Clerks (Collector's Series)
If you're in the market for wildly funny entertainment, CLERKS delivers with wholesale hilarity! It's one wacky day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys whose razor-sharp wit and on-the-job antics give a whole new meaning to customer service! Even while bracing a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, the clerks manage to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home, and straighten out their offbeat love lives! The boss is nowhere in sight, so you can bet anything can -- and will -- happen when these guys are left to run the store.
Before Kevin Smith became a Hollywood darling with Chasing Amy, a film he wrote and directed, he made this $27,000 comedy about real-life experiences working for chump change at a New Jersey convenience store. A rude, foul-mouthed collection of anecdotes about the responsibilities that go with being on the wrong side of the till, the film is also a relationship story that takes some hilarious turns once the lovers start revealing their sexual histories to one another. In the best tradition of first-time, ultra-low budget independent films, Smith uses Clerks as an audition piece, demonstrating that he not only can handle two-character comedy but also has an eye for action--as proven in a smoothly handled rooftop hockey scene. Smith himself appears as a silent figure who hangs out on the fringes of the store's property. --Tom Keogh
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Bought the movie so that I could study the fundamentals of script writing, at least, that's the excuse I used and I'm sticking to it. It wasn't a bad movie being that it was the director's first attempt at it. I actually enjoyed seeing it in black and white film. It kind of reminded me of the movies I saw when I was a kids in the 1960's. Okay, it was funny to watch. I'd recommend getting it and the squeal. In a way I wished it to was in black and white but I guess when Hollywood throws money your way to make it better, you use it. Anyway, it was fun to watch. So go ahead and get it and invite your buddies over for a laugh.
if you already have the regular dvd, or the clerks x boxed set, don't bother.
seriously.
the extras are nice,
but my clerks x dvd looks a heck of a lot better on my hdtv.
Although Kevin Smith is not the most cinamatic film maker, that doesn't mean his films shouldn't be on hi-def. Fortunately, all his films have been given grand treatment on blu-ray (Jersey Girl, a non askewaverse film has not yet showed up on the format) his first film is over-due.
First of all, Clerks is a first-rate silly-movie full of some of the best dialogue ever put on the screen - Smith is like a non-violent Tarintino. It's not for everyone, firstly it's a bit dated and second it's not the go for endless laughs sort of film like Superbad or 40 Year Old Vergin that people are now used to.
So why put a film shot on cheap cameras, edited in a video store on a table during working hours and shot on Smith's credit-card budget? Because, you're HDTV has 1080 lines of resolution and your DVD has 480. Can Clerks ever look chrystal clear and razor sharp, nope, but can it look just like the best possible print projected on a large screen? Yes! Watching Clerks on DVD on an HDTV is going to introduce jaggeed lines and added distortion to an already grainy film, watching it on blu-ray, you see exactly what is on the original film, just like it looks on the film.
Is it worth an upgrade??? Hm, let me see, YES!
I don't think some people really understand blu-rays. Movies like this that might be "lo-def" can still look and sound better on Blu-ray simply because the image and sound isn't compressed as it would be on a DVD.
If you're interested in upgrading you'll be very pleased with the overall presentation along with a bonus documentary on the making of Jay and Silent Bob. Smith fans will definitely want to check this out.
If you haven't seen Clerks yet you're missing out. It's one of the best comedies released in the 90's.
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