The opening sequence gave a clear intention- we are going to rip off James Bond. Jude Law trying to be American and Blonde- didn't really work for him but it made a clear statement; anything that Daniel Craig can do Jude Law can also do. I guess what was perfect about it was that you could see everything coming before it had happened. You knew that if Melissa McCarthy was told to not go near someone then she was either going to end up killing them accidentally or spending the entire film with them lying her way through anything that came near her.
The Gilmore Girls star made her name by being the best character in a series that featured far too much talking and complaining about nothing, yet the world loved it. She then went on to make a few weird chickflick films such as 'Bridesmaids', always looking to play the comical character but at the same time being cast as a serious character. Spy had no intention of casting her as a dead serious character. Taking on the spoof role of Moneypenny and accompanied by Miranda Hart (who strangely was not completely annoying) they just made everyone laugh constantly. Joined by a rough speaking Jason Statham who made up most of his lines, especially the parts about being poisoned with more than 100 poisons at the same time, having his left arm torn off and reattaching it with his right arm whilst in the field and several other things that he just made up on the spot. A team effort made it constantly hilarious.
Never at any point were they playing for the laughs. The script was natural and the characters just played off of each other and nothing more than that. Everything actually seemed like someone woke up one day, thought about ripping off James Bond, called up those guys and just filmed the first meeting.
Spy is actually a great film and was made even better by the return of one Esther (the co-founder of the blog) for a rare guest appearance on her blog!
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