[電影]《賤男卡啦囌Clerks II》(2006)

續前篇。=]

港譯名有異但是系列作沒錯，這證明舊時的人喜歡用四字詞現代愛玩食字嗎？！ＸＤ

同樣是Kevin Smith自編自導講述十年後Dante與Randal終於弄胯了舊店家，在新東家快餐店又當起同事後瘋狂的一天。

這真是不可多得的傑出續集，比第一集有過之而無不及。新角色有Rosario Dawson演的開朗女經理Becky及Trevor Fehrman的宗教宅男Elias，前者跟Dante有完整的愛情線，在廚房一夜濃情經理室談笑風生天台共舞等都是浪漫動人時刻；Elias完全是個笑話，居然相信咸豐年前魔女時代的處女謠言，看他被Randal欺侮實在太有益身心了！虧人達人喔！ＸＤ

這部少了嬉笑怒罵傻呼呼顧客的無理行為，偏向講D & R到了思考未來的而立之年，D在談婚論嫁女友與女經理之間搖擺，把愛情關係面向寫的也有神采；二人友情也有重大考驗，幸好有Jay&Silent Bob這對活寶的＂溫柔＂守護，吼唷這趟這二人又更重要更爆笑更搶鏡了！ＸＤＤＤＤ

話說Dante與Becky天台共舞那幕太讚了，音樂畫面訊息都好美，若然現實中也能這樣隨心隨意隨歌起舞，太歡樂喇！重頭戲Donkey show意識很限制級，效果不算太好笑，但搞這種排埸真的夠朋友呢！有多段關於種族歧視的對話，美式用字有點意會不全，但一貫地Randal苛刻又有道理的樣子好棒。ＸＤＤ

Ben Affleck客串了敳子顧客，Jason Lee客串了D & R賤爆舊同學來耀武揚威，這兩人都演過導演風評不錯的舊作Chasing Amy（下篇再聊這部=]）。

整體來說兩部連在一起看，明顯看到風格質素都承接得很好（就是黑白跟彩色分別），而且出奇地首尾完全呼應，人物演繹更是十年如一日，味道感覺抓得很準，大滿足！姆指，值得一看再看！！！=]

這幕真是經典！小新級別的惡作劇哎～？！！ＸＤＤＤＤＤ
毒品危害心智喔.....

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當星戰迷遇上魔戒飯。

Randal Graves: All right, look, there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi."
Hobbit Lover: Oh, Star Wars geek.
Randal Graves: Oh, I'm the geek? Look at you two whipping out your preciouses.
Elias: You'll have to excuse him, he's not "down" with the trilogy.
Randal Graves: Oh, what the fuck happened to this world? There's only one trilogy, you fucking morons.
Hobbit Lover: You know what, maybe we should start calling your friend Padme, because he loves Manakin Skywalker so much, right? [in robot voice]
Hobbit Lover: Danger danger, my name is Anakin. My shitty acting is ruining saga.
Elias: [chucking] Yea-Yeah, you're crazy, Jar-Jar.
Randal Graves: Oh, I'm crazy? Those fuckin' hobbit movies were boring as hell. All it was, was a bunch of people walking, three movies of people walking to a fucking volcano.

我是LOTR Lover，我得說重要的是過程，是過程喔。

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[電影]《無事生非Clerks.》(1994)

近期令我最心情激動的大爆笑片！ＸＤ

關於便利店店員Dante與影帶店店員Randal兩個麻甩老友平凡又精彩的一天！

這部經費大部份來自編導自資及親友借貸的Kevin Smith自編自導（自演配角）低成本成名作，全片場景幾乎只有KS當時實際工作地：便利店及影碟店範圍，劇組需等店舖打烊後才可拍攝，所以片中安排大閘是壞的來避免日光問題。

全片黑白手提風格，精彩之處完全來自Dante與Randal對顧客、工作及自我的你一言我一語冷嘲熱諷，或是關於電影、愛情、性、生活等多場熱烈討論，字字珠機每句話都惹人發笑，無聊抵死卻又有對愛情、工作、人生一些玩味看法。

演片中兩位秀逗店員Dante與Randal的是初次演戲的Brian O'Halloran與Jeff Anderson，這趟演出成為經典後來都成為導演常註班底。其中JA是導演高中同學，導演本想親自出演Randal一角，這導致Randal擁有最好玩厲害的台詞，而JA的演繹是堪稱絕讚的爆笑！言行每每讓人措手不及無還擊之力。

配角方面Jay & Silent Bob是站在店外販毒的街頭拆家拍檔，這兩角色非常搶鏡，後來出現在Kevin Smith多部電影中，2001年更有獨立製成的Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back，作品情節也低程度上互相牽引。Jason Mewes演的Jay誇張地爛口、濫藥、好性，簡單來說是白痴無良毒青，卻極不知所謂地可愛！ＸＤＤ　導演Kevin Smith出演Silent Bob，跟Jay的口沒摭欄相映成趣。

Quotes:

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編導KS是個星戰電影迷，這裡用星戰論來比對人生：

Randal Graves: Which did you like better? "Jedi" or "The Empire Strikes Back"?
Dante Hicks: "Empire".
Randal Graves: Blasphemy.
Dante Hicks: "Empire" had the better ending. I mean, Luke gets his hand cut off, finds out Vader's his father, Han gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett. It ends on such a down note. I mean, that's what life is, a series of down endings. All "Jedi" had was a bunch of Muppets.

我只看過有Ewan McGregor的前傳第一集及系列最始祖第四集．．．

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這段對話罵醒了放假天被召回公司老在埋怨自己命運的Dante：

Dante Hicks: You know what the real tragedy about all this is? I'm not even supposed to be here today!

Randal Graves: Oh, fuck you! Fuck you, pal! Jesus, there you go trying to pass the buck. I'm the source of all your misery. Who closed the store to play hockey? Who closed the store to go to a wake? Who tried to win back his ex girlfriend without even discussing how he felt with his present one? You wanna blame somebody? Blame yourself. "I'm not even supposed to be here today." [throws stuff at Dante]

下面這段說中很多人吧．．．=]

Randal Graves: You sound like an asshole! Jesus, nobody twisted your arm to be here. You're here of your own volition. You like to think the weight of the world rests on your shoulder. Like this place would fall apart if Dante wasn't here. Jesus, you overcompensate for having what's basically a monkey's job. You push fucking buttons. Anybody can waltz in here and do our jobs. You-You're so obsessed with making it seem so much more epic, so much more important than it really is. Christ, you work in a convenience store, Dante! And badly, I might add! I work in a shitty video store, badly as well. You know, that guy Jay's got it right, man. He has no delusions about what he does. Us, we like to make ourselves seem so much more important than the people that come in here to buy a paper, or, god forbid, cigarettes. We look down on them as if we're so advanced. Well, if we're so fucking advanced, what are we doing working here?

Randal雖然玩世不恭對工作不認真，但比Dante懂面對現實樂天知命，有點悲哀但比怨天尤人的Dante活得要痛快喇。

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這片才堪稱自嘲藝術，對白非常血淋淋，用字也很髒，沒在怕尺度的誇張也真實，把生活“態度”玩得很徹底，瘋狂爆笑之餘會得到一點啟發及力量的，強烈推薦！（姆指）

而且HMV DVD才賣$30，2006年續篇可能易找一點，下篇再聊。=]

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