rocker2014 t1_jeey5yb wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Well, your problem there is all expectations. Mallrats is and always has been a stoner comedy. It has some clever dialogue but mostly it's just a slapstick comedy. And for me, it definitely still is effective. But if you go into it expecting an intelligent subversive masterpiece, of course you will be disappointed. But that isn't the movie's fault, that's expectations.

HOGCC t1_jef51xm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:43 PM

> It has some clever dialogue but mostly it’s just a slapstick comedy.

Huh??? There is nothing slapstick about Mallrats. Kevin Smiths movies are all almost entirely dialouge driven.

rocker2014 t1_jefhcqc wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:03 PM

Jay and Silent Bob's entire storyline is slapstick.

Red-eleven t1_jegatm4 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:18 PM

More like slapping the stick

gee_gra OP t1_jeeyk4e wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Naw I know what the film's like, I watched it, I didn't go in expecting it to blow me away — I just thought it was shite when I watched it again as an adult, that's kinda the point lol