The trailer has been released. - Clerks III (2022) Discussion

[–] TandyMan (11097) 2 years ago

Looks good, but I can't believe Smith has made yet another meta movie. Half his movies are about his movies.

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[–] Burk48917 (11365) 2 years ago

This is almost his biography.

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[–] AP (5288) 2 years ago

I'm surprised you're just now realizing that. The first Jay and Silent Bob movie back in the early 00s was a movie where every joke was either about his movies or about the people who criticize his movies. When he wasn't doing that, he made some terrible horror films or more standard mainstream movies that were usually written by other people. It's no surprise he's gone back to doing the View Askewniverse.

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

I missed the last Jay and Silent Bob film for that exact reason.

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[–] Bubbathegut (18054) 2 years ago

Meh

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[–] LeWildPlatypus (768) 2 years ago

Kevin Smith has forgotten how to play Silent Bob, in the original movies (Clerks 1&2, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back) the character was a lot more laid back, the new interpretation is always mugging and grinning. You believed this was a zen character who rarely spoke but now it's like he's trying to hold back from speaking, kind of frustrating to watch.

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

This is meta so maybe he's trying to change it up.

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[–] HelpMeRhonda (1158) 2 years ago

Spot-on. He plays the character completely differently now.

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[–] HarlemEagle42 (17745) 2 years ago

Meh. Calling attention to your nostalgia milking doesn't excuse it, Kevin.

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

I feel the same way but I'll give it a chance.

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 2 years ago

DON'T FORGET...KEVIN INVENTED NOSTALGIA MILKING...DUDE WAS DOING THAT SHIT WAY BEFORE ANYONE ELSE....IT IS HIS BEST MEDIUM.

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 2 years ago

100000000000000000% I AM IN...ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY.

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

Is there anything you would be out of?

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[–] Kowalski (75537) 2 years ago

LOTS OF THINGS...BUT KEVIN SMITH IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL...CLERKS IS THE FILM THAT I FOUND BY MYSELF WITH NO SUGGESTION BY ANYONE...AND FELL IN LOVE WITH...BEGINNING MY ADULT MOVIE LOVER LIFE...CLERKS AND RESERVOIR DOGS...SMITH AND TARANTINO.

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

Would you be down with a samoanjoes biopic?

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[–] asom (6835) 2 years ago

his mind!

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

I’ve gotta say, it looks good.

The tone is right, it’s Quickstop-centered, and the idea of Randall nearly dying and making the first movie is actually pretty cool. So far, so good. Now it just needs tons of great gags, well observed drama, and absolutely no wokeness whatsoever.

Deliver that, Smith, and I’ll forgive you for She-Man.

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

I'm on the fence with this. Doesn't look awful, but there are parts that look promising.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

What would you like to see that isn’t there?

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

I feel like because they're not actually going to be working there the entire movie, like their entire shift, the sense of work isolation is gone. You're not going to have quirky characters just come on to buy a pack of cigarettes.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

Meh. Clerks II changed things up quite a bit from the first film and worked well. I’m cautiously stoked for this.

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[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

I've never been a Kevin Smith fan (I enjoyed Chasing Amy though). This trailer grabs me though. I kinda wanna go back and actually watch Clerks 1 and 2 through all because of it.

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[–] samoanjoes (56747) 2 years ago

I really like his first four films especially Clerks and Dogma.

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[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

Oh I actually forgot all about Dogma. I've watched that once, and I remembered thinking it was great. I don't think I knew anything about Kevin Smith at the time.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

I think Chasing Amy is his finest work but the Clerks films are not far behind and this looks like a perfect continuation of that series. Smith killed his reputation with She-Man but this could resurrect it if he doesn’t fuck it up.

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[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

If I do check out Clerks 3, yeah I think I'll definitely sit down and watch the first two movies first and have a genuine opinion. I don't really think much of Smith, and any time I do see him in the news, I just kinda ignore him lol but here's hoping there's quality here, and it's not just a lazy cash-in to an old cult favorite since that's all the rage these days.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

If there’s one thing Smith isn’t it’s lazy - dude makes passion projects and drives around the USA touring his films because Hollywood won’t distribute them, and when he’s not making films he’s making non-stop podcasts.

While ‘cashing-in’ on old cult favourites has become so common in Hollywood we’re drowning in it, Smith has been doing it for decades and arguably made the first cinematic universe with his View Askewniverse. So I give him a pass - he’s not jumping in a bandwagon, motherfucker invented the bandwagon.

Nah, the only dangers here are that his weed smoking has scrambled his brain so that he can’t write like he used to, that his fame has made him lose the common touch, or worst of all - that he succumbs to woke.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

Having now seen the film I can confirm that those fears were entirely founded.

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[–] Indiscipline (738) 2 years ago

It seems to have that goofiness that the second had, but the first didn't. I guess I don't mind, I honestly liked Jay & Silent Bob Reboot way more than I should have. My hopes are just that Dante & Randal are good in it and it has a better ending than Clerks 2. I mean, did anyone believe that ending where they buy the Quick Stop and live happily ever after? Randal is not a serious person and that would never happen.

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