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"There are two sorts of people I hate in the world. People who are intolerant of other cultures, and the dutch".
I'd be interested in a fourth one but if it never happens I'm fine with that too. It's a nice trilogy already.
There were vague hints that they were going for a Craig era parody (as well as the title being rebooted I remember a parkour bit and a line about gadgets being on the way out) but in the end it just ended up being more of the same but with none of the memorability or dumb charm that the first one had imo.
However..idk if I even want it...the gimmick wore off. I think maybe Mike Myers should make some other parody movie to come back.
You discovered one of Dr. Evil's lairs in the Alps but found yourself outnumbered?
Me, too: lots of quality gags, Gillian Anderson owning all her Pegasus scenes, and a more mature-looking Rowan Atkinson.
God dam! Heather Graham in this film is off the chart.
I can still remember coming home on the bus (from the Bournemouth Odeon, @BondJasonBond006!) with my fellow-geek Paul and the fun we had arguing about all the references.
But because above all else I love films that manage to be both funny and touching, it's this scene that makes it the winner:
In contrast I find the Johnny English films just as funny now as they were then? Maybe it is my Brit humour!
The sequels did so little for me by comparison, I can offer only Dr. Evil rapping, Will Ferrell's brief reprisal in Shagged, the mole business, the ladies, and George S. Clinton's music in their defense.
However, as mentioned by BondJasonBond006...
The rest of the film is utter garbage, however, as BondJasonBond006 and I are both afraid to say.
True, the films spoofed James Bond in many, many, many, many ways—especially the first one—but Austin Powers himself does not spoof the character of James Bond in any way (apart from being perpetually randy and making bad quips about henchman deaths and retroactively in being Dr. Evil's brother ;) )
One thing I don't ever want to see again is a shoo-in for a Bond girl picked up by another major franchise before EoN gets to her. Elizabeth Hurley (as Bond girl) has Bond written all over her, as does Cate Blanchett (as Bond villain), and both Austin and now Marvel have gotten there first. Either are the type with the skills and looks to elevate a film just by being cast.
I have to agree that this is phenomenal. A mix of Bond and MI2. Shaggadelic and full of swagger.
First is still the best. With my immature sense of humour, I actuslly find Goldmember the funniest. Oh, and My Cocaine is in it... I mean Michael Caine.
Mike Myers still wants to do Austin Powers 4. Not surprised. But will he? Now, thst is the question.
@bondjames Never understood the appeal of Elizabeth Hurley and personally cannot picture her as a Bond girl. Now for Cate Blanchett, that is different. She is great in everything.
If you're going with the fun Bond with sex and violence, and glorified comic book-y humour with an overcompensating stylish super-spy effortlessly walking through a corridor and make every woman fawn for him, a la Derek Flint, then yes, Liz Hurley is the type of Bond Girl for that type of Bond. Namely, the Bonds of Connery, Moore and Brosnan.
I thought they were actually planning a 4th Austin Powers though-- I mean besides Myers' mere mentioning that he wanted to do one. It had to do with them going back to 1997 and interacting with the first movie when he was thawed out in the 'present'. That has potential.
While other times, I heard about a Dr. Evil movie being cooked up and that Mike Myers was negotiating a deal with New Line Cinema according to an interview dating back to August 2016. Made me think there already was a script.
Cocktails right before bed gives interesting results sometimes ;)