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Summary: overrated PRETENTIOUS piece
Review: Probably the most "slacker" movie of them all, with its awfully smudgy pseudo-realistic b/w look, it nevertheless doesn't hold true to the feel of self-imposed reality. The characters are simply unbelievable, with all sorts of zingers/puns/"wits" filling their speeches to the brim(and they speak in COMPLETE and grammatically CORRECT phrases, only filled with F-word here and there as if to make them sound natural), proving over and over again that Kev Smith is a shame of the slacker generation cinematographers.
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Summary: A very funny movie
Review: One day, after an exhaustingly excrutiating day working at the local retail store (I won't say the name, but it rhymes with Shmal-Smart) dealing with insane customers and idiot bosses, I dragged myself to the video store to rent a movie. I found myself in the dollar section, when I spotted "Clerks". I'd been told many times over the years that I should watch this flick, but I'd never gotten around to it. So I rented it, figured it'd be good for a laugh. Was it ever. It lifted my spirits in knowing I wasn't alone in thinking the retail world was insane. Dante was the guy I felt like I was and Randall was the guy I wish I could be.
It starts off rather slow, and really doesn't start to pick up until Randall comes into the picture. The interaction between Dante and Randall makes the whole picture, and without either one, the entire movie wouldn't have been as much fun. From Randall's Death Star theory to Dante's ex-girlfriend appearing, from the hockey game to the funeral parlor, to the final confrontation between Dante and Randall, the movie is extremely funny. It does drag in a few spots though, usually when Dante or Randall are separated. Like I said, these two NEED each other.
Also making their first appearance are Jay and Silent Bob, though they are notedly less funny than in their future appearances, but still enjoyable.
I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who hates their job or likes Kevin Smith movies. Or both.
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Summary: If you like ranting. Buy it.
Review: While not a movie for all tastes. (Puritans stay away) Kevin Smith has done it again, for the first time. This is a movie that will make you laugh AND think. Usually at the same time. This is he day in in the life of "cancer merchant"/convience store clerk Dante, and video store clerk Randal. Dante is working on his day off and Randal, everyday is his day off, trade witticisms and observations of the various patrons of the New jersey based convience store (the name of the establishment escapes me). So if you're hankerin' for a dialogue intensive movie repleat with pathos, Star Wars, hockey, drugs, milk maids, necrophilia, Jay and Silent Bob then this is the movie for you.
"... it's time to kick back, drink beer and smoke some weed." ~Jay
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Summary: animal mineriralo vegitable
Review: yep wrote this one too.
ok i love the jersey saga, but something about this was just diferent.it wasnt the color it wasnt the picture or the people(dante, randal,caitlen,veronica)although some of them ... me off.maybe it was the lack of jay and silent bob.why the ... am i ranting on about sensles things.if you like the jersey saga buyt it today.
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Summary: "What Kind of a Store Do You Run Here?"
Review: As rude, low-brow, and dirty as his first movie was Kevin Smith captures a certain spark that he would keep for his later movies (with the exception of Mallrats, which was his comic slump) that were later known as the Jersey Trilogy. In his first movie, Kevin lets us meet Dante. Dante is the clerk at the local Quick Stop store. He has a girl friend (Veronica,) a pretty good friendship with the next-door, movie store clerk (Randal,) and a pretty good grip on reality. The whole film is shot over the course of the day, and we begin with Dante being called into work on his day off. He's exhausted from the night before, and has a hockey game that day. The locks on the metal *shudders* are jamed with gum, so there is no sunlight in the store, and he is forced to make a sign to stick to the front of the store (assuring that the store is in-fact open) out of shoe polish, a smell that people comment on almost every five minutes. The first customer of the day happens to be a gum representative trying to scare everyone from smoking, and instead, chewing his company's gum. He eventually gets soo many people interested that they start to throw cigarettes at him. Later, Dante learns of the sex life of his girlfriend, which shocks and disgusts him to no end. Then we meet the later stars of the next couple movies, Jay and Silent Bob. Already we have the main factors of their lives down; the obsession of pot, hot chicks, beer, heavy metal, drug dealing, foul language, and Silent Bob's one line *inlightenment* that we get, sooner or later, in ever movie. I don't want to give away the whole movie, but the next hour or so, is one roller coaster after another. Between selling cigs to 4-year-olds, dead ex-girlfriends, hockey games on roof tops, Russian metalheads, weddings, and a lot more, you leave thinking how boring your life is compared to your own. Although the sound and picture are definatly not the best, they have to due, since this WAS after all, a cheap, underground movie. All together, I'd say that the movie, as a whole, if very entertaining, and extremely funny. Although, there are some plot holes, and short commings, this movie is incredibly insightful and whitty, for a first movie, and show the true genius of Kevin Smith and what to look forward to in the future from him.
