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Summary: The first.The worst,but still good.
Review: Clerks was Kevin Smith's first movie out of 5 and it is the worst.Out of Clerks,Mallrats,Chasing Amy,Dogma,and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back this the worst but is still not all that bad.I guess you could say you can't go wrong with Kevin Smith.Even though it was a low budget movie it still show's even though it is a low budget movie it dosn't have to be bad.it could be the best or the worst,well it was the worst Kevin Smith movie but not of all time,obviously.If you like Kevin Smith see it,but don't be surpised if it isn't as good as the rest.
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Summary: BEST SMITH MOVIE EVER!
Review: Im not gonna strech this out long because there isnt much to say except THIS MOVIE ROCKS! On the DVD you also get commentary, outtakes, deleted scenes and more which are all cool. If your a Kevin Smith fan you cant not have this movie ... Here is my list of my favorite(in order) in the 'Jersey Trilogy'#1 Clerks
#2 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
#3 Chasing Amy
#4 Mallrats
#5 Dogma If you dont own all those movies do yourself a favor and get 'em quick!
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Summary: Kevin Smith's First!
Review: Excellent flick about the daily life of Dante(who wasn't suppost to be there today!) and Randal. Shot in Black and White this Miramax flick was made with a budget of $27,000.Well scripted by Kevin Smith.
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Summary: Excellent movie, but bad DVD transfer
Review: This is an excellent movie to which I would've given 5 stars to. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because of the DVD transfer. The picture quality is not great. They could've used digital filters to remove some of the graininess of the video. And the audio suffers from a bad sync problem. I've played it on a Sony DVP-NS500V, Intervideo's WinDVD 4, and PowerDVD XP 4.0. The only player that played it without a sound-sync problem was PowerDVD. It's not the fault of the players, but the disc itself. This disc is the only one that played with sync problems on the other two players.
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Summary: Fan-freakin'-tastic
Review: "Clerks" is quite simply the most intelligent, witty, and milk-snorting FUNNY bit of dirty-minded indecency you'll ever watch.
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Summary: Clerkin'good
Review: After seeing all of Kevin Smith's other movies, Clerks was the last one I saw. And I admit, I thought that it would be pretty outdated and probably not AS funny as his other movies (especially the humor from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, his latest and last of his Jersey Trilogy) mainly on the purpose that it's black and white, and seems old and all...but I was wrong. Clerks stands out as one of the funniest comedies available still today, and Kevin Smith's humor hasn't changed a bit, just evolved. Clerks is best compared with "Office Space" by Mike Judge (the guy who created Beavis and Butt-Head) for it's accuracy for portraying working employees. We follow Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran, who's also in many of Kevin Smith's other movies) and his day at the convience store as a clerk working on his day off. And there's Randal Graves, his next door working buddy who constantly shows up next to Dante behind the couter and they both pursue the meaning of life and more. And of course right around the corner we have Jay and Silent Bob, a couple of known drug dealers who constantly show up here and there in this flick, but more limited than in other Kevin Smith movies (for those who love the two heroic icons).
Clerks is a simple, insanely low-budget comedy that focuses on something that we all look for in a movie: smart dialogue. The way that Kevin Smith writes the dialogue in between his characters are pure original and genious, and Clerks is no exception.
So if you are looking for a graphically enhanced and special-effects filled flick, turn away from Clerks as far as you can, but if you like a good movie with excellent dialogue (although filled with extreme profanity and humor), Clerks is an ideal choice. It's a slacker and funny comedy.
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Summary: seinfeldian
Review: Clerks made a big splash when it first came out. And I can see why. Kevin Smith made a good movie on a tiny budget. It's an entertaining movie about nothing. It has its faults. You can tell an inexperienced filmmaker made the film. The camera work and editing isn't up to the standards of a 'Hollywood' film, but it does have its charm. What really carries it is the snappy dialogue. Smith has written an excellent script, and his writing is what really carries the movie (that and a great performance by Jeff Anderson). And of course Jay and Silent Bob. Smith also makes a great dvd. There is a commentary by Kevin Smith and members of the cast and crew. The commentary isn't as good as I've heard on other dvds. They talk about making the movie, but it's more like they just got together. Yeah, you get the feel of their comraderie, but not enough time on the movie (and Jason Mewes should have just not been allowed to be on the commentary track--I love his character, but he just laid around drunk on the commentary track, and when he spoke, it was disruptive). There are delted scenes and an alternate ending introduced by Kevin Smith. And the Soul Asylum music video that Smith directed. It's a solid movie and a solid dvd. And an important film. Any film student or filmmaker should have it. And even if you aren't a film student, it is still a great movie.
