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Summary: Hilarious
Review: Believe me, I am NOT a big fan of crude humor. Austin Powers does not interest me the least bit. Which is why, in college, when I sat down to watch this movie I was completely skeptical and prepared myself for hating it.
I loved it.
Yes, the humor is crude and sophomoric at times, but it is really, really, really funny.
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Summary: Very Bad Movie
Review: This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. As much as I tried to watch and be open-minded about it. Sorry but this is a bit of a BIG let-down. I gave it 1 star only because a half was not shown. Unless you like that kind of comdey, I just feel I totally lost my money.
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Summary: One of the best
Review: I personally think that this is one of the best movies to come out. It involves a lot of vulgar humor wich i love I think Kevin SMith is the best director and all his movies are the bomb. BOOOOOONG.
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Summary: Lovably conceited
Review: Kevin Smith's films are distinguished by a comic sensibility that is at once eminently urbane and pathetically puerile, fueled by a worldview that overflows with offhanded insight and yet remains too quick to acknowledge this insight for its own benefit. Examining his debut feature seriously, what can we ascertain from a film about grocery-store clerks who endlessly pontificate on sex, ethics, politics, and the architectural intricacies of Lucas's Death Star? Judging from the dialogue, at least, we can immediately sense a talent desperate to be qualified as "intelligent," in the strictest sense of the term, and though it would be grossly inconsiderate to dismiss Clerks as a "stupid" motion picture (it is indeed almost as canny and clever as it makes itself out to be), it's difficult to ignore a side of Smith's brainy, sesquipedalian screenplay that emerges slightly cloying alongside his unique brand of scatological humor. Nonetheless, we can still appreciate and enjoy Smith's pretensions for what they are, especially considering the fact that "Clerks"' most dominant virtue is the sheer presence of its characters, lovingly worked out from the forge of the writer-director's experience with eccentricity.
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Summary: Why
Review: This "movie" is hailed as a great low budget film and Kevin smith had a nice budget. Technically it is horrible and there is no story.
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Summary: A Great Beginning to the New Jersey 'Trilogy'
Review: Clerks was Kevin Smith's first movie, and it shows. It's video and audio are terrible, the directing is less than perfect, the acting is wooden, etc.It's perfect. Dante is a whiny loser, and he's great as the central character. Randal is a cynical video clerk; hates his customers; even sells children cigarrettes. This is the first movie to feature Jay and Silent Bob and they are quite different from their later appearances. They are much rougher than in MALLRATS, for example. In Mallrats, they are cartoonish characters, but in this one, they are loud (Well, Jay is) and drug dealers. They're drug dealers in all the movies, but this one features it at the most prominent. The film is quite funny. The "37" scene is classic. Only a few moments are not up to par with the rest... But those are so few, they won't be bothered with... The DVD is quite good. It has a great commentary (In which Jay sleeps through most of it), deleted scenes, and a music video. Sure, it's a direct port from the Laserdisc, but the laserdisc was a good one. The only problem is that the film is non-anamorphic. Hopefully, in the upcoming anniversary edition disc they will fix this problem...
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Summary: Clerks
Review: Ever had a meaningless boring job? Then you'll laugh so hard you may wet your pants!
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Summary: I'm not even supposed to be here today!
Review: Dante Hicks' oft-repeated lament sets the tone for probably the worst day in his life, something that we the viewer are privy to.
