Get Smart
July 25, 2008 11:24 pm Dicker, General, Movies
Fi and I saw Get Smart at the $7.50 lounge cinema in Byron Bay.
I was expecting the same sort of silliness that the TV show had but I was surprised…
Maxwell Smart was not the same incompetent buffoon of the TV series! In fact in this movie MAx is quite competent… He’s a crack shot with a gun, he can fight, and he lateral problem solving skills. They’ve even mixed in a bit of Dr Phil with his character… This is not the TV Maxwell Smart and I’m guessing they’re trying really hard to justify this movie as different from the 80’s Get Smart movie.
The laughs aren’t too bad in this movie. There are some great lines but there are some cheap laughs as well. Don’t expect a laugh a minute and don’t pay $15.50, it’s more of a DVD movie and it’s a movie that will please the kids more than an adult but it’s a good flick - not great but good.
James :
Date: July 26, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
Not horrible but pointless remake. T.v show was a classic and well written but it was also a product of it’s time. Suited the cold war era more than today’s political climate plus steve carrell isn’t don adams and anne hathaway isn’t barbara feldon(99). Maybe hollywood should make an original satire on the war on terror rather than doing lame remakes of iconic TV shows.
Dicker :
Date: July 26, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
go James! You tell ‘em!
Peter :
Date: July 26, 2008 @ 7:24 pm
Not a film I’ll be watching any time soon (hopefully).