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Summary: Take your seats class, welcome to College Sex 101
Review: The only reason I'm giving Chasing Amy three stars is because it has entertainment potential. I respect Kevin Smith, and the writing here is excellent. But if you went to NYU, Berkeley, or any major urban college, you've probably already heard everything he presents here as revelation. The dialogue is wasted on boring, predictable outcomes. Long story short, I was bored and looking at my watch from five minutes in, and every five minutes thereafter. Maybe you'd find it interesting if you're an isolated country bumpkin and you've never been to the city. Me, I'd rather watch ANY OTHER Kevin Smith film and have a good time instead.
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Summary: This film is a classic.
Review: When I first saw this movie, I hated it. I thought, "What a gyp! Jay and Silent Bob were only in it for five minutes!" I was a big fan of Clerks and Mallrats, and I expected the same sharp, comedic conversations to be in this movie. Instead, I get some confusing love story. Then I rewound the movie, watched it again with a more open mind and loved it. It is a Kevin Smith movie, through and through, it's just the most unique of all the Kevin Smith movies. It's smart, funny and nothing is sugar-coated. It gives the truest picture, out of any movie, of what love can be like. Jason Lee keeps getting better and better. The extra features on the DVD are top-notch too. Buy this, watch this and love it. Snoogins!
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Summary: Cute Romantic Comedy.
Review: "Chasing Amy" is a cute romantic boy meets lesbian story. Boy, of course, becomes intriqued with lesbian. Lesbian is interested in boy. Friends on both sides are confused, angry or bitter. The lesbian friends feel strange that she is dating a man. While she is not dating any of them, she seems to be betraying their life style. That is, if homosexuality or lesbianism is a "choice", and not a biological condition. I hear that some groups were angry about how this film portrayed homosexuality. Thankfully, this film does not go into such issues. This is not a "gay" film. Instead the "gay" issues are used to create a believable tension in the film which which are resolved along probable lines, in reality. Along the way, we are introduced to some fun characters. Joey Adams at Alyssa did a great job. She reminds me of Renee Zellweger, whom I also like very much. Some of the other characters, from a young black gay man who pretends to be militant to the friend who sit there and almost never talks are actually sweet spices to this film. I liked all of it. More comedy, then romance, this film was worth seeing and almost "unique" among romance. There was one other film made about 20 years ago, "A different story" which followed the same general lines. It was also good, but "Chasing Amy" is better. Recommended.
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Summary: One of Kevin Smith's Best
Review: I loved this movie, and it was the one that made me first start to take notice of Kevin Smith's brilliant writing and directing skills. The acting is also superb, I love Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee is brilliant. Also check them out in Mallrats, another great Smith movie. Anyway, the only thing I didn't like as much about this movie was that a lot of parts seemed to be more serious and emotional, as opposed to the pure hilariousness in other Smith movies, but I guess it's supposed to be a personal story and it fits. This is a great dvd with a lot of good extras (check out the commentary, Smith and Affleck are great), don't delay in picking it up.
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Summary: A Comic Genius
Review: --is what Kevin Smith is! My first introduction to Smith's films was with the (in)famous and perverse Mallrats. When I first saw it, I thought it was hilarious and witty. Then next I saw Clerks, another perverse yet wonderful comic adventure invloving everyday New Jersey "cats". Most recently, I saw Chasing Amy, and I was even more impressed by his work! With Chasing Amy, I think you get a more personal and mature view of what Kevin Smith's writing is all about. And the common link I've enjoyed in each film is the absolute fearless attitude he has about every aspect of modern film-making. He works on a low-budget, and it works just as good if he had millions of dollars to work with. In each adventure, we are put into this little world respectively dubbed "askewniverse" after the name of his producing company. It feels so personal, there is no barrier between the audience and the characters, which is what I think makes his films so successful. And you have to feel special when you understand whats going on when they are referring to an incident at the YMCA in each of his films. I love the little idiosyncrasies he places throughout his charming trilogy. Anyways, pick this one up on DVD even if you have it on VHS, you won't be sorry (the commentary is great)!
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Summary: Left me empty
Review: This movie was recommended to me by several straight male friends, all of whom raved about it, but after seeing it, I could not have been more disappointed. While the performances were believable and the direction great, the story line and ending were unrealistic and ugly. I felt sad and lacking closure at the end of this mean movie which relied on stereo-types and male fantasies to give us a picture of a woman questioning her sexuality. This is a movie I truly wish I had never seen.
