I thought the main problem with this movie is that it seemed like there was a lot of filler. Unlike Mallrats, there is no plot driving this movie -- instead, it is essentially Jay (Jason Mewes) who carries the film through. If you've seen any other films with Jay and Silent Bob, you know that they are extremely one-dimensional, one-line comic relief. Well, Kevin Smith did his best trying to make that one joke funny for an entire movie...unfortunately, it just didn't make it IMO. Most of the movie are fairly stupid gay jokes or piss'n'fart style comedy. This style of comedy has become extremely popular recently, and while some of the jokes used here were funny, most of it was just plain stupid. Yeah, people will laugh at the stupid stuff if that's your thing, but if you're used to the clever comedy of Clerks, Mallrats, and Dogma, this movie just doesn't have the stuff. There are some really, really funny scenes in the movie (Good Will Hunting 2, the Mark Hamill fight scene, even the Charlie's Angels rip-off scenes), and that's what made this movie so frustrating for me. Kevin Smith has a brilliant sense of humor, but for this film he wanted to make a Jay and Silent Bob movie, the antithesis of all his other films. Well, he certainly accomplished creating a movie fitting for the title characters, but there's no way it holds its own against the far more witty and intelligent comedies he's known for. 5/10
Review of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
