Chasing Amy
Chasing Kevin Smith Ok so the start of Chasing Amy can be confusing. If you don't read comic books there is not much intrest for the first 15 minutes of the movie. But wait, it does get good. Real good. Chasing Amy is the story of a guy who makes comic books (Ben Affleck), his lifetime friend (Jason Lee) and the girl who comes between them (Joey Lauren Adams). Now we have seen this story before, you know the one. Where the two guys have a great friendship but the love of one good women tears them apart ? Well this isn't it. Sit back and let me tell you a tale. Holden writes comic books with Banky. They live in a loft, argue back and forth and drive each other nuts. And somehow they are not gay. At a fateful comic book convention one day Holden meets Alyssa Jones and sparks fly. The next night Holden and Banky go to a bar at the invite of Alyssa, and they discover one small detail. Alyssa's girlfriendSee Alyssa plays for the other team. (Well, I guess it could be your team but a different league than most...anyways, you get it, she's
If you know who Kevin Smith is, you know he doesn;t make normal movies. a lesbian) And the strangest love triangle of all time begins. Alyssa isn't just a normal lesbian, lipstick or otherwise. And because of that some of the movie is spent on those jokes, leaving the unknowing audience waiting for the story to kick back in so they can enjoy it also. It takes the notion of lesbian/straight/gay sterotypes and turns them on their head. But if you know the other movies this one becomes a gem. If you havn't seen any of Kevin Smith's other movies it might be to your advantage to see like Clerks before seeing this. He isn't all pretty boy, hollywood looks in this film. It is heart stopping in its intensity.
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