The comedy genre is highly enjoyed around the world. This would be because of the humorous antics that take place within the film.
Austin Powers is a very popular film in the comedy genre, this would mainly be because of the main character Austin Powers. In addition to being a parody of James Bond and clearly being heavily influenced by Peter Sellers, Austin Powers represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his constant advocacy for free love.
People find this a fun film to watch because Austin although being the most famous agent in England he has many weaknesses, mainly being women. All together he is a buffoon but somehow manages to get his job done, though having a lot of problems throughout the way.
Another reason for this being such a popular film would be because of Austin's arch nemesis Dr. Evil. Like Austin Dr. Evil is a buffoon who's plans to take over the world never seem to work. This would be because his plans are extremely eccentric and and altogether just plain stupid. He is always wanting to have new devices made for him one of which being sharks with lasers on their heads. This is a very good example of just how stupid he is, he always wants things that would work if he had them and knew how to use them. But unfortunately he doesn't have them and when he does then he rarely knows how to use them. Even when they are as simply as an electronic rotating chair.
Another factor about him would be the way that he says "Laser" he seems to always put a unnecessary pause before saying it and includes finger movements to euthanizes what he is saying when there is no need to.
As shown here
Opening two minuets of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Within the opening two minuets we begin with seeing Dr. Evil talking to a room filled with highly trained assassins. He continues to say that he is very annoyed because none of them have managed to kill the famous agent Austin Powers. He tells them that when he gets angry then his cat gets annoyed and that when his cat (Mr. Bigglesworth) gets annoyed then people die. Besides the fact that a man of pure evil has named his cat Mr. Bigglesworth he uses him as a reason to kill some of the assassins.
After seeing him kill some of the assassins we then cut to where we see Austin Powers for the first time. dressed in a blue stripy suit and dancing in a very eccentric way, we are based with the idea of flower power that would explain most of the moves, but Austin takes them to a whole new level by making the moves even bigger then what they were originally.
From this we also learn the tune to Austins theam song. A catchy song that will obviously get stuck in your head. Austin continues to dance his way down the street to this song while trying to get as many people to join in as he can.
The audience would be amused by this because we have already learned two of the main characters and how they obviously don't like each other. Also how the villain of the film owns a cat named Mr. Bigglesworth. We then conclude by meeting the main character and in extreme dance moves.
People who enjoy comedys are looking for a film that is going to make them smile, they don't want a subject that is too serious because that just takes the amusement out of what they are watching.
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