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Where It Should End

It's funny. This movie leaves me with a sense of hope. Okay, for some reason Netflix only sent me the cut of the original with the ending which makes this movie impossible, but even without that, there was the sense that every day would be just like the one before, and that that was a bad thing. Dante could end up with either of the girls, and it wouldn't matter; only the sweet release of death would solve anything. (Hence original ending, arguably.) However, in this one, you get the feeling that, even if every day is like the one before, it won't be a bad thing. And in fact, it won't anyway. From now on, every day will be different, and there's this incredible sense of peace to it. The things which should remain stable will, and the ones which should change will, and all's right with the world. That could be just me, but it makes me suspect that it's true of Kevin Smith, too, since he knew from before he'd planned out most of the movie how it was going to end.

Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) have been burned out of their old jobs. Not, obviously, that the stress became too much for them--the Quick Stop burned down. So for a year now, they've been working at Mooby's, a chain which has apparently managed to survive the death of almost all of its board of directors. (More on which anon.) It's Dante's last day before he moves to Florida with Emma (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith), who walks around wearing a not-yet-accurate shirt reading "Mrs. Hicks" but who would be accurate in wearing one reading "The director's wife." There's also coworker Elias (Trevor Fehrman), boss Becky (Rosario Dawson), and the omnipresent Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith, of course). This movie is a little more complex than the last one; we're actually building up to something. There is a logical end point, which is why there is no deleted ending wherein Dante gets shot behind the counter of Mooby's.

I'm catching up on the Askewniverse, which is smaller than I'd realized. And the thing is, I think this should be its completion. It's the full circle. Heck, Randal even says at the end that Dante isn't even supposed to be there that day. Kevin Smith says he might revisit them in ten years, but I really don't think he should. This is the perfect moment. He'd have to have something damn important to say, and there would have to be a really good ending. And, come to that, we'd be reaching the point where the events from Dogma might well become important. I mean, what, are they going to be fined for selling the Second Coming a pack of cigarettes? Shoot, even the shot of the Milk Maid (Kevin Smith's mom) feels right. (I realize spoilers could be pieced together based on what I'm saying, but I feel it's important to talk about it.) I'm sure Kevin Smith is not a big fan of the Art Garfunkel, but the song "Perfect Moment" would really work there. This is the life Dante really ought to have. I'm so satisfied with it that I'm having a hard time putting it into words, and it's one of the moments that frustrates me about Kevin Smith, given how close it follows on the donkey show.

Actually, the donkey show does, in part, beautifully personify the difference between Dante and Randal. Randal thinks that this is the perfect going-away party for his best friend, and I've got to tell you, there's no way he should have expected that to be what Dante wanted. It's what Randal wanted, and there's no other possibility. I'll also note--and I didn't catch this until the deleted scenes--that Dante wears a seatbelt and Randal does not. It's true that Dante is going to marry Emma and go to Florida in part because it's safe and what he thinks people expect of him. It seems likely that the reason he's not still with either of the girls from the first movie is that they realized that this is who he is, and they couldn't accept it. Instead of, as he needed, accepting it but showing him what more he could be. Showing him the best of all Dantes.

It may be just me, but I am not at all surprised by Jay's ardent Christianity in this movie. I mean, he met God. He helped prevent the Apocalypse. (Though, naturally, Silent Bob was a lot more helpful.) He wears the Buddy Christ shirt, though he stole the putter of the man who developed the concept. His sobriety is real, too. There are also very obvious references to their experiences with the Muse. Sure, Jason Lee is not Azrael here--but he isn't Brodie, either. Ben Affleck may be Holden, but he certainly isn't Bartleby. And, okay, I still haven't seen Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. But you know, I would be greatly disappointed if it fails to show Jay's being changed by his experiences. (With Silent Bob, who can tell?) After all, they are among three humans, as I recall, who know for a fact that the Second Coming is nigh--has happened, in fact. If that doesn't make a person confront their own mortality, I don't know what will. With Jay, probably nothing. Including the knowledge of the Second Coming.

Even funnier than the classic original, with much love and a warming script from Kevin Smith.

Sure, this film is raunchier than the first, it's in color, and it takes away most of what made the first a cult classic, but it's not all terrible. Ordinary movie goers tend to like this one more considering it provides you with more laughs with the original.
What's also different about the sequel, is that even though the comedy relies more on dirty talk, it's more emotional and, dare I say it, touching.
Worth a look at, if you don't mind nerdy references and beastiality.

Going as far as to give it a 100. I couldn't tell you how much of this movie my best friends and I used to be able to quote word for word.

This movie has way too much "Bad Boy Syndrome (B.B.S.)" in it, which is mostly given off by Randall Graves, the biggest douchebag in this flick. "B.B.S." is when a character or characters act rude to be funny, and totally fail at being funny for the most part. I learned about this film disease from 2 shit flicks directed by Michael Bay called "Bad Boys" and "Bad Boys II" which has a massive load of B.B.S..

Anyway, this same problem applies to "Clerks II;" another problem with this flick of shit is that most of its parts aren't really all that funny, just like the trailers for this movie point it out to be. Despite the issues of this flick, the acting is good and the story is ok but the fact that there isn't a lot of funny parts in this flick is quite lame, which is the main reason as to why this flick sucks. Most of the parts in this flick aren't funny, which this flick's rating a bit.

This movie could've been funnier. 5/10

one of the best sequels to a cult classic, it stays within the spirit of the last film, the addition of charatars were fine but i do miss Veronica & Caitlin from 'Clerks'. Otherwise a great film, the only real down fall was the dancing scene it was out of place & weird, but the ending made me happy, so if its possible, make clerks 3! A- film

A dirty lowdown piece of shit.

A fantastic sequel. Clerks II loses the amateur charm of the first film, and doesn't quite have the same improvational, fresh feeling - but it's possibly even funnier and definitely more involving in the more 'serious' scenes. However, a word of warning - just like the original (actually, even more so than the original), Clerks II is raunchy as hell. Kevin Smith pulls no punches with his rude, graphic, politically incorrect humor. My jaw was hanging open throughout most of Clerks II, sometimes because I was shocked at the joyfully offensive humor but mostly because I was laughing hysterically. But it isn't pure raunch - there's plenty of heart here, the characters are lovable as always. Many from the first film are back, along with some fresh faces, including the cute and instantly likable Rosario Dawson. Because of these great characters and some huge laughs, Clerks II is a blast. It's one of the only comedy sequels I can think of that's every bit as good as the original.

This was a funny film but is was not as good as Clerks it was a bit more Hollywood and not as real as Clerks. and if it did not have the body of work behind it, it wouldn't be as good. But i do love the films tag-line " with no power comes no responsibility.

Now this film is funny,but it loses that realness of the first one,one by putting in a dumb donky scene that goes on for WAYYYY to long,dumb gay sex jokes,and the film feels like it took a day or two put this script together or he was forced to put all these dumb jokes in the movie.But the things i liked was some of the diogule,there are some funny scenes,and the Dante and Randel scenes were great,and most of the extras were on par but the movie takes most of the jokes to far and they run on for on to long and it loses the greatness that makes "Clerks" a great cult hit.RENT IT

was a VERY good movie...SO SO FUNNY! Again one of Smith's best films!