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Clerks is my favorite film and I didn't actually like Clerks 2. Simply because the dialogue wasn't up to par for me in comparison with the first. My theory is that Kevin knew what it was like to be Dante and Randall at the stage in their lives they were at in Clerks but he doesn't (and rightfully so) know what it is like to be at their age and be a waster at the stage they would be at in Clerks 2.
Randall in Clerks is one of my favorite film characters of all time but I wanted to punch him in most of Clerks 2. Him and Dante didn't talk to each other in a way that felt true to the characters *until* they went to jail. That one scene was the most 'Dante and Randall' exchange of the whole film.
I came out of the film for the first time in a Kevin Smith film and thought it was time for him to write about being a grown up..which is where his life is now rather than harping back to the person he isn't any longer.
I am hoping films like this is the right track. I also have a hunch that after Reaper he will be doing a lot more TV which could be good for him long term. I mean, My Name Is Earl was Kevin Smith without Kevin Smith..so do Kevin Smith tv for real.
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