Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Pros: Lots of great, crude humor and satire
Cons: Gets too self-referential after a while, also the ending drags out

After throwing the Industry a curve with the provocative, low-budget "Clerks" in 1994, Kevin Smith came up short several times in trying to re-capture that film's rough, gritty comedy. However, in "Jay and Silent Bob", Smith finds just the right mix of...

Pros: Jay and Silent Bob.
Cons: Sloppy writing in places.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (or JSBSB for short) is an unusual film in that it almost requires that you've seen writer/director/actor Kevin Smith's other films (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma) to truly appreciate it and to get the multitude...

Pros: Kevin Smith made it, numerous allusions to classic and comedy films.
Cons: None.

Kevin Smith is a genius
He knows what people want to see, and he delivers it in a fantastic package. I think all of his movies show a high level of maturity, despite the proliferation of gay and fart jokes. This movie is no exception, and is...

Pros: Great script, Jay and the camcorder, inside jokes and cameos
Cons: Last of View Askew series, may be really offensive to most people

This is the fifth and final installment of the View askew Universe that combines and interconnects all the characters and pop culture all into one. The great thing about these movies is each movie has a very simple story and then evolves into something...

Pros: Any Kevin Smith film is better than none.
Cons: Kevin Smith's Teen Gross Out flick

So, Kevin Smith takes a meeting with execs from Dimension Films and they say.... "Kevin, baby, you gotta go mass market. Do the Mall Rats thing times ten and you're gonna be mondo bankable in this town as a teen movie director..."
Did it happen? I...

Pros: Funny
Cons: Very Bawdy might be to much for some.

A few years back, an unknown writer/director by the name of Kevin Smith financed his first film by selling his collection of Comic Books and maxing out all of his credit cards. The film was "Clerks" and it became the surprise hit of 1994 and...

Pros: Full of inside jokes, very funny, great cameos.
Cons: Won't get all the inside jokes, moves really fast.

First of all I want to point out that I hate it when a review tells too much about a movie. I promise not to give this movie away. I’ll give you an idea of what it’s about and why you may or may not like it, but the fun is in seeing the movie, not...

Pros: Funny and well-written
Cons: A little amateur

Kevin Smith’s first film, 1994’s Clerks, introduced the two slackers in the title: Jay, a lanky, hyper, swear-spewing stoner; and Silent Bob (Smith himself) as Jay’s mum best friend. In Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the pair find out that a film is set...

Pros: His five films (+1) form the core of my artistic cosmology.
Cons: Don't expect a movie; "jay & silent bob have left the building."

If you can't discuss Smith's Jersey Trilogy and its two satellites believe the bad press and walk away from this review. When given the right expectations, you simply must go see Silent Bob's requiem. I will divulge nothing here you would not otherwise...

Pros: A cavalcade of stars...
Cons: ...who are given nothing to do.

Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), slackers extraordinaire, are kicked off their perch in front of the convenience store. Shortly thereafter, they run into Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), the creator of a comic book called ‘Bluntman and...

Pros: The in-jokes are great, lots of amusing cameos, funny movie
Cons: No real plot, language will be too much for many to handle

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back

While Hollywood was churning out bland cinematic drivel, a young filmmaker was busy hocking everything he owned to make his first movie. Kevin Smith's "Clerks" was an unconventional low budget film whose...

Pros: Brilliant satire of Hollywood and of previous View Askew flicks as well
Cons: Too slick sometimes, tries to do too much

Ahhhh, God amighty, where were you the first time you saw "Clerks"? I was sitting on my neighbor's couch with a tall can of Foster's lager. That tall can ended up, for the most part, being sprayed out of my nose from laughing so hard.

And now...

Pros: Will Farrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Slacker Trilogy
Cons: Chris Rock, Movie Spoofs

Dislike:

Chris Rock
Chris Rock’s character in the movie was too offensive. You might assume that I am not a fan of Chris Rock, but I have the bigger and blacker CD, his DVD, his book, etc. Why would I have purchased all of...

Pros: Brilliant cameos and chemistry between J+SB
Cons: Satirizing Hollywood is like aiming a bow and arrow at the entire universe.

Jay and Silent Bob are an endearing comic duo, the creation of director/co-star Kevin Smith (who plays Bob). Jay (Jason Mewes)is the dealer/stoner with rocks for brains who thinks the terms betches, slots etc. will endear him to women. He is a motormouth...

Pros: Jay and Silent Bob, many cameos, laughs laughs laughs
Cons: Vulgar, adult only

When I found out when this movie was opening, I jumped at the first chance I had to see it. I'd have loved to see the sneak preview, but in my town, they really don't have those often.

We arrived a little late for the 7:15 showing because my...