![]() If you're hoping that this movie is Smith's return to form, you'll be greatly disappointed. Overall, I will say that if you love Kevin Smith's filmography and cherish every one of those films, go see this movie and laugh your ass off. While there is more heart in this story than the first Jay and Silent Bob movie, it's handled with the same subtlety as the comedy, beating you over the head with it. Flashes of the Kevin Smith of old with dialogue. That scene was funny, heartfelt and concise. I will call out one scene where I thought to myself, "I wish the movie was as good as this scene" and that's the scene with Ben Affleck reprising his role of Holden McNeil. The movie is funny but its more dated than Clerks and Mallrats, plus as much as I love Jay and Silent Bob, they are. It obviously had a waaay bigger budget that allowed a lot more venues to shoot at. This movie isn't Smith saying, "hey! I came up with some new jokes for these old characters" more than it's him saying, "remember all these jokes that were funny 20 years ago? Well.here they are again!" Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a lot different from the films that Kevin Smith had made. While there were moments I was laughing, so many of the intended jokes were either references to old jokes from Smith's previous films or line for line repeated jokes. That might be the most disappointing thing about this movie, the comedy. ![]() If it were a clever take on the reboot model (22 Jump Street), that would be a different story altogether but instead it's just the same plot all over again with the same jokes all over again. At the same time when it points a finger at the reboot model of Hollywood and mocks it, this movie falls into the same traps as bad reboots. Even with seeing those two live and getting a sweet intro, the movie just didn't do it for me. I actually went to a roadshow screening of this with Smith and Jason Mewes in attendance. Every joke and reference will fly over your head. I'll open with the simple fact that if you're not familiar with Kevin Smith's body of work, don't bother with this one.
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