![]() ![]() Now that you know the plot, meager as it is, what's to like about this film? Well, I'm sure many were wondering just how two periphery characters that have provided comic relief throughout all of Smith's films, but who have never shared maximum screen time, could carry off a whole picture. Kevin Smith as Silent Bob and Jason Mewes as Jay in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back They meet the blow-job giving hitcher (George Carlin), the four hot chicks of the apocalypse (Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, and Shannon Elizabeth), a rambunctious orangutan, a bumbling Wildlife Agent (Will Ferrell), and Jason Biggs and James Van Der Beek, just to name a few. As with all quest/road pictures, our heroes encounter a variety of unusual characters on their journey (to this end the film slightly resembles that classic of all road movies The Wizard of Oz, but only slightly). Bob created by Holden (Ben Affleck) and Banky (Jason Lee) in Chasing Amy. True mallrats will remember that this was the comic based upon the lives of Jay and S. The reason behind their quest is to stop the production of a Bluntman and Chronic flick. Our two wayward stoners are on a quest to travel from Red Bank, NJ to TinselTown, Cali (that's Hollywood, fools). J&SBSB is a boffo road trip movie kinda like The Blues Brothers but without all the cool car chases (while it doesn't have any car chases, it does have Carrie Fisher in it, further solidifying the whole BB correlation). In fact I busted a gut, a nut, and a lung from laughing so hard. And you know what the result was? I loved it. And you know what? The second time around I just sat back and let the juvenile humor pimp-slap me into submission. Which is exactly why I went to see J&SBSB a second time: to prove that I could overcome my silly issues and revel in some good, old fashioned, off-color humor. ![]() Of course when I explained all of this to Kevin Smith during our interview, he merely smirked and stated the obvious: "Spence, you've got issues." What? Hey, I may be over 30, but that's way too young to have issues. Yup, then you have something of a pre-mid-life crisis. Well you can only imagine what that does to one's psyche. Ergo, you must sound stupid when you talk. But when you hear somebody else talk that way and realize that it sounds stupid and then realize that's probably how you sound to everybody around you, BOOM!, the conclusion is an obvious one. I mean how many times do you actually listen to yourself talk. Now here's the rub, speaking like that is one thing. What that means is that I was spoutin' the stoner/surfer/ignorant dude lingo some nine years before Jay even entered the consciousness of popular culture. ![]() You see, I¿ve been talking like Jay for the past 16 years. Plus we all know how society dictates that responsible and mature adults shouldn't be laughing at this kind of humor. And when you reach the ripe age of 30 you're expected to behave like a mature and responsible adult. Anyway, when I was watching it the first time around I found myself feeling guilty for laughing at all the juvenile stoner humor. We tend to enjoy over-analyzing, especially when it's not necessary). Why? Well because the first time I saw it I made the mistake of over-analyzing it (Hey, I'm a thirtysomething college graduate. ![]()
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