Ignorant Movie Review:  Clerks II

Addendum:  This is the first movie I've seen at the OFS of which I had decently founded expectations.  When I first saw Clerks I was working at Hollywood Video in Seattle's Ranier Valley; it changed movies for me.  Clerks not only got me away from the Sci-Fi and Anime aisles for post-work movie zoning, it brought Independant films into my scope.  In many ways I see Clerks as generationally similar to The Last Picture Show.  That being said, I went to see Kevin Smith's latest with great hope.

Response to title:  Yes!  Oly rocks!

Response to curbside poster:  Yes!  Oly rocks!

Response post-credits:  I feel betrayed by Kevin Smith as a storyteller.  I feel like the only reason I left this movie happy I had seen it was because he played the sentimental card.  There were certainly some funny moments (I love Silence of the Lambs!), but too many of the jokes were flat, and it wasn't just the delivery.  Maybe this movie, despite it being a true sequal, should just be referred to as Kevin Smith's Episode I.

Rating:  2 out of 5 Oly Stubbies.

Film Haiku:  Kevin Smith, you jerk,
                 "Pillow Pants'll bite it off"
                  is your bad flick curse.

Can be seen:  Olympia Film Society
                          206 5th Ave N
                      Olympia, WA  98501

        Wednesday, September 27th @ 6:30pm
            Thursday, September 28th @ 9pm