Spice World

passthepopcorn6 wrote on IMDB:

When I was seven and this movie came out, it was the biggest thing around. Everyone wanted to be the Spice Girls. After they split up and weren't cool anymore, everyone forgot about the movie. But ho, ho, what's this? Years later, here I am cleaning out my old Disney and Barney videos and stumble across my old friend that I used to watch everyday. Even at my old age of fifteen, never failed to crack me up.

Obviously, this isn't meant to be a contender for Oscars. Anyone can see that. But I can't find much to hate about a movie that's practically the visual to go along with the song "Girls just wanna have fun." That's all it is, fun. And a lot of good fun at that. It's just a guilty pleasure, and it's so much fun to watch it with old friends singing into hair brushes and wearing feather boas. You just need to keep in mind that it was publicity for their new record and it's not meant to be one of those heavy movies you over-analyze. Recommendation: This movie is much funner when you watch it jumping up and down on a couch like a seven year old.

Neonsamurai wrote on IMDB:

As I recall, just before this film was released, the laws concerning gun ownership in the UK were changed. This meant that literally thousands of automatic pistols and large calibre revolvers were removed from the hands of the general public. Coincidence? I don't think so.

The government knew that the combination of Spice World and privately owned combat handguns would result in retaliatory strikes against both the countries film and music industries, by vengeance hungry members or the public. I don't own any guns, but I'd have probably joined in anyway, using a broom or a saucepan to dish out some Spice Girl inspired justice on the people that created this film.

In hindsight, this could have saved us from the likes of Atomic Kitten and there would have been a good chance of sorting out Elton John as well. But alas the government foresaw this and here we are, shaking our heads as the British film industry spasms in its continued death throes.   [ show more ]

`But it's aimed at kids and Spice Girl fans!' you may shout, thinking that such a statement will somehow appease me. But, you'd be wrong, because the idea of letting those mad harridans, drive around the country in a bus, sing songs or say girl power is almost as insane to me as letting Rosie O'Donnell have her own talk show.

If I worked in a video store and someone tried to hire out this movie then I'd refuse to let them have it, and possibly punch them for good measure. That also goes for Moonwalker.

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matrix29 wrote on IMDB:

The Spice Girls deserved the brutal fall from grace for this cinematic blunder. Although the girls are talented and have full personalities they are buried under tons of lousy plot twists. It starts great and then comes the moronic "drama" moments with Roger Moore (what a waste of a greatly talented actor) then the other "drama" with Bob Hoskins & Mark McKinney which serves only to irritate and detract. Every "drama" scene drains the movie of any fun shown before. Half way into the film it becomes really bad. Frankly I felt the director said, "We got their money, who cares what they see next?" Then the film becomes a cheap montage of lousy sets and action. What is truly sad is that the Spice Girls do have talent and actually interesting personalities. They deserved a good movie to showcase their skills. And this movie dragged them off the stage. I was a fan and I felt exploited and insulted by this worthless film. I hate the Spice Girls because of this film. It bluntly stated, "We feel our fans are idiots. They'll gladly buy any cheap item we drop in their laps." This movie has made me disgusted with the Spice Girls. They obviously care as little for their fans as they did with their careers. The only movie that I ever walked out on (and I've seen some unbearable stinkers in my time).