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chasing_amy_theory
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jennifer
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the chasing amy theory
invented (at least by name) by Kevin Smith
to end a movie so abruptly and so confusingly, that the audience returns several times to find out what the ending really means, created more profits for the movie.
also, the end a movie in the way that causes the audience to hate the movie, and talk about it with all of there friends, hence bringing more money to the movie.
either way, a very frustrated, yet intellegent way to to business
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see also, all spike lee movies...
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It is deplorable and just plain wrong that the name of Amy is used for this method to irritate people and con money out of them. Amy should sue this character Smith for defamation or, in the alternative, a part - like 90 % - of the money movie makers make by applying his devious theory.
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jennifer
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understood
Amy, by and large, wasn't even the name of the main character of said movie (Alyssa, portrayed by Joey Lauren Smith) however, it was an intrigal part to the movie.
the Chasing Amy Theory wasn't even developed by Kevin Smith (as stated previously, Spike Lee is also a fan of this method) however, the term was coined for it's wholey recognizable brevity.
thank you
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amy
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this Amy doesn't mind. i'm just glad to have my name in the title of a movie.
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sweets bews
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If Amy has a nice behind, then chasing her is a delight. That has nothing to do with movies, though. It is a shame though when the art of expression gets sold out for the art of selling a product or the art of making money. But you can't really talk about comercialism without talking about Capitalism and then you are talking about politics, and no one wants to do that...except for politicians, who are the benefactors of comercialism.
"We are all trapped in the belly of this horrible machine...and the machine is bleeding to death" quote from Godspeed You Black Emperor
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MollyCule
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to remind me . . .
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Silent Bob
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i dont think kevin intentionally made the ending "confusing"
i understood it ok...maybe you guys are just all dumbasses that weren't paying attention. i got it just fine the first time around.
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jennifer
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not so confusing that you didn't understand what happened. but written so that it confused the viewers as to really why.
it's more like he ended it in a way that no one wanted (most wanted Alyssa and Holden to hook-up) so in order to find out why he chose the ending, the audience will go again and again.
it's a very wise career move
that, and casting Ben Affleck
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The Schleiffen Man
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And why not cast Ben in Chasing Amy? He was in Mall Rats! He was the guy that liked to screw people in uncofortable positions (not the back of a volkswagen =P ).
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Silent Bob
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i saw mallrats. at the end it said Jay and Silent Bob Will return in Chasing Amy. Then i watched Chasing Amy, always knowing there was Clerks but never being able to find it. then i found it. then i watched Dogma. mmm. dogma. im a viewaskew movie addict. i shoot up daily.
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the revenge of the chocolate pretzels
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did you see the Clerks cartoon the other night?
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Silent Bob
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yeah i loved it
i taped it
it was brilliant
i laughed uproariously and i now patiently await the next episode.
what day is it supposed to be on? wednsday? saturday? oh who knows. not me.
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silentbob
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the clerks_cartoon will hold me off until kevin makes another movie. i approve highly of the new show.
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jennifer
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try scream 3 for a Jay_and_Silent_Bob fix
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donaldson
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the clerks cartoon was canceled before the first episode went on the air.
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creature from the dirt mall
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so the the second ep won't air?
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jennifer
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I saw the first episode... have it on tape... and the other one is coming on at 8pm (central time)
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silentbob
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they cancelled the show! damn them! he says they'll have the other 4 on video or something.
anyway.
I have another Chasing_Amy_Theory.
You take a metaphor. You rationalize it to how it might relate to and affect people, then you create characters and a story and make a movie out of it. And somewhere in the movie you tie it all together in a neat little package so the audience has realized what the title of the movie meant.
St. Elmo's Fire did it. Chasing Amy did it. The Breakfast Club did it. I think you could say the Fifth Element did it, but of course that as well as many other things is argueable. anyway...
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silentbob
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10 things i hate about you did it
Down to You did it
if you think of any others add them
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splinken
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alyssa is hot.
this is not theory, this is a fact.
we square?
good.
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yummyC
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ok i've never seen chasing amy but now I have to. yes, effective...
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Effingham Fish
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Kevin_Smith + lesbians = crap
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Sailor Jupiter
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And kiss my grits...nooch
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so, what does happen in the end of chasing amy, i've tried to watch it twice and it was so boring that i started reading my book the first time and fell asleep the second time. strange, because i've usually got alot of time for him and his films.
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Casey
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The ending was not confusing to me. And what's wrong with confusing endings, they leave the door to imagination, theory, and different perspectives wide open.
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donaldson
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in ref to silentbob's theory about metaphor twisting: ayn rand did it long before any of the other examples, and someone did the same before her...
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silentbob
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really? I assumed that people just started doing this in the last 5-10 years or so....................
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donaldson
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'All writers are liars' - Neil Gaiman
Of course, he is also a writer...
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what's it to you?
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