Clerks
Just because they serve you doesn’t mean they like you!
The nutshell: Dante Hicks works in a local convenience store. He gets called in one morning, on his day off and has to deal with various problems from the shutters not opening to people dying in the bathroom. Let alone the problems with an ex-girlfriend that he still loves who is getting married, a current girlfriend who has revealed certain things about her past and yet another ex-girlfriend who died and today is the last day he can go to her wake. As if things couldn’t get worse his friend, Randall Graves, who is even less dedicated to his job, turns up for work and basically annoys most of the customers, as well as Dante.
So where to start with this film? Kevin Smith, it must be said, is an unrecognised genius. It’s a shame that some people think he sold out with Jay & Bob Strike Back but those people should just shut up and remember that just because his films became more popular it doesn’t mean he sold out!
Written and directed by Smith, Clerks is filmed totally in black and white and this very much adds to the general feel of the film. The banter between Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) and Graves (Jeff Anderson) is fast paced and you find yourself wanting to join in and at some points wishing they’d stop and take a breath.
It’s during this film that we get our introduction to Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith), two socially dysfunctional reprobates who, through-out their drug pushing and vulgar gestures, actually have hearts of gold, but it’s not fair really mentioning that as you won’t find that out until the next movie.
Smiths writing talent really comes out in this film and even if you’ve seen other films by Kevin Smith it’s worth seeing this one so you can really make your mind up, which it truly is impossible to do without seeing this film! It’s worth watching if only for the discussion over sex (thirty-seven?) and the death-star (how many innocent contractors lost their lives with the destruction of the death star?).
Go see it! I command you!
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2007-02-05 @ 19:03