July 28th
Charlie's Angels*
US/Ger 2000. Columbia/Flower Films/Tall Trees. 98m. Panavision
Three beautiful crimefighters foil a secret plot to kill their elusive boss Charlie.
Practically plotless excuse for a series of male (and female) fantasy-oriented images of girls in high-kicking action scenes, a very definite triumph of style over content, which begins quite promisingly as a female variation on James Bond (but even by his standards loses credibility), and thereafter relies a good deal on the appeal of its complacent-looking stars. An adaptation of a cult 1970's TV series that took somewhat ironic advantage of the Women's Lib era (the Angels seem independent but their bosses are still men) now adapted for the Spice Girls generation; an almost unwatchable sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle came along in 2003.
Written by: Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, John August (and others), based on the TV series by
Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts.
Producers: Leonard Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen.
Director: Joseph McGinty Nichol ("McG").
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry, Kelly Lynch, Crispin Glover, Matt LeBlanc, Luke Wilson, Tom Green, John Forsythe (voice only).
Photography: Russell Carpenter.
Music: Edward Shearmur.
Music Supervision: John Houlihan.
Production Design: J. Michael Riva.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS. Girls that just wanna have fun.
Charlie's Angels*
US/Ger 2000. Columbia/Flower Films/Tall Trees. 98m. Panavision
Three beautiful crimefighters foil a secret plot to kill their elusive boss Charlie.
Practically plotless excuse for a series of male (and female) fantasy-oriented images of girls in high-kicking action scenes, a very definite triumph of style over content, which begins quite promisingly as a female variation on James Bond (but even by his standards loses credibility), and thereafter relies a good deal on the appeal of its complacent-looking stars. An adaptation of a cult 1970's TV series that took somewhat ironic advantage of the Women's Lib era (the Angels seem independent but their bosses are still men) now adapted for the Spice Girls generation; an almost unwatchable sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle came along in 2003.
Written by: Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, John August (and others), based on the TV series by
Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts.
Producers: Leonard Goldberg, Drew Barrymore, Nancy Juvonen.
Director: Joseph McGinty Nichol ("McG").
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry, Kelly Lynch, Crispin Glover, Matt LeBlanc, Luke Wilson, Tom Green, John Forsythe (voice only).
Photography: Russell Carpenter.
Music: Edward Shearmur.
Music Supervision: John Houlihan.
Production Design: J. Michael Riva.
CHARLIE'S ANGELS. Girls that just wanna have fun.
posted by Joe at 7:51 AM
2 Comments:
Charlie's Angels “Full Throttle” was a big hit in theaters. I'm also a fan of the Charlie's Angels TV series.
The TV show was very enjoyable, just as "Starsky and Hutch" was. I wasn't to keen on the recent films though, mainly because I felt the roles were badly mis-cast.
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