“Mini me, you complete me.”
:hearts::hearts::hearts:
The second installment in Mike Myers's gentleman spy parody is something of an ugly duckling when compared to its siblings. Tossing away the more grounded themes and aspects of the first film, it dives headfirst into a sea of slapstick and never comes up for air. It's not a bad movie, nor is it unfunny; it merely dips into the well of recurring gags from the original too frequently and deals unfavorably with a tough set of growing pains.
The reverse time-travel elements are half-baked and don’t work, a shortcoming which the movie itself acknowledges by literally telling the audience not to take things too seriously. That may make for a good standalone punchline, but it doesn't solve the problem and as this follows in the footsteps of an excellently-written first film, it’s tough not to expect more. New cast members Mini-Me and Fat Bastard are brilliant additions who steal the spotlight every time they're on-screen, but Myers and flavor of the month Heather Graham never really connect as a duo. Simply going through the motions is good enough for a few laughs, but it's missing a lot of the invariables that made the series so successful to begin with.
i like the part where they go to buckinham palace and just harass the guard
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - I think this film was hilarious
My rating system works:
10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:heart:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:heart: - Bull Shit
It's more of the same with plenty of the same jokes but somehow I liked this film more than International Man of Mystery.
Playing with many pop-culture accents slightly improves the reception.
Possibly even more stupid than the original, yet arguably funnier. It’s the exact same jokes rehashed on a larger scale, but Jay Roach finally managed to set the right tone for this kind of brainless spoofs: vibrantly tacky, gaudy, and exaggerated. It’s like they gave up on making any sense and fully embraced their nature. The puns and slapstick humor are mostly cringeworthy, but the overall atmosphere and characters are still enjoyable.
“I put the ‘Grr’ in swinger baby!” Austin Powers is back for more adventure in the smashing sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. The story follows Dr. Evil and Austin Powers as they battle across time when Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 to steal Austin’s mojo while he was in cryostasis. Mike Myers, Heather Graham, and Seth Green have great comedic chemistry together and deliver some really good performances. Additionally, the satire is especially well-written, and is helped by keeping the story set in the ‘60s throughout most of the film. Hilarious and shagadelic, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me definitely has mojo baby, yeah!
Watching the first one so close to the second is a great way to see the slight quality difference. My main issue is that, overall, I think the first one is simply a better quality story. There are no dips in enjoyment at all. However, this one does have higher joke peaks. It's just that those tall peaks are next to some valleys that aren't as great. Still, quite a hilarious and fun time baby.
I really like this film, even after all these years, in the land of movie sequels and as far as spy comedies go this one is still a riot.
The third in the series, it delivers with fresh characters and plenty of laughs from the spy world.
Ya baby ya !
Well we’re on a mini-marathon now, it’s official baby. Someone heard the cash cow moo-ing and they made a sequel.
Luckily for us, it’s not total dross.
Austin returns and this time Dr. Evil has gone back in time and hired someone to steal his mojo whilst he’s cryogenically frozen. 90s Austin follows Dr. Evil back to the 60s to recover it.
In terms of plot things are starting to get a little shabby here… There’s a mildly amusing self-referential nod to the camera explaining that none of this makes sense, but despite the warning it’s still annoying!
Otherwise it’s essentially more of the same. A few new characters are introduced, notably mini-me, Dr. Evil’s diminutive clone, and the budget has gone up a bit, but it’s otherwise hard to tell the two films apart.
That’s perhaps not such a bad thing, what worked in the first film works again here. It’s still silly, it’s still fun & it’s still original.
Perhaps we shouldn’t have watched these one night after the other. The sense of humour and tone is starting to wear thin but the laughs do keep coming, and in the case of Austin Powers I suppose that’s all that matters.
Oh and last night it was Liz Hurley, tonight it’s Heather Graham. Still flying high on that front.
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“Spectacle, testicles, wallet and watch”
The introduction of fat bastard and mini me is great. The whole dick rocket joke is fantastic. I love all these movies. They are so stupid and so funny.