Spy Pete Mccarthy

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The movie Spy directed by Paul Feig will undeniably get you laughing. While lead actress Melissa McCarthy masterfully played her role in this 2015 action comedy movie, much kudos goes out to Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Jason Statham, Miranda Hart, Allison Janney and Peter Serafinowicz too. Each moment of the 117 minute movie deemed successful, leading it to be one of the best action comedy movies, and shall I say movies of all time. Whether taking into account the quirky and funny personalities of each of the characters or the intense action scenes, the movie Spy will never once be thought of as a waste of your time.
To begin, the movie Spy follows the journey of a computer bound CIA analyst, Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy), turned active field …show more content…

Over the years Cooper had grown a small crush on Fine, so when Fine’s mission goes terribly wrong, Cooper finds the courage to step up and finish Fine’s mission in his honor (Cooper is repeatedly seen throughout the movie saying, “this is for Fine,” before pulling each of her incredible stunts). Susan Cooper, not conforming to the average appearance and personality of most spies that work for the CIA is sadly teased. One instance of coworkers questioning Cooper’s capability is when she went to pick up her gadgets and weapons from Patrick, the special equipment dude. Patrick exclaimed “It is very brave of you to sacrifice your life for your country.”With multiple comments like Patrick’s, Cooper was insecure and bashful when first entering this mission, as well as her potential being completely overlooked simply because of her appearance, sex, and humble personality. By the time the mission is over a new Susan cooper has emerged, though. Throughout the film Cooper reinvents herself to be very vicious and wise, all the while becoming highly respected. Showing the complexity of Cooper’s character through showing her transformation and her gaining of self-confidence is truly heartwarming and overall leads to the likeability of the …show more content…

Although Cooper was assigned the mission, Ford is convinced that he is better fit for the job. With this overconfidence, Ford tries to complete the mission himself, during which he continuously bumps into Cooper. Each time these two come across one another, Cooper questions Fords capability, ultimately putting Ford in a very defensive position over his manly hood. Ford, combating these shrewd remarks goes on lengthy srants about how marvelous of an agent he is, which is presumably priceless. Just to name a few of the badass aspects of Ford’s life is that he has jumped from a building using only a raincoat as a parachute, during which he broke both legs upon landing, he has swallowed enough microchips to shit them back out again to make a computer and has watched the woman he loved get tossed from a plane and hit by another plane in mid-air. While smugly listing all these incidents Ford says them with a straight face and a voice that is quite amusing. In addition, despite Ford describing himself as invincible, Cooper is found saving him and picking up after his mess

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