Thursday, September 19, 2013

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)



Writer/Director:  Kevin Smith

The Quote I Quote Most Often:   “When Lord?  When?  When’s it gonna be my time?”  ~Holden McNeil

Favorite Quote This Time Around:  “Yeah!  We’re gay!  And this is our adopted love child!
We’re not from around here!  Don’t make us go back to our liberal city home with tales of
prejudice and bigotry from the heart of Utah!”  ~ Jay
 
Blake’s Favorite Quote:  The song Jay sings at the beginning of the flick.  If you want to know how it goes, you’re going to have to watch it.

Nod to John Hughes:  Cameo of Judd Nelson.  He plays a Utah sheriff.

I made a mistake in a previous blog by saying that Mallrats was my least favorite of Smith’s films.  Mallrats is way better than this movie.  This movie is alright.  The cameos are funny (especially the one of Buddy Christ).  Every single thing Affleck and Damon say is funny.  (“Affleck was the bomb in Phantom!”)   Appearances by Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are funny.  (“I think George Lucas gonna sue somebody!”)  And Chaka Luther King is brilliantly played by Chris Rock.

Jay and Silent Bob bring together the characters from the first four movies and if you watch past the credits, you’ll see that this film ends the Jersey stories (except it doesn’t – stay tuned for Clerks II). 

What is most fun about this movie is that it follows up on our favorite characters from the first four movies.  Surprise, surprise – Dante and Randal are still working at the Quick Stop and video store respectively. 

I don’t have much to say about this movie.  I think the most accurate review of this movie was given by Kevin Smith’s mom when she said, “That was really cute!  You guys ran around a lot!”  Exactly.



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