WATCH – Clerks II

Clerks II [The Weinstein Company – $29.95]

What makes Clerks II one of the best movies of 2006? Is it the focus on interspecies erotica? The discussions centering on body parts that aren’t necessarily supposed to be combined? Maybe it’s the mindless debate over which is better — Star Wars or Lord of the Rings — or the pop culture poetry of hearing the Go-Bots referred to as the “K-Mart of Transformers”. Whatever the rationale, writer/director Kevin Smith has done the impossible: he stayed true to his original black and white opus from 1991, while successfully arguing for the value of sequels. Surprisingly moving and emotional at times, the DVD version offers Smith’s usually cornucopia of added content, while proving that what could have been bothersome somehow magically mutated into motion picture magic.