BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
CommentsXp
Best movie ever!
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
FlashCallahan
As the Spice Girls prepare for what may be their most prestigious concert, everyone in the world wants them. Their manager Clifford and his behind the scenes boss want to control the girls' lives with the sole goal of getting them to the concert in the best shape possible. A documentary crew wants access during the girls' busy schedule. A Hollywood pitch team wants them to star in a movie. The London tabloids want to print whatever they can get their hands on, even if it ruins the girls' careers. Through it all, the girls evaluate their lives and wonder if they've lost sight of what is really important in life.........The ironic thing about this film is that the things that are shown as a 'danger' to them in the film, are the exact same thing that gave these five stars the career and the money they have today.And it's the same people who thought it would be a good idea to release a Spice Girls film, to milk every last penny they could from the girls. And it's a good job they released it when they did, because they had just reached their peak.So the film is nothing more than an excuse for them to sing their hits, and inbetween have some fun little cameos for the older members of the audience. And it's just all over the place.Obviously the group can't act, but they have screen presence, and the story is paper thin, throwing everything in the mix to try and avoid people from spotting the incoherence of the plot.It is rubbish, just like the processed pap that the group released over their two years at the top of their 'game', and paved the way for the loud mouthed teenagers we have strutting the streets being totally abhorrent toward one another and their peers.That's Girl Power.An utterly vile piece of filth that should never be seen by anyone.
sanja_van_huet
I was doubtful about this movie but my daughter insisted we watch it together. I was amazed at how art house it was – with throw backs to the old Beatles movie genre and other madcap '70's and 80's productions (Thunderbirds, the Monkees, etc). Apart from the catchy music and the generally enjoyable overacting – the all star cast makes it a genuine 'spot the actor' vehicle. (For example: this from http://filmbabble. blogspot.com/2007/06/20 -great-modern-movie-cameos.html : "Elvis Costello as a bartender and credited as 'Himself' Costello plays a nice tongue-in-cheek note as the Girls talk about their possible flash-in-the-pan prospects".) It spoofs everything about those bad movies we loved to watch – model buses jumping over model bridges, E.T. (the Movie) in 'bad green coats', the Magical Mystery Tour amazing bus, media moguls (Rupert Murdoch anyone?), Hollywood 'run and go' action movies, over-sexed Italian dancers etc. The more I watched the more I saw. I drove my daughter crazy pointing out ... 'hey that is a takeoff from ...'. If you are studying cinema or just have a movie trivia interest, Spice World certainly gives you more to argue about than Citizen Kain (sorry Orsen) or Pret-a-Porter (apologies to Robert too). If this movie was written by the Directors wife – she was a movie buff. It is better than you think!
dancingqueensw4
Being a bit of a film fanatic, I was always of the opinion that no matter what the film, good or bad, it's worth watching. You can delight in the great ones and laugh at the ones that were really really awful. This film changed that opinion. I tried, but unlike any other film, I could not find it funny that I wasted my time watching it.It has NO plot. The acting was not just bad, it was so bad it made their singing ability look good... and they were playing themselves! Really, how hard can that be? Don't get me wrong, I'm aware it was suppose to be silly and not taken seriously, but I'm pretty sure it was also suppose to be entertaining... which it wasn't. It just bounced from boring scene to boring scene not linking them in anyway.Even if you like the spice girls, no amount of nostalgia would be worth watching this film. If you're looking for a walk down memory lane your better off watching Bugsy Malone, Labyrinth, Moonwalker, pretty much anything from the early 90s. Besides, this film made me forget what I liked about the spice girls in the first place. After watching this film, I went from a secret fan, to seeing the spice girls as the people that got me to spend my time and money on the worst film ever made.
Tracy_Terry_Moore
A trippy psychedelic color-collage during the opening credits is one of the few highlights in this slow-as-molasses story about a group of pretty young girls making the singing circuit.It's quite obvious early on that the real star of the five-some is Emma Bunton (she's the cute blonde), though brunette Victoria Adams is a close second just because she's so hot.So off the Spice Girls go across England on that dumb bus and flights from Milan to London on an Alaskan Airlines jet. If that doesn't sound confusing enough, try Roger Moore's corpse-like presence holding a piglet which is more interesting than he is or the girls making their concert fans wait so they can deliver an Asian chick's baby. Choppy direction doesn't help; this movie would be better with less talk and more colorful pillow fights.Typically convoluted approach to contemporary pop-culture subject matter.
