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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
I have said this before and realize it's an unpopular opinion, but anyone who remembers Clerks as a funny movie never watched it a second time. I hold no grudge against someone who watches it once and says "I laughed," because I did, but a second viewing of that movie is just intolerable. Ditto Better Off Dead. Maybe a second viewing when it's still 1985 and you're still on dope and in high school, but today, in 2009? You couldn't pay me to watch it. I'll quote it from memory, but I'll never want to watch it again. So it's in the same category as Clerks -- quotable doesn't equal funniest.
A good test is, would I pay $30 to get it on Blu-Ray? Many things on people's list, the answer is yes, but not Elf, not Clerks, not Better Off Dead.
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Dissent in part as to Clerks. I think it's watchable every couple of years or so. It's not something I'd watch if it was playing this Saturday afternoon on cable, but it was funny in a new way at the time, so that's why it made the nether regions of my list.
Dissent as to Better Off Dead. In fact, I might just want to swap out Clerks for Better Off Dead, as I forgot about it when making my list. Parts of it are 80's-dated, but I still like it.
And I'm not alone. Why spend $30 for a Blu-Ray disk when you can
meet Monique Junot (and Savage Steve Holland and Booger from Revenge of the Nerds for only $10? Besides, do you know the street value of this mountain? Everyone from the board could afford to go.
