The building was pretty much packed with people, all of whom seemed to be clamoring for the start. It’s really a great experience when you’re watching one of your favorite movies with like two hundred fans who cheer to the names during the opening credits (I personally boo’ed at Jeremy London and got punched by my girlfriend). The picture itself was kind of square, like it was off a VCR projector. The sound was actually a little fast, so everyone in the cast sounded a few years younger (and Shannen Doherty’s back-and-forth with Jason Lee in the elevator was even less understandable than before).

Regardless, the flick was enjoyed by all. Normally at these midnight showings we’ve got the most obnoxious assholes yelling during key moments of the movies, but with Mallrats it just wasn’t the case (which was actually kind of surprising). Everyone wanted to hear the next joke, even though probably the majority of the audience knew what was coming up, anyway.

Still, it was a great viewing and I was thrilled to see it on the big screen being that I missed it the first time (I remember ads for it in my comics and thinking “…I don’t wanna see that”). This is the third View Askew flick I’ve managed to see on the big screen (now including Dogma and Jay and Bob Strike Back). Now if they’d only show Chasing Amy…

HOLDEN

A Jay and Silent Bob movie? Feature length? Who’d pay to see that?