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Austin Powers in Goldmember (Infinifilm Widescreen Edition)

Austin Powers in Goldmember (Infinifilm Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Poorly made
Review: Very poor quality DVD. The picture and sound skip too much for the movie to be enjoyable. The pause feature has been disabled as well. Waiting until the next release is advisable.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Okay
Review: Personally, I feel kind of bad for that person who wrote about their DVD not being able to stop and pause and scan and such. Maybe it's their DVD player problem. But this movie is okay, and the gags tend to linger sometimes. Mike Myers doesn't need to play multi-roles in order for his movies to be funny, though. He really doesn't need Goldmember and Fat B. But there's a lot of extras, and the movie itself, well, rent it or borrow it first, and then, if you like it, buy it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fantastic
Review: You either hate it or love it, Mike Myers fans will laugh from start to finish of this movie. I was personally disappointed with the second installment of the Austin Powers Saga, however this video made up for it and then some. Definetly not a family movie however, more for the older crowd of viewers.

I recommend this movie whole-heartedly.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best in the trilogy!
Review: the austin powers trilogy is the funniest line of movies ever i still lagh at the hundreth time i seee the opening(kevin spacy and dr. evil, mini me as danny devito)or when austin powers sings "daddy doesnt care" get this this is a great movie if it wasn't i wouldn't be rating this item! GET IT IT'S GREAT!!!!!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Liked the movie, DVD itself doesn't work properly
Review: I also have problems playing this DVD on a one year old DVD player, except my copy will freeze up every few minutes to a still picture; very aggravating. I have tried two copies of this DVD; same result. However, the dumb thing plays just fine on a new $100 special I bought for a second TV in the house. Unless you have a brand new DVD player, I would expect problems with this thing.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Virtually unwatchable
Review: What makes this movie frustrating is that a lot of work obviously went into it. This was a big-budget movie, and it looks like they used mega-millions for it's "look". Also, different types of gags took a lot of care to construct. One of the very few gags that works is a cameo appearance by Nathan Lane, looking very comfortable in drag, mouthing the dialog of the chick from Destiny's Child, while said chick is sitting right behind him.

But disappointingly, there is almost nothing else in this film that was watch able to me, and I thought this one would be enjoyable, which the first one was. The second had it's moments, but was already getting very repetitive. This one's totally forgettable.

Going back to the careful construction of gags is partially my point. It was humorous and creative in the first movie when Powers and his lady friend carefully avoided showing genitalia by all sorts of clever tricks. Well, they kind of rehash that in reverse with dialog here, showing parts of phrases, which start out as potty humor, but are revealed to be different messages entirely.

Which is the biggest complaint, which is the writing. The first movie threw a lot of sexual innuendo into the horny Austin Powers character, who not only came from a more promiscuous time, but had a lot of adjustments to make for modern society. May of these were clever, but there's none of that freshness now. It's now all been replaced by bad pun after assembly-line bad pun, and it wears thin very quickly.

Finally, the title character villain is as uninteresting a character as one can imagine. Dr. Evil was a pretty good imitation of James Bond Blofeld character, but for whatever reason, they decide to make Goldmember Dutch. This leaves room for golden wooden shoes as part of the costume, which is only mildly amusing, but then it takes the character absolutely nowhere.

Like the now-defunct Batman series, this one decided to go the route of expensive sets and high-class choreography. What destroyed both series was the virtual desertion of any kind of original plot whatsoever. My biggest disappointment is that while Batman died the death it deserved, this one might be around for a few more installments.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Either too much or not enough of the right stuff...
Review: Granted, DVD's seem to be devoting more on the "extras" than the movie itself...
But there are features on this DVD that I will never use or want to use. The movie itself isnt that bad. Possibly a four star type movie, but the Infinifilm bit? Whats that all about?
Basically this review isnt going to give any information as far as buying. If you like Austin Powers, then get the movie. The deleted scenes are great and some of the features are pretty cool (theatrical trailers, music videos, etc).
I wanna know why movie studios dont put movies out with deleted scenes and give the option to watch the movie with the scenes in them?

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Straight from the Devil's Torture Pit.....
Review: Most reviewers of this dreck start off by saying "I loved the first movie but...". I don't give this series of filmed train wrecks that much credit. The first one hurt my eyes and brain, the second one was completely unwatchable and this one is just plain evil. It is like the writers thought "the last one was full of stupid jokes, lets pour alot more into the third version of the same story!" Bad idea.

It is a sad commentary on how inept comedy film writers have become; to create an unfunny waste of a film like this.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Weakest Powers, but some bright moments.
Review: The best parts of this Austin Powers installment are the beginning and the end. The middle is a little too over-the-top or just down right stupid.

Goldmember is a character that sounded good on paper. But seeing him come to life was a disappointment, and at times a real stomach turner. Myers' Austin Powers is a fun character and I hope he will give us more Austin...but I hope he realizes that his audience is more than 14 year old boys. (The level of gags and jokes in this rarely emerges from the bathroom. Once or twice in 90 minutes is OK...but relying this much on such low brow humor is just a complete waste of time if you are a viewer.)

That being said, the opening tag is one of the most brilliant gags ever seen. The strength of this gag (If you don't have tears rolling from your eyes with laughter, you are dead. It is sheer genius in casting and execution.) mistakenly set up my hopes for an equally strong movie. The ending as well incorporates a current staple of pop culture send up that makes sitting through the credits a worth-while experience.

I was encouraged by the ending set up, which almost insures a 4th Austin. Let's hope the next Austin Powers doesn't take all it's cues from Goldmember.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Diminishing returns
Review: As a longtime fan of Mike Myers, this third installment of Austin Powers was mostly one big disappointment (too bad he never got to realize a feature-length film featuring Dieter from Sprockets). Surprisingly short on laughs (except perhaps in Myers' own head), GOLDMEMBER rehashes too many elements from THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME, but this time the carryover jokes have been completely drained of life, much of the dialog seems like it was ad libbed -- and poorly at that. For example, Myers has a tendency to linger on Dr. Evil's babbling and facial expressions, most of which is unfunny if not downright awkward this time around. Most punchlines and sight gags fall dismally flat where they could have succeeded had they been delivered with a little more flair (e.g., I could see the Mr. Roboto punchline coming early on, but when it did, it was like a mere footnote). The trip back to the 70's -- so heavily hyped in the previews -- is all-too-brief and the star-studded opening sequence makes this dud seem far larger than life than it actually is. And did anyone notice how inconsequential Austin Powers, as a character, becomes in each successive movie? Still, its worth viewing for a few, gutbusting moments where Myers does in fact deliver.


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