Austin Powers Trilogy

I did not buy this trilogy as a set, but I refuse to write three entries about Austin Powers, which would involve devoting an entire entry to Goldmember. No.

Austin Powers quotes were everywhere once.

1.) "Yeah, baby!"
2.) "Shagadelic."
3.) "There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum; it's breathtaking, I suggest you try it."

And then they were everywhere some more.

1.) "Get in my belly!"
2.) "I put the "grrrr" in swinger, baby!"
3.) "I eat because I'm unhappy, and I'm unhappy because I eat."

And then, shit, really? More of them?

1.) "Preparations A through G were a complete failure. But now, ladies and gentlemen, we finally have a working tractor beam, which we shall call... Preparation H."
2.) "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto."
3.) "Unfortunately, my neck does look like a vagina."

I have completist tendencies. No matter how terrible the chapters or sequels, I have this compulsion; I must own them all. This is how a guy ends up with all five Planet of the Apes movies, for example. (Well, that, and I found all of them in a used bin at the same time. That's just kismet. You can't argue with Turkish fate, people.)

Re-watching the Austin Powers trilogy took two nights, the first of which I was in a terrible mood. I expected Austin Powers to cheer me up, but mostly I was just annoyed. The jokes fell flat. The "yeah babies" grated on me.

These are not movies designed to cheer me up. My mind was still at work, and I couldn't relax and just enjoy a stupid comedy. I kept thinking about work. I like my job but it has certain days that sort of feel like sand in my eyes.

(Incidentally, I believe that if we go home and spend time thinking about work or having nightmares about work, we should be able to bill for that time. I'm only half-joking.)

I saved Goldmember for the second night, and luckily I was in a better mood. I had forgotten a lot of the jokes. All three films are stupid, to be sure, but they are the kind of unabashed stupid that brings so much gusto, I can't help but laugh.

Both sequels are pretty forgettable. If you wait long enough, all the films run together in your head, and you can convince yourself that all the jokes were in the first film, or at the very least, it was all one long movie.