Clerks 2 and Silent Hill.

I watched 2 films last night. Can you guess what they were?

I thought I'd give them both a mini-review, but don't worry, I won't let slip any spoilers, apart from the fact that everybody dies, in both films. There's a huge nuclear explosion caused by a special nuclear liquid taken on to a plane and detonated above the North Sea, somehow also killing the President of the United States of a America. The explosion was so incredibly huge, it killed everyone in both movies simultaneously.


Silent Hill:

"What the fuck was that?!?"

I really enjoyed this. If you've played the game, the movie will probably have quite a big impact on you. The sets are incredible, they looked like they were literally straight out of the game, and I found myself saying a couple of times, "What is she doing? I didn't do that when I played the game" whenever the lead character would do something likely to get her killed. I still cannot get over how faithful to the game this film was.

If you didn't play the game, then don't worry too much. It might get a bit confusing at times, (like when the air raid siren goes off) but they more or less explain everything at the end.

It's also gotta be said that this film contains about the nastiest death I've ever witnessed on film. It wasn't a long drawn out death and so probably wasn't the most painful death I've seen on film, but it was about the nastiest. It was schweet.


Clerks 2:

"My Girlfriend sucked 37 dicks."
"In a row?"

Ahh Clerks. Genius. I was quite suprised to hear about Clerks 2 as I swear I've seen interviews where Kevin Smith informs us that Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was the last of the 5 'Jersey' films, exluding Jersey Girl as that was about Kevin's life sorta, and didn't have the same set of characters as his first five films.

Clerks 2 was good. It's also in colour. I would say that Clerks 2 has more laugh out loud sections than it's predecessor, but at the same time, doesn't quite pull off the same smouldering cult humour that made the first one such a hit. Don't get me wrong, if you saw me watching Clerks 1 followed by Clerks 2, you would observe me and probably come to the conclusion that I found 2 funnier, because I laughed more.
I did indeed laugh more, but I find that 1 rarely has a break in it's subtle display of 'Dante's downtrodden life'. Dante isn't quite so dejected in this film, which seems a little weird to me, as I've never seen his character display some of the emotions he displays in number 2.

There's still plent of Kevin Smith going on though, and if you like his films, you won't be disappointed by this film either. There's also a whole load of political incorrectness - I'd say even more so than any of Kevin's other films.

Ahh... good old 'Ass to Mouth'....


Overall I would highly recommend both these films. I for one shall be buying them on DVD when they get released, as they are 2 fine purchases!

Go out and watch them, right now.