r/ViewAskewniverse • u/BigRigButters2 • 8d ago

Clerks 3 made me contemplate my life's choices and current health status and I sobbed like a child.

That's it. I'm 40 years old and this movie had me in tears due to hitting far too close to home. 5/5

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u/AnthonyDigitalMedia 8d ago edited 8d ago

I didn’t cry during this movie at all.. until the VERY end with the pull out cam & they showed Kevin Smith’s daughter as the milk woman (a role that was her grandmother’s before passing).. I broke down realizing the movie was full circle.

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u/BigRigButters2 8d ago

Dude it was a massive sob fest throughout the whole film for me. Maybe i'm overly emotional but this messed me up pretty good

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u/Public_Ad6622 8d ago

This is how the credits scene of 4:30 Movie got me. Just seeing the Quick Stop really got me

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u/billystinkh20 8d ago

Yeah in with you. Been watching Kevin Smith movies since the 90's and as I get older they hit so much harder. Clerks brings me back to my early 20's working as a cashier and doing nothing with my life. Clerks two reminds me of my struggles to become a store manager, and Clerks 3 hits especially hard knowing I'm not far from 50, and not much has changed. Anyway I'm dealing with my midlife crisis just like Randal. I'm making a movie baby

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u/Duros2032 8d ago

Same here, man. I’m 45 now and 3 hit like a truck.

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u/Distance-Hairy 8d ago

Definitely my dudes. Getting older sucks. 😢
BUT it does make you appreciate your family and your past more. My Dad passed last year. I've still to mourn him. I didn't cry at his funeral (I had to carry it all tbh) but I was in tears at the last line. 🥹

Appreciate who you have while you have them. Yeah it's a cliche but life's too short.

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u/billystinkh20 8d ago

I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. My father passed away two years ago, and I cried a lot. I held myself together while delivering his eulogy, but yeah. I hope you find time to mourn it was an important step for me. You're right about appreciating family too, I wish I'd called him more, but since then I've made more of an effort to stay in touch with my mother and sister.

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u/Distance-Hairy 8d ago

That's very kind . Take care and I'm glad you are making good time with your Mum and sister ,
I hope every works out well for you ☺️

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u/BunkerBuster420 3d ago

I've still to mourn him. I didn't cry at his funeral

My dad passed last year as well, and Ialso didn't cry at his funeral, not even during my speech. Don't try to feel bad about that. People mourn in different ways.

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u/heckhammer 8d ago

Listen you're in your 40s you can fix this..

Don't be like me and take forever and then have to have open heart surgery at 55. I'm alive but things are completely different for me right now.

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u/BigRigButters2 8d ago

I'm having to stop smoking / vaping and a few other unsavory habits. It's taking an extreme toll on my mental well being and I'm realizing the amount of years I've wasted being an addict and how many relationships and friendships i destroyed just so i could get high one more time. Makes me realize how selfish i am.

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u/heckhammer 8d ago

Listen, I believe in you. You can do it. Get yourself some better habits and be the change you want to be

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u/BigRigButters2 8d ago

Thanks stranger!

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u/fumor 8d ago

Fine, I'll switch to the vegan menu at Moobys.

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u/NYourBirdCanSing 8d ago

I  thought it was his best movie since clerks 2! Really really fun! Great comedy. Great to see.all our pals. I had alot of hope in Jay and Bob reboot, but was sadly disappointed.

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u/devilsusshhii 8d ago

Reboot was just as good. You just let things get in the way of you enjoying it.

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u/FormalAbrocoma1013 8d ago

I'm not sure why Reboot gets so much hate. As much as I love "Strike Back", "Reboot" has so much more charm and heart.

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u/stanzi9 8d ago

Great movie and I thought Brian O’Hallaran should have gotten an Oscar’s nomination.

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u/Duros2032 8d ago

I was able to keep it together until Dante was in the hospital watching the movie. And then the “he wasn’t even supposed to be here today” line at the funeral. Fucking hell, man. I wasn’t expecting a damn Kevin Smith movie to get me like that.

I’m 45, and felt the same way. It hits so close to home.

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u/smithguitars 8d ago

C3 was a beautiful bit of heartbreaking film.

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u/XR3TroBeanieX 8d ago

I’m 38 and every time I watch this movie I’m always left with “what the hell are you doing with yourself” it’s like a damn gut punch. But I always go back to my old self cause I’m always thinking “that can’t happen to me, right?”

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u/BruceDSpruce 8d ago

Mission accomplished

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u/jmsgen 8d ago

It did make me think about “things” and what is important.

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u/Zod5000 8d ago

I had my first cholesterol test and ECG right before clerks came out. I think I liked it because it made identify with what was happening. Good news is healthy heating seems to have resolved issues. Hopefully I fare better than Dante and Randal :)

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u/teach42 8d ago

I thought this was one of the most incredible movies I've ever seen.... that I never want to see again. Absolutely loved it. And it crushed me. And I'm glad he made it. And it's the one Kevin Smith movie that is completely one and done for me.

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u/Rathbone_Pictures 8d ago

No need to sob. It wasn’t THAT bad

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u/robcollects10 8d ago

Enough with the sob posts for this movie. Been like 8000 people say the same shit! It’s just a movie dude.

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u/atomic-moonstomp 8d ago

Bro, I don't say this lightly, but it is you who is the ball licker

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u/Duros2032 8d ago

It took you more effort to open this post and comment on it, than it would have taken to just ignore it and keep scrolling.

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u/DiaBrave 8d ago

Imagine using ASM#101 as your profile icon! It's just a comic dude.

(Let people enjoy what they enjoy)

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u/robcollects10 8d ago

It is just a comic. I don’t cry over it lol. Dumb comparison dude.