Charlie's Angels: Classic Or Dud (the film that is)

Its fun but its not exactly Earth shattering. The reasons you liked it so much are: a) You had a bastard hangover and you didn't have to think about it. b) Every other film you see is Isobel's choice and they can be dodgy (Grinch anyone) c) An obvious domination fetish by pretty girls.

Frankly it didn't have enough Bill Murray in it for my liking. Still big props to the kid junkie for making an action film which is actually fun. Tomb Raider looks too awful for words.

Actually I shpould have said "in the cinema" cause I saw Some Like It Hot and Rome Must Die recently and both of those were better.

I chose Unbreakable and that was poor. Otherwise reason b seems all too convincing.

"Charlie's Angels" was extremely fun. The movie also features the best performance of Matt LeBlanc's career.

The only other movies I've seen in the past year which compare to its goodness are "Josie and the Pussycats" and "Memento". I'm going to "Tomb Raider" tonight, so I'll be sure to give a status report. (The one review I've read says that Jolie spends the entire movie being sullen, taciturn, and kicking ass, which means they at least got the character from the game down correctly...)

Oh, please.

I equate _Charlie's Angels_ with facial hair. When you first see it, it's cool - wow! I have facial hair! For a while, it's even enjoyable - cool! I'm growing a BEARD! Then, however, if you dwell on it too much, you realize that you have HAIR growing out of your FACE. You don't shave it, it itches; you cut yourself while shaving; you miss spots here & there. It gets to the point that you have to accept that the damn hair's going to be there, & you either grow a beard & accept it, or fight back the beard every day by shaving. Back, damn you, back!

But, yeah, it's a fun li'l silly flick. But I REALLY liked _Unbreakable_. I am happy I avoided _Pearl Harbor_, too - I need to spend more of my movie money on anti-blockbusters.

McG's best works, though, are his Sugar Ray videos, especially the latest one.

I like it cause it's a film which aspires to the status of superior- artform i.e. pop, ha.

You are talking to the wrong man with your beard analogy, Mr Raposa.

Josie and the Pussycats kicks Charlie's Angels lame ass all the way to China and back, here's why:

A) Prettier girls, and really, isn't that what these films are about?
B) It's about ludicrious music conspiracies, which is NEW NEW NEW, as opposed to ludicrious computer spy conspiracies, which is way old.
C) No Tom Green, whether or not the Chad was good.
D) No Crispian Glover
E) Alan Cummings, who, unlike Bill Murray, was not completely wasted talent in the flick.
F) Cat ears are awesome.
G) Carson Daly and that really cute guy that is Josie's boyfriend - way better than any of the guys in Charlie's.

The only thing Josie has against it is Parker Fucking Posey, whereas Charlies has three of the most annoying actresses in the universe plus Crispian Glover, who is awful, plus it's a total come down in Bill Murray's career, after Rushmore. Josie's theme song is also way better than that Destiny's Child chorus-a-thon. CHARLIES ANGELS IS A DUD AND A HALF.

I mean, not really, I enjoyed it well enough I guess, but it was so way overrated it's not even funny.

Ally I fear we will never get to compare. Josie and her Puddycats flopped so bigtime that it isn't going to get a cinematic release over here.

And Alan Cummings in a cartoon adaptation? Would you adam and eve it.

Carson Daly and that really cute guy that is Josie's boyfriend - way better than any of the guys in Charlie's.

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Carson Daly! Good god woman, even Matt frickin' Leblanc is better than Carson Daly! Even Bobby Gillespie or Thom Yorke or any ugly-ass indie rocker you can think of would be better than Carson Daly.

Carson Daly thinks he is the Dick Clark of the new millenium. Unfortunately for him, he just a Dick.

Please tell me more about this Josie and the Pussycats thing... I have not seen a movie in the theatre in about... two and a half years. It will take a lot to get me to break that dry spell... is Josie really worth it, or will it just upset me and make me throw things at the screen?

Oh no way, it's okay...but not a classic...Some memomarable moments, but totally predictable, I mean of course it's not a dud coz Bill Murray is in it. The best film I saw last year was American Movie.

Nicole, you'd have to see the part in question featuring Carson Daly. I mean, in general, I find Carson Daly as repellent as the next person, but in the film? CLASSIC.

Kate, it's really hella good, you should see it. They have cool hairdos in the film, and the scene with Carson Daly is the best thing i ever saw. Plus Josie's boyfriend is way hot.

I'd shag Lucy Liu rotten. THats reason enough. Oh and Bill Murray who is king.

Josie has more repeat watchability, but Charlie's Angels delivered Next Day delivery of Matrix-derivative choreography, appropriating for its own gloriously low-brow ends sickeningly middlebrow means. In dancing around the concept of film as pop, it touched briefly upon the more interesting, and more importantly, more stylish, concept of commercial break as film. And I like Drew Barrymore just a little better than Tara Reid or Rachel Leigh Cook, especially when she's falling out of a racing suit. Crispian Glover might suck, but how many other villians drink Coke? When it comes down to it, both films have awesome product placement and both films kick ass.

"Charlie's Angels" has this much in common with Tom's beard: anyone who sees it is left saddened, or lessened.

Otis Wheeler, Memorial Day Weekend: I fucking hate Drew Barrymore. She's the worst person in the universe, I hope Tom Green eats her alive on tv.

Otis Wheeler, now: I like Drew Barrymore more than Tara Reid or Rachael Leigh Cook.

Which is it then? :P

If I actually said that "I fucking hate Drew Barrymore. She's the worst person in the universe, I hope Tom Green eats her alive on tv," which I don't even have the slightest recollection of saying, then I take back EVERYTHING I said that entire weekend. In fact, you might want to verify that that was really me, I think it might've been a genetically engineered clone of me from the planet Yucca sent down to try to deface my good name. Bastard Yuccans. I've had a thing for Drew Barrymore since E. fucking T. I saw MAD LOVE just for Drew Barrymore. I LIKED MAD LOVE just for Drew Barrymore. Maybe I died of alcohol poisoning that weekend and was actually conversing to you while in a mindless babbling hallucinatory death-state, assuming it wasn't the Yuccans. You should've called the Ass Squad.

Or maybe I'm just a walking contradiction.

Well, you did say it at Potion Lounge, so I could be overstating your awareness of the issue.

Interesting to see Tom's original post, because as I have said elsewhere, I think Full Throttle is by far the best action/blockbuster/franchise movie I have seen this year. How can you not love it when all it wants to do is entertain you? McG has got some skills that Spike Jonze wishes he had, the fool.

Lucy Liu is the weakest link, but who cares, anwyay? I want the DVD for xmas.

I haven't seen Josie And The Pussycats. s1utsky told me not to bother. Is he wrong?

It is beyond bad.

it's the greatest film ever made in this universe at least

(JATP, not CA)