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Summary: Great Debut From one of today's finest directors
Review: I only bought this dvd recently, because i decided now i have a dvd player it was the time to update my much loved kevin smith collection to dvd. So i watched it for the first time in a year or more and remembered why i became an instant fan all those years ago.
I was about 16 when i first saw clerks, a recommendation by an older friend, in fact it was just before mallrats made its video debut here.
I was instantly hooked, here was a humour that didnt revolve around jim carrey looking stupid, and it was loud and crude without being dumb in the way a lot of vulgar comedies are (see austin powers).
Shot for peanuts it was nonetheless an excellent showcase for Kevin's unique writing ability, yes his movies are wordy, and so sometimes some scenes are pretentious but this is just an every day guy making every day movies and putting his friends in them (even today) and something about that was real and touching.
The acting by Brian O Halloran and Jeff Anderson in Clerks is excellent considering neither are professional actors, the dialogue and wit just flows and they play off each other with a chemistry many hollywood directors cant even get with $25 million a film actors - its realistic, like two witty friends in a series of endless conversations, quick firing and crude, which if we are realistic, most young people today are, i know i can barely get through a sentence without cursing ;)
it doesnt mean they dont have anything more intelligent to say, as is the excuse in a lot of movies, or for most peoples use of curse words, as Smith's wonderfull dialog shows, its just who they are, and it brings it more down to earth than a lot of these movies or tv shows that strive for realism yet nobody smokes, swears, or does anything really bad.
Anyway, the plot follows the day in the life of two convenience store clerks in a day that ever gets worse - theres the plot right there, thin yes, but also brilliantly simple and achingly funny.
Now, the main purpose of this review is to review the dvd itself, its not as good as the other DVD's by Smith, but it has very good features (including the original (and better) ending) and a directors commentary, that while probably being the worst of all commentaries by Smith Et Al, is still very funny and insightfull - watch out for Jason Mewes passed out for most of the track and just waking up every few minutes to mumble something into the mic.
The transfer is nice, being an "amateur" film the source probably wasnt that great to begin with, same for the sound
but the features make this an excellent buy at excellent value, so its a total bonus to the film itself being fantastic :)
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Summary: Simply put, the worst movie i've ever seen....
Review: I, like my friends, heard by word of mouth that "clerks" was a good movie. How can that be possible, did i just see the movie that they were talking about??? Unbelieveably bad acting, camera work, screenplay, and direction. And also one of the most vulgar movies i've seen. People invovled with this movie are a disgrace to american filmography.
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Summary: What can I say? - I laughed!
Review: Clerks is the story of two foul-mouthed, sex-obsessed 20-something men, one of whom works in a convenience store and the other who works in the video store next door. Since their jobs are mind-numbingly dull, they entertain each other with arguments about which Star Wars film is the best, the sexual exploits of their girlfriends, and complaining about their dim-witted customers (one of which checks every egg on the shelf, trying to find "the perfect dozen," and another that asks for "that movie that was out last year, you know, with that guy in it.") The convenience store clerk, Dante, is also in midst of a relationship crisis with the return of an ex-girlfriend. Rounding out the regulars (I hesitate to call them "stars") are Jay and Silent Bob, the drug dealers that hang out in front of the store. This film is very funny - I laughed often. However, the humour is quite crude (it originally got an NC-17 for the language alone!), and is therefore not for everyone. However, people in my (and Kevin Smith's) generation will certainly recognise the kernal of truth in the characters - we've all known a drug dealer, had a foul-mouthed slacker friend, and worked in tedious jobs. That's not to say the film is realistic, more of a parody of real life that is great fun at the same time. Nothing much happens in the film, but the screenplay by director Kevin Smith (who also plays Silent Bob) is so much fun that nothing needs to happen. It's great fun to watch the amateur actors put in better performances than a many of Hollywood stars, especially in the long takes (often 5+ minutes) that is a trademark of this film. The quality of the filming is poor - it is grainy and barely focussed - and the sound isn't great either. However, that's part of the charm (almost like watching through the stores' surveillance comeras), and this DVD edition makes no attempt to clean the material up. This DVD has a few neat extras, like the original ending (basically, the same ending with 30 seconds more footage), a music video by Soul Asylum (that Smith directed and in which Jay lip-synchs and Silent Bob plays guitar), and some cut scenes. The commentary is a little disappointing, although it does include some neat tidbits on casting, the identities of the actors (for example, Smith's mother is in the film), etc.
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