an incredibly stupid movie

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2007)

This is an incredibly stupid movie for one simple reason. It is SUPPOSED to be an incredibly stupid movie. The girls are cute, perky, sexy and talented! ("Talented"? OK, three out of four ain't bad.) To appreciate the movie, one must see the movie for what it is, a satire! The movie was described as a "mockumentary" because it basically made fun of everything within reach and some things that were out of reach, like the extraterrestrials who traveled across the galaxies to get autographs from the Spice Girls! C'mon, lighten up! This movie was never meant to inspire or stimulate the intellect. It was made strictly for laughs. The Spice Girls even made fun of themselves. Anything is fair game! The first time I saw "Spice World" was in 1998 when I took my daughter, then 10, to the movies. Although she enjoyed it (she was big on the Spice Girls at that time), for me it was sheer torture and an insult to my intelligence. I wanted to cover my face and hope that nobody saw me. I felt that the movie was an excellent example of intellectual manslaughter! If this wasn't bad enough, when the movie was released on video, my daughter wanted the video as well. So we got to see the movie in the privacy of our home. Oh boy! But seeing the movie in the spirit that it was made in, was a totally different experience. It was actually entertaining in a corny way! It definitely qualifies as a candidate for the Golden Turkey Award because it is so bad that it's good! The great and talented Sir Roger Moore obviously read the script before he agreed to contribute his talents to this movie. So it is obviously that he saw the movie for what it was meant to be, a satire, or as they put it it, a mockumentary.
The movie was loosely based on the Beatles' HARD DAY'S NIGHT. (OK, before you Beatles fans go into a frenzy over that remark, let me explain and redeem myself!) The movie is about a wildly popular group as they tour the country. In 1964, the Beatles traveled by train. In 1997, the Spice Girls traveled by their ridiculously luxurious bus. The scene around the bus should serve as a tip off that this movie is not meant to be taken seriously! Both movies involved a villain who hated the main attraction of the movie.
So unless you are an "old teenager" with fond memories of the "good old days" (the 1990s), you may want to lock the door, put on a set of head phones (or turn the volume down low so nobody can hear what you are trying to watch) before putting this movie on.
Then, just lighten up and try not to take everything so damned seriously. You may actually find yourself enjoying this awful movie!