Charlie's Angels (DVD)

...remake of the slightly remembered Charlie's Angels 70's series a chance. One, the curiosity of the classic's remake. Two, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. I have to admit the film tries hard to borrow as many aspects from the series as possible, but in this it gives up any chance of bringing up a decent interesting plot, what is left being a very predictable story. I has a go at being a comedy but results a fight light action movie. ...
...and jumping around talents, enough for any desperate fan out there. No memorable acting. Good soundtrack, look for Destiny's Child song Independant Women. Charlie's angels: I think is a good movie to go with the lads, and with the ladies only if there is nothing else on. ...

mitico 19.01.2001 (01.02.2001) · Read full review
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I must admit that Cameron Diaz, Drew Berrymore and Lucy Liu, the new century three angels (Natalie, Dylan and Alex) who worked for a billionare named Charlie (who never showed his face in the movie as in the TV sitcom), who really have put countless efforts on the movie. As I know from all the information and reviews of the movie, the three attractive actresess have to learn martial arts 6-7 hours per day from a action director from Hong Kong (who ...
...Mandarin and Cantonese) and it has been like that for four months. There is not many gun shooting in the movie which I think that it is a good change in Hollywood movies. There are too many gun shooting scenes in most of the Hollywood movies. Instead, they fight against the bad guys barely with their hands and also their legs (well that is the main selling point of the movie which I love most). I think this is why it makes this movie so special. ...

oniony2k 04.12.2000 · Read full review
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...can land a job like Charlie's where the three beautiful women rush around in order to please him and ask only that they should have the privilege of meeting him in person one day! The Angels windmill their way through 90 minutes' worth of assorted bad guys and doofus boyfriends in an attempt to save the day which culminates in an attempt to save the elusive Charlie from being assassinated. Along the way they perform countless splits, high kicks ...

Curlylady 27.06.2001 · Read full review
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~ ~ It makes me a little sad to have to admit that I am old enough to remember the TV detective series, which inspired the making of this film. (I think it’s now being repeated on Sky?) I loved this series starring Farrah Fawcett and Jocelyn Smith (I forget the third “angel, shame on me!) as the Angels, and actor Bill Murray as “Bosley”, the go-between who protected the identity of the never to be seen “Charlie”. ...
...by the three pistol- packing Angels, who were sure to find themselves in yet another tough spot the very next week. ~ ~ In the new film version the “Angels” are played by well known Hollywood actresses Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu, who are respectively the “brains”, the “muscle”, and the “daredevil” of the team. THE STORY ~ ~ A millionaire software genius called Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell) ...

the_mad_cabbie 06.12.2000 (17.01.2001) · Read full review
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Charlies Angels is another 70's TV-series to big screen attempt and to be honest it does not do all that much better than the easily-forgettable Avengers. The opening sequence of the movie sets the tone firmly as self-parody... Drew Barrymore improbably disguised Mission Impossible 2 style. The film has a poor script and a slightly above average plot (for action films) with a fairly effective midway twist. The poor script is, perhaps, the most infuriating ...
...that the actors can do with it. Of the cast Bill Murray, easily the most comfortable with comedy (and bad scripts), comes off best. As for the trio of intrepid angels (Barrymore, Diaz and Liu) it seems their primary function was to look good, which personally I think they achieved admirably, and, amidst the hair-tossing and scantily clads posing, to kick some butt. At this point I'll concentrate on the action, which is certainly one of the films ...

Mercury 08.12.2000 (09.01.2001) · Read full review
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I was drawn to watch this movie by the 'eye-candy' trailers and surprise surprise what did I get when seeing the film? Enough eye-candy to destroy your teeth for three lifetimes. This isn't to say the film is bad. It's exactly what you would expect. If you want lots of fairly loosely linked set-piece scenes joined together in such a way that you really begin to wonder whether you watching on of those adverts where by the end of it you haven't got ...

michaelcrook 10.12.2000 · Read full review
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Went to see the film tonight... Bit dubious as some of the reviews have been less than good I was Pleasantly supprised to find that this film is very good. Its shot in the style of the original series, which will appeal to all the fans of the original series, whilst bringing in a whole wealth of new fans. The most impressive aspect of this film is Cameron Diaz, she simply shines, oozing charm, and sexuality. Despite a rather lacklustre script, she ...
...The much hyped fightscenes, are impressive, but not polished enough for a film of this calibre. The girls perform well, but they cant fight and that does show in some scenes, and the Matrix style moves, are not that well shot, and you can spot drew barrymore dangling from a wire in one scene Also the tongue in cheek script does wane a little at the end, and the film starts taking itself too seriously. These minor points aside, i would recommend this ...

sdavey 12.12.2000 · Read full review
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Charlies Angels is simply a great action comedy that doesn't take itself too seriously. It has amazing Matrix style action scenes in which Cameron Diaz, Lucy Lui and Drew Barrymore fly through the air for insane amounts of time before kicking someone. You either like this or hate it but I think it's great. The acting is great with each of the above playing very different people. The are some great comedy moments in this film one of the best is when ...