And who would ever have thought of filming in two convenience stores and making interactions with customers funny, not to mention the ordeals Dante has to go through to make it to closing? The events themselves are creative juices of Kevin Smith. A close second place is the dialogue, which is snappy, refreshing, profane, and laugh-until-your-lungs-ache funny. In fact there are times when I read the screenplay just to get laughs and simply marvel at Kevin Smith's genius. And nearly every line illuminated that light inside me. Randal has the lion's share of them. His conversation to the distribution center when placing an order is classic, especially as a young mother has asked for Happy Scrappy Hero Pup for her little one. After he goes down his list, he asks the now bewildered mother, "What was that title again?" And his conversation with Dante about how much j-zz moppers make ending with his flashing a nude magazine to a customer is another gem. The Star Wars conversation involving his difference between the two Death Stars in Star Wars and Jedi are actually philosophically sound while being entertaining. His statement that people dictate their own behavior is pure, refreshing Enlightenment philosophy. Examples of exceptional Randal lines: "This job would be great if it wasn't for the f-----g customers." "I could do without the customers in the video store." Dante asks, "Which ones?" Randal replies, "All of them." I can relate to those two pieces of dialogue. At my workplace, I'm an introvert, not comfortable in talking to people or selling them something they don't need, but having no problem when fellow employees consult my expertise on a piece of product. Also, I'm a Jedi Master when it comes to tasks and shipment. Needless to say, my rhythm is comes to a jarring halt when some customer asks me for help. The way I see it, if they need help, let them initiate contact first--the scars from rude customers are many and deep, and I don't want to reopen any of them, so I punish them by ignoring them, unless they want my help. A variation of Dante's "I don't bother them and they don't bother me." And third place goes to the choice of characters, convincing and never miscast. Fourth goes to Silent Bob's pearl of wisdom to Dante. Veronica, Dante's patient and caring girlfriend, has the right idea--education. "You have so much potential that's goint to waste in this place." You go, girl! She's a better alternative to Caitlin, the ex-girlfriend who cheated on the same number of times as Fellini's best and best-known movie. (Cinephiles will know what I'm talking about). The cat has a good scene when he does his business in front of a clearly befuddled customer. Dante then sniffs the air, after which an offscreen meow is heard. And it's the cat who perks up after Dante interrogates Veronica "how many..." mirroring the anticipation we feel in wanting to know the answer. Pairs seem to come into play as a motif-e.g. Dante and Randal, Dante and Veronica, Dante and Caitlin, Dante and customer, Randal and customer, and of course, Jay and Silent Bob. And as for triangles, one is enough! There's one continuity error that I'm sure most fans have already spotted, but is worth mentioning. It's the timing factor involving the little girl who bought the cigarettes, the hockey game, the old guy dying in the store. Dante claims that the hockey game ended at 3:30 and that they returned from the funeral at 4:00. However, that is the time the city employee claimed the girl bought the cigarettes, which was actually earlier in the movie. Also, it's dark by the time Dante and Randal return from the funeral, so it must have been six or seven at the latest. To really confuse things, the coroner claims the old man died at 3:20, ten minutes before the game ended. Well, the old man came in AFTER the game ended. But does this deflect enjoyment from the movie? No way, it serves as an interesting forum of discussion among cinephiles. And the black and white reflecting the bleak lackluster life at a convenience store and Dante's miserable life is sheer genius. Filming it in colour is cinematic blasphemy.
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Summary: Not the best movie from Kevin Smith.
Review: I don't think this is bad because it is porley made,just because it's not funny.Kevin Smith wasn't being a genius here.I don't get it ,the rest of Kevin Smith's movie's are great.I think it's because he was just starting his directing career.I think the funniest person in that movie was Randall.I think it's funny that he works at the video store and never goes in,I think he was funnier in the cartoon series.I think Dontay is funny in the movie but a little to serious,but of course Brian O'Halloran has been in every Kevin Smith movie.Jay I think is the funniest part of this...comedy,he is funny in every movie he's in.Kevin Smith is not funny because he dosen't do anything but not talk and stand outside the Quick Stop.Once again it is Kevin Smith's worst movie.
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Summary: Funniest Film Ever
Review: This movie is awesome. This is the birth of the genius director Kevin Smith and the greatest duo ever, Jay and Silent Bob. So funny, and so much that can easily be miss, you have to watch it several times to get everything. Awesome movie.
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