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I went to see Agent Cody Banks tonight, and I was pleasantly surprised: it was much better than I expected. This was a fun movie, very much a teen James Bond, with some wonderful tips to the original, and even spoofs. For example, at the end, his phone rings with the ring from the Flint movies. And in one scene during the movie, you hear in the background, "Will the owner of the silver Aston Martin please move it" ;-) There's even tips to other classics, like a prisoner wearing "AR1138", likely a reference to Lucas's student film THX1138. But the movie itself, while not taking itself too seriously (holographic cell phones ala Star Wars), has a solid story (as much as any action pic) that's not overly predictable and takes you for a good ride. If you don't take it any more seriously than they do, you'll enjoy it as much as any Bond flick. I like Malcolm in the Middle, and also thought that Big Fat Liar was better than expected, and I'm looking forward to more from Frankie Muniz, though I thought Arnold Vosloo was pretty much wasted. He could have been a much more serious villain and made this picture even better.
Posted by abatie at March 15, 2003 03:45 AM