I watched all three Austin Powers movies on Netflix this weekend, and you know what I learned?
They totally hold up.
That's right, I threw it back and watched International Man of Mystery, The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Goldmember and they still made me laugh.
These movies are silly and ridiculous, but like Airplane! (which is the most timeless comedy in existence) the jokes are so slapsticky and vaudevillian that the comedy is not lost.
The adventures of the James Bond parody fighting against Dr. Evil—whose voice is just Lorne Michaels turned up to 11—are full of throwback gags to classic spy thrillers.
Incredibly specific henchmen, femme fatales with names like "Ivanna Humpalot" and "Felicity Shagwell", and giant "laser beams" still make me laugh like they did when I was 10 years old.
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