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Title:Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1249
Total number of notes:16012

1246.0. "Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery" by POWDML::CHILTON (Sacred cows make the best hamburger) Thu May 15 1997 12:41

    Has anyone seen this yet?  It looks terrific...
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1246.1Right on baby.POLAR::TYSICKPrying Open my Third EyeThu May 15 1997 13:054
    A friend of mine took it in last weekend and said (and I quote) 
    "I laughed my arse off!".  Then again, he's is a fan of Mike Meyers.
    
    	Jay
1246.2Not too badROCCER::WSWANEYSpecial favors come in 31 flavorsThu May 15 1997 13:5412
    
    
    Well I was expecting 20 minutes of laughs in a 90 minute movie...
    
    But as we found out last nite it was better than that... It was
    entertaining, Mike Myers pulls both the good guy and the bad guy off
    well and the whole spoof of Austin Powers being from 1967 really
    worked.,
    
    i'd give it *** out *****   (***1/2 if you're a big MM fan!)
    
    BS
1246.3SUBPAC::GOLDIEResident AlienThu May 15 1997 15:365
    
    I saw it and didn;t think too much of it!
    
    
    						ian
1246.4thanks...POWDML::CHILTONSacred cows make the best hamburgerThu May 15 1997 17:052
    Why?  What didn't you like about it?
    
1246.5SUBPAC::GOLDIEResident AlienThu May 15 1997 17:127
    
    ...the humour was a little too much "Benny Hill" if you know that
    reference!
    
    
                                                       ian
    						
1246.6POWDML::CHILTONSacred cows make the best hamburgerThu May 15 1997 19:593
    Yeah, and I never liked Benny Hill.
    
    Thanks...
1246.715 min real material (Bond,fashion,etc), rest SNL'ish padding...APLVEW::DEBRIAElanguage by declarationThu May 15 1997 20:3013
    
    This received decent reviews so I gave it a chance. My one word review
    doesn't agree: Weak.

    It should have had much more fun with the sixties colours,
    cinematography, music, and style than it did. It gave tokens to each,
    not nearly enough, and what was there, was weak. Same with the humour,
    not nearly enough, and what was there, was weak.
    
    This could have been a great concept if executed better with a little
    more effort. Two out of five stars, not worth the matinee price.