Rogue588

Far from "fan freakin tastic".

Fantastical elements aside - A hottie like Liv Tyler working in a video store? Passable. Said hottie doing a thesis on porn viewing and stalking a guy - , it felt as if there was a good half hour or so of character development missing..

[oh, and Sierra Disc, don't forget the "slow clap" at the end of the "oh-so original "end at the school play with suspense over whether or not someone will show up!"".]

Yes, Liv looked [Jenny too], but if I didn't get this for what I paid during the CircuitCity.com fiasco, i'd be pretty pissed..

DRG

Not as good as his other stuff, but for this type of movie it isn't that bad. Sentimental and sappy, sure. But it had a little bit of that Kevin Smith edge there to keep it from gong overboard. I was impressed that this generally looked like a "real movie". His direction seems to be constantly improving, even if his writing is going the opposite direction.

Personally I think he should try a superhero movie or something instead of instantly retreating back to his Clerks universe, but hey. I think all along he should've been alternating between Jersy trilogy/series movies and other stuff all along, so maybe that's what he'll do from now on, I dunno.

atlantamoi

Oh god... even though I would recommend this movie... oh man oh man THAT scene drove me through the roof.
It was so plastic, unoriginal and cheesy. Easily the worst thing in the flick.

Matthew Chmiel

There are a many fine women working in video stores. Mostly those who are still attending high school and/or college.

FantasticVSDoom

I enjoyed the movie, a little sappy at times, but still a pretty big fan of it. The only scene that I didnt care for was when I wish Smith would have cut that part out as it drives me crazy. But either than that I truly liked the film.

Rogue588

Quote:

Originally posted by Matthew Chmiel
There are a many fine women working in video stores. Mostly those who are still attending high school and/or college.

Which is why I said it was "passable".

Hell, I did my share of hiring hotties when I ran a video store..

fumanstan

So it's really more "realistic" then just "passable."

Dan

Kevin Smith is working on an extended cut of this film.

God help us all.

Matthew Chmiel

A year or so after the film was released, Smith presented a longer cut of the film at Vulgarthon. I guess based upon his Twitter feed of this afternoon, he's finally going back and properly editing the longer edit of the film.

I just want to know who's releasing this Blu-ray... because we all know Mill Creek ain't funding this restoration.

Brack

The definition of an underrated film.

Michael Corvin

Looking forward to it. I enjoyed JG, but it definitely felt like it should have been fleshed out more.

Hopefully the extended cut won't turn it into Mallrats territory.

wishbone

Once more unto the breach...

fumanstan

I never thought Jersey Girl was that horrible, but it seems weird to make an extended cut for this now. Can't imagine many people would be rushing out to buy it.

TheKing

Most of what was cut from the film was J. Lo's performance. After the failure of Gigli at the box office, it was decided that the film needed to distance itself from the Ben/J. Lo pairing as much as possible. So her role was hacked down to the point of being a cameo.

Everyone expected the deleted footage to be on the DVD release like all his other films had received to that point. But then the DVD came out bare bones and the special edition never arrived.

I always wanted to see the extra footage, but more as a curiosity than expecting greatness.

EdTheRipper

Exactly. I'd get an extended cut if it were ever to be released. I definitely expected there to be a special edition sometime after the standard release.

gerrythedon

Wow I was about to buy it on Blu-ray, hope the EE gets release someday. Guess I'll wait now.

PatD

So...no Mallrats on Blu ray, and the Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back BD is almost barebones (except the commentary).

Say what people will about Kevin Smith as a director, but he was always generous and inventive with the DVD releases of his movies. Why is his Blu ray track record so spotty?

Brack

That's a great question. I'm hoping for a definitive Blu-ray collection coming out.

Dan

Oh, I know the history. I watched Jersey Girl at what could be considered the height of personally being a fan, and I strongly disliked it. I don't think making it longer is going to do anything positive for it; just like Mallrats. But you never know.

I'm guessing re-licensing the older bonus material would cost too much, and creating new bonus material would take too much time out of getting high and spending all day on Twitter.

Brack

Jason Mewes dictates what Kevin Smith does?

Gizmo

It's like $5.

gerrythedon

yeah that's why I was gonna upgrade.