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' % I I . llJ QL O o CP^H r r: K | EM til Ci Bay aa ad io The Gamecock |~ and send your lore to that I r someone special, I f r or jast someone. . I For just $5, J A money can buy you love. I SPICE WORLD M (PG) starring The Spice Girls: Melaine I Brown, Emma Bunton Melanie Chisholm, PpR Geraldine Halliwell and Victoria Adams. Also starring George Wendt, Claire Rushbrook, Mark McKinney, Richard O'Brien, Steven ODonnell and Roger Moore. Di- ;irected by Bob Speirs. SYNOPSIS: Pump up your platforms and fasten your seatbelts because the Spice Girls (Baby, Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Posh) have gone from the airways to the big screen. The film follows theallgirl British band as they try to overcome the trials of stardom to make it to their first live performance at Albert Hall in London. The Spice Girls signed with Virgin Rpcords in 1995, and within seven . days their single "Wannabe" went to No. If 1 on the U.K. charts. They also were ?|L the first British band whose debut album c "I went to No. 1 in the United States. To #jg'. | J.i.. i.1 1 __U i.1 1A *1 aate, iney nave soia more man iu million copies of their debut album, Spice. *' gamecock critic SARA LAPENHEIM Okay, I needed an excuse to buy the ticket, truthfully, I wanted to see the Brits' big screer but. Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty re poured their hearts out and tried to act. It isn't t fault that Stanislavsky wasn't around to give proper instruction. The girls deserve a little ci for actually making a pretty funny movie. Some n orable moments of toilet paper flying all over ai the thick Liverooolian accents trvine to exnlain v image is really makes me chuckle. Even if you c] not to know their names or listen to their music, t movie actually will surprise you. While the con for what seemed like 30,000 screaming 13 year wasn't the highlight of the movie, the British acc are enough to make you see Spice World anyway. Beatles invaded America in the same way in the 1! with their series of films that included A Hard L Night, Magical Mystery Tour, Help, and the infan Yellow Submarine. People also said that t would break up and that their music was pop-mi The only difference is back then, it wasn't an in to be happy when you sang your songs. gamecock critic Nil FREEMAN kk So tell me what you want, what you really, i ly want. If you want high culture, cinematic sp dor, sensitive portrayals of real people and deep m ing, see Spice World, the cinematic event of the j "Spice Up Your Life" with a movie so self consci ly dumb it is cleverly funny? preferably see it did, at midnight with 20 or so of your ea amused pals dressed as their favorite or least favi Spices. Celebrate the wonders of girl power. No s tling documentary to explore the depth of Geri, B., Mel C., Victoria and Emma, Spice World is a i ful romp with Baby, Sporty, Posh, Scary and I ger/Sexy. As a character in the movie says," Th< young. They're cute. They're spunky. Let's ma movie about them." Why are the Spice Girls s< Manifest I I & Tape tuc t 6-Ctty tyO<Ct A eah, Right!? appy Valentine's Day! i 1 To: I '' ) ^From: . 1 I ^___i jMr :.*V ^ -0M0& mous? It's not their amazing musical talent, they are sassy, charming, quirky, well-marketed, wear fun but clothes and are in British tabloids daily. The movie l de- capitalizes on and pokes fun at all of these aspects, sally which is what makes it hysterical and enjoyable. Well, heir that and the kitsch aesthetic. Like the Spice Girls i the themselves, there are no particularly startling or edit amazing moments in the film, but the work as a whole lem- was still riotous fun. The musical director character id of sums up the movie and the Spice Girls best when he vhat interrupts a song and says, "That was absolutely perlaim feet without actually being any good." heir tcert gamecock critic ROB LINPSEY ** olds ents It is very difficult to tell what the creators of Spice The World were thinking. Either they were trying to 960s establish a cult following based on the intentionally lay's poor quality of their movie, or they sincerely believed ious a movie about the Spice Girls' misadventures on tour hey was a worthy project to tackle. Regardless of their usic. intentions, they failed. Lsult With four separate plot lines, several cameos from B-list 80's stars and the Spice Girls in the leading roles, Spice World is a muddled mess. Sure, the waning British pop sensations are cheeky and can de++ liver minimally funny one-liners at times. But when their dominant form of humor is self deprecation, real- they evoke more pity than true hilarity. >len- The only redeeming quality of this movie is that ean- it never claims to be anything other than what it is: rear, mindless fluff. The fluff, however, is grating, the jokes ous- are stale, and the story is extremely boring. Even as I though they may be slightly talented at churning out sily sugar-coated pop hits and posing for paparazzi, the ?:i-? Qnipn flirlc cKniiM Irann +V*air "rri-rl nnuror" ourau frnm Jlil/C uuiu ouuuiu i/iiuu 6 r J 11U1U star- movies. Mel jlay. gamecock critic MAURA DAWSON ** Grinjy're Do not attend Spice World and expect to find ke a enlightenment. This movie is obnoxious, but that is o fa- what makes it so great. The first half hour is painful n Have you ever wanted whales and manatees For $10.00, with this i can enjoy your Entry S session is limited to e Mafl 3483 now for your re: MpiPM 5339 Sunset E BiPw G&. '" :' ^B : V rAJ* B Bfiii: ?* Bii^B Hl - :^^^R>''*^^H WiL * js g?|g form with your nessage and bring |ll| ffFK t to Russell House w aL 1 *aL 11 is February 10th. the * ft1 1 fc ' ''' V lH %r % w 2 I% , * s. . R SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK r< The Spice Girls (top, left Sporty, Posh, Scary, Baby and Ginger) make their screen debut in j( Spice World. ^ ly slow. I have witnesses that can attest to the flick- i; ering Indiglo on my watch as I tried to pass the time. e Once you pass this hurdle, however, the next hour 2 and a half is hilarious and cheesy. How can I tell you that a bad movie is good? We all know there is no way they could have made a heart-warming story about five young British women trying to make it in show business. Instead, each Spice Girl was made by the j caricature of the identities that have made them wealthv. Desnite mv nraise for the film. I can onlv 1 / r ?j x ' I give it two stars. 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