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Alien Sex Party (2003)
Adjectives fail me
It is obvious that this script was written about four minutes after the writer saw "Clerks" and probably shot a little smack. The characters are something out of a perverted kindergarten play. The writer obviously feels that there is no higher comedic device than contradiction. A sex-store owner who is a prude. A guy who is sexually conservative. A girl who is sexually liberated. Two cousins having sex. Gee, how much funnier can it get? Jokes range from moronic to painfully bad. One joke actually features a flamboyant man walking in, buying KY jelly, and walking out without delivering any sort of punchline, but that's just as well. By that point I couldn't take much more of the film's scathing wit and originality.
I rented this because I noticed Brian O'Halloran (Dante from Clerks) was in it. Yes, it's true, the Quick Stop is featured in the film, and Brian is there as Dante. Finding him and convincing him to work in this piece of trash was probably more work than they did on the entire shoot for this film.
Bottom line, it's a bad carbon copy of Clerks that made me physically ill.
Greg the Bunny (2002)
Flawed but lovable
This was a show that was easy to fall in love with, flaws and all. Most of the episodes had long periods where nothing funny was going on, like two people sitting in an office with no puppets, no gags, straight story-line type stuff. Then you'd have a couple of knee-jerk type jokes with the ape making a poop joke maybe. Generally, not the best writing in the world. But the idea, the feel of the show, everything about it just made it so easy to love, that I still miss this show and have fond memories of when it was on the air. And even though it was a seriously flawed show, by the time it had hit its second season, I'm sure it would have worked everything out. Besides, it was ten times better than half the crap FOX is still putting on their network.
Scrubs: My Lunch (2006)
Makes me cry every time
Before this episode, my favorite episode of Scrubs was the episode with Michael J. Fox's first guest appearance. I thought that there was no way a prime time television show could produce such a powerful dramatic scene during a comedy.
Man, was I ever wrong.
McGinley's performance in this episode is just stellar. Every word is toned perfectly, his chops are first class, and every ounce of his final performance is so loaded with pain and guilt that I can't help but cry every time I see it.
I must have seen this episode a dozen times. Before this, the only performance that ever made me cry was Matt Damon and Robin Williams' "Not your fault" scene from Good Will Hunting. That's the level of power that this episode brings to television.
Hard Candy (2005)
Preachy, but excellent acting
Good news: Great acting. Excellent dialogue. Challenging subject matter Bad news: Do we still need to be told that child molestation is bad? I felt that most of the movie was just too preachy, and felt more like an R rated PSA. The script was structured in a weird way as well, flipping traditional protagonist and antagonist roles, at least in a way that was weird to me (You'd have to see the film to see what I mean). But on the plus side, the actors were able to keep up beautifully with the intense dialogue and content matter. It is truly amazing to watch these two carry the whole movie by themselves. Bottom line, I wasn't looking for a lesson in morals, I thought the script was poorly structured, but otherwise, truly worth the watch
Clerks (1994)
Wonderfully contrasted characters
Dante and Randal are perfectly contrasted men, each one being the perfect antithesis of the other. Dante's glass is obviously half empty, while Randal's is constantly being refilled. I love to see these two characters interact, no matter what they're talking about. Smith's short film, "The Flying Car", shown on The Tonight Show (a few years back) is a perfect example of the character's wonderful chemistry.
Also, the man who played the old Jewish man (Al Berkowitz) was by far my favorite actor. I wish I could see him in some other role.
Many have accused this film of being unnesessarily profane and disgusting, but I feel that intermittent f-bombs and terms like "jizz-mopper" are crucial elements of the character's identity, and quite frankly are words our society DOES use. Art imitates life, as they say.
This is Kevin Smith's funniest and finest story. The directing/photography leaves something to be desired, but as a green filmmaker myself, I appreciate Smith sticking his neck out and doing something like this. It gives me hope for my own films.