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Clerks 2

 

 

Randal and Dante are back but this time they are in their thirties.  The Quick Stop shop burns down at the beginning of the movie and they start working at a fast food restaurant called Mooby.

 

Dante has a new girlfriend called Emma Bunting; whose father is offering to buy them a house, give him a job when they get married.  At his work place is a woman called Becky who is Randal and Dante’s boss.  They talk about the usual stuff.  If you haven’t seen a Kevin Smith film, you won’t get this at all. 

 

The film has a cheap feel about this and the reason for this is because the original film was Kevin Smiths first movie and this keep the spirit of that.  It doesn’t try to be pretentious.  I did get the feeling that it tries to be controversial for the sake of doing so. 

 

In the film Randal thinks that there is only on trilogy and that is Star Wars; he doesn’t say which Star Wars trilogy he’s talking about but it’s likely you be the original non-CGI version.  He seems to hate the Lord of the Rings trilogy for some reason and his reasons for doing so are unfounded but that’s movies for you.  You can’t agree on everything.

 

What is this film like?  Well; if you like Kevin Smith movies, you will be in your element; other wise avoid it.  I personally found some parts boring and other part quite entertaining.  I think Silent Bob and Jay are in the right quantity.  I found the Jay and Silent Bob film annoying; there was only so much swearing I could take before it lost its appeal to me but, this film was balanced to me.