kwilkinson
Having a Ball
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Saw Get Smart tonight. It was actually pretty good-- more than what I was expecting.
There were some slow parts, and some parts that were hard to believe, but I guess that's true of all "secret agent" movies, whether they're parody or not. I felt like this impersonated the TV series pretty well without overly doing it. They borrowed a lot of the more famous quotes from the TV Series, ie "Sorry about that, Chief." and "Would you believe [some crazy idea]?" "No." "How about [less crazy idea]?" "No." "How about [idea so pathetic it's funny]?"
Steve Carrell did a pretty good job channeling Maxwell Smart while making it his own at the same time. He brought his own comedic personality to the character rather than trying to be a complete copy of Don Adams, which I think worked out rather well.
Anne Hathaway was gorgeous throughout. Very sexy role to fill and she did it quite well. I think she was great in this movie.
Overall, the movie was pretty good. I was coming at it from the view of loving the TV Series, and I enjoyed it for what it was worth. My girlfriend had never seen the TV Series, and she really enjoyed the movie on its own merits, so I think a lot of people will enjoy this movie as well.
There were some slow parts, and some parts that were hard to believe, but I guess that's true of all "secret agent" movies, whether they're parody or not. I felt like this impersonated the TV series pretty well without overly doing it. They borrowed a lot of the more famous quotes from the TV Series, ie "Sorry about that, Chief." and "Would you believe [some crazy idea]?" "No." "How about [less crazy idea]?" "No." "How about [idea so pathetic it's funny]?"
Steve Carrell did a pretty good job channeling Maxwell Smart while making it his own at the same time. He brought his own comedic personality to the character rather than trying to be a complete copy of Don Adams, which I think worked out rather well.
Anne Hathaway was gorgeous throughout. Very sexy role to fill and she did it quite well. I think she was great in this movie.
Overall, the movie was pretty good. I was coming at it from the view of loving the TV Series, and I enjoyed it for what it was worth. My girlfriend had never seen the TV Series, and she really enjoyed the movie on its own merits, so I think a lot of people will enjoy this movie as well.