Finally re-watched Clerks III
The first time I watched the movie, my ex and I got incredibly drunk and I remembered very little from it. I woke up thinking surely I must have laughed at some points, but it also must've been very lackluster for me to remember nothing more than Becky had died somewhere between the movies and Randall had a heart attack. Tonight I decided to give the movie another shot, this time sober so I could hopefully remember it better.
On the comedy side of things, I didn't find the movie that funny. It had its moments, but I also felt in leaned too heavily into the meta. Which I know Smith has done before, but while I didn't mind it for Jay and Silent Bob, it doesn't fit Clerks for me.
That said, the movie hit me like a ton of bricks and I now think it's fucking amazing. I cried. And not just because Dante's sorrow over the loss of Becky got to me in a way I can't even really relate. And not because Dante's death hit me harder than I would've thought it would. But also because Kevin Smith wrapped up the story exactly as it was supposed to go.
Smith could've done whatever he wanted with the movie. He could've forced the happy ending cause that's what his movies often seem to do (as in they have happy endings, they're not necessarily forced). But he let this story go to a tragic ending and it was so much better for it.
Maybe I'm just rambling. I'm probably just rambling. But for all the negative feelings I've seen/heard about this movie, I can't help but think those people missed the actual story that was told. And as it's the middle of the night where I am, I've got no one but the internet to ramble to about it.