Hot Fuzz vs Clerks 2
Saw both these films on Saturday, Hot Fuzz at the cinema at midday and Clerks 2 on DVD in the evening. Both films were very different in style/humor, but both entertaining in their own ways.
Hot Fuzz
Great film from the Shaun of the Dead boys with a nice little murder mystery cop film that just exlpodes in an glorious orgy of guns and violence at the end (which hopefully won't influence too many young kids to go out and shoot each other). Seeing an American style cop film but adapted into a very British rural village environment made for some great moments, but the stand out moment has to go to the scene where the main lead, Nick Angel (Simon Pegg), does a flying kick to the face of a shotgun-wielding granny. Have I mentioned I met Simon Pegg and Nick Frost last year at a NerdFest and have a signed Hot Fuzz mini-poster?? Am I a nerd or what?
I give Hot Fuzz 4.5 out of 5, for being a good action romp!
Clerks 2
After 10+ years, writer/director Kevin "Silent Bob" Smith returns to the world of Dante and Randell, the slacker clerks from the 90's, who are now a bit older and fatter (or as he put it, fugly) and working at a Moobys fast food joint after the Quick Stop convienence store burns down. It was a bit strange seeing these cult characters return, especially as time hasn't been too kind to the main actors, which also made it kind of hard to believe that Rosario Dawson's character would sleep with Dante. It was only at the end of the film that I realised that this film was actually Randall's film, much like the original Clerks was Dante's film. However, the writing was great and had some very funny moments, but after having seen Hot Fuzz (which had director Edgar Wright's trademark frenetic editing), Clerks 2 felt like a slow film. I think Kevin Smith might be more suited to shorter TV episodes than film, as while his films are funny, they just don't have that something special to make them really stand out as a "film", especially when compared against Hot Fuzz! (It'll probably stand alone after repeated viewing, though.) The stand out moment of this film had to be "pillow pants", and you are going to have to watch it to understand what that reference is all about!
I give Clerks 2 a 3.5 (maybe a 4 if it grows on me after repeated DVD viewing) out of 5 for a funny nostalgia trip.
Hot Fuzz
Great film from the Shaun of the Dead boys with a nice little murder mystery cop film that just exlpodes in an glorious orgy of guns and violence at the end (which hopefully won't influence too many young kids to go out and shoot each other). Seeing an American style cop film but adapted into a very British rural village environment made for some great moments, but the stand out moment has to go to the scene where the main lead, Nick Angel (Simon Pegg), does a flying kick to the face of a shotgun-wielding granny. Have I mentioned I met Simon Pegg and Nick Frost last year at a NerdFest and have a signed Hot Fuzz mini-poster?? Am I a nerd or what?
I give Hot Fuzz 4.5 out of 5, for being a good action romp!
Clerks 2
After 10+ years, writer/director Kevin "Silent Bob" Smith returns to the world of Dante and Randell, the slacker clerks from the 90's, who are now a bit older and fatter (or as he put it, fugly) and working at a Moobys fast food joint after the Quick Stop convienence store burns down. It was a bit strange seeing these cult characters return, especially as time hasn't been too kind to the main actors, which also made it kind of hard to believe that Rosario Dawson's character would sleep with Dante. It was only at the end of the film that I realised that this film was actually Randall's film, much like the original Clerks was Dante's film. However, the writing was great and had some very funny moments, but after having seen Hot Fuzz (which had director Edgar Wright's trademark frenetic editing), Clerks 2 felt like a slow film. I think Kevin Smith might be more suited to shorter TV episodes than film, as while his films are funny, they just don't have that something special to make them really stand out as a "film", especially when compared against Hot Fuzz! (It'll probably stand alone after repeated viewing, though.) The stand out moment of this film had to be "pillow pants", and you are going to have to watch it to understand what that reference is all about!
I give Clerks 2 a 3.5 (maybe a 4 if it grows on me after repeated DVD viewing) out of 5 for a funny nostalgia trip.
posted by U2J at 12:01 pm
2 Comments:
i thought that clerks 2 was a good way to approach the ten year gap, with believable issues and events tp portray the lives of the main two guys.
My biggest disappointment was the perfromances of jay and silent bob, who were pissweak this time round - nowhere near as amusing characters - did they blow their load on jay and sb strike back? The new character who worked in moobies was brilliant though (watch out for those vagina trolls!) and the end of the film was done really well - a nice perspective on modern life after college in middle america.
Wouldn't it be nice to make a living making fun films like this!
I still haven't seen Clerks 2 yet, but really enjoyed Hot Fuzz - pretty much for everything U2J recommended it to be.
Reading an interview with Pegg and his mate on Filmforce, it seems they already have a good idea for another film, which is nice to hear. Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz - no duff stuff yet!
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