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Yet again I find myself writing a review on a film. I really do need to get a life LOL !!! However, I enjoy watching movies that much I may as well put my “Barry Norman” head on again and give you the low down on the latest film I’ve watched. And why not? (said in Barry Norman-esque voice!)
Bored stupid on a Monday night – aren’t we all?- I decided to trawl through Sky’s copious amount of movie channels. Guess what? Absolutely bugger all! Not deterred by this however I scanned through the listings on their pay per view service Sky Box Office. After much deliberation I settled on “Charlie’s Angels”.
Should I have bothered?
~~CAST~~
Cameron Diaz – Natalie Lucy Lui – Alex Drew Barrymore – Dylan Bill Murray – Bosley John Forsythe – voice of Charlie
Also starring : Kelly Lynch, Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry, Matt Le Blanc
Running time – approx.
90 minutes Rating – 15
~~ THE PLOT?~~
Is there one? Ok, where do I start? In terms of plot this has to be one of the thinnest I have ever seen in my entire life. I am really serious. Whoever wrote this must have recently attended a seminar for anorexic-script writers’. It’s so thin it’s virtually transparent! From the very outset of the film where we are given a brief insight into the Angels – Natalie, Alex and Dylan – you get the feeling that you might just be able to work out “whodunnit” from the word go.
In a nutshell, our ladies are hired to solve a kidnapped software programmer by his more- than-capable of kidnapping partner. Easy solving the kidnapping, they find themselves then however flung into deceit, murder and mystery. Sound just like the 70’s TV version? Well basically it is.
Ok maybe I am being a little harsh. There is a slight twist, which involves the ever-elusive Charlie’s life being put in serious danger. And there’s also, well, erm, well………NOTHING!
Basically this film is quite a large waste of a $90 million budget. Diaz, Lui and Barrymore are nothing more than cosmetic throughout – which is not their fault I will point out. Yes they are all aesthetically pleasing to the eye (especially Ms. Diaz, love that smile!). Respectively and collectively they perform as anyone else in this film would – CHEESILY!!! This film was never going to mentally tax the old acting skills, and Oscar nominations will not be borne out of such performances or script writing. It does follow the TV series fairly well as that was also very cheesy (yes I am old enough to remember unfortunately!). There are a couple of good points about it I suppose. Bill Murray is quite good as the clumsy Bosley. This adds a bit of well needed comic relief to this rather run-of-the-mill film. Visually the film is excellent. Many good special effects aplenty (obviously where most of the budget got spent). The fighting scenes I will give a special mention to as they are very, very good and well choreographed, filmed in a style not too disimiliar to director John Woo- i.e in slow motion. All of the Angels look fairly convincing during these scenes. We also have the original voice of Charlie from the series (John Forsythe, remember Blake Carrington in “Dynasty”?). The soundtrack is rather good also, and includes the very good Independent Woman by Destiny’s Child. I wonder if the would have made better Charlie’s Angels? I may have been a little raw in my review of this film, but the film itself is raw. It reminded me of watching a pantomime. I kept wanting to shout “he’s behind you” at the TV!!! But do you know what the worst thing about the whole film from start to finish?
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
SOunds like it was so bad it was good. In a way, I love HOuse of Cheese films- though I have not yet seen this one. Thanks for your lovely comment on my websites op, btw, much appreciated. Christine
scope-matthi 06.02.2002 21:02
Oh well, actually I didn't like the trailor at all, so...erm... I didn't watch the movie. Greetingz Matthi
seagulls-lost-horizon 06.02.2002 20:25
I bought this film for my wife as she is a fan of the series, I wasn't looking forward to it but I watched it and enjoyed it. nice op. steve
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HappilyCharlie's Angelsis a surprisingly successful TV-into-movie update of the seminal ... more
1970s jiggle show. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore (who also produced) and Lucy Liu star as the hair-tossing, fashion-setting, kung-fu fighting trio employed by the my...
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Advantages: Anything that has Cameron Diaz in it, wet and 'unzipped' to the waist has got to get 5 stars Disadvantages: not sure Lucy Liu was the right casting for the 3rd 'Angel'
flashpointz 27.08.2002 (27.08.2002)
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Review of Charlie's Angels (DVD)
Advantages: Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz... Disadvantages: The most stupid film ever, even worse than The Avengers, possibly as bad as Batman and Robin
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