No it isn't funny. It's pretentious Porky's. One of the worst films I've ever seen in my life. Every character is deeply dislikable and full of shit. Only scum with an attitude could enjoy it

Nothing personal like

It's certainly a poor relation to the amazing "Clerks".

>No it isn't funny. It's pretentious Porky's. One of the worst films I've ever seen in my life. Every character is deeply dislikable and full of shit. Only scum with an attitude could enjoy it

Well I liked it.

>Every character is deeply dislikable and full of shit.

I thought that was pretty much the point, but never mind. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the other Kevin Smith films I've seen (Clerks and Dogma). What's Chasing Amy like, folks?

Chasing Amy is Kevin Smith's best film IMHO. Very funny, but also very touching, and highly intelligent on romance, love and sexuality

I saw Clerks about 4 years ago, and thought it was hilarious. However, it doesn't really stand up to repeated viewing. It seems a little childish now, sadly.

Chasing Amy was bollox, apart from Jason Lee, who is a funny man.

Dogma was the second worst film I've ever seen. The first? Velvet Goldmine, no contest.

I think Dogma is a superb film.

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>Dogma was the second worst film I've ever seen.

I think quite a few people (myself included) would like that explained...what didn't you like about it?

>I saw Clerks about 4 years ago, and thought it was hilarious. However, it doesn't really stand up to repeated viewing. It seems a little childish now, sadly.
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>Chasing Amy was bollox, apart from Jason Lee, who is a funny man.
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>Dogma was the second worst film I've ever seen. The first? Velvet Goldmine, no contest.

Well OK Velvet Goldmine was pretty average, but the rest of what you're saying? Nonononononononono.

Kevin Smith is extremely cool. If you have ever worked in retail you *know* just how good a movie 'Clerks' is. And 'Chasing Amy' is simply the best romantic comedy of the last 10 years. That's all there is to it. Bollox indeed.

Dogma was pretty good - I'd like to see it again though.

As we're talking about films, this site can be very funny and right on the mark:

http://ter.air0day.com

Of course, it can be crap sometimes too.

Kevin Smith overreached himself after just one film. A man who was seen as the great last hope of independant cinema ruined it all with an anaemic attempt at a studio film - 'Mallrats'. Clumsy, leaden, too pleased with itself and only really appealing to the skaters who obsess over his every move and buy his toss (and endlessly delayed) comics. It nearly cost him his career.

'Chasing Amy', despite featuring the delightful Jason Lee, has been given far too much lipservice. The treatment of sexuality was far too shaky, suggesting the sane view but then displaying nothing except Smith's desire to pour puerility into everything. For a film where he attempted to show a new-found maturity he ended up defeating the whole purpose. The apalling and genuinely offensive last half-hour confirm this.

Ditto 'Dogma', which is one of the clumsiest films I've seen since...mmm, 'Mallrats'.

Smith lost it big time after an excellent debut. A pity.

>Kevin Smith overreached himself after just one film. A man who was seen as the great last hope of independant cinema ruined it all with an anaemic attempt at a studio film - 'Mallrats'. Clumsy, leaden, too pleased with itself and only really appealing to the skaters who obsess over his every move and buy his toss (and endlessly delayed) comics. It nearly cost him his career.

I actually think too much lipservice is paid to this view. Mallrats, whilst not thought provoking or clever, has a lot of belly laughs, and as Smith himself states, is a tribute to the Landis and Hughes films of his youth. It's not supposed to be taken seriously. In retrospect it may seem like a miscalculation, but it's alright.

>'Chasing Amy', despite featuring the delightful Jason Lee, has been given far too much lipservice. The treatment of sexuality was far too shaky, suggesting the sane view but then displaying nothing except Smith's desire to pour puerility into everything. For a film where he attempted to show a new-found maturity he ended up defeating the whole purpose. The apalling and genuinely offensive last half-hour confirm this.

I just don't agree. I went to see CA expecting another 'Clerks' (hadn't seen MRats at this point) and was initially disappointed. However, it drew me in and I found the performances riveting, and the story genuinely moving. The puerility largely stems from Banky, who is completely immature, and the immaturity of Holden and Banky is one of the areas the film explores. I don't find it offensive at all. I think it's very telling on male insecurites about sex, and the social pressures men feel to be the biggest and best when it comes to sex, even if it means screwing everything (and everybody) up in the process. I also used the film in Media Studies and found it did a good job in challenging the homophobia some of them fostered.

>Ditto 'Dogma', which is one of the clumsiest films I've seen since...mmm, 'Mallrats'.

Jury's still out on this for me. I liked it when I saw it, but it hasn't left as big an impression as 'Clerks' or 'Chasing Amy' - perhaps Smith is like the Star Trek movies in reverse - the even ones ar no good. Here's looking forward to the fifth...

>Dogma was the second worst film I've ever seen. The first? Velvet Goldmine, no contest.

Have you ever seen 'Nine Months'? I'm sure it'll be on an ITV near you at some point. I actually fell asleep in the cinema at that one. I initally felt embarrased, but then looked around and found I wasn't alone!

It was spectacularly dire.............


but only mildly worse than Junior!

>>Dogma was the second worst film I've ever seen.

I think quite a few people (myself included) would like that explained...what didn't you like about it?


Mallrats is stoopid, clearly doesn't take itself seriously, and is funny (it is supposed to be Landis-like, as 'Al' pointed out. A poor second cousin to Animal House, I guess).

But Chasing Amy and Dogma? Give me a break. I don't appreciate being preched to in movies, especially by such unlikeable characters. Both these movies were trying sooo hard to be clever, and Kevin Smith was trying sooo hard to make sure we all learnt a little something about ourselves.

The stuff about sexuality in Chasing Amy was clearly ridiculous. If boys thought like that girls wouldn't speak to them. And vice versa. Clumsy and poorly researched was the order of the day, I think.

And where the fuck were the jokes in either films? For comedies, they weren't very funny.

But maybe that's the point. (insert L&H-like "Aaaaaaahhhhhh" here).

I loved Clerks when it first came out but watching it again over the summer it seemed incredibly stilted.

That said, what little I've seen of the animated Clerks TV series has been hilarious- Flintstone's List being a particular highlight.

>Dogma was the second worst film I've ever seen. The first? Velvet Goldmine, no contest.

I was delighted that almost everyone I know switched over in despair and confusion fifteen minutes into Velvet Goldmine when it was on C4 recently, and watched the expertly programmed repeat of Cracked Actor on the other side...

Makes me glad to be alive.