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Jason Black
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1723
From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 07-24-2002 11:14 PM

About 20 minutes too long in my opinion. The faux rap video made the flick, again, IMO.

Flava-Flav (mini-me) was the shizzneeat.

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Darren Crimmins
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 130
From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 07-25-2002 02:28 PM

I thought the movie was about 90 minutes too long! Only the intro and the ending were even remotely interesting. Specific jokes were way too long (especially the rap scene, in my opinion) and mostly already done in the first two. This movie, for me, is going to rank high on all-time crappy movie list.

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Mike Schindler
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From: Oak Park, IL, USA
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 07-26-2002 01:14 AM

On the whole, I liked this movie. There were definitely parts which were not funny, and they seemed to go on forever. But the parts which were funny worked really really well. I especially liked the opening sequence and the rap video. The stuff with Britney Spears was great too. All of that being said, this was the worst of the three films, and I still think that the best Austin Powers piece is Brett Ratner's video for BEAUTIFUL STRANGER. Why don't they get him to make the next picture?

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Dennis Benjamin
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From: Denton, MD
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 07-27-2002 01:50 AM

I thought this was the best of the three.

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Ian Price
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From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99

posted 07-27-2002 04:36 PM

I saw this in a packed house on opening night. I liked it. I don't ever need to see it again. I loved the parody at the beginning. The pace was off, They could have told the same jokes only faster. It's like they paused at the end of each joke seemingly saying "get it?" It should have been done much more rapid fire. It would have been fun to miss half the jokes and have to see the film again to get them all. But I don't need to see it again now do I?

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 07-28-2002 12:11 AM

Attendance: 2002/07/26 19:30, Carmike 10, Huntsville, AL, Auditorium 1 THX/DTS, Scope

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I saw this in a packed house on opening night. I liked it.

Same here, except I saw it on Friday night to guarantee a big crowd, which it was, and a very well-behaved one. I got a little worried after I'd read a couple of negative reviews before going to see this movie. The second Austin Powers movie is my favorite, and I'd say the first and third are about equal (very enjoyable). Next Wednesday night at my house, I'll be showing the first two Austin Powers movies to at least one person who has never seen them before, so it will be interesting to see the reaction.

I'm wondering how much the same format can be used over and over before they can't use it anymore. Have they done all they can with Austin Powers? Is the last one? Opinions anyone?

Presentation was excellent, with no notable defects in my rating system.

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Adam Fraser
Master Film Handler

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From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 07-28-2002 12:34 AM

Cadillac 5 (Goodrich), Thursday July 25th, 1/3 full 300 person auditorium, SRD.

I liked the movie (what I could see of it). The entire movie was played on a screen with non movable masking and the scope image hung over onto the black masking about 1 foot on either side. Made the subtitles nearly impossible to understand without taking a second to figure out what the first few words in the sentence were.

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David Stambaugh
Film God

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From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 07-28-2002 05:18 PM

07/28/2002, 12:10PM, Regal Cinema World 8, Eugene, #4, probably SDDS. Attendance about 25. Excellent presentation except AGAIN the surrounds were not working. Lately it seems like the surrounds are out of action in all their houses.

I admit I laughed my ass off at some of the stuff. I liked this one much more than 2. The opening sequence is funny as hell. Some of the stuff is very original, but some is stale and falls flat. I guess when you're doing a joke every 10 seconds, that's to be expected.

Adam: If subtitles were cut off on the sides, that theater must be REALLY cropping the scope image badly. There was plenty of room to spare on both sides even on the longest of the subtitles.

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Darryl Spicer
Film God

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From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 07-28-2002 05:31 PM

I did not think the movie was as funny as the Second one. Seemed like there was just to many jokes that went to long.

There was a referance to the movie Bad News Bears This movie was released in 1976 not 1975.

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Ken Lackner
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From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 07-30-2002 12:50 PM

Hilarious!! I didn't like the story as much as the second one, but I thought it was at least as funny, if not funnier, than the second. My favorite jokes were the Preparation H (as soon as Dr. Evil started so say something like "it has gone through several preparations," I knew exactly where he was going!) and the Styx "Mr. Roboto" reference, to which only about a dozen people out of a full house laughed.

They certainly are repeating the same types of jokes. As Ozzy said, like the rocket that looks likes someone's...Johnson. I don't know how much more they can do, but I would love to see a fourth movie.

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Charles Everett
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From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 08-12-2002 02:39 PM

If they're gonna kill off this franchise Goldmember is the way they're doing it.

All those superstar cameos? The Osbournes -- dropped in late in post-production to cash in on its hype? Pleeeze! And a lot of the humor made Goldmember a borderline R.

Another big 70's mistake: Austin going into his dad's pad in '75 with "A Fifth of Beethoven" -- which hit in '76.

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 08-13-2002 02:12 PM

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Another big 70's mistake: Austin going into his dad's pad in '75 with "A Fifth of Beethoven" -- which hit in '76.

Just like "American Woman", which didn't hit until spring 1970, used in the 1969 scene in Austin Powers 2.

I saw this movie again last Saturday at Regal River Oaks Cinema 8 in Decatur, AL. Like previous Austin Powers movies, I caught more on the second viewing that I missed on the first. Presentation was perfect. They've got a good trilogy now.

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Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site

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Gracia L. Babbidge
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Bowdoin, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000

posted 08-14-2002 01:36 PM

I was certainly entertained by Goldmember.

Now, having said that, I do have some thoughts...

OK ... so where was the scene with Austin walking around in the buff, with strategically placed props hiding his 'naughty bits'? Where were the random 'psychedelic interludes' between scenes?
Oh, and why was the 'melons / tits / boobs' sequence so short?

...and when this film got screened at my theater, I was the only person that caught the Styx 'Mr Roboto' joke ... made me feel old! >_<

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John Westlund
Expert Film Handler

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From: Burney, CA, USA
Registered: Jun 2001

posted 08-20-2002 02:35 PM

Whats the name of the song that plays when the time machine goes back to 1975?

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 08-20-2002 04:50 PM

Trying to remember the scene -- was that when "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind and Fire played?

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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site

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