Having just attended my first Vulgarthon, I am now trying to jump on the VA bandwagon (or spaceship). I just saw CLERKS this morning, and I enjoyed it for the most part, but it's not my favorite Kevin Smith film. It is much more subtle in its comedy, more chatty, which is fine, but somehow I like Smith's more slapsticky stuff, like MALLRATS AND J&SBSB, a lot better. Still, the annoying customers and the dead guy in the bathroom incident are very funny.
I didn't like the alternate ending, so I'm glad it was left out. I guess it would have made a thoughtful statement about the irony of life and how it can suddenly end after a crummy day, but to me, it was just depressing and took away from the light mood of the film. The regular ending was good enough. Dante and Randall are great characters, and this is their film, and they provide most of the laughter, so I guess it's okay that Jay and Silent Bob weren't in the film as much as I thought they were going to be. Kevin Smith created a little "community" where you get to see more of Jay & Silent Bob as they interact with people around town, and God help you, if you want any "in between" stories of their lives, the comic books are great!!! I'd give the first VA film a B or a B+.
I didn't like the alternate ending, so I'm glad it was left out. I guess it would have made a thoughtful statement about the irony of life and how it can suddenly end after a crummy day, but to me, it was just depressing and took away from the light mood of the film. The regular ending was good enough. Dante and Randall are great characters, and this is their film, and they provide most of the laughter, so I guess it's okay that Jay and Silent Bob weren't in the film as much as I thought they were going to be. Kevin Smith created a little "community" where you get to see more of Jay & Silent Bob as they interact with people around town, and God help you, if you want any "in between" stories of their lives, the comic books are great!!! I'd give the first VA film a B or a B+.