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Summary: The Best of the Austin Powers Trilogy
Review: "Austin Powers" is a marvelous send-up of the James Bond films of the 1960s and also pays tribute to all the trends of the era; for example, my favorite throw-away joke is seeing Andy Warhol, at the film's opening, contemplating a can of tomato soup. The humor centers around a time-lost swinger, attempting to adapt to a modern world in which the Russians are allies, nobody gives in to free love, and a higher degree of self-control and responsiblity is emphasized in society. The Dr. Evil segments are some of the funniest parts of the movie; I think the funniest scene is where Scott and Dr. Evil argue over the merits of allowing evil bass to eat Austin Powers, as oppossed to simply shooting him. I took off a star for scene where Austin Powers drowns a henchman in a toilet; I personnaly felt that the scene was thrown in for cheap laughs. The other two Austin Powers films are funny, but just can't compare to the original.
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Summary: A great first outing!
Review: A good first entry into the series. Funny, but not genuinely funny throughout. Worth a look to see how Austin Powers gets his start.
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Summary: funny stuff!
Review: Mike Myers strikes gold with the first installment of his Austin Powers franchise. He takes all the cheesiness of 1960s pop culture in all its psychedelic glory and puts it into British spy Austin Powers -- he has bad teeth, a cool car and is convinced he is as sexy as all get out. While chasing his nemesis Dr Evil (also played by Myers), he is cryogenically frozen (as is Dr Evil) and defrosted in the future. His new partner Vanessa (Elizabeth Hurley), is the daughter of his old partner, Mrs Kensington (Mimi Rogers.) Vanessa is disgusted by Austin's, shall we say, randiness as they chase down the also unfrozen dr Evil. Dr Evil is united with his test tube son Scott (Seth Green), and they have a tumultuous father-son relationship, which involves going to group therapy where Scott says Dr Evil is trying to kill him, the therapist (Carrie Fishers) counsels him that it only feels that way and then Dr. Evil says "Oh no, the boy is quite astute, I AM trying to kill him." It is just a funny wild ride, vastly enjoyable even if you didn't live in the 1960s!
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Summary: best of the series
Review: this movie started the Austin Powers saga and it was the best of all of them this movie is so funny the second one comes pretty close to reaching this one but the third one is only decent you need to watch this one and the spy who shagged me they are great movies that will keep you laughing
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Summary: Best Austin Powers film
Review: I like the first Austin Powers movie more than the second or third. In the first one Mike Myers shows originallity with his jokes and plot. It is hysterical. If you can go through the entire movie without laughing out-loud then you should get checked out, and make sure your not crazy in the head. I also think that the reason the first movie is better than Goldmember is that Goldmember lacks a certain....mojo. If I had to rate the Austin Powers' movies in order they would go: 1. International Man of Mystery
2. The Spy Who Shagged Me
3. Goldmemeber Oddly enough that is the order of when they were released as well.
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Summary: Annoyed at hypocritical people with no senses of humor...
Review: I have seen this movie many times now and it just keeps getting funnier... I have just read a whole bunch of 1-star reviews and it is annoying how so many people are saying how "stupid" this movie is and that they don't understand the point of it. The point of this movie, in my opinion, would probably be to entertain. "i thought i seen worser movies but this one is the worst ever." (from a review) ok... what kind of grammer is this??? perhaps the reason you don't understand the humor in this film is not the movie's fault. Those that are can't see the humor in this type of film are either too narrow-minded or just should not watch comedies.
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Summary: *Insert your own favorite Austin Powers line here*
Review: If I had reviewed this movie when it first came out, I would have given it five stars for its unabashedly daring comedic exploits; now, with the knowledge of how much funnier the second Austin Powers movie was than the original, I'm giving it four stars. This is not to say this isn't one of the funniest movies of all time because I believe it is. It's rather strange how Mike Myers can make anything funny; there are old jokes and worn-out little gimmicks used in Austin Powers that would probably bomb in most other movies, yet here everything seems to work perfectly. Part of the magic formula, I believe, is the movie's self-parody and undisguised spoofing of secret agent films of the past. This strong underlying concept of the movie is best seen in the debate between Dr. Evil and his son Scott about the evil genius' needlessly elaborate and easily escapable means of eliminating Austin Powers once he finally has him in his clutches. You know the hero's going to escape, but you have to follow the age-old formula when it comes to this type of thing; Scott doesn't "get" this, but of course the makers of most spy thrillers don't seem to "get" it themselves; I like to call this Batman Syndrome. Speaking of Dr. Evil, I was quite surprised to notice for the first time that the original trailers for this first movie did not really even mention him and certainly did not feature any footage of him; obviously, Austin Powers was supposed to be the star attraction here. Dr. Evil quickly becomes an equally if not superior crowd-pleaser than Austin at his grooviest, though, when you watch the movie. I don't think I even need to mention the plot of Austin Powers. Mike Myers is hilarious as both the international man of mystery and the wacky Dr. Evil. Austin's certainly not your typical sex symbol, with all the hair and the yellow teeth and the unique fashion sense, and he's the exact opposite of suave, but that is what makes the whole idea so funny. Austin is cool despite himself. Elizabeth Hurley was a great leading lady for the situation in hand, although her changing sentiment about Austin could have used a little more fleshing out. Seth Greene is a great source of laughs and the type of common sense thinking that this movie goes to great lengths to avoid as part of the whole parody thing. Robert Wagner, despite the fact he always looks out of place in silly movies like this, is great in what will be a warm-up to increased involvement in the sequel. There are some great cameo appearances by the likes of Carrie Fisher and Tom Arnold, as well. Only those who absolutely hate silly movies won't enjoy this film because, basically, Austin Powers has everything a great comedy needs, and the unifying vision of Mike Myers keeps the action rolling smoothly at all times. The deleted scenes included are quite interesting. The two original endings, playing directly off of James Bond films, are much inferior to the actual ending, and the second one seems to proceed on the basis that there would not be a sequel. I especially love the two deleted scenes having to do with the death of two of Dr. Evil's evil henchmen, one of which features Rob Lowe and a bunch of guys celebrating a henchman's bachelor party at Hooters when they are informed that their buddy has been flattened by a steamroller. I'm a little unsure why as much was edited out as it was because the movie comes in under 90 minutes in length with several minutes to spare. I guess Myers didn't want to do too much of a good thing, and the final version of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery was definitely a very good, and very funny, thing.
