I was quite pleased when a new Jay and Silent Bob (J&SB) movie was coming out. To be honest Clerks wasn't my favourite of the other J&SB movies, but I generally enjoy Kevin Smith's work.
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed Clerks II. There's the usual Kevin Smith in-jokes and references to other films, cameos by Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Wanda Sykes to name a few... It contains the cast from the original Clerks, 10 years later. What really happens to 2 guys who work in the QuickStop for over a decade and tend towards eternal teenagehood when they reach their 30's and everything suddenly changes? The eternal questions of friendship, romance, morals and getting laid get examined.
The best part of this movie is if you had never watched a Jay and Silent Bob movie before you could still enjoy and follow the storyline. You'd miss a few jokes but not enough to ruin the enjoyment.
One last warning... if you're easily offended, better watch something else. There's a lot of areas it'd be easy to get offended with, but take it with a pinch of salt in the context it was meant, and it'll be a fun ride.
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed Clerks II. There's the usual Kevin Smith in-jokes and references to other films, cameos by Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Wanda Sykes to name a few... It contains the cast from the original Clerks, 10 years later. What really happens to 2 guys who work in the QuickStop for over a decade and tend towards eternal teenagehood when they reach their 30's and everything suddenly changes? The eternal questions of friendship, romance, morals and getting laid get examined.
The best part of this movie is if you had never watched a Jay and Silent Bob movie before you could still enjoy and follow the storyline. You'd miss a few jokes but not enough to ruin the enjoyment.
One last warning... if you're easily offended, better watch something else. There's a lot of areas it'd be easy to get offended with, but take it with a pinch of salt in the context it was meant, and it'll be a fun ride.