First two were amazing, and all three made a nice hefty profit. It didn’t fail in any way unless you’re pissed it didn’t spawn and Austin powers cinematic universe with 9 films 2 spin-offs and a prequel trilogy
There were like 5 minutes of laughs in goldmember compared to like 10x that amount in both of its predecessors. And that’s ignoring the female lead was a 6 compared to the two prior 10/10s. But yes Scott being the new villain would’ve likely at least been a nice change up
>three successful movies >fail
Why does Cinemaphile think everything is a fricking failure all the time? You gays are worse than Cinemaphile with TORtanic.
Apparently Mike Myers is a complete nightmare on set and he become more and more of a diva as time went on. When he was printing money, they put up with it. When he started making bombs, Hollywood were happy to dump him.
Honestly because they did everything. Theres only so much you can do as a james bond spoof before you start just watching the same movie with a new coat of paint. In goldmember you can really see the formula, if they made any more it wouldve been worse but 3 was fine
all the best ideas were in the first one
the second film is where they lost the plot by parodying films made at the time and not sticking to just spy films
the third only happened because the others made enough money to fund it and it was a common practice to make a trilogy even when wholly unnecessary (see: dollars, shaft, blood & ice cream, etc)
>The Spy Who Shagged Me was a hit at the box office, landing the top position in its opening weekend grossing $54.9 million from a then-record 3,315 theaters. Its debut total was more than the entire gross of its predecessor (the first sequel to ever achieve this), set a record for a June opening (beating Batman Forever's 1995 record), and was the biggest opening ever for a comedy.[1][8][9] For four years, it would hold the June opening weekend record until 2003 when Hulk surpassed it.[10] The film grossed $206 million domestically and $312 million worldwide. >Austin Powers in Goldmember took in £6,364,796 in the United Kingdom on its opening weekend.[12] In the United States, it broke the opening weekend record for a spoof movie, surpassing the previous Austin Powers films.[13][14] It grossed $73.1 million during its opening weekend, surpassing Planet of the Apes for the biggest July opening of all time.[15] The latter record would be held for two years until Spider-Man 2 took it in 2004.[16] The film also surpassed Rush Hour 2 as the biggest opening for a comedy film.[15] This was the fourth-highest opening weekend of all time, behind Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Spider-Man.[17] The film grossed a total of $213 million in the United States, according to Box Office Mojo.
The third got too roped in with advertisers and producers forcing things to continue the series. From Beyonce being shoved in and completely antagonistic towards Meyers to the rampant amount of product placement they had to do, there wasn't enough room for the good scenes, like at the Roboto headquarters.
It had multiple sequels that all made money. What do you expect every IP to become a cinematic universe? The Horny British Spy Cinematic Universe or HBPCU for short?
It just wasn't very interesting. First one had novelty going for it, from there it was downhill fast.
It killed James Bond, so there was nothing left to parody.
because the Austin character was painfully unfunny, which is a big problem for a comedy
fail?
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Burgers?
First two were amazing, and all three made a nice hefty profit. It didn’t fail in any way unless you’re pissed it didn’t spawn and Austin powers cinematic universe with 9 films 2 spin-offs and a prequel trilogy
Goldmember really deserves at least a sequel
There were like 5 minutes of laughs in goldmember compared to like 10x that amount in both of its predecessors. And that’s ignoring the female lead was a 6 compared to the two prior 10/10s. But yes Scott being the new villain would’ve likely at least been a nice change up
Phuk these fools, Goldmember is the best of the three!
>three successful movies
>fail
Why does Cinemaphile think everything is a fricking failure all the time? You gays are worse than Cinemaphile with TORtanic.
I reject the premise. The series was spectacularly successful.
Apparently Mike Myers is a complete nightmare on set and he become more and more of a diva as time went on. When he was printing money, they put up with it. When he started making bombs, Hollywood were happy to dump him.
By the 3rd film they were already deep into self parody, but that started with the 2nd.
The 3rd kind of just showed they didn't have any actually original ideas.
3rd movie sucked
Should have shifted to R rated sex comedies.
Honestly because they did everything. Theres only so much you can do as a james bond spoof before you start just watching the same movie with a new coat of paint. In goldmember you can really see the formula, if they made any more it wouldve been worse but 3 was fine
all the best ideas were in the first one
the second film is where they lost the plot by parodying films made at the time and not sticking to just spy films
the third only happened because the others made enough money to fund it and it was a common practice to make a trilogy even when wholly unnecessary (see: dollars, shaft, blood & ice cream, etc)
what other movies did the second one parody? I didn't even notice that
it literally starts off with parodying star wars
When I was young I came buckets to Madonna's music video for beautiful stranger
A trilogy is often enough. Things run their course. If he Myers does make a fourth one, cool, I'll watch it.
Was he ever in anything else aside from Wayne's World, Shrek and Austin Powers?
he made the love guru which flopped hard and ended his career
since then he's just done snl appearances
What do you mean by fail? They did very well on the box office and are still remembered fondly.
>fail
It was wildly successful.
proof?
>The Spy Who Shagged Me was a hit at the box office, landing the top position in its opening weekend grossing $54.9 million from a then-record 3,315 theaters. Its debut total was more than the entire gross of its predecessor (the first sequel to ever achieve this), set a record for a June opening (beating Batman Forever's 1995 record), and was the biggest opening ever for a comedy.[1][8][9] For four years, it would hold the June opening weekend record until 2003 when Hulk surpassed it.[10] The film grossed $206 million domestically and $312 million worldwide.
>Austin Powers in Goldmember took in £6,364,796 in the United Kingdom on its opening weekend.[12] In the United States, it broke the opening weekend record for a spoof movie, surpassing the previous Austin Powers films.[13][14] It grossed $73.1 million during its opening weekend, surpassing Planet of the Apes for the biggest July opening of all time.[15] The latter record would be held for two years until Spider-Man 2 took it in 2004.[16] The film also surpassed Rush Hour 2 as the biggest opening for a comedy film.[15] This was the fourth-highest opening weekend of all time, behind Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Spider-Man.[17] The film grossed a total of $213 million in the United States, according to Box Office Mojo.
>fail
It didn't fail, it just ended.
Used to be series could just end without endless sequels.
The third got too roped in with advertisers and producers forcing things to continue the series. From Beyonce being shoved in and completely antagonistic towards Meyers to the rampant amount of product placement they had to do, there wasn't enough room for the good scenes, like at the Roboto headquarters.
It didn't really fail. It just ran its course. It was first and foremost a parody of the earlier James Bonds movies.
Making endless sequels would have just killed its legacy.
It had multiple sequels that all made money. What do you expect every IP to become a cinematic universe? The Horny British Spy Cinematic Universe or HBPCU for short?