urrutiap

Chasing Amy. Is it any good? Ive seen the other Jay and Silent Bob movies except for that Chasing Amy movie.

Is Chasing Amy any good and are Jay and Bob in the movie much or just one scene?

DaveyJoe

Yeah

Decker

It probably seems pretty homophobic in 2021, but I liked it when it first came out. Sorry for the unavoidable pun.

d2cheer

Yes it is great. And no it does not seem homophobic at all for fucks sake...

TGM

yes, good movie.

Draven

Great movie, but the ending fizzles a bit.

GoldenJCJ

Good movie. The acting isn’t great and it’s not a comedy like the other Jay and Silent Bob movies but it’s one Smith’s better efforts.

Of course, I haven’t seen it for 20 years so it might not hold up.

dex14

It is great. But you can’t say it isn’t homophobic at all. It is supposed to be and is a part of the narrative. Banky and Holden both start as homophobic to varying degrees.

Obi-Wanma

It is good. Jay and Silent Bob are only in it for 1 scene. Silent Bob is far from silent.

Count Dooku

Haven't rewatched it in a long long time, but 20 years ago --despite Smith's ragged direction, I would have said it was one of the best movies of the 90s.

Osiris3657

Still Kevin Smith's best movie

Tom Banjo

It’s my favorite Kevin Smith movie, always has been. And while I wouldn’t call it homophobic at all by today’s standards, I can see how the LGBTQ community might see it as a bit tone-deaf.

Mike86

I tried to watch it a few years back and had a hard time getting into it. I don’t think it’s aged the best personally.

GoldenJCJ

Oddly enough, the first few times I watched Clerks, I had a hard time finishing it but I recently re-watched it and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. The acting is still atrocious but there’s something charmingly nostalgic about it now.

Crocker Jarmen

From the time it was released back in the late 90's, Chasing Amy has been criticized for having a "guy-turns-lesbian-straight" narrative, which it unfair, as Alyssa is not a lesbian. She doesn't call herself bi-sexual, but clearly is, especially in the scene where she explains to Holden that she falls in love "with the person", not with what sex they are.

Jay and Silent Bob only appear in a lengthy scene near the end.

B5Erik

I didn't like it. It's been about 13 years since I watched it, but I didn't like it.

Not my thing. (It was recommended by a co-worker who loaned me the DVD.)

PatD

Kevin Smith pretty much said at a 2009 Q & A that Chasing Amy and Dogma were the two films where he actually had something to say. He put his heart for the world to see. After that...

Noonan

It's a shame he doesn't own Dogma anymore. I'd love to see it on a streaming service. I believe jailhouse Weinstein owns it?

jjcool

It is. One of, if not, the best films Smith has ever done.

Crocker Jarmen

Agree. I think it would have become a classic if they'd gotten someone else to direct the script.

Paff

The opening scene at the comic convention and especially the introduction of Hooper is worth it by itself.

urrutiap

reason why I ask about Chasing Amy is because i found the old DVD for the movie from the pawn shop the other day.

milo bloom

Yeah, it's one of those Criterions that got widespread release and now they're in all the thrift shops. Along with Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic.

The Antipodean

It's interesting to see how the little "coda" on the otherwise fairly mediocre Jay And Silent Bob Reboot looks at the Chasing Amy characters years later and how they ended up.

PhantomStranger

A little overrated. It has some good scenes but the movie doesn't really hang together very well.