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Funny enough, I've got a VHS copy of this movie (and a working VCR) but have never actually watched it. I guess this is as good an excuse as any to get around to doing so.
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I had a two day window to get this movie watched while I was home from work, and managed it this evening. It has its moments, but little stuck out as particularly memorable apart from the repeated Magic Eye bit, which never wears out its welcome. Also Jay and Silent Bob beating up the Easter Bunny. For whatever reason Jason Lee really seems to be the only member of the primary cast able to work well with the material he's given; the "main" couple come off as complete non-entities--for all the screen time Jeremy London's character takes up, we never get a feel for who he is, the girlfriend even less so, especially as she only has three scenes in the whole movie. Also, maybe it's just me, but Claire Forlani seems to be trying to do some sort of accent with half her lines and it isn't working, so her delivery comes off as extra-stilted. So all in all I'd say it's one of Kevin Smith's lesser movies, about on par with Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Which was the last one I saw, and honestly I'm fine with having left off there. I've never felt the need to revisit any of the ones I've seen, they're just sort of there as part of the cultural detritus taking up an uncomfortable place in the back of my
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