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I wasn't looking forward to seeing this, but dragged along my daughter and husband agreed it was worth seeing. The right amount of Angelish fawning over Bosley and Charlie, good action packed plot, with the 1970's ' hair flicking' by the heriones!Martial arts scenes were a little hard to believe, but the choreography of them was performed well, evening if they did 'Strike the pose' after every confrontation Rated 15 - I believe this is because no-one ...

KateCB 07.12.2000 · Read full review
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I had my popcorn, sweets and drink at the ready, alongside my husband and daughter, poised with my DVD player to watch Charlies Angels. From the opening scenes I realised that it was not going to be an updated version off the hit series in the 70's. No! Rather it seemed more like a spoof. It was not a film that could be taken at all seriously and the characters were very disappointing. The plot. I lost it! There was a villain or 2. But instead ...
...borrowed to coin a phrase from every other film going. For example:The Matrix, Mission Impossible. I'm sure you get my drift. I don't remember Bosley being such an idiotic character until this film and I'm sure if you do have a couple of hours to waste then you will see what I mean. The thing I was most grateful for was the fact we had only hired the film out and not purchased the film as it would have been left on the shelf gathering dust!!!!!!! ...

carriethorn 17.07.2001 (21.07.2001) · Read full review
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Charlie's Angels is probably the most wasted time of my life I've experienced. It was predictable, obvious, dull and had no story line. In short, it was two hours of women in very skimpy clothes jumping around and getting wet. It wasn't even slightly subtle. There were obvious sex scenes, which really had no purpose other than to be slightly crude and obviosuly the good guy turned out to be really evil and there was a scheme being worked... dun dun ...
...and also independant, seemed to be very thin and take orders from other people. If they truly were that good at their job, they wouldn't take orders from anyone, especially not some guy they've never seen before. Totally a male-film created to make males feel dominant once again over today's strong females (I'm not biased, honest!). ...

katiefletcher 06.12.2000 · Read full review
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...that I should see the Charlie's Angels movie. It was announced as "detective thriller about a computer genius kidnapping". The movie itself, as it looks like, is designed only to show the "so-called" beautiful girls. Actually there's nothing else inside of this film. Sometimes it looks like podium. What about "beautiful", I can quote a man's opinion about them. "A curved-leg Chinese, a fat redhaired cow and a bony nervous blonde". The plot is getting ...
...and untrue-to-life than even a kid can understand that. it looks like Tom and Jerry fights when a totally wrecked cat stands up and runs on after the mouse. Moments connected with security systems and computers bring even more laugh to a person who's at least familiar with this field. Actually, nothing from the movie's events is close to reality. The idea of "hidden Charlie" could be more fascinating, making the viewer think of a possible candidate. ...

greensleeves 19.01.2001 · Read full review
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I loved this film, I didn't want to, it was one of those wet Sunday afternoon cinema trips to kill time. I remember the original Angels, although not particularly fondly. The beginning of the film had me wondering what the hell I was doing there, the cheese rating of the aircraft / speed-boat sequence was at least 9/10, this however was just setting us up for the main story, which doesn't take too many brain cells to work out. Don't watch Angels ...
...Angels if you love 'Matrix' style fight scenes and effects, slow motion bullets etc. Also watch it if you appreciate beautiful women in un-necessarily tight and revealing clothes, nice cars, the usual eye fodder. Bill Murray looked a bit out of place as the Angel's chaperone, although quite in keeping with the original. The soundtrack was nothing special with the exception of the Heart track. Not a classic, but who cares. I'd watch it again any ...

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...it is done well in Charlie's Angels. Bullets slow down so you can see what is happening. Flying kicks leap through the air in slow motion. Don't go to this movie to watch the action. Don't go to this movie to watch cheesy 80 stuff. Don't go to this movie to ogle at the pretty girls. Go to this movie and watch it in the spirit in which it was filmed; you will enjoy it then. ...

Manx 01.12.2000 · Read full review
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...out. Full of action Charlie's Angels made for an entertaining film for everyone. Basically the story is a millionnaire pays 3 "angels" to fight crime and solve mysteries, by beating the hell out of a load of men. The angels had many tight sexy suits and often got wet or active, perfect watching for most men...and I want their wardrobes! I never knew Charlie's Angels the first time around but even if the film wasn't like the orginal it was still ...

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