The third installment of Austin Powers is probably the best of them all. Then again, after the horrible part 2, there is no where to go but up. Basically, any actress with two arms will be an improvement compared to the awful Heather Graham. Bad acting aside, though, the 3rd Austin Powers is actually funny. While ultimately, the first is always the best, the third ranks up there because of originality.
Much of the 2nd one is full of recycled jokes, which are no longer funny the second time around. ON the third one, there’s been some improvement on the quality of humor--its funny this time.
Goldmember himself did not capture my heart, I found him boring and he lacked personality. But other than that, the humor makes it all worthwhile.