When you think of directors in need of a blu-ray box set, what directors do you think of?  Steven Spielberg?  George Lucas?  Ridley Scott?  How about Kevin Smith, the irreverent and dialogue-driven director of Clerks, Chasing Amy and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back?  Probably not, but he is getting the director's box treatment before those heavy-hitters and becomes one of, if not THE first director to get it overall.  Smith has directed 8 feature films, 6 of which have now been released on blu-ray (Jersey Girl has no release set and neither does Mallrats, though Universal previously released the latter on HD-DVD).

QUALITY:
Clerks - Ok.  This is an extremely independent movie, filmed in black and white, on a shoestring budget and shoestringier cameras so it doesn't exactly lend itself to the high definition format yet, surprisingly, it looks pretty decent. 

Chasing Amy - Good.  This was always one of my favorite KS movies as it showed alot of promise in the then-young director and seeing Disney make the proper transfer is a good show of respect to one of Smith's most highly rated (yet commercially underrated) movies.

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - It's a great transfer but I won't bother getting in depth with it as this was previously released and nothing changed.

BONUS FEATURES:
Clerks - Theatrical and "director's cut" of the film, trailers, MTV Spots, the Jay Leno short, auditions, music video, featurettes and two new BD features; an intro by Kevin Smith and a mysteriously placed "making of" Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.

Chasing Amy - Deleted scenes, outtakes, trailer and 4 new BD features; Q&A with Smith and crew, a conversation with Kevin and Joey Lauren Adams, a documentary on the making of the film and commentary with Kevin Smith and producer Scott Mosier.

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back - Commentary and, ummm....that "making of" feature back on the Clerks BD.

The release is a decent one with surprisingly good transfers on all 3 flicks.  The inclusion of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back is good but it jacks up the price to the set which is a shame because most die-hard Smith fans are already going to have owned the BD (as this was not one of his more popular flicks).  Luckily Miramax decided to coincide the break-out releases of Clerks and Chasing Amy instead of waiting a few months to screw over fans.  Loaded with bonus features and good transfers, this set is definetely worth your buck.