Silent Bob Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Who else could start such a poll? So, which of the Jersy Chronicles films is your favorite? Notice I said "favorite" not "best". I think most people would agree that Amy is the best film. But which one is your favorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Clerks for me. Haven't seen the animated series tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkerSeed Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I'm going for clerks too. I'd say it was the funniest, and I just love the fact that a great script, a dozen credit credit cards, a comic book collection and a whole lotta balls made such a great movie. After Smith, imagine how many other indie directors took inspiration and put all of their films on credit? And imagine how they all failed miserably and are now begging you for change as you drive past them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 This, for me, has been a three-way tied between Clerks, Amy and Dogma since Dogma came out. I love Clerks for the comedy, Amy for the sense of truth about our emotions, and Dogma for the theological implications. In the end, havign gone to Catholic school for a few years and having gone through the Christian to Disenfranchised Christian to Athesist to Agnostic, I guess I found Dogma the most entertaining. Frankly, I find the Clerks Animated Series to not fit in this poll. I love it, but it's a completely different animal being a series and not a movie. It's like "Which is your favorite: Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Peaches, Mangos or Sofas?" Sofas are great for sitting on, and Mangos are great for eating, but how can you compare them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Chasing Amy here. Theyre all solid - i just wished there was more of Bishop Carlin in Dogma. I think the Clerks series is relevant, and for what its worth, i think Jay & Bob strike back might very well be my 2nd pick. :jay: :bob: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Well, you have the Dogma special edition, you have a ll teh cut Carlin you want. And he was a Cardinal, not a Bishop (his name was Cardinal Glick). Ok, take you favorite TV series (let's say it's the Simpsons, I'm sure that can't be too far from the truth) and your favorite movie (let's say Fight Club, maybe it's some western like Unforgiven, but whatever, this is for the sake of argument). How do you begin to compare the two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted June 12, 2002 Author Share Posted June 12, 2002 Well, I'd say the series fits. Because it's about the characters. Kevin Smith's movies are completely character driven. It's about witty, or weird, or just plain stoned, dialogue-heavy characters. It doesn't matter whether they're in a 2 hour long semi-serious movie or a half-hour long slapstick cartoon, you can still compare them. It'd be like comparing the upcoming Scooby Doo movie to the original cartoon. Why not compare them - they're about the same thing. On top of that, who gives a shit. If I have a strong preference for sofas over mangos, I'll pick sofas. By the way, Dogma for me, too. Sans shit demon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Cheers on the Shit Demon call there Bob! that was by far the low-poitn and ultimate damper in an otehrwise brilliantly entertainly film. They should have cut it to make room for more Glick and the Fat Albert scene PS Are you putting down Mangos! I'll take you down! Representin mangos right here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted June 13, 2002 Author Share Posted June 13, 2002 Heh, no, nuthin' against mangos. 'S just, sometimes, even a mango can't beat a nice comfy sofa. And yeah, god I wish they had kept the Fat Albert scene in. It's classic. And Glick's scene towards the end where Jay is behind the screen, using his hat like the fin on Jaws. Brilliant. Ah, good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Did Kevin Smith think this to himself while on the set?: "gee, this is going to be a pretty damn good movie! Oh know, what if it's so good, people expect me to make only extrordinary and flawless movies from now on? I don't want that pressure! I don't want those expectations! What can I do? OK, calm down, think, think! I got it, I'll put a shit demon in the movie somehow!" That's my suspision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted June 13, 2002 Author Share Posted June 13, 2002 Coulda been. Or maybe he just wanted to be the only filmmaker to ever have a shit demon in his movie. Or maybe the whole bad idea was just fuel for that one "knocks strong odors out" joke. You have the Special Edition, right? Did you watch that deleted scene where the shit demon comes back? ::Shudder:: Oh god, it was hoooorrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I got the special edition when it came out and saw all the cut scenes and haven't watched them since, so my memory is fuzzy. Did it explode all over the place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted June 13, 2002 Author Share Posted June 13, 2002 No, actually, it...uh...god, I don't even like describing it...but it attacked Bob and Bethany at the hospital, and then when Bethany unplugged the guy and let God free, the shit demon turned into...a...flower demon (sigh) and collapsed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I remember hearin that "flower demon" was the single most costly scene of the movie, funny it hit the cuttin room floor...must go watch my speical edition again now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 There are plenty of great stuff that got cut out of that film, but that scene wasn't one of them. The only thing worth watching in it is the fact that Silent Bob got his first on-screen kiss. By Linda Fiorentino, ironically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 Well, I've given it some thought, and I've decide that The Jersy Chronicles thread shall have the honor of being graced with my 1000th post. As I've suspected, the vots have been equally split between Clerks, Chasing Amy and Dogma. Told y'all! Not that anyone really told me otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 Artistc woulda voted for Mallrats; im suprised there's no love for Jay & Bob tho. Otherwise, yeah, straight down the middle...odd. I thought Chasing Amy was the most popular of the lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yahve Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 They are all pretty good and highly entertaining. my favourites would be chasing amy and clerks. a tie pretty much. the tie breaker would be my mood. today, clerks won my vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Artistc woulda voted for Mallrats; im suprised there's no love for Jay & Bob tho. Otherwise, yeah, straight down the middle...odd. I thought Chasing Amy was the most popular of the lot. There' love for J&SBSB, but I don't think too many people love it more than at least one of the others. Chasin Amy is very popular, but like I said, I think the popularity is split straight down the middle with those three. But now Clerks has a third vote. If it gets more, we'll see which way they sway (I'm a poet and I didn't even know it! I make a rhyme every time!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted June 17, 2002 Author Share Posted June 17, 2002 Hey, Fezzic! Are there rocks ahead? Well, if there are, we'll all be dead! Stop that rhyming! I mean it! Anybody wanna peanut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLeakyBucket Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 This topic lost me ages ago, God this computers slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 I've introduced about 4 or 5 people to Chasing Amy, by that I mean that they'd never seen it, and in some cases never heard of it, and I sat them down to see it with them. Why is it that every one of them always goes "So why is it called 'Chasing Amy'?" at the exact same part of the movie? Right when Holden's sitting at the booth in the resturant eating cereal, right before Jay and Silent Bob come in (Look that this moarse mother fucker right here, Silent Bob. Somebody must have shit in his cereal). They look at the DVD cover and assume Amy is Joey Lauren Adams. When Joey Lauren Adams is introduced as Alyssa Jones, nobody questions it. They watch the movie then Holden adn Alyssa break up, and Holden at the booth munching away at the fucking cereal. That's when they ask me. "Why is this movie called 'Chasing Amy'?" "Who's Amy?" Damnit! Over an hour into the movie and they always ask two minutes before you find out! What the fuck is up with that? Anyone else experience this? IC, Silent Bob, I'm sure you've both introduced tons of people to Chasing Amy. This ever happen to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Bob Posted August 22, 2002 Author Share Posted August 22, 2002 I always stop them mid-sentence and say "shut up, you'll find out!" But yeah. I guess that's the part of the movie where everyone just stops and thinks for a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 But what bohers me is that it asn't bothered them enough to say anything until now. So why, why just seconds before the answser is revealed must they ask? It's like running 25.8 miles of a marathon then deciding to hitchhike the rest of the way. ERRRR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Only 8 votes? tragic, for such a popular poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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