bboswell wrote:
I didn't like Mallrats very much.
I doubt if I will take the time to see Clerks II. I am slightly interested in what happens to Dante and Randall, but I'm just getting a little tired of the self-indulgent in-jokes and pop culture references.
Smith carved out a good niche for himself, and is a good director, although sometimes he seems to have a bit of a penchant for scatological humor that seems unneccessary to me. (Take for instance the Golgotha creature in Dogma. I know they give some lame excuse for its existance in the movie, but, really, what does that have to do with the plot?) In my humble opinion, that scene alone knocked the movie down several notches from being a top-flight film.
My time seems to be taken up a little more with family matters these days. (We just had a new little Jack Benny fan added to our family October 8th.) So the not-too-difficult delimma is: Should I go see Clerks II, or pop in the DVD of Citizen Kane one more time? Not too tough of a decision for me.
Them insults you just hurled at Smith are fighting words, regarded that I looooove Citizen Kane
I'm just saying that if I can set aside a two-hour time slot and decide to watch a movie, I would rather watch a bona fide classic. Another factor is that I RARELY go see a sequel.