What did you think of the Austin Powers movies?
 

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I saw the first two movies when I was a young teen and the third a few years ago. As such these were my kind of movies, naturally.

What did you think?

Some of the best comedy movies by far. Shame we havent gotten a 4th, yet.

Can not f**king stand them.

The First 2 were fantastic Goldmember was ok. Would love a Dr. Evil centered movie.

The first is a classic.

The second is okay.

I pretend the third doesn't exist.

I never thought they were the greatest things ever like most people did when Austin Powers 2 came out but they were fun for their time. Counting the third wasn't as well received and Mike Myers gave us so much unfunny crap with a similar style in the mid 00's that killed his career I don't see us getting a sequel anytime soon but the franchise is definitely big enough that once 00's nostalgia hits in a few years after we're done with the 90s wave we'll definitely see a sequel along the likes of the Matrix and other early 00 movies.

Love 1 and 2. Goldmember is alright. I'm a pretty big bond fan as well so that ups the enjoyment of them. They're dumb fun, like Ace Ventura.

A 4th one would probably be roasted alive in this post-SJW age.

Also Mike Myers is too old now to pull off the character. It would probably be a reboot if they made another one with some new actor nobody wants.

I enjoy them quite a bit.

As a kid? I mostly enjoyed/was slightly bored with the first Austin Powers. I LOVED the second one. I HATED the third one, found it painfully unfunny.

If I were to rewatch them now I suspect I would appreciate and enjoy the first one a great deal more, and not like 2 or 3 at all.

I only watched them because I saw Michael York was in them, and that was several years ago. During that time, I was trying to watch as many Michael York movies as I could get my hands on (even those I regretted. Curse you, La Femme Musketeer!!!), and the Austin Powers movies were a few of them. Since the Austin Power's style of humor is not my cup of tea, York's straightman comedy was my saving grace. The villain squad was also a little more interesting than Austin himself.

They've all aged horribly in my opinion, as most comedies eventually do.

3 was never funny, though. So that hasn't changed.

Even after like 14 years, I still can't go more than about five minutes without cracking while watching Goldmember. I really don't find the first two very funny any more though.

I've only seen the first one. Can't say I've found it to be very funny.

They're parodies of James Bond films. You probably wouldn't get the humor unless you were into spy movies in general.

Ehhh, I wouldn't say that. I've never been into Bond or spy movies and I still found the first two Austin Powers flicks funny at the time.

Like for everyone else here, the first two were pretty good back in the day, but I haven't seen them in ages and not sure if I even want to.

Is it sad that I enjoy them more than I do the James Bond movies, which I don't enjoy at all?

I miss comedies like this or Dumb and Dumber or Wayne's World. Most stuff recently is just Seth Rogan DUDE WEED LMAO flicks or Adam Sandler sh*t.

Some good post 2005 comedies I enjoyed were
-Hot Fuzz
-The Other Guys
-Borat
-Harold and Kumar is pretty funny

Any other recomendations?

I see we're on a Seth Rogen hate spree lately, but if you don't like The 40 Year Old Virgin you're an asssss hooooole.

Eh I like some James Bond movies and really enjoyed the first ever Johnny English(starring Rowan Atkinson) film. So That's not the case.

I liked the 40 year old virgin. Steve Carrell is a funny dude. But he had a pretty cool life and place for a 40 year old single guy who worked in retail. Being virgin at 40 was the only negative in his life.

I'd trade my life for his.

the other guys movie is a classic...

They won't reboot without Myers, he is the character and they aren't super iconic movies that it can live without Myers. I recently saw that Dumb and Dumber sequel and it was ok, just more of the same but this time it wasn't as funny. I also saw that old Legally Blonde movie and it was funnier than it had any right to be.

This, this sh*t right here! Stupid f*cking movies.

The only things I remember from these movies are the gags with Mini-me's shadow behind the white curtain and Beyonce's abs.

They don't really hold up that well, IMHO. Other films that have come out in recent years lampoon the spy genre in more interesting ways.

Like Die Another Day, for instance :lol:

I loved Die Another Day. Much more fun than the first couple of Craig bores, to me.

I wouldn't mind seeing an Austin Powers 4, really. Myers has had more than ample time to come up with something worthwhile since the last one, and age/the time that's passed could be used to good effect.

I liked em all honestly. 1st is the best plus Elizabeth Hurley is just sooo damn gorgeous.
As for a fourth movie, wasn't Myers seen as Box Office poison after Love Guru?

I remember that Love Guru offended a lot of people, so probably, yeah.

Forgot about Elizabeth Hurley. She was the only good thing about that awful remake of Bedazzled from 2000 or so.

I watched them again recently, and the first movie still kind’a holds up. I think because it had a script, and a plot in the traditional sense. The other two are more of the 'goof around until we run out of film, then piece a movie together from the least terrible takes' school of filmmaking.

Oh man she was(is) all kinds of wonderful.
But Love Guru was BAAAAD. I was offended by how terrible and unfunny it was.
Like I was ashamed for having sat through the whole thing. Only Freddy Got fingered, Human Centipede 3 and Meet the Spartans made me feel equally terrible.

Daddy's Home. Ferrell and Wahlberg at their best.

Speaking of Seth Rogen, The Night Before was fantastic!

Amen. I love that movie. The jokes are all at breakneck speed and almost all of them land perfectly.

Back on topic...

I'm pretty sure Heather Graham doesn't age. She's still completely gorgeous.

(That's kind of on topic, right? Cubed, back me up here :P)

I liked the first two way better than the third. Have always wanted to see another, even if it is a straight to DVD release. They are "high quality" movies but they aren't really meant to be award winning movies anyway. They are spoof movies, so kinda know what you're going to get.

One of the things I remember most about the 2nd one was seeing a trailer in the theaters that said "If you see one movie this summer, see Star Wars. If you see two, see Austin Powers." I saw that trailer when I was in the theater to see The Phantom Menace.

Still love them to this day. Goldmember is by far the best one, don't know why people seem to like it the least.

That was a remake!? :o

Wait, that's already out? Second one was very dumb, though. The first one was impossible not to like due to the doctor actor's manic intensity.

The same actor is in the third one, so maybe it will be watchable. I didn't hate the second one either.

Speaking of Austin Powers...

Jay Roach says he and Mike Myers are talking about Austin Powers 4

I 100% agree.