Synopsis: Upon learning of their (mis)fortune that the comic book based on them, is now being turned into a feature film, Jay and Silent Bob learn something much worse when they're virtually cut out of the profits. With their sights set for Hollywood, the two New Jerseyites embark on a cross country road trip with the intention of sabotaging the film. But on the way, they encounter everybody and everything from international jewel thieves, an orangutan, and an inept federal wildlife marshall, all in their inevitable quest.
The Review: Every filmmaker always pours something personal into a film that is small and meaningful. Kevin Smith put his experiences behind the counter in "Clerks", and himself with a different name in "Chasing Amy", and his views on religion in "Dogma", and I have no idea what he put in the unfairly underrated "Mallrats" but there must've been something. In "JASBSB", Smith puts something of major relevance today- the internet with our two protagonists learn that they're the subject of much ridicule from the likes of cruel movie nerds as "teenagers and guys who can't even get laid". Smith himself has said that he was angered by comments made by his past films by such anonymous characters. But he gives fair justice to those in an end too good to spoil. Anyway, people say that if you haven't seen any of his previous films, you will not understand the flick, but honestly, Smith's film is a diehard summer flick, with every scene that chooses not to dissect, but to entertain it's viewers. Every part of the film any person could easily walk in on and still be entertained with the exception of any kind of reference to his previous films. Granted you may be thrown off, but Smith's film is an entertaining summer movie meant to be enjoyed and not analyzed unless you're a View Askew fan much like myself. JASBSB is the movie that Jay and Silent Bob finally deserve, with every dick and fart joke that was ever taken from his previous flicks and put to full use here with Smith finally tailoring the humor to his two characters. If you're a View Askew fan, but yet you haven't seen JASBSB, then you clearly need to catch up on your information. There are even references to Smith's cancelled "Clerks" cartoon series. Very much different from any View Askew film from before, "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is an entertaining summer flick that is never short on the laughs, and heavy on the cameos (from the likes of anybody ever associated with View Askew to Matt Damon, directors Wes Craven and Gus Van Sant, and practically everybody else).
Grade: B+
The Review: Every filmmaker always pours something personal into a film that is small and meaningful. Kevin Smith put his experiences behind the counter in "Clerks", and himself with a different name in "Chasing Amy", and his views on religion in "Dogma", and I have no idea what he put in the unfairly underrated "Mallrats" but there must've been something. In "JASBSB", Smith puts something of major relevance today- the internet with our two protagonists learn that they're the subject of much ridicule from the likes of cruel movie nerds as "teenagers and guys who can't even get laid". Smith himself has said that he was angered by comments made by his past films by such anonymous characters. But he gives fair justice to those in an end too good to spoil. Anyway, people say that if you haven't seen any of his previous films, you will not understand the flick, but honestly, Smith's film is a diehard summer flick, with every scene that chooses not to dissect, but to entertain it's viewers. Every part of the film any person could easily walk in on and still be entertained with the exception of any kind of reference to his previous films. Granted you may be thrown off, but Smith's film is an entertaining summer movie meant to be enjoyed and not analyzed unless you're a View Askew fan much like myself. JASBSB is the movie that Jay and Silent Bob finally deserve, with every dick and fart joke that was ever taken from his previous flicks and put to full use here with Smith finally tailoring the humor to his two characters. If you're a View Askew fan, but yet you haven't seen JASBSB, then you clearly need to catch up on your information. There are even references to Smith's cancelled "Clerks" cartoon series. Very much different from any View Askew film from before, "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" is an entertaining summer flick that is never short on the laughs, and heavy on the cameos (from the likes of anybody ever associated with View Askew to Matt Damon, directors Wes Craven and Gus Van Sant, and practically everybody else).
Grade: B+