4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great quality flick. FUNNY!, July 18 2011
By Tom Hung - Published on Amazon.com
This movie may not seem like the best candidate for Blu-ray, but you would be wrong to think that this is not an improvement. The high resolutions of this format may not resolve any more picture resolution, but it does manager to resolve the original texture of the film. If you are a true videophile, the film grain certainly adds to the 16mm film experience. In addition, this film includes a plethora of special features including trivia, making of's for both Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike back, and the original "downer" ending, previously available on the Clerks X DVD. This certainly is the definitive version.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!, Jun 4 2011
By Christopher Kirk - Published on Amazon.com
I was happy to see this finally hit blu-ray and for such a cheap price ($12.99 when I purchased it), I couldn't pass it up!
I don't need to gush about Kevin Smith or talk about how much I love Clerks or any of his other work. His work speaks for itself.
Having never purchased Clerks X, which I've wanted to do for so very long (for the funeral scene alone) I was happy to pick this up and see that added scene and much, much more. There are more special features than you can shake a stick at, including the F-bomb counter (way more than 37) or tidbits of facts that pop up as you re-watch this classic tale of jockeying a register.
Buy it, watch it, add it to your collection. You will not be disappointed. I know I'm not.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kevin Smith's finest accomplishment, Dec 30 2011
By JJD "John" - Published on Amazon.com
Long before Kevin Smith became the self-important Hollywood type that he is today, he was an average schmoe like the rest of us. He worked dead end jobs post high school until his calling came. Through sacrifice, hard work, and a crap-load of credit card debt, he wrote, directed, and financed the penultimate guerilla film "Clerks".
This film, some exaggeration not withstanding, is LIFE. The tedium, the bouts of immature and petty jealousy, the absurd conversations among friends at work...it's all here in spades. We all have gone through times in our lives where we question everything..Is she the right one?....Is this what I'll be doing the rest of my life?...What smells like shoe polish?....
The dialogue, as has been stated by numerous critics, is brutally frank...but HONEST. Often funny and to the point, Smith's script flows lucidly and, for a group of untried actors, lines are delivered with surgical precision. Watch the first lengthy conversation between Randall and Dante and see how there isn't a single cut in the midst of it. That's an awful lot of dialogue to get in one steady shot. It really is impressive and speaks volumes for O'Halloran and Anderson.
The somewhat grainy black and white look adds to the vibe. I couldn't imagine this film in color. It's basically little more than a student film (production-wise), but it really does surpass one's expectations. It's a film of it's time...and easily one of the BEST films of it's time. Fortunately, it still remains relevant on many levels. How many cookie-cutter movies does Hollywood make these days that leave absolutely no mark on the art form?
This movie didn't leave a mark....it left a vulgar little spray painted tattoo on it...and that's okay by me.