I Assure You, We're Open
As requested, here is my review of the long-awaited and much-anticipated sequel to the 1994 classic movie Clerks...
Aptly titled Clerks II, the movie takes place 10 years after the events of the original, and yes Randall and Dante still work at the Quick Stop. Or at least they do until the opening scene. After the building burns down, they are forced to seek employment at that lowest form of work, at the fast food joint Mooby's. The movie boils down to some good dialog (let's face it, that's pretty much all Kevin Smith is good at delivering) and a somewhat mixed, though decent, moral to the story. There are certainly some good things to learn here that have nothing to do with donkey shows. In fact, Smith should have left that part out of the movie, I was cringing at that point. The main thing I took from the movie, and there is no surprise here; is that you should go for what makes you happy and not what society says is right. In that regard, Randall lecturing Dante comes off a lot like Howard Roark lecturing Peter Keating in The Fountainhead. And that's the highest praise I can possibly give a movie that has some of the more disgusting scenes ever in a movie. If you didn't like the original Clerks, you certainly will hate this one. If you loved the original, you will love the nods to the original as well as the absurdity that two highly opinionated and reasonably intelligent 33 year olds could possibly be forced to work in the fast food industry.
Aptly titled Clerks II, the movie takes place 10 years after the events of the original, and yes Randall and Dante still work at the Quick Stop. Or at least they do until the opening scene. After the building burns down, they are forced to seek employment at that lowest form of work, at the fast food joint Mooby's. The movie boils down to some good dialog (let's face it, that's pretty much all Kevin Smith is good at delivering) and a somewhat mixed, though decent, moral to the story. There are certainly some good things to learn here that have nothing to do with donkey shows. In fact, Smith should have left that part out of the movie, I was cringing at that point. The main thing I took from the movie, and there is no surprise here; is that you should go for what makes you happy and not what society says is right. In that regard, Randall lecturing Dante comes off a lot like Howard Roark lecturing Peter Keating in The Fountainhead. And that's the highest praise I can possibly give a movie that has some of the more disgusting scenes ever in a movie. If you didn't like the original Clerks, you certainly will hate this one. If you loved the original, you will love the nods to the original as well as the absurdity that two highly opinionated and reasonably intelligent 33 year olds could possibly be forced to work in the fast food industry.
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