Spice World
Can we all just appreciate for one moment that the phenomenon of Spice Girls happened? Growing up as a young girl in the Nineties (yes, I am that young,) then it was Spice everything. Gathering around your friends, mouthing a long to the songs and busting a few moves in the name of girl power a fond childhood memory. They had everything, style and talent, catchy songs and catchier names. We all wanted to be like them, so much so that dubbed “Ginger Spice” of her friendship group, a certain blogger of yours stuffed socks down her top to reenact Geri Halliwells impressive cleavage. That's a lot of socks ...
Yes. Spice Girls are cherished and loved because they came and conquered the world. Still highly charged names and songs sung all the time, the magic is not broken (even after discovering the true meaning of 2 Become 1; no, it’s not about “cuddles.”) However, when watching their crazy assed movie Spice World, you do have to wonder; what the hell was everyone smoking back then?
Spice World is a movie about the Spice Girls starring the Spice Girls and don’t for one minute think it’s like those biographical concert movies that popstars are releasing now. Spice Girls is about the girls journey’s on a tour bus. After an unsatisfying performance of their new single, the girls, Posh, Baby, Scary, Sporty ang Ginger, the girls are struggling with their lives. Not to mention they are being hunted down by a stalker, their manager is Richard E Grant, their bus driver is Meatloaf, two writers keep coming up with absurd plots of their movie and tensions are causing everyone to clash.
Why Is It Bad?
That is the tamer plot synopsis of the whole movie. Because truthfully, never has the term batshit insane seemed more appropriate than when dealing with Spice World. Aliens, pregnancy, car chases and bombs, it is just the tip of the iceberg for the excitable singing group. The whole movie is a “jumping the shark” premise that not only jumps it; it leaps into the air, pirouettes over several Great Whites in a blaze of convoluted glory. So shockingly mad, Spice World feels more like a colour diamond; all show with know depth beneath it. Not to mention, being a popstar doesn’t necessary mean you can act too. It’s safe to say no one does exceedingly well, even the parts of their job they are supposed to do corrected. Like watching a headache come to life, Spice World is a colourful mess…
Why Is It Good?
… and like the proverbial Eton, it is to be lapped up for all it’s sugary goodness. Spice World is catered to the young, the really young. And while that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t appeal to the masses of film critics and journalist, it’s safe to say a little leeway needs to be given. Spice World is terribly enjoyable many because it is completely mad. Like a really bad acid trip, you have to go with it. And with out sounding like an eight year old girl, it’s the Spice Girls, they do what they do best. They slam their bodies down, wind it all around. And with a little ziggy zig ah…
No one will deny that this movie is terrible beyond belief and maybe once my rose tinted glasses break, I will happily agree its atrocities and dump it. But somewhere inside of me, there is that little girl who is singing all the songs and practicing all the moves, the Spice Girls inspired that. And if they can inspire a whole generation then Spice World deserve to be recognized as one of those awfully awesome movies.
So pop it on and let the girls spice up your life.
TTFN
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