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Summary: James Bond meets Benny Hill
Review: Austin Powers, simply put, is the funniest movie I've ever seen. It grows funnier every time you watch it, over and over and over... this movie is a must see for anyone with a sense of humor. END
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Summary: A Great Value
Review: This disc is jam-packed with just about everything a videophile could want in a DVD title. Austin Powers contains both full and wide screen versions, some great audio commentary from Myers and director Jay Roach, deleted scenes, a music video, theatrical trailers, biographies, filmographies, a 60's spy film retrospective, and even "Star Highlights" which highlight brief video clips from some of the actors' other Time Warner movies (My favorite was a titilating scene in Dangerous Ground with Elizabeth Hurley.Although not everyone will find Mike Myers' sense of humor as funny as I, it's hard to knock a DVD with so many outstanding features. Recommended END
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Summary: Better have some tissues ready!
Review: This movie was one of the best comedies of 1997 and proves that Mike Myers is one of the funniest talents of today. I suggest you have some tissues handy for the therapy scene, it made me laugh till I cried. In fact just have some tissues ready for any scene with the campy Bondish villain Dr. Evil in it. This is a must-see for any fan of Myers. END
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Summary: Mike Myers must have read Eliot's Wasteland!
Review: Customer Number One mentions Dr. Evil's speech in the father/son therapy group. Has anyone else noticed what a brilliant burlesque of The Wasteland it is? Worth the ridiculously reasonable price of the video alone, though hundreds of other scenes will also keep you chortling from here to cryogenic eternity. END
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Summary: Yeah, baby, yeah!
Review: Mike Myers is the spirit of the age, unafraid to be ridiculously brilliant or to share the spotlight with a scene-stealing Sphynx (of the hairless kitty variety), a shaggadelic minx (of the Elizabeth Hurley genre), the ugliest chest hair wig in human history, some fabulous '60s gear, and a set of exceptionally bad teeth. Did I mention his high-IQ eyebrows? Though the critics tried to lay waste to this film when it originally came out, fans know better. Even if it comes complete with a few obligatory lapses in good taste, <i>Austin Powers</i> offers hours of rewinding and fast-forwarding pleasure. Scenes to see again and again: the opening dance sequence, Mike Myers's emergence from 30 years' of cryogenic freezing, the "help I've fallen and I can't get up" hilarity on Austin's jumbo jet, and many more... What other film features a Swedish penis enlarger as a phallus ex machina? More than enough to get your jumblies smoking. END
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Summary: Like the movie? You'll love the DVD!!
Review: Lately in the DVD market, you get the impression that the studios are catching on. They're starting to release DVDs with extras that give you the impression they understand the capabilities of the medium. Most of New Line's Platinum series is an example of this, but Austin Powers is, from what I've seen, their peak! In addition to the film itself, which has an excellent transfer and sound, the disc includes a feature length commentary with Jay Roach and Mike Myers, where they discuss such things as script changes, character adjustments and motivations, costuming and make-up, location selections and problems, and Mike Myers' body odor difficulties :-) There are also 7 deleted scenes from the film, along with the original trailer, cast biographies and filmographies, a P&S and Widescreen version of the film, and the first animated chapter selection disc I've ever owned. The only negative I have is New Line's use of the "snap case" made of plastic and cardboard rather than the "keep case" made entirely of plastic. An excellent addition that shows off the capability of DVD as a media format, though Das Boot, Starship Troopers, and the 5th Element still remain the hallmarks of the DVD experience for home theaterin terms of quality of picture and sound, imo. END
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Summary: A FUNNY, YET PLOT-LESS MOVIE Mike Myers, Liz Hurley (PG-13)
Review: Austin Powers (MIKE MYERS) is a man who has been frozen for 30 years and now since Dr. Evil (MIKE MYERS)is on the loose. Working with his former coleauge's daughter, Vannesa Kensington (LIZ HURLEY), he needs to get rid of Dr. Evil The reson it is funny is because Austin needs to adapt from the 70s to the 90s and is rather confused. The samre thing happens to Dr. Evil (who at the begging of the movie it is 197? and Dr. Evil is frozen and launched into space on a spaceship in the shape of a BIG BOY. Overall I give this movie a reccomendation! Please E-mail me and tell me what you thought END
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Summary: A clever, but often spohmoric spoof of 60's spy films.
Review: Mike Meyers has a dual role as Austin "Danger" Powers and his nemisis Dr. Evil, both cryogenically frozen in the late 1960s. Each of these characters is worth the price alone. Austin is hysterical with his free-love attitude and ineptness. As the recently unfrozen Dr Evil, Meyers shines. 90 minutes is the perfect length for this, as it tends to grow a bit old. However, Dr. Evil's speech in the therapy group is THE highlight. END
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Summary: AUSTIN POWERS THE FIRST TWO
Review: VERY VERY VERY FUNNY, BUT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT IN FULL SCREEN VERSION.
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Summary: Austin Powers
Review: Austin Powers is one of the funniest films I've ever seen. The movie is a laugh out loud riot, and it'll have you begging for more. The story is about a secret agent that's cryogenically frozen for thirty years, so he can catch his old time adversary Dr. Evil. Although the story is a bit far fetched and predictable, it doesn't ruin the film. The movie does a great job making fun of one of America's outragious decades, and it pokes fun at a lot of spy movie cliches. With so many sexual jokes about the sixties, this film never stops being interesting. Overall, it's a great film to enjoy.
Also, the DVD has an incorrect framed transfer.
The DVD presents the film with a ratio of 1.93:1, when the film's ratio is actually 2.35:1.
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