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Summary: I laughed until I cried
Review: Mike Myers is a comic genius! This movie's intelligent humour is reminiscent of all the great British comedies (including Monty Python!) with just enough silly, crude humour to keep the most jaded viewer rolling in the aisles! The costumes are excellent - a special mention of Austin's teeth is appropriate, I believe - and the musical interludes are hilarious. There was nothing not enjoyable about this movie! Anyone who likes a good comedy, needs a good laugh or just thinks Mike Myers is hot should watch this flick!
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Summary: Groovy Baby!
Review: Austin powers 'international man of mystery', is without a doubt one of the funniest films of the 90's and for me perhaps my favourite comedy ever. It's a spoof and also a hilarious film in it's own right. This film is so crammed with gags, i had to watch it 5 times over all the way through before i got everything in it. Austin powers himself is hilarious, but what really makes the film worth watching is his nemisis, Dr.Evil, and a harem of hilariously named cameo characters. As you may know, the film centres on Dr.Evil's plot to capture a nuclear warhead and hold the world to ransom. Only groovy British shagspy Austin Powers can stop him.
When this film was released, the bigwigs at bond pictures must have been reaching for the sick bucket. Austin Powers is unmerciful in spoofing every little quirk of the entire James Bond enterprise, from character names to easily-escapable deaths for the film's hero. The film also contains humourous sight and wordplay gags by the bucketload. I would recommend this film to absoulutely anyone who wants a good laugh, as laughs are plentiful and come thick and fast in this picture. The characters are interesting and virtually all of them are very funny, particularly Powers himself and Dr.Evil. If you like this then i would also recommend to you either of the Austin Powers sequels. Austin powers is a hilarious film and gets a four and a half star rating from me, but i would really have to give it only four. One of the best comedies ever made.
Particularly hilarious in this film is the very start, the very end, and the scene in the toilets of a Las Vegas casino. The film puts all of it's cameo actors in amusing and fitting roles too, Burt Bacharach, Robert Wagner to name but two.
You just can 't help but dig this film, baby!
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Summary: Seduction, Mike Myers style
Review: This is a James Bond spoof aimed at retro nerds so that we might find an identification in our deprived lives. Hey, in this movie we get to cozy up to Elizabeth (drooling all over myself) Hurley. The flick sparkles (if that's the right word) with lame-o jokes and semi-sophisticated satire. Mike Myers wrote the script and stars as both Austin, the man of mystery (right, like the toe jam smell at the bottom of your closet is a mystery), and the cartoon villain Dr. Evil, who might be Dr. No cleaning his teeth with his pinkie. Speaking of teeth, he has the better teeth of our disjointed duo, speaking of which, notice that Hurley (would that Emma Peel had anything like her figure, but she too was English) doesn't actually soul kiss Austin. I mean, there are not only LIMITS, but contract clauses. I think Hurley was afraid that if she actually swapped tongues with him she would catch some horrid fungus amongus and THAT wouldn't be good for her career. Look at it this way: if she could make flirty-flirty eyes with Rancid Teeth Man, she could conceivably, in your wildest dreams find YOU attractive, at least as the last man on earth. You and Elizabeth Hurley as the last two humans on earth! Eat your heart out, Sean Connery. Heck, all he had in Dr. No (1962) was Ursula Andress. (Come to recall: yummie, yum, yum.) And you too, Roger Moore. "Bond, James Bond," yourself. Myers makes himself as disgustingly nerdish as possible, but still the chicks swoon. There's some right-on satire here about the mystery of feminine desire. What DOES a woman want? The nerds never know but James Bond, Harrison Ford and (gulp) Mike Myers don't have to ask. All right, there is a plot to this Batman-like take off on the sixties become the nineties 007 spy diversion. But it's so familiar that I won't bother with it here. Some of the characters are interesting. There's Alotta Fagina played by Fabiana Udenio recalling Octopu**y and Pu**y Galore. (Well, she's not interesting, but her name is.) And think about this: Robert Wagner with the eye patch who was once a sophisticated ladies man--for example, The Pink Panther (1964)--is now a bloated old man having to wear extra large suit coats to hide his pot belly and sagging flesh. Now THAT evens the score for the old nerds who never got the girl, who, by the way, will like this as much as pimple-popping sixteen year olds. Myers knows what he's doing. There's a deep psychological seduction underneath the sixties garb and the nineties toilet humor that makes this strangely satisfying. For my part however I could only bear to watch it all the way to the very, very end in the hope that (PG-13 rating aside) that Hurley would disrobe a little and I could get a glimpse of that exquisite bod. But they teased me, especially in the matrimonial bed scene with the pineapples and the melons and the spice rack--whatta rack! Ha, ha, ha, ha. Remember as you watch this: it is not as bad as it looks. In fact, once you understand what Mike Myers is doing to your psyche, you might want to see it again.
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