Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie

There isn't much work from Kevin Smith that I don't like and I love the jay and silent bob characters but honestly I just found this boring, referencing as many of his own movies as possible referencing as many superhero movies as possible and.... no actually I think that is about it, I did laugh around 3 or 4 times throughout but I had to force them and even afterwards I just felt kinda dirty, like "omg did I even just laugh at that" moments, wasn't anything like the comics or anything was more like a bad episode of the Clerks animated series, the kind of episode you would press skip on if it actually was from that series, kevin smith constantly popping up to explain to the audience how they don't feel the same was as their comicbook counterparts I just felt this was lazy rushed and for the sake of making an animated movie rather then doing it because it would be hilarious or quality content. Give me the comics or even the movie but the animated movie, no thanks.

I mean, it's alright. I got a few chuckles out of it. The story itself was good, the cast was great. The art style was weird it looked like something out of Mad Magazine or the Mad TV show from Cartoon Network. The movie was EXTREMELY graphic, and I don't just mean for violence, I mean the other thing too. I guess they figured they could get away with more since they were animated instead of live action, but it was just kinda gross. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. This was definitely the weakest thing to come out of the View Askewniverse.

So unless you're a Jay and silent Bob cinephile. I wouldn't recommend this unless you like Neil Gaiman and him saying p***y

I honestly rate "Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back" as one of the funniest movies. But this... man I dunno what's up. It's just not funny. None of the plot, gags, situations or lines are funny, Nothing is original. I believe it takes genius to make stupid things funny. It's really lacking here. But enough on the content. What about the animation? Well it's awful. Badly drawn, no style. Not in a funny way like South Park. Badly animated, but not in an aesthetic way like TV-anime where frames are dropped and motion is reduced to the bare minimum using ingenious methods. No, it's just really poor. I like Kevin Smith's movies up to around Clerks 2 then it all went to crap. I actually think Jay and Silent Bob hold their own as characters, while Blunt Man and Chronic is just an empty void of infantile ideas with no backbone.

This movie was a first time watch for me and while I found it to be good, it was also very disappointing especially given that Kevin Smith wrote it.

Positives for Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! (2013): The animation here looks silly, but it matches the tone and approach of the movie. There is some investment with seeing Jay and Silent Bob playing superheroes and fighting supervillains. And finally, the comedy in this movie is pretty good for the most part.

Negatives for Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie! (2013): This movie feels like it was directed by someone who didn't care or understand these characters and that's because the movie wasn't directed by Kevin Smith. All of the humor feels like the most generic body humor that would coming from a 13-year old edge lord which is odd given that Kevin Smith wrote the screenplay. It honestly feels like the director took Smith's screenplay and chose to go a different direction with the material.

Overall, while I had some fun with this animated movie, I also can't get over the fact that this movie was a big disappointment for me. I didn't hate the movie, but I was expecting some much more from it.