Review of Clerks II (2006) by Bizzlefitz — 22 Jul 2006
Clerks II (and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back for that matter) is the proof in the pudding that money ruins talent. Kevin Smith forgot what funny was a long time ago. Any 13-year old kid could have written this movie.
Don't get me wrong, I love the original Clerks and Randal is single-handedly one of the best cinematic characters ever created, so kudos Kevin Smith for getting something right. But Smith has lost his edge.
Dirty is no longer enough for us. After hearing F*CK 1000 in Jay and Silent Bob I want to hear a joke. A real joke. WIth timing and tension. Is that too much to ask? Clerks II fails on several levels; 1) Randal and Dante hate the customers, that's why we relate to them in the original.
Where is the hate of consumers in CII? Where is the social commentary on how terrible we, as people who buy things daily, have become? 2) Smith expects us to find Randal as a pathetic, co-dependant thirty-something as endearing because he values friendship (insert sacharine here).
I'm not buying it. That's not Randal. 3) Dante and Randal are not supposed to be friends with Jay and Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob are the antagonists for a reason. 4) Sappy ending. Clerks was about LIFE as a person coping with being normal.
Clerks II is about a middle aged slacker revisiting his 15 minutes.
This review of Clerks II (2006) was written by Bizzlefitz on 22 Jul 2006.
Clerks II has generally received positive reviews.
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