This movie made me laugh. It's possible that the wine helped, but I think I would have laughed anyway. On the other hand, I'm sure it's not for everyone. Whenever I got to giggling, Hud would give me the "are you crazy?" look and ask what was so funny. The first few times I tried explaining it to him and his response was always something like, "I know. What's so funny about that?" Sigh.
It's pretty much a cross between a James Bond movie and Get Smart, except in French. The main character is a French super-spy who is, of course, quite handsome and debonair (can you imagine any other kind of French super-spy?) but is also incredibly chauvinistic. He's the kind of person I might want to slap in real life (and he does get slapped), but I had no trouble laughing at him in a movie. Even so, the ladies love him (and, apparently, some of the men do too).
One thing that amazed me about this movie was how everything looked absolutely vintage--of course the clothes, cars, furniture and actors (no anachronistic Mark Ruffalos here), but even down to the colors and camera angles. When I ordered this from netflix I was sure it was a newer movie, but while watching I had to look it up to make sure it wasn't filmed in the 60s. (It wasn't. It's from 2009.)
This is actually a sequel to a 2006 movie called OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies. That one's on my list too.
Have you ever seen I-Spy with Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson. This review made me think of that movie. Eric and I laughed the whole way through. We just watched it again recently and it was perhaps even funnier the second time.
ReplyDeleteI am going to put this on my movie cue!
Well. I just hope you don't react to it the way Hud did. :) Also--don't expect to laugh all the way through. Maybe if you go into it thinking it will be mildly funny (which was my pre-movie opinion) you'll laugh, but if you expect constant hilarity I'm afraid you'll be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen I-Spy (don't really even remember hearing about it) but I like Owen Wilson. ("Have you even seen Star Wars?")
Star Wars? Which one? Yes, I have seen them all. Why?
ReplyDeleteI like James Bond movies and I liked Get Smart, so I thought I would like this too. Worth a look see...
Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make that sound like I was asking you. ;) I was quoting Owen Wilson's character in Armageddon. He has a lot of lines I love in that movie.
ReplyDeleteYes, okay! He has some great lines in I-Spy too. I love his voice. I have him tell me I have mail on my computer, it's just too cute.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! What does he say? Because I can't imagine that it's something as mundane as "you've got mail." Surely he threw something else in there.
ReplyDeleteI haven't set it up on my new laptop yet. But it was something like:
ReplyDelete-Welcome back!
-Hey, you got some mail here.
-Alrighty then, see ya later.
Eric has Natasha Henstridge and she says in her sultry voice: I've been waiting for you... It cracks me up when I hear it.