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I think it went way too far in scatological humour. Myers can be funny, but he is also very immature. From the first sequel he ceased to do parody and covered everything in toilet humour. His Fat Bastard character was tasteless. The parodic elements and the affection for the source material was gone.
That being said, the first two are still great.
Why isn't he a threat anymore? The films still exist.
Saying that though I'd be skeptical about a fourth one working. I don't think it's so much the series died, Goldmember didn't do badly did it? I think it's more that it was a product of a different era and has largely been forgotten about now. Three films was enough anyway, it ran it's course.
Although I'll admit my taste in comedy is, judging from critical reaction to some of the things I like, pretty unsophisticated. I still find Seth Mcfarlane's stuff funny despite everyone on the internet telling me how awful he is. I can still enjoy a comedy if it's dumb or goes for cheap laughs as long as I find it funny. It's not really a genre that I'm snobby about. For example, me and my wife watched Macgruber again last night, which we both think is hilarious*, but it flopped and got a pretty poor reaction from critics.
I think what Craig says in that interview is still relevant. They still won't do certain things because they'd be too Austin Powers (Bond girl with sex pun in the name, bald nehru suited Blofeld), but the AP films aren't really relevant anymore. They're pretty dated themselves, and I think them fading out of the public consciousness has allowed the Bond producers to embrace the old iconography a bit more than in CR and QOS.
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I'm losing my hair, but not quite bald. I had 2 Nehru jackets, but couldn't really pull off the cool of the Beatles and I once dated a girl named 'Candy Fudge'. I suppose the next step is for one eye to go bad.
Goldmember certainly never ruined the possibility of Blofeld for me. I took it for what it was, member envy.
Not many sequels rival the first. Airplane is another notable example, funny film followed by an overly ambitious, try too hard, dud. Johnny English sequel, another dud.
Dramatic films lend themselves to sequels or a series much better.
As for another AP film, not needed. We'll see if SPY can pull it off, or whether they'll meet the same fate of attempting to be bigger, more spectacular, and funnier.
I call you crazy....not.
I absolutely adore Johnny English 1 and 2 and just recently re-watched both of them somewhere between TSWLM and MR I think.
They can't be compared to Austin Powers in my opinion. They are just too different.
Whereas AP is a pure parody JE seems to be an homage of sorts, a comedic one.
And I'm even not a fan of Mr. Bean I have to say. Never found him funny.
But as Johnny English he rocks...
Flint was the only parody series I've seen. :-??
As for the Johnny English films, I would recommend the first one, @chrisisall, it is pretty hilarious. Reborn is good too, but not a scratch on the original.
He was vile. So was the kind of "humour" he brought: tasteless, sick, etc.
You mean you didn't care for Oscar winning dialogue such as:
"Hey diaper lady!!!...here's my diaper."
I am funnier than Austin, and so are you.
I won't lie, I tend to laugh really hard at the first movie.