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I get you're being sarcastic, but I liked Reboot better-no unnecessary character deaths and more laughs.
It's definitely my least favorite View Askew...I guess it's at least better than Cop Out or Yoga Hosers.
How stupid were those guys to think Johnny and Robby were actual FBI? The FBI doesn't wear t-shirts in the field.
I don't get the hate for Reboot (yes, I know you said you just thought it was ok, but a lot of people seem to hate it)..maybe it's because I didn't think Strike Back was that good either. I never liked the parts with Will Ferrell and/or the jewel thieves.
I'd take either over the travesty that is Clerks 3.
I doubt she would've been in it much more if her character had been alive. If they had to say she died, I wish it wouldn't have been RIGHT AFTER Clerks 2. That puts more of a downer on the ending of Clerks 2 than if she had died in, say, 2011 or something.
Completely agree with your review, and you said it better than I could've. It's refreshing after seeing so many people praise this movie. I have liked every View Askew movie until this one including the Jay and Silent Bob-led movies (I actually think the first was the weaker one though). In fact, I own every single one on DVD.
It's not as good as the first, but I still really like it. I'm hard-pressed to think of a comedy from the 2000s that I like more. They could've left out the donkey scene and some of Randal's more over-the-top dialogue.
When I said drama, I was thinking more of the end in both movies when Dante and Randal go at it. I thought those were well-written scenes. The drama in this movie just seemed forced by needlessly killing off Becky and then Dante.
At least Jay and Silent Bob Reboot didn't kill off characters unnecessarily just to create drama. The Ben Affleck Chasing Amy scene towards the end was better drama than anything in Clerks 3. And while Jay and Silent Bob Reboot did rehash jokes from Strike Back, they at least put a different spin on them unlike Clerks 3.
Clerks and Clerks 2 had dramatic scenes. I had no problem with having dramatic scenes in this movie, but rather how they were executed. First, they killed off characters just to create drama. Second, the drama overwhelmed the movie's comedy.
Daniel pulled the water spraying stunt when tensions had cooled and Johnny and his gang weren't bothering him.
When they fought for the very first time at the beach, they were BOTH acting out of line but it was clear Johnny was actually holding back and trying to let Daniel off easy.
I don't think Daniel was the bully, but he was far from innocent.
I really like both. Clerks 2 wasn't as good as Clerks but it was still pretty good.
I actually liked this. I watched Clerks 3 last night and really disliked it but everyone seems to have liked it. So I guess I'm contrary, which I often am when it comes to individual films within franchises.
It was worse than I expected, and I liked Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.
I wouldn't have killed off Becky for starters. And then to kill Dante too...wtf?
After actually seeing Clerks 3, I wish Smith had just stopped at 2. Clerks 2 wrapped things up nicely. I was up for seeing Dante and Randal one last time, but this movie was such a disappointment that yeah I wish it had stopped at 2.
True, none of them turned evil, but Johnny obviously never got over it like the other two and was living a pretty crappy life when the show started. He never apologized to Daniel...he just had to concede that both he and Daniel had different sides to the same story and that the truth was somewhere in-between (Daniel had to concede this too).
But yeah, you're right that Barnes' arc felt just like Chozen's.
What was bizarre was just how quickly they wrapped up that whole storyline, but it was probably for the best.
I think the way each of them said "grandfather" and "granddaughter" brought home the point they aren't actually related.
I did at least like his bond with Tory...he did seem to genuinely care about her even if he was using her a bit too.