Clerks II Review

When Clerks came out, it was fresh and bold and sparked with spirits crying to be heard-literally. But that was before the thousands of chatrooms where fans talked hours about merits of Star Wars, before the million porn sites that cater to limitless sexual fantasies, and before billion teens' blogs that gripe about everything in the existence since the beginning of time. Needless to say, Kevin Smith couldn't win against this odd before he wrote a word of the script for this sequel.

The movie plods in the beginning to setup old characters in new joint. The 2nd act is clunky as they waste time with their meaningless jobs. Similar setup in the first one, but the first one had faster pace, catered to more interesting characters, and spewed more memorable dialogues. "I'm not supposed to be here today!" As simple as that. I already felt that, only five minutes into the movie, Kevin Smith was trying too hard to come up with jokes that will be irrelevant in five minutes in Internet time.

But, somehow in the end, Kevin Smith delivered the touchdown that won this cynical fan's heart. He finally remembered what this movie was suppose to be, and movie magic happened. All the trash talks, jokes, and corny setups in this movie became irrelevant when the climax jail scene unfolded and reached for the new height. One of best scenes Kevin Smith produced in his films. That's why this film got a standing ovation at 2006 Cannes film festival.

It was, no doubt, a disappointing sequel but, it had a nice closure for the characters and that's meant the world to me.