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I made the mistake of letting my wife pick the film we got to watch tonight. She decided to choose a childhood favourite of hers that she had seen at least a dozen times. She grew up in the middle of the Spice Girl fad and was a fan. So I sat here tonight, Mofo's, and watched one of the weirdest, most inane and down right confusing films I have ever seen.
I can't really get into the plot of the film because in my opinion, there is none. From what I could gather from it though, is that there is a big concert going on and some big wig at a magazine company wants to create rumours of bad events concerning the girls, in an effort to sell more papers. The girls meet aliens, day dream about their future, help deliver a baby, speed around london, jump bridges, perform their big hits and enforce girl power all while looking chic.
I remember the Spice Girls when I was a kid. I guess I was a "Ginger" fan, despite her looking like the mom of the group. The film came out smack in the middle of their two big hit albums. All I believe within a year of each other??? If that's true, they were all over the place in a quick time frame. Could that explain what the hell I just saw?
The film feels meta at times, specifically the climax sequence when the "writer" is describing what will happen in a Spice Girls movie he is pitching, while the exact actions he describes take place on screen. The many weird and odd events that take place, such as; alien encounter and boot camp, make it seem like this film is really about all the possible Spice Girl films that 'could' be. We technically could have a film about the girls meeting aliens, going to a boot camp, having kids or being a super spy group, the spice force five. So why not throw everything in a blunder and hit start.
The film feels like a vomit of colours and noise. Their entire album probably plays throughout this film. We hear their music play over the most mundane parts of the film, so no matter what you will hear their songs...all of their songs. More than once. The film itself feels like it has a bad case of ADD.
With all that being said, the girls do look like they are having fun and they do gel well with each other. Chemistry is key and these girls have it, unfortunately for the film, it's the only thing.
Spice World
(Bob Spiers)
Spice Up Your Life.
(Bob Spiers)
Spice Up Your Life.
I made the mistake of letting my wife pick the film we got to watch tonight. She decided to choose a childhood favourite of hers that she had seen at least a dozen times. She grew up in the middle of the Spice Girl fad and was a fan. So I sat here tonight, Mofo's, and watched one of the weirdest, most inane and down right confusing films I have ever seen.
I can't really get into the plot of the film because in my opinion, there is none. From what I could gather from it though, is that there is a big concert going on and some big wig at a magazine company wants to create rumours of bad events concerning the girls, in an effort to sell more papers. The girls meet aliens, day dream about their future, help deliver a baby, speed around london, jump bridges, perform their big hits and enforce girl power all while looking chic.
I remember the Spice Girls when I was a kid. I guess I was a "Ginger" fan, despite her looking like the mom of the group. The film came out smack in the middle of their two big hit albums. All I believe within a year of each other??? If that's true, they were all over the place in a quick time frame. Could that explain what the hell I just saw?
The film feels meta at times, specifically the climax sequence when the "writer" is describing what will happen in a Spice Girls movie he is pitching, while the exact actions he describes take place on screen. The many weird and odd events that take place, such as; alien encounter and boot camp, make it seem like this film is really about all the possible Spice Girl films that 'could' be. We technically could have a film about the girls meeting aliens, going to a boot camp, having kids or being a super spy group, the spice force five. So why not throw everything in a blunder and hit start.
The film feels like a vomit of colours and noise. Their entire album probably plays throughout this film. We hear their music play over the most mundane parts of the film, so no matter what you will hear their songs...all of their songs. More than once. The film itself feels like it has a bad case of ADD.
With all that being said, the girls do look like they are having fun and they do gel well with each other. Chemistry is key and these girls have it, unfortunately for the film, it's the only thing.