[The Jewish Cunthead]

Clerks


vs.

Fast Times At Ridgemont High



Again, a 1st round matchup of two of my favorites. Hockey on the roof or Phoebe Cates in the pool? Randall vs. Spicoli? Tough choice.

Voting ends Sunday 6/24 8PM PST

[Lucky]

Fast Times becomes the second comedy I kinda liked but not enough for me to vote against its competitor. And the second one to do so despite my teenage lust.

Even if Judge Reinhold masturbating is one of the most horrible things I can imagine.

[salmonjunkie]

Phoebe Cates is great, but she didn't fuck a dead guy in the bathroom. Clerks wins.

[docx]

Fast Times, upon rewatching, has a whole bunch of time that is not funny.
Clerks is funny start to finish.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I'm the weird one who kinda likes Clerks but not all that much. I prefer Smith's later movies and I like Clerks II better then the original. Fast Times gets the vote.

[creepy]

docx said:

Fast Times, upon rewatching, has a whole bunch of time that is not funny.
Clerks is funny start to finish.

Yup.

And a hungry Smith is better in droves than a Smith with a clean plate.

[salmonjunkie]

I dunno about that, Creeper. Clerks II was just as good as Clerks, IMO.

Unless you're saying he was hungry in Clerks II as well.

[creepy]

Ummmm..... Actually, I haven't seen CII. It's in my netflix queue, and it's been there since it came out on dvd. It keeps getting bumped. I was meaning that I couldn't watch Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. J&SBSB was kinda funny the first time, but I watched again, and it was bad. I'm not even that gung ho on any of his new stuff. I'll try Clerks II, but it looks like more of the J&SBSB than Clerks from the trailers.

Mallrats and Chasing Amy were pretty enjoyable.

He just seems to take himself too seriously now.

[docx]

He lost his smile after Mallrats. Dogma is controversy for the sake of itself - not good. Chasing Amy is OK, but not up to snuff with the stuff before it. J&SBSB? Puhlease.
(Haven't seen Clerks II, though)

[salmonjunkie]

I liked Mallrats, but it wasn't as good as Clerks, sure. I really liked Chasing Amy. Dogma is good - and I don't think Smith was trying to be contreversial with it. The guy is catholic, himself. It was his "epic" I guess. J&SBSB was just a joke movie for fans of his work. That's all it is. It was fun for me because I like his other movies, but by itself, it's really stupid.

Clerks II is definitely worth watching. I went into it with a lot of reservation, since while I do like his work, it seemed to be declining, and also that Clerks just seemed like it didn't need a sequel. It exceeded my expectations. It's just as good as Clerks - if not better. The best thing is that it's not trying to be Clerks. Randall is still Randall, and Dante is still Dante, and nerdy conversation is all about, but it doesn't have quite the same feel (that's a good thing. Trying to simply recapture the original would have been a bad idea), although it does have very similar humor. It certainly feels more like a proper follow-up to the original story, rather than rehashing it years later. Watch it. Now. It's fucking funny.

[creepy]

I'll bump it to the top, yo.

To be continued. Probably in a week or so.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

salmonjunkie said:

It's just as good as Clerks - if not better. The best thing is that it's not trying to be Clerks.

Exactly... Smith said he wasn't trying to just make another Clerks movie, rather that he was trying to make a movie about life in your 30s, like Clerks was about life in your 20s. Any fan of the original will love it.

[Lucky]

I loved Clerks II and agree with all that was said. I go back and forth on whether I like it more than Clerks. It was great. I liked Chasing Amy a lot and Mallrats and Dogma were fine. But I certainly agree that Smith just went in a gradual decline after at least Amy. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is nothing but food for the Smith fans to just OD on as many Askewniverse references as possible. Which is fine and was kinda fun, but not a good movie. Clerks II was just its own movie, no effort to rehash old stuff, and kicked ass. Perfect ending to that world if that's what it is. Much better than the J&B easter egg hunt.

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37?!?

[salmonjunkie]

Did Clerks II make it in this tourney?

[Lucky]

Just missed the cut. Behind only Porky's, Austin Powers, PotC, Fletch, O Brother, History of the World, and Ghostbusters. Not bad company to keep.

I can't believe History of the World and Ghostbusters didn't make the cut. Bastards.

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I'm actually surprised Christmas Vacation isn't anywhere on this list.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

I ASSURE YOU Clerks moves on...