May 31, 2006

Deciding About “Clerks 2″

I recently remembered about the forthcoming release of “Clerks 2,” the sequel to Kevin Smith’s “Clerks.” I liked “Clerks” and I own it on DVD, but after viewing the trailers for the sequel, I don’t believe I’ll bother going to see it.

When I first heard about the sequel, I was not all that excited either. With the exception of “Chasing Amy,” Kevin Smith’s movies have seemed to go downhill since his debut film… enough, at least, I stopped watching them.

Still, the only thing that could possibly drive me to see the movie is pure curiosity. It’s hard not to be curious when a movie you liked has a sequel ten years later. From what I can tell, it won’t be worth the $9.25 it would cost to see it in the theatre. If I do see it on the big screen, I’ll wait for the discount theatre to be running it.

Why does it matter? It’s just a movie, right? Sure. I guess I just feel that if something isn’t broken you don’t need to fix it, and some things are better left untampered with.

3 Comments

  1. Mike says:

    I’ve seen “Clerks 2″ in an advance screening… it’s really quite good.

    I think you might be right that the trailers are sort of… slanting… the movie to look like a “Scary Movie” or something but that’s on the distributors, not Smith.

    You’d really be missing out if you don’t see it.

  2. The trailer makes it look like a combination of “Clerks” and “Good Burger” … granted I didn’t see the latter movie, but you get the idea.

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