Watched 20120118 4PM (Netflix, Instant) (English Subtitles)
Watched approximately 75% on 20160129 (Netflix, Instant)
Spy Hard (1996) Rick Friedberg. 81 min
Relevant Links:
Spy Hard (IMDb.com)
Spy Hard (Wikipedia.org)
20120118:
While this movie had plenty of cheap laughs, it was nowhere near as good as The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) or Airplane! (1980).
Overall, I got enough laughs out of the movie to make it worth watching, but didn't like the movie as a whole.
[20120123][20160129 Edit]
Instant Comments:
1: Mr. T, Alex Trebek
2: references Mission Impossible (1996) self-destructing message.
1: lol: Fabio
1: Weird Al sings the opening theme song [20160129: parody of 007 theme songs and intros].
2: "Ch 3" vs "Ch 4" when using VCR.
1: reference to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) @21: 1: The bike with the girl and bike tricks. Haha. And the song too (?). Yes: Rain Drops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Wikipedia.org).
2: "Accident? Having a kid at 60, that's an accident. Having a piano fall on you, that's bad luck."
2: pokes fun at "stirred, not shaken."
2: references the typical 007 visit to HQ (James Bond movies): hat toss, flirting with Miss Moneypenny, talking with M, and gadgets from Q
1: resumed the film @30 at 9:40 pm
1: haha Michael Jackson
2: "Cauliflower" gets corrected to "Caulifornia"
2: references "smoke, but I don't inhale"
2: ha: the guy's hand moves
1: lol @37: Ray Charles driving the bus. [Ray Charles is blind]
2: spoofs Speed (1995)
1: is this a reference to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? @39
1: haha @40: Mr. Miyagi.
1: lol: Rancor is also listening; haha
1: lol: @55 when they get out of the car
2: references Home Alone
1: haha: it's funny that the booby traps didn't work.
1: lol: this is for ... and My Girl 2. "I wasn't in 'My Girl 2'" (joke about Macaulay Culkin).
1: yeah, tags in Hulk Hogan @1h13.
1=20120118, 2=20160129
Watched approximately 75% on 20160129 (Netflix, Instant)
Spy Hard (1996) Rick Friedberg. 81 min
 |
| Dick Steele, Agent WD-40 (Leslie Nielsen) |
Relevant Links:
Spy Hard (IMDb.com)
Spy Hard (Wikipedia.org)
20120118:
While this movie had plenty of cheap laughs, it was nowhere near as good as The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) or Airplane! (1980).
 |
| Veronique Ukrinsky, Angent 3.14 (Nicolette Sheridan) |
Overall, I got enough laughs out of the movie to make it worth watching, but didn't like the movie as a whole.
[20120123][20160129 Edit]
Instant Comments:
1: Mr. T, Alex Trebek
2: references Mission Impossible (1996) self-destructing message.
1: lol: Fabio
 |
| Steele flirts with Miss Cheevus (Marcia Gay Harden) |
1: Weird Al sings the opening theme song [20160129: parody of 007 theme songs and intros].
2: "Ch 3" vs "Ch 4" when using VCR.
1: reference to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) @21: 1: The bike with the girl and bike tricks. Haha. And the song too (?). Yes: Rain Drops Keep Fallin' on My Head (Wikipedia.org).
 |
| Victoria Dahl (Stephanie Romanov) and Steele (references Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) |
2: "Accident? Having a kid at 60, that's an accident. Having a piano fall on you, that's bad luck."
2: pokes fun at "stirred, not shaken."
2: references the typical 007 visit to HQ (James Bond movies): hat toss, flirting with Miss Moneypenny, talking with M, and gadgets from Q
1: resumed the film @30 at 9:40 pm
 |
| The Director (Charles Durning) |
1: haha Michael Jackson
2: "Cauliflower" gets corrected to "Caulifornia"
2: references "smoke, but I don't inhale"
2: ha: the guy's hand moves
1: lol @37: Ray Charles driving the bus. [Ray Charles is blind]
2: spoofs Speed (1995)
 |
| Andy Griffith (General Rancor) |
1: is this a reference to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial? @39
1: haha @40: Mr. Miyagi.
1: lol: Rancor is also listening; haha
1: lol: @55 when they get out of the car
2: references Home Alone
1: haha: it's funny that the booby traps didn't work.
1: lol: this is for ... and My Girl 2. "I wasn't in 'My Girl 2'" (joke about Macaulay Culkin).
1: yeah, tags in Hulk Hogan @1h13.
1=20120118, 2=20160129
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