I am humbled to have just recently encountered one of these very experiences. "But what ground-breaking event was it that forced your eyes to open up to this new and wonderfully sparkling universe?" I hear you cry. Well, it was quite possibly the greatest movie to grace British cinema with its presence in the past 20, 30, maybe even 50 years. Ladies and Gentlemen, I ask you to bow down in the presence of ‘Spiceworld - The Movie’. 

Some of you may mock, some of you may think that I’m merely jesting with you, but no. I’m deadly serious. I too went in expecting to be disgusted by the mindless throwaway second-hand ‘Hard Days Night’ trash that the pre release press hype (and backlash) prompted us to expect. The key here is to go in without preconceptions. Don’t expect ‘The Sound of Music (Pop Remix)’ or a girl power Beatles style epic for the 90s, because you’re not going to get one. You never were going to get one. Go in expecting a mindless, light-hearted and fun representation of a pop phenomenon that have taken this country , and the world, by the balls on their own terms in an extraordinarily short space of time, and you won’t be disappointed. 

The real surprise in the film was that they can actually laugh at themselves and that they do continually poke fun at each other for the duration. Okay, so ‘Spiceworld’ may have one of the weakest storylines ever to make it to the big screen, but the whole point of it is that it’s just one big laugh. 

It was probably the cameo appearances that really made it so superb. Roger Moore is fantastic as the master of the ridiculous metaphor and Richard E Grant holds his own as their manager. Meatloaf though notches up his credibility by running away with the best one liner of the film as their bus driver. 

You may think that the film is primarily aimed at pre-pubescent sub-teenage girls, but it works on more than one level, so nobody leaves dissapointed. There’s enough innuendo and subtle naughtiness to keep the parents, and students of course, very happy. 

As for my favourite Spice, Baby still does it for me, but Scary’s performance earned her extra points and when Posh dresses up as a Bond girl you just would not say no, believe me.

Bring on the revolution. Up with girl power!