to watching it, I’m going to. Sure, Life’s short, but I waste more time here than I would spend on getting an informed opinion of the movie. Now games are another story. They take a lot longer, and you can usually go find all the cutscenes online. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/77 "2011-06-01T08:05:42Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > **silenus** , which two fingers? > > And **MsWhatsit** I’m no Internet Tough Guy. It’s just a fact that unthinking chimpanzees who sneak little Kevin Smith references in everywhere are wastes of space. They deserve what they get. > > Lame. Like some virgin TransFormers nerd (you know, the kind who thinks that since God created man and man created the TransFormers, then the TransFormers must be like a gift from God) who thinks that the greatest thing in the world would be having the online handle “Optimus Prime.” > > Kevin Smith junkies are like that. Always sneaking their little references in everywhere. They make me sick. Thank you sir. I loved your self-titled movie, though I had to deal with the most rude, profane man while ordering it. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/78 "2011-06-01T09:28:17Z")
I loved it, it’s simply my kind of thing. I’d rather listen to hours of dialogue than watch a series of explosions/car chases. And I’m not some Kevin Smith super-fan either. In fact I only really love Clerks. (Chasing Amy was okay. Dogma was terrible. Haven’t seen anything else.) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/79 "2011-06-01T09:54:25Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Specifically, [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmE7mhmCUY). I never got around to seeing it - and after reading this thread, I felt myself siding with the haters - but I have to say, this clip was pretty amusing. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/80 "2011-06-01T12:53:47Z")
> [@Mister\_Cheech](#): > > OP: Why try twice? If a movie isn’t for you, a movie isn’t for you. Don’t beat yourself up for not being able to appreciate what the internet arbitrarily decides is genius. I usually try so-called “famous” movies at least twice. You never know, maybe something that didn’t appeal to you the first time will grab you the second time. Still, I am not heartbroken - it’s called a cult movie for a reason, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876.md?page=5)