I love buddy movies. I also love bromances…generally. And there are very few movies I give up without watching, though the list has increased slightly since I got Netflix (it’s so much easier just to return it now if I don’t want to). I haven’t seen Friday; perhaps I’ll consider it.
But I agree if a movie is not just annoying but boring from the getgo, then there’s no real point in wasting your time. An annoying movie can get better. A boring movie rarely gets your attention later on unless it significantly changes in scope and aspect.
Or gets all kinds of explosions, like RealityChuck implies. TBH, it might have been better if they had exploded.
I think if it had been in color, it might have been mistaken for another John Hughes or wannabe John Hughes fluff comedy, where everything comes right in the end and a slow clap ensues. It’s certainly not that, and if enough people had gone in expecting that, it might never have impressed anyone. Also, I never heard of the security-camera theory, but it does have that effect, even if it wasn’t intentional.
While I tend to like his flicks when they come out, I don’t think any of his films age well actually.
I fired up Chasing Amy about a month ago for some friends. I’d been talking about he movie for months. I was horrified to find that it just wasn’t any good now that I was a tad older (and.or it was a tad older) and I looked like an idiot :smack:
I still like Clerks. But I watched it for the first time in college in the early 90s with a bunch of my fraternity brothers. IOW, it speaks to a very specific age group and demographic:
Gen X types who were born in the 70s and grew up in suburban America.
Clerks 2 sucks because even though it’s in color and has bigger stars, it’s not that relatable. It’s not about a couple of immature 20-somethings stuck in their dead end job while they try and figure out life and transition to the next step. It’s about two late 30-something losers stuck in a dead end job because they are morons.
I would say it was about early 30-something losers as it takes place ten years after Clerks and they were college age at the time of Clerks. Also I can totally relate to it because I know people like that and sometimes I feel like that.
I really like Smiths movies because they are educational. Like, did you know Jesus was a Jew?
Also I feel this is the perfect thread to brag in. I have a Walt Flanagan original drawing of Galactus that he made especially for me because I am awesome. On Smiths merchandise site they were offering a hardcover edition of some of the “Batman: The Widening Gyre” comics Smith and Flanagan did together. There was a limited time offer that the first 250 people who bought it that Walt would draw any comic character you wanted to be shipped with the book. I thought, “No way that is still available.” but I ordered it anyways and there was a little box to type in what character you wanted so I wrote Galactus. About 9 months later the book came in and surprise the Galactus drawing was also inside and the page it came on said it was #244. The drawing is just from the neck up and the perspective is a bit off but it’s still one of a kind.
No, it’s closed. Snooooopy’s story is correct. Smith’s character even makes a big deal at the beginning, when he arrives at the store, about how the shutter is broken again. It was indeed because he could only film at night while the store’s closed.
I like Clerks. I’ve showed it to my dad and he likes it, although it’s a bit awkward when he quotes it. I didn’t see it until I was in college but I had already liked Dogma (went to a catholic high school and it was required viewing) which is probably his worst movie besides Jay and Silient Bob. My favorite movie of his is Mallrats. If you’re a but too young for Clerks I’d recommend it. I just watched it this weekend along with Ferris Buller and High Fidelity since my friend (28) had never seen any of them and he picked it as the funniest of the three.
I’m a bit biased since it’s in my top 3 movies of all time.
It’s one of my favorites as well, although it doesn’t age well. I worked for a video store for over 7 years and have many of the same inabilities to motivate myself as Dante does so I could relate to both characters. They were almost exactly my age at the time (maybe slightly older) that I saw it and most of the cultural references were spot on for my generation (esp. the Empire Strikes Back debate).
I find most of Kevin Smith’s flicks at least watchable, but my favorite is Clerks by far.
