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Posted by TheUrbanBrew at amidala.tss.nwu.edu on September 19, 2001 at 19:07:40:

where was the real vision behind J&SB?

as much as i have read from K. Smith about not worrying about the bucks generated by a movie but about its longevity, J&SB seemed a lot like a sell-out. it was funny, yeah, and i loved the references to past films. all the inside jokes and "snoogans" keep it going for a while, but it just doesn't have the killer dialogue of a Mallrats, a Dogma or even a Clerks (in which i felt the dialogue was very poorly delivered, but well-written nonetheless).

J&SB seems like it was very heavily advertised to generate a lot of money, (and probably generated far more than any other VA endeavor, no?) but at the same time it seems like it was kind of thrown together...the plot was kind of stupid; i felt like will ferrel was out of his element. the great thing about VA stuff has always been the one-liners and the dialogue in general; putting will ferrel in the movie added a sort of slapstick element that is really tiring and only works in short doses (five-minute SNL sketches). i mean i'm just thinking as i'm typing here. does anyone agree? disagree? why?

thanks,

-Ben-

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Well... Aeon X 20:53:31 9/19/01 (0)
Ferrell may seem out... kalmanooch 19:53:30 9/19/01 (0)
correction, i guess TheUrbanBrew 19:26:19 9/19/01 (1)
- They did about the same, but Piscez 19:35:21 9/19/01 (0)
I disagree. KT- 19:12:31 9/19/01 (2)
- Sometimes he is Piscez 19:16:17 9/19/01 (1)
  - you mean... weezergeek72 18:48:15 9/21/01 (0)
DISAGREE *NT* Chaddoli 19:10:17 9/19/01 (2)
- Disagree Rug-Muncher 19:17:19 9/19/01 (1)
  - Dumb but funny Piscez 19:23:20 9/19/01 (0)

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: where was the real vision behind J&SB? : as much as i have read from K. Smith about not worrying about the bucks generated by a movie but about its longevity, J&SB seemed a lot like a sell-out. it was funny, yeah, and i loved the references to past films. all the inside jokes and "snoogans" keep it going for a while, but it just doesn't have the killer dialogue of a Mallrats, a Dogma or even a Clerks (in which i felt the dialogue was very poorly delivered, but well-written nonetheless). : J&SB seems like it was very heavily advertised to generate a lot of money, (and probably generated far more than any other VA endeavor, no?) but at the same time it seems like it was kind of thrown together...the plot was kind of stupid; i felt like will ferrel was out of his element. the great thing about VA stuff has always been the one-liners and the dialogue in general; putting will ferrel in the movie added a sort of slapstick element that is really tiring and only works in short doses (five-minute SNL sketches). i mean i'm just thinking as i'm typing here. does anyone agree? disagree? why? : thanks, : -Ben-

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