Jay & Silent Bob Reboot (Kevin Smith)

[Irish]

- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6521876/
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jay...nt_bob_reboot/
- https://www.metacritic.com/movie/jay...ent-bob-reboot

[Irish]

This was extremely stupid but I gotta admit I laughed out loud ... and more than once.

Really only recommended for Smith superfans. If you didn't see his first half dozen movies at the theater, this prolly isn't for you. Smith hangs every other scene on a major cameo & pretty much everybody who has ever been involved with one of his movies has a little bit of screentime.

[Skitch]

Sounds good to me.

[Dukefrukem]

Irish rank his other movies please.

[Irish]

Irish rank his other movies please.

1. Chasing Amy
2. Clerks
3. Dogma
4. An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002)
5. Mallrats

I'd rewatch those.

The others ... prolly not. I was disappointed in "Clerks II" because he didn't do anything new with this stable of characters he's created. I honestly don't remember enough about "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back" or "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" to comment. I've never seen his studio driven stuff, like "Jersey Girl" or "Cop Out"; it seemed at the time the least interesting thing a guy like him could do.

OTOH, I've seen a bunch of his taped college appearances, where he essentially does a combo spoken word / stand-up, and a several of those are good, especially the first one.

[Skitch]

Chasing Amy number one, yes sir! My #1 as well.

[Irish]

Guys ... it goes without saying that if I'm posting my rankings, you should too

[Skitch]

Guys ... it goes without saying that if I'm posting my rankings, you should too

I have not enjoyed past discussions about KS on MC. I'm a fan. For whatever reason he brings out serious vitriol online and I tend to avoid it because it bums me out.

[Irish]

aw man sorry to hear that. i will then assume all of my rankings are 100% universal & accepted

[Dukefrukem]

Jay and Silent Bob Strike back is one of my favorites from him. It's so goofy and doesn't take itself too serious. Domga I love for the cast.

I can't believe I don't have a LB ranking yet for him.

Fixed: https://letterboxd.com/dukefrukem/list/k-smiths-best/

[Skitch]

I'll do a vague ranking.

1. Chasing Amy, if this film doesn't make you cry, I just don't understand you. Joey Lauren Adams "I don't need a fucking painting" response is a verbal evisceration every. single. time.
2. [most of his filmography]
3. Jersey Girl, severely overhated, lovely film, beautiful and tragic performance by Affleck, Carlin slays
4. non-askewniverse stuff.
4a. Red State, in another list would be way higher, arguably best thing hes directed, but I want more askewniverse
4b. Tusk, love the incentive and concept, I'll take a big swing over a bunt all day
4c. Cop Out, not his fault, and incredible it came out as amusing as it did
4d. Yoga Hosers, I'm not the target audience, made for fun to play pretend with his kid

[TGM]

I’m curious how recently everyone here has seen Chasing Amy? Cause I seriously feel that movie aged horribly. :\

[Skitch]

Recently. Still love it.

[TGM]

Gotcha. Carry on then.

For me, I like Dogma and the Clerks movies, and feel Clerks II is his best work. Otherwise, of what I’ve seen of his, haven’t been the biggest fan. *shrug*

[Dukefrukem]

Yeh this was funny. I was surprised how many throwbacks to the previous films there were. "You guys are international diamond thieves aren't you?!" Needed more Method Man and Redman.

It was a little depressing seeing everyone look so old. Especially not that old people like Shannon Elizabeth and Kevin Smith's wife. Mallrats was one of those movies that came out when I was in elementary school and the only reason we knew about it was because of one of our friend's brother owned it on VHS.

[Irish]

I went back and re-watched "Mallrats" and "Chasing Amy."

"Mallrats" was not good. I went in really wanting to like it, and enjoyed the first hour or so, but there wasn't enough story and the jokes were scarce. The movie doesn't have the inventiveness or timing or dialogue of "Clerks" or "Chasing Amy." I also wondered who let Smith cut a 2 hour comedy. I felt every minute of runtime, especially in the second half, and sitting through this thing again was a chore.

"Chasing Amy" is very dated, especially in the first hour. I cringed pretty hard through some scenes. But after a point, Smith's better instincts kick in and the writing takes over. The characters are smart, everybody is interesting and says interesting things, there are distinct point of views at play, the movie tries hard to explore its premise, and the ending is earned and not another cheap Hollywood copout. So putting aside the neanderthal view of homosexuality and the liberal use of ugly slurs --- which is a pretty big ask, admittedly --- I'd say it's still a good movie.

[Irish]

Fuck man I can already tell I'm gonna end up watching "Clerks" and maybe "Dogma" now too, lol

[Dukefrukem]

I haven't seen Mallrats in 20+ years. I'm going to guess I'm going to have a similar reaction.

[Skitch]

So putting aside the neanderthal view of homosexuality and the liberal use of ugly slurs --- which is a pretty big ask, admittedly --- I'd say it's still a good movie.

The movie definitely has that stuff, but I feel like it's usually coming from the mouth of someone the movie is saying is wrong. Does that make sense? I'm not sure how to word that.