I will be the first to admit that I thought Clerks was overrated when I finally got around to seeing it on VHS tape way back in the day when I finally rented a copy. I think the problem for me was that leading up to finally watching it, the hype had been building to unrelastic heights. So, obviously my expectations were never going to be met. And then I just forgot about the movie and Kevin Smith for a long time. When DVD finally came around, most of the stuff was way overpriced. So I did all my shopping at Mom and Pop shops and bought used and came across a new copy of Clerks at a drastic discount. Around this time I was buying whatever DVD's I could find and decided the price of this DVD was too good to pass up.

Watching it again that day, I suddenly "got" what everyone was talking about because my expectations for the movie were already nonexistent. I was able to enjoy the movie for what it was and since then I have watched Clerks countless times and it gets better with each viewing. What is it that I like about the movie? All of it. The characters, the dialogue, the setting, the simplicity of how it was filmed.

As for the 10th Anniversary Edition, it's packed with a lot of extra goodies that justify's double dipping again. Along with the Theatrical Cut of the film, you get Clerks: The First Cut, Trailer, Music Video, Promos and skits and the biggest selling point: Snowball: The Story Of Clerks. This is a hell of an entertaining documentary about Clerks and how Kevin Smith came to write and film his debut. This is a must-have for any Kevin Smith fan. Even if your not a fan of his, the documentary is worth the price of admission.

Definitely a Buy.

Poor Ollie (Josh McGuire). Just when he thought he would become a part of the gang...BAM! Oh well. At least he lives on. With the new guy out of the way, who by the way has Teleportation powers, his heart is transplanted into Curtis' new love interest, giving her the power to now Teleport as well. Interesting turn of events. But the rest of the episode was just meh. The whole GTA-inspired nut job going around literally playing a game, all with poorly conceived CGI took me  completely out of the story.

The only saving grace for this episode was the major twist at the end involving...

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...future Simon, who literally gives his life to save Alisha. Obviously the goal of the entire episode was to get to this point....to put her in harms way so that Simon could save her. I just wished that the story they used to get there would have been anything other than that GTA crap.

Updated Review (Jan 5, 2012)

Although I'm still in agreement with the whole GTA aspect of the episode in that they could have done a different plot to get to the end for Simon's sacrifice, the episode did play a little bit better then second time around. So this episode gets a half star bump to...

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As mentioned in the last post, it came down to City Lights and The Kid. But in the end, I had to go with City Lights because to me, it has one of the all time greatest endings to any movie. It's left ambiguous for the viewer to decide what happened next. But I will say this, The Kid was so close to being in the top spot and on a different day it may have taken that spot. But for today...it's City Lights.

Jim Thome Join The 600 Club

Man, I sure would like to see Jim stick around for another 4-5 years and claim the #1 spot on the home run list. Nothing would make me happier to have anyone other than Barry Bonds with this record. It would be the best thing to happen to Baseball in a long time by getting rid of his tainted record. Also, I know it would **** Bonds off to know end which will make me berry berry happy.