Mallrats

[Vivek]

Watched Mallrats today after a long time and reconfirmed my stance on it. Mallrats has always been my favourite Kevin Smith movie and it still is.

I know Mallrats continues to get flak from many fans and viewers. Clerks and Chasing Amy are definitely better films and probably Smith's strongest works, but I still prefer Mallrats over them for the more fun and entertaining factor. It's still hilarious, including so many great lines.

It's surprising to know that the movie cost $6 million back then in 1995 despite it being limited in its scope and shooting locations.

And at a time now when adding comic and pop culture references in movies and TV episodes are becoming sort of a cliche and are almost passe during certain instances, Kevin Smith back then managed to make it seem organic with his writing and infused it naturally through his characters and plot lines. It also probably helped that not many film and TV people were doing those things at that time.

 

[JasonCash]

Mallrats was my first glimpse into Kevin Smith's work. It'll always be my favorite with Clerks an extremely close second.

 

[Fosse]

What? Like the back of a Volkswagen?

 

[BAZLOCO]

Great movie
They don't make them like that any more

 

[Werstrooper]

"Fly fat ****, fly!"

People that hate this film, hate fun.

 

[rodneyfaile]

It's a schooner.

 

[CB2001]

"What you need is a fatty-boom-batty blunt! And I guarantee you'll be seeing a sailboat, an ocean, and maybe even some of those big-tittied mermaids doing some of that lesbian #$*&!" - Classic Jay line.

 

[Sandman0077]

This is the only movie I can stand with Jay and Silent Bob. I recently watched this for the first time and it kinda reminded me of The Big Bang Theory somewhat. Maybe because of all the comic references in it.

 

[El Duderino]

I LOVE this movie, always have.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

That is one of the greatest movies of all time!

 

[MooCriket]

Definitely classic Smith. Really enjoyed it, but the three nipple scene really did not make much sense to me..other than that...good times.

 

[darthgordon]

Does anyone know how involved Tom Harris is with this?

 

[Zombie_61]

People that hate this film, hate fun.

Tell 'em, Steve-Dave!

 

[darthgordon]

Wrong dang thread!

 

[AdamNightmare]

Cookie Stand's not part of the Food Court.

 

[rodneyfaile]

That kid is back on the escalator!

 

[Solo4114]

I love how they eventually paid off the "Jay, Silent Bob, and Suzanne....that's another story" thing at the end.

 

[Justover6]

I watched this movie after Chasing Amy and Clerks and it was really good to me. However it did make me really paranoid about chocolate pretzels.

 

[jcoffman99]

This is probably my least favorite Smith film as far as the acting. Something about the leads just doesn't sit with me. Feels like most of them are reading their lines instead of acting. Still has some great one liners though.

 

[Solo4114]

I think it's the pacing of the delivery for a lot of stuff. Shannon Doherty's lines in particular seem...forced almost.