Movie Review - Clerks II

Peter and I got the chance to go out by ourselves on Saturday evening (thanks for babysitting Mimi). We decided to go to the movies and see Clerks II.

We went to Reading Cinemas on Courtenay Place and got seats in Cinelounge. While the tickets are twice the price of ordinary seats, you do get to recline in Lazy Boy chairs, get your own personal coffee table, and all the popcorn and fizzy drink you can eat or drink. Plus there is a cafe menu and alcohol if you wish to purchase it. So by the time you throw the free popcorn and drink into it, it's not that much more expensive than a regular ticket, and it's sooooo comfy.

So we settled into our nice comfy chairs to watch the movie. I first saw Clerks on video about nine years ago. I don't think I 'got' it the first time, and it wasn't until the second time that I actually liked it. When Kevin Smith followed it up with Mallrats, well I really liked that. I'm not sure that anything Kevin Smith has done since then has really lived up to the first couple of movies. I think I liked Chasing Amy but I've only seen it once and can't remember. As for the rest, well they all got a bit commercial for my liking. So anyway, I wasn't expecting too much from Clerks II.

However, I was pleasantly surprised by the film. I felt that it really lived up to the flavour of the original film. I don't want to give away too much, but it is set 10 or 11 years after the original film. The original characters Dante and Randall return. The Quickstop has burnt down and they are now both working at some hamburger joint. And as per the original movie, this one just follows a day in their life at work. Talking crap, slacking off, and pissing off customers, while Jay & Silent Bob stand around outside.

If you enjoyed the original movie, I recommend seeing the sequel. If you haven't seen either then I recommend seeing both, although you can see the sequel without having seen the first one. But if you haven't seen it before, be prepared for something a bit unusual. Like I said, it took me a couple of times before I 'got' it.

-Megz