Posted by Asheley at creswell-s217h239.resnet.uga.edu on January 18, 2004 at 20:09:50:
In Reply to: Chasing Amy posted by Angellus on January 18, 2004 at 19:51:31:
: It's - 12:41 - in merry old Blightly, and yours truly is still very much awake. While all my mates sleep (the burdon of exams being equivilent to the burdon of the One Ring) I stay awake, talking to people I've never met before.
: I just thought I'd write down about the film that has inspired me more than any other - Chasing Amy. I remember watching this when I was a brattish seventeen year old (as opposed to a brattish eighteen going on nineteen year old). Actually, I watched MallRats and Chasing Amy back to back.
: Mallrats was the clincher for me. Dogma was sporodically hilarious and moving - sadly never mixing the balance perfectly for me - but Mallrats was a triumpth of sharp wit and stoner jokes. It felt like American Pie mixed with the broader strokes of John Hughes/John Landis. To this day my favourite Smith character is Brodie - the wise-cracking uber comic nerd who gets the girl and gets to punch Ben Affleck (only kidding guys, Affleck is a solid actor and rocked as my man Daredevil.)
: But Chasing Amy was, cathartic for me. After watching it I was silenced for about an hour. All these thoughts ran through me head - questions of who I was and what did I want from life. Few films have had that effect on me, and none have been quite as memorable and spiritual as 'the one least likely' (to quote Miss Alyssa Jones.)
: I guess that's it. I'll be on the board for about an hour if ya wanna chat the breeze.
: Ian.
I completely agree with you. I actually began with Dogma and then went on to Mallrats, Clerks, and Chasing Amy. Chasing Amy is by far my favorite. I really like how Kevin uses his humor and puts a story with heart into it to. Not just the dick and fart jokes (although those can be great!!!!) I really like how he showed a not-so-average relationship and all the problems that we create for ourselves by taking a good thing and overanalyzing it. It kind of proves that we are our own worst enemy.