CommentsXp Best movie ever!
InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Oliver Thatcher Watson This film is absolutely awesome. As it has great acting, a great story, a great comedic feel, as well as awesome performances from Mike Meyers. He plays the characters in this film splendidly. And the story's actually really good. As it's not only funny, but it's just on a good flow throughout the film. Mike Meyers is absolutely fantastic in this film, as he not only plays as the international man of mystery himself, but as Dr. Evil, and it's not just the characters he portrays that are awesome. It's the way he does it. He does it perfectly for what this film is about. While this film can sometimes be somewhat excessive, it's an absolute joy to watch, and easily, one of Mike Meyers best. I recommend this film to anyone who is interested in comedy films, as well as spy movies, such as James Bond, etc., as this film is actually a parody of the James Bond films. However, due to the good story and performances in this film, some viewers, as well as myself may just forget about that. I was pleasantly surprised and I think anyone who hasn't seen it yet will be as well.
clb1095 "The details of my life are quite inconsequential. Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with a low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts for being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genus possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, Luge lessons. In the spring we would make meat helmets, when I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe, and at the age of 14 a Zoroastrian named Vilma, ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum, its breathtaking, I suggest you try it." - Dr. Evil^ Just one of the reasons why this film is the greatest comedy of all time.
OllieSuave-007 Comedian Mike Myers stars as a 1960s hipster secret agent, who was cryonically frozen and released in the 1990's in order to battle his evil nemesis, Dr. Evil (Mike Myers). His goofy and flashy personality was out of place for the 1990s, but he seemed to hit it off with his partner-in-crime, Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley).The plot of Dr. Evil and his mad plan of holding the world hostage was, unfortunately, not emphasized enough in the film, which made the story less intriguing. Much of the movie was centered toward Austin Powers trying to woo Vanessa, which resulted in goofy but boring chemistry and an awkward attempt at romance.The movie was an obvious spoof to James Bond, but it wasn't tastefully done - there was no suspense. The "hero" of the film, Austin Powers, didn't really do anything in the movie except showing off his awfully hairy chest and cheap moves on Vanessa; at least the Naked Gun movies delivered laugh-out-loud humor and actually had solid good guy vs. bad guy plot devices and action. What you got here were just obvious sexual innuendos, crude jokes, and adolescent stuff.You will get some chuckles here and there on some of the slapstick puns, but the movie is mostly boring, juvenile and low-humored which as a result, in my opinion, makes it overrated.Grade D--
Mr-Fusion Let me just say right here that Dr. Evil in the first AUSTIN POWERS is Mike Myers' greatest comedic contribution. His tics, his line delivery, his scenes with Seth Green; genuinely hilarious stuff. And on the whole, the first movie still stands head and shoulders above the others - if for no other reason than it doesn't topple over into overkill. Everything here is just right: the spoof of all the iconic OO7 elements (Dr. No, Blofeld's cat, Oddjob, Pussy Galore), Powers' goofy charm, even the odd DEMOLITION MAN gag thrown in. The idea of bringing the misogynistic '60s face-to-face with the PC '90s is brilliant, and makes for several great jokes. It tickles me that they got Robert Wagner and Michael York to do this movie. They even manage to wring some laugh out of Tom Arnold (no mean feat).Easily Myers' best movie.8/10
