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    I didn't really want to see the original Austin Powers when it came out.  I do not like overly silly movies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.   Austin Powers looked like it would be that sort of film so I was a little apprehensive about shelling out my money to see it.  However, I found it's humour refreshingly creative.  I didn't like Mike Myers all that much before it came out.   So I Married an Axe Murderer and the Wayne's World series had left me pretty disappointed.  I found that the original Austin Powers differed from these other Mike Myers' films by being witty, creative and original. 

    For the same reasons I liked the original, I did not like the 2nd all that much.  I was tempted to give it a one and one half star but I decided that it wasn't quite bad enough for that.  This movie relied COMPLETELY on the original.  There were very few new jokes.  The ones that were new seemed stale and unimpressive or in some cases, revolting.  Most of the humour was repetitive and seemed to rely on the fact that probably 75 percent of the audience had seen the original so they would get the jokes.  Instead of new witty jokes, the movie used crude, disgusting humour for cheap laughs.  The new character of Fat Bastard wasn't funny.   He was disgusting.  Instead of laughing I was almost vomiting.  Also, the new addition of the pint-sized Mini-Me was annoying.  He doesn't speak, he just sits there and looks stupid.  Ok, and maybe it's just me, but Fat Bastard's obsession with eating babies went straight over my head.  I only laughed at Mini-Me when he wrestles with Austin Powers.

    Also, one of my favorite characters and some of the funniest scenes, as far as I am concerned, from the original, were those including Seth Green. However, he is almost absent in this one.  His few scenes with Dr. Evil, again, rely solely on the original's jokes.  This is really sad because the jokes lose so much of their punch.  Not only have they already been done, but now since Austin Powers is so well-known, half of the audience has heard all of it PLENTY of times since seeing the original.  I am suprised Mike Myers didn't see this coming.

    Heather Graham, was also somewhat of a disappointment.   Elizabeth Hurley is not that good of an actress so I wasn't expecting any sort of impressive performance from her in the original.  However, even though I don't think that Heather Graham is some wonderful actress, I sure think she is a lot better than Hurley.  Unfortunately, she played her role almost identical to Elizabeth Hurley even though their personalities are supposed to be so different.  Actually, I see Hurley as more of the aggressive, sexy vixen and Heather Graham as the innocent.  This is the fault of the casting director.

    One good point of this movie is the addition of Rob Lowe.  He plays a younger Number Two.  I thought that he did a wonderful job of imitating the Robert Wagner who played the original Number Two.  His scenes weren't wonderful, but they were one of the better parts of the film.

    Another creative and fun addition was the small appearance by Tim Robbins.  He plays the President of the USA.  Although the main joke in his scene is based on a joke in the original...it is twisted in such a way that it's still new and original.

    The last funny/good addition to this film are the many guest appearances by famous people including Willie Nelson, Woody Harrelson, and Clint Howard during the "What is that?" scene.

    Although this movie is not very creative, it does have enough parts to give you a sufficient laugh and even though you've heard most of the jokes before...they're still funny.