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Summary: animal,mineral,or vegetable
Review: ok i love the jersey saga, but something about this was just diferent.it wasnt the color it wasnt the picture or the people(dante, randal,caitlen,veronica)although some of them piss me off.maybe it was the lack of jay and silent bob.why the hell am i ranting on about sensles things.if you like the jersey saga buyt it today.
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Summary: Best of The Jersey Trilogy
Review: While Kevin Smith's basic premise behind his critically accalimed debut film is very formulaic, in it being a buddy flick, it is the way he does it that makes it a classic. As qouted in his newest dvd "An Evening With Kevin Smith" he says, "In my world, everyone has really long conversations about interesting [stuff] or just pick apart pop cultur to death and everyone talks in monologue,". That quote perfectly describes Clerks more than any othe Kevin Smith movie as whether they are talking about their sex life, Star Wars, or annoying costomers, they do it in not only an intellectual way but do it indirectly. Another high point of the movie is the social issues he tries to tackle, as even though he is a smoker, he makes a point about people's isues with smoking going as far as having a four year old succesfully buying ciggarettes at a point. Also, compared to other Kevin Smith movies there is less fart jokes. Overall, while the movie is great the extras are what makes this dvd. Even though Kevin Smith plays a quiet character in his movies, he is the complete opposite as he always talks and talks very informatively about everything. While the actual movie looks bad the deleted scenes are worse but are still entertaining. Especially the alternate ending as it is completely unlike Kevin Smith. Overall, get the dvd
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Summary: Kevin Smith's best effort.
Review: CHASING AMY, MALLRATS, and DOGMA were, in my opinion, very lackluster and disappointing, though each had its very few funny moments. They were all too mainstream. Kevin Smith should never have deviated from the genre from which CLERKS hails. He's a master of the indie film art. There's not one boring character in this movie; my favorites are Jay and Silent Bob. The ending, in which Silent Bob finally speaks, is a scream! Totally realistic look at the nickel-and-dime drudgery of lower-rung retail jobs.
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Summary: Great film.
Review: Very funny. some of the acting was a bit off, but thats to be expected in and indie film.. Later on the actors get much better. the extrasa where very good too.. Kevin Smith is a great director and a very funny guy.
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Summary: For those who've handled a raving customer, and survived!
Review: This is one of the funniest movies ever, in my opinion. It is certainly the only Kevin Smith movie which I consider worthy of my good time (and my time is very valuable. I've got a lot of sleeping to do). But then again, I work at Blockbuster, so I can really relate to the problems the character Randal must face each day at the video store where he is a clerk. I know exactly how he must feel (yes, I know he doesn't exist.) I've also worked at a grocery store, and a CVS, so I know how Dante feels too. This is definitely my kind of movie. Some classic scenes are the egg-checker guy who spends hours on end searching for the "perfect" carton, the roofer guy, and any scene with Randal basically. So rent this movie if you like Kevin Smith, or if you enjoy a good laugh. Be warned, though, Clerks is not for those who can't take a little (ok, a lot) of crude humor. The porn movie list scene alone is enough to send conservatives running for the hills. But hey, it's not as gratuitous as Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back or even Mallrats. So give it a try. Pick it up at your local Blockbuster for three dollars, and have a nice day.
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