Clerks is simply a day in the life of two friends, Dante and Randal, who work side by side in a convenience store/videostore. Throughout the movie, we see how they treat customers, how they view their lives, and how they view pop culture. Clerks is not worth the hype it receives, but it most certainly deserves everyone's respect.
After hearing for ages that Clerks is an amazing movie and it's one of the funniest movies out there, and with the recent release of Clerks II, I decided to check Clerks out. I was let down to say the least. It was slow moving, even boring in parts. I didn't find it nearly as funny as I heard it was. There were only three points in the movie where I laughed hard. Through the rest of the movie, I just kind of chuckled. I chuckled because the entire concept of the movie was amusing. Two clerks that talk and act like the smartest people in the world, when really, why are they working at a convenience store? The reason I said you need to respect this movie is because Kevin Smith and all the people involved are nobodies, just a bunch of friends who got together with $20,800, and a camera and shot a cheap movie that became a cult classic.
Clerks wasn't the great film I heard it was, but it certainly shot Kevin Smith into super stardom, and the "New Jersey" films he's made since have gotten better due to this experience. Clerks got a few chuckles out of me, and it had some classic dialogue, but overall it was a little dull. I recommend that anyone who likes the other "New Jersey" films views this one first.
6.5/10
After hearing for ages that Clerks is an amazing movie and it's one of the funniest movies out there, and with the recent release of Clerks II, I decided to check Clerks out. I was let down to say the least. It was slow moving, even boring in parts. I didn't find it nearly as funny as I heard it was. There were only three points in the movie where I laughed hard. Through the rest of the movie, I just kind of chuckled. I chuckled because the entire concept of the movie was amusing. Two clerks that talk and act like the smartest people in the world, when really, why are they working at a convenience store? The reason I said you need to respect this movie is because Kevin Smith and all the people involved are nobodies, just a bunch of friends who got together with $20,800, and a camera and shot a cheap movie that became a cult classic.
Clerks wasn't the great film I heard it was, but it certainly shot Kevin Smith into super stardom, and the "New Jersey" films he's made since have gotten better due to this experience. Clerks got a few chuckles out of me, and it had some classic dialogue, but overall it was a little dull. I recommend that anyone who likes the other "New Jersey" films views this one first.
6.5/10