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Post by ck100 on Jun 11, 2024 17:09:04 GMT
Probably my favorite of the three "Austin Powers" movies. Not a great or perfect comedy, but there are some inspired laughs when it hits. I remember when the movie first came out how the trailer encouraged people to go see "The Phantom Menace" first since the filmmakers and Mike Myers knew it was going the big movie of the summer. It's been many years since I last watched it, but I remember various things like "Mini-Me", Rob Lowe's dead-on Robert Wagner impression, Jerry Springer's cameo, "Just the Two of Us" music scene, introducing "mojo" in pop culture vocabulary, the phallic spaceship causing characters to have different names for it as we cut to each character, etc. Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) - 2.5 out of 4 stars "More swingin' '60s lunacy as Dr. Evil returns to Earth with a time-travel machine and goes back to 1969 to steal Austin's mojo. More laughs than the original--and more than enough gross-out gags--although it's still spotty. Several star cameos, though Troyer, as Mini-Me, steals the film. Myers cowrote and coproduced. Followed by AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER. Super 35."
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Post by politicidal1 on Jun 11, 2024 22:44:25 GMT
He knew that about TPM but couldn’t tell that The Love Guru was going to bomb?
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Post by James on Jun 12, 2024 0:24:47 GMT
I loved it as a kid, may be my favourite of the series. Not all of the humour works but there are some classic gags and fan favourite characters introduced.
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Post by movielover on Jun 12, 2024 0:31:21 GMT
Saw it in the theater when it first came out and had a blast. My favorite of the series.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Jun 12, 2024 0:48:36 GMT
All 3 Austin Powers are funny.
I think now is the perfect time to make a fourth one. Belated sequels are popular these days. This could work.
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Post by cat on Jun 12, 2024 7:28:31 GMT
I like them all. The first one really is good (imo) when you go back and watch it. I saw it in the theater but I was young. I was surprised at how much dialog went over the head at the time.
The Spy Who Shagged me is my favourite one to just put on. I love every second of Heather Graham in this movie. I also love the Scott/Mini-Me friction and the "just the two of us" song and dance.
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