Filled with gags, this movie only stalled twice–far less than I expected. (the first movie seemed to stall endlessly).

Mike Myers does a great job in separating the characters in the movie. His dialects were right on–IMPRESSIVE. Dr. E has got some depth now, and is certainly more likeable than AP himself this time. Yeah, yeah, Liz Hurley was great, but Heather Graham is breathtakingly beautiful–I didn’t hear any complaints from the men in watching her dance in a fishnet dress. Her eyes. . . sigh.

Many creative and great comedy sequences in the movie. A few of the thousand gags won’t be gotten by people under 24–hey, I didn’t even get all of em. Also, there were about 2-3 bits that just didn’t work for me, including an under choreographed dance sequence with Bacharach and Costello singing in the background.

The post movie verdicts? After my viewing, there was much discussion among friends afterwards (continuing into today) of “did you get that joke” or “see that little sign?” In other words, this is the kind of movie that one has to see more than once to fully appreciate, so I expect this will do really well in the box office.

If you like AP1, definitely go see this one. It’s much better. If you don’t like this kind of campy humor and don’t have much a pop culture IQ, you might be mystified by this brand of humor.

The Spy who Shagged Me – not a title you’d expect to garner much respect, but this movie does okay. With Austin Powers 2 we see the arrival of such characters as Mini-Me and Fat Bastard, who inevitably help steer the sequel way from completely recycling every joke used in the first film. However, there is still that overlap, so a lot of the humor comes off a bit stale and tacky. There is virtually no end to the plot holes, inconsistencies, and various irregularities, but that is often a big part of the humor of the Austin Powers movies – making direct fun of the spy genre, as well as themselves.

And, on a personal note, Heather Graham is by far more attractive than Liz Hurley, and she flaunts it with great respect for us, the juvenile minded male audience. Overall, I’d consider this sequel about on par with the original, not in any specific details, but in all-around entertainment value.

The follow-up to 1997′s Austin Powers:International Man of Mystery was probably not a certainty form the get-go:if I recall correctly,the first Austin Powers was NOT the smashing success of a box-office film that many involved initially imagined,and had it not been for a strong reaction from video and DVD renters,the franchise may’ve stopped at one. Since I happened to enjoy the first one(saw it on video BTW),I can honestly say that while the sequels seemed to have depreciating value,I’m still glad that Myers and company went ahead with the follow-ups.

Now acclimated to the ’90s,Austin(Myers,who else?)is about to settle into wedded bliss when he’s attacked in his honeymoon suite by a legion of Fembots,given marching orders by a refugeed Dr.Evil(Myers,see previous ref). It seems that Evil’s back trying to destroy the free world,this time with the aid of a time machine of his own making. Of course,the British secret service ALSO has a time machine(of course),and Austin races through time to stop Evil’s plans,this time with the help of one Felicity Shagwell(Heather Graham,beautiful,sexy,game,and yet somehow out of her element here),an American NOC agent from the year 1969.

A whole series,moving almost in waves,of sight-gags,verbal plays and yet more homages to Bond and Bond-type movies of the ’60s,basically keeps the continuity of the original going seamlessly. Much of the cast from the last movie– particularly Robert Wagner as the chief Hench,Seth Green as sullen son Scott Evil,Mindy Sterling as Frau FArbissima,Michael York as Basil Exposition and Will Ferrell as Mustafa the Assassin(who must be asked the same question THREE times in order to get information. One of my favorite gags from the movie)–are back,supplemented by Rob Lowe as the younger Number Two,Verne Troyer as Evil’s identical clone,one-tenth his size and Myers again as Fat Bastard,a Scotish assassin with a violent temper who weighs a metric ton(I think I’m paraphrasing there),among others. Cameos by(among others) Burt Bacharach(as from the previous film)and Elvis Costello are added to give the film it’s small slice of romanticism. Jay Roach returns to direct this one,and he,as usual,is near transparent in allowing Myers(not only star and co-producer but also screenwriter)to pretty much take this film as high,low,far,close,loud,soft and whatever as he fancies. While the original’s flavor seems to be getting steadily diluted by the “franchise effect” of sequels(in other words,the effect that kind of makes a movie more of a “product” than a piece of entertainment),it still has the same sass,cheeky humor and fun to keep it quite enjoyable.

This is one great movie. To me, to make a good comedy movie you need to make it very funny, and have a cast of lovable zany characters. If you have all that then you got a great comedic movie on your hands.

A main thing you need is slapstick humor. In a scene from the movie Austin and his trusty sidekick Felicity Shagwell are in a tent being watched by Dr. Evil’s guards. Austen is down on his hands and knees doing exercises while Felicity is checking their inventory. Since there is a light in the tent it sends their shadows to the outside of the tent where it looks to Dr. Evil’s guards that Felicity is reaching in and taking things out of Austin’s derriere. The funniest part is when accidently sets of a smoke bomb (if you understand what they were trying to show). Meanwhile, any scene with Fat B@#$%&d is a laugh riot. Especially the scene where he explains that babies are the other other white meat.

Another good aspect to a great comedy is a cast of crazy characters. Mike Meyers is great as the swingin’ Austin Powers, The maniacal Dr. Evil, and as Fat B@#$%&d the one metric ton Scotsman. Other great characters in the movie include the pint-sized maniacal Mini-Me Dr. Evil’s 1/8 sized clone, and Scott Evil the punk son of Dr. Evil. They all are incredibly cartoonish players who are great when they interact with each other.

From this Frickin’ rotating chair that I sit in I can definatly approve of this movie. They have fantastically funny jokes that leave you rolling in the aisles. Along with side-splitting off-the-wall characters. This movie has everything you could ever ask for. It’s sp funny that you will want to see it as many times as you probobly saw Titanic.

by, A.J SRHigh