Get Smart: Anyone seen it?

[FreaqyFrequency]

I love Steve Carell, and it looks pretty worthwhile, but I'm about to go see it in an hour, so before I leave, does anyone have a report on it?

[metallicafan18]

I saw it last night.


I loved it. Very, very funny. I have never seen the old Get Smart stuff before, but I don't need to. I loved the movie.

[thumpbass1]

I want to see it badly. I'm even more hyped to see it after a few critics have slagged it for it's old school style of comedy. Imho that was part of the charm of the original TV
series that I loved as kid back in the 60's when I watched it.

[jomahu]

actually, every review i've read has slammed it for not being as sharp as the original. which means dumbed-down slapstick comedy, i imagine.

[Valerus]

Haven't heard good things, but hey, that's critics for ya.

[StyleOverShow]

Heard one cleaver reviewer equate Steve Carell as the 'real' smarter Maxwell Smart, just don't go see Love Guru.

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by metallicafan18

I have never seen the old Get Smart stuff before, but I don't need to. I loved the movie.

That's like watching a Metallica cover band and saying "I never heard Metallica play, or even heard any of their records, but I don't need to- I loved the cover band."

[metallicafan18]

Originally Posted by bongomania

That's like watching a Metallica cover band and saying "I never heard Metallica play, or even heard any of their records, but I don't need to- I loved the cover band."

I can't tell, is this good or bad.


What I meant was that, I didn't have to see the old ones to really understand this, or follow it.

[fourstringdrums]

Originally Posted by metallicafan18

I can't tell, is this good or bad.


What I meant was that, I didn't have to see the old ones to really understand this, or follow it.

That was meant to be a bad thing. You really should see the