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Summary: Kevin Smith is a genius...
Review: For those of you who know Kevin Smith's work, nothing you read here will be a surprise. Kevin 's true genius is writing conversation. Kevin's mastery of normal friend to friend conversation is what makes his movies so enjoyable. He creates "people". No matter how outlandish they may seem, we recognize that they are also very real. "Chasing Amy" is a fantastic movie. It is well written, well acted, and extremely compelling. Cinderella stories are not real so don't expect them here. "Chasing Amy" is an unblinking look at reality; an impossible relationship given a try. It is pure genius.
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Summary: A lackluster effort
Review: As I put this movie into my player, I had no real conception of what it would be about except for the blurb that I read on the back of the box, so I didn't know what to expect, I just hoped to be entertained for two hours, to lose myself in a somewhat different romantic comedy. Unfortunately, that is not what I got, instead I got this movie, Chasing Amy. Of the cast, I can say mainly only this, Joey Lauren Adams is the only possible reason for anyone to pick this movie up. Her performance was great, she just wasn't given anyone to really work with. Ben Affleck has to be one of the most wooden actors I've seen in quite some time. He dims every scene he is in, and brings absolutely nothing to this movie, which hurts it a lot. The only movie I've seen with him in it, where he does a somewhat decent job was in Good Will Hunting. Other than that, he needs to go back to acting school and learn how to show some emotion in his scenes. In almost all romance type movies, there always comes the inevitable break up scene. One or both of the principle characters does something to the other, or there's some misunderstanding that they won't talk about, and they split up for a time. This movie, unfortunately, has the honor of having one of the dumbest reasons for a break up that I have seen in quite a long time, and then it drags it on and on. Then, when you think the hero(a loose term there) has seen the light after talking to two other characters, he makes the dumbest move I've ever seen in a movie. He makes a proposition to this girl he loves that I could never make to any girl with a straight face, and he's serious. A slap across the face was much less than what this jerk deserved. The ending of this movie is a bit of a puzzler. That she could have forgiven this jerk enough to get back together with him seemed impossible, and it doesn't happen, but it might have at least pushed my review up one star. To give up two hours of my time to see two people break up and stay broken up seems like a bit much, but it would have been hard to bring the two back together after what a collosal jerk he was. So, at the end of the two hours, I sat there, trying to decide exactly what I had gotten out of this movie, and the most I can say was that I got to hear the "f" word about two hundred times in a two hour period. I guess that counts for something, right?
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Summary: One Of The Best Romantic Comedies Of The Decade
Review: Writer/director Kevin Smith is the man responsible for this film, and "Clerks", "Dogma", and "Mallrats". When watching a movie of his, one thing is certain: this guy loves to write. Instead of using typical film devices to solve his problems, such as explosions or "The Dramatic Moment With...The Glance", he uses words. He uses a lot of words in his films. For most filmmakers, this would be their condemnation. For Smith, however, it is his blessing. "Chasing Amy" centers around comic book artist Holden McNeil, who is one of the more conservative of Smith's characters. His world is rocked when he meets Alyssa Jones. He instantly falls for her, but is shocked to find out that she is a lesbian. I shall not go any further in describing the story for fear of destroying some of the best parts of this wonderful film. Watching any or all of Smith's other three movies will not prepare you for this one. Sure, it starts out with Smith's over-the-top, fun, raucous humor, but midway through the movie, something magical starts happening. Moments start arriving that are more poignant than crude. People start breaking into emotional monologues that are not cheesy. Tears are shed, and we sympathize. This is not the Kevin Smith that we know, and I, personally, love it. "Chasing Amy" is an interesting look at the liberal views of modern-day society. It does not make any judgments, and does not claim to be an "important film", and that is what makes it so incredible. Here is a movie that simply exists to tell us an interesting story. After this film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, it received a standing ovation and massive applause. Indeed, applause is what this film deserves.
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Summary: If Smith is a comic book fan....
Review: He should stop making drek films like this and do a movie on a comic book hero, like say DC's GREEN ARROW. However on the other hand, he's not even talented to do that...
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