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Spice World
1997 · Film · 92 min
Directed by Bob Spiers
AdventureFantasyDramaComedyMusic
World-famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double-decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
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He was also in the Spice Girls movie, Spice World, which Wikipedia reports made only a million dollars less than Fight Club ($100M versus $101M).
He had a hell of a voice, and, I am told, his concerts were out of this world (never saw him, myself).
He was in a few movies. Nothing to really write home about, but I did enjoy him in Formula 51[0] (sorry about the Facebook link, but this was the only variant of this particular scene that I found).
[0] https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=155347254532277&_rdr
[Edited To Add] I didn’t mean that the movies weren’t special. I just feel that he was a fairly “middlin’” actor. In Formula 51 and Fight Club, he was with some rather heavyweight actors, and Tim Curry was a fairly hard act to follow.
No comment on Spice World.
I personally love the movie Spice World. I've known people who enjoyed literally getting punched. The fact that you know someone who enjoys something doesn't mean that thing is generally well-loved. I accept that Spice World was not a very popular movie. That doesn't take away from my enjoyment of it, but my enjoyment also doesn't negate its lack of popularity.
To critique the critic, that review, although quite cutting, seems like a clumsy attempt the channel the spirit of Roger Ebert, e.g.:
> Spice World is obviously intended as a ripoff of 'A Hard Day's Night' which gave The Beatles to the movies... the huge difference, of course, is that the Beatles were talented—while, let's face it, the Spice Girls could be duplicated by any five women under the age of 30 standing in line at Dunkin' Donuts.
Damn, that man could scathe. More here: http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=61250