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Page 4 • The Battalion
Monday • October Ij,;
Smith’s sophomore sluiii|
Mallrats lacks humor and dialogue that made Clerksm
By Michael Landauer
The Battalion
When an independent filmmaker hooks up
with a major film company, certain demands
might be made that compromise style.
In Kevin Smith’s case, Gramercy Pic
tures might have demanded a plot. And in
Smith’s attempts to deliver, Mallrats fails
miserably, especially in comparison to
Smith’s last effort, Clerks.
Smith, who wrote and directed both
movies, has an incredible knack for creating
dialogue. In Clerks, the dialogue was the fo
cus, but Mallrats comes out looking like a
bad episode of Saved By The Bell.
At the beginning of the show, Zack, oops
... I mean T.S. Quint (Jeremy London) and
Brodie (Jason Lee) both screw things up in
their respective relationships. After right
fully getting dumped by their
girlfriends, they take solace in a
trip to the mall.
Quint cannot stop brooding
over the loss of Brandi (Claire
Forlani). After they discover that
Brandi’s dad is producing a live
dating game show from the mall,
Brodie and Quint seek out “mis
chief-makers” Silent Bob (Smith)
and Jay (Jason Mewes) to destroy
the set and keep the show from
happening. With Brandi subbing
as a contestant on the show, it
was a major source of tension in
the break-up.
Silent Bob and Jay are a major
source of comedy in the film. As
was the case in Clerks, Silent Bob
only has one line and delivers it
at the end of the film. Unfortu
nately, his one speaking scene in
Clerks served to tie the whole
thing together, but in Mallrats,
he borrows a line from Star Wars,
which only compliments one of
the film’s motifs.
The rest of the film is splin
tered between several subplots. A
lot of “inside jokes” pop up be
tween the subplots, but viewers
will only understand them if
they’ve seen Clerks. Otherwise, a
lot of the humor gets lost in what
most people will write off as
meaningless babble.
But the weird thing is that
meaningless babble made Clerks
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Brodie (Jason Lee) tries to cheer up his friend T.S. (Jeremy
London) by taking him to the mall in Mallrats.
Movie
Mallrats
Starring Shannen Doherty, L]
| Lee and Jeremy London
Rated R
Playing at Hollywood U
★ * (out of
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a success. There are few hints oftles 1
writing of which Smith is capable.
The film’s bright spots are hardt I
plain. When the crowd laughs louk I
usually followed with a collective,Ik 1
hell was that?” For example, Shanif; I
herty, who plays Brodie’-s ex, actaofe I
after being referred to as “Brenda.’
Smith’s sense of humor maynots I
to the masses, but it is earning him:: |
like following.
Some of the film’s best moments] I
with the delivery of Smith’s dialog 1
London, a professional skateboard? f
adds a dimension of realness to the: |
which at times makes an attempttei i
comparisons to Saved By The Bell.
But it really can’t. The characters |
depth, and the film seeks to resolve; |
subplot after a day full of waffling;; I
major characters.
Whatever the reasons for the films I
ure, there are enough blunt and hut |
moments to offer audiences hope.ibl
ing else.
Hopefully, Smith will return to theti 1
and tap in to what works for his nextpr i
One area where he needs to move [ml
however, is in the subject matter itself. |
Smith has done all he can withthek
up, girl-that-got-away plot. Maybehiss I
film should be about a creative writen I
takes the film world by storm only tok |
creative soul — not to mention hiss® I
humor — to a major film project.
Smith’s already done the research. I
Get Shorty wins with chaotic humo
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The Battalion
Get Shorty is about as orga
nized as a third-grade fire drill.
Storylines fly at you from every
angle so haphazardly that view
ers’ heads spins.
But just like the fire drill, it
gets the job done.
John Travolta stars as Chili
Palmer, a Miami loan shark
who travels to Los Angeles
looking for a person with a
delinquent payment. While in
L.A., he looks up Harry Zimm
(Gene Hackman), a Hollywood
producer who owes a Las Vegas
casino $150,000.
When Palmer goes to Zimm
to collect the bucks, the produc
er persuades him to wait for the
cash. In return, Palmer tells
Zimm his own idea for a movie,
a story that resembles his own
venture to California.
Mojt
Get Shorty
Starring John Travolta, Gene
Hackman, Rene Russo and Danny
DeVito
Rated R
Playing at Hollywood 16
*(out nlHinBl
Zimm likes the idea and
pulls Palmer in as an investor.
But his ideas also get the atten
tion of Bo (Delroy Undo), a
small-time gangster who has an
IOU from Zimm. Bo wants into
the flick, but he has to elimi
nate Palmer.
As Palmer and Bo duke it
out, Colombian drug lords enter
into the picture looking for
some drug money from Bo. Then
Palmer’s boss from Miami
comes looking for the
loan shark. Palmer
and lover Karen Flo
res (Rene Russo) try to
woo mega-star Martin
Weir (Danny DeVito)
to star in the film, and
...Get the point?
When the smoke
clears, though, all the
ends are tied up and
everything, somehow,
makes sense.
Reminiscent of last year's
Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty is a
hari-kari comedy built on a
wonderful script and powerful
cast. The story has so many
subplots that it teeters on col
lapse but pulls back from the
brink to deliver a funny, yet
chaotic, film.
The script is deftly crafted to
keep all the storylines separate
but connected. The storylines
never seem too distant from one
another, and the inevitable;' |
nection keeps viewers inters |
Travolta is just as sraooi |;
he was in Fiction. Palmer? I
sically a light-hearted Vine I
Vega — the dark mobster’' f
is part monster and part® I
tic. Hackman is solid astlt I
hapless Zimm, and Russos; I
cel lent as Flores, the Hoik- |
wood-wise B-movie actress I
DeVito has such a small? I
that it’s hard to get a hand: I
his performance. It is hards I
believe he got almosttop-M !
for the film.
Lindo, however, is brill® I
as Bo. Lindo plays the hood
straight faced, but withei® I
style to make his lines strati |; !
ly funny.
Throw in cameos by Har« |
Keitel, Bette Midler andotlii
and Get Shorty turns ouU |
a film that’s long onentertl ^
ment and short on flaws. }
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