Clerks 3, Character Assassination, and Diminishing Returns on Nostalgia
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Clerks 3 is a movie with a thirty year history. It began with 1994’s Clerks, which launched Kevin Smith’s career and inspired countless more people to dream of becoming filmmakers. I am an unabashed fan of that first movie. On any given day, I’d probably say
Great review; might pause another couple months before checking this one out. Astute observation:
"Dante and Randal are discussing funny anecdotes from their own lives to add into the script. “What about when we played hockey on the roof?”, “Hey, how about the time a guy died in our bathroom?”, etc. At no point do either of them bring up the fact that every single incident they mention happened on the exact same day, thirty years ago. "
Great review; might pause another couple months before checking this one out. Astute observation:
"Dante and Randal are discussing funny anecdotes from their own lives to add into the script. “What about when we played hockey on the roof?”, “Hey, how about the time a guy died in our bathroom?”, etc. At no point do either of them bring up the fact that every single incident they mention happened on the exact same day, thirty years ago. "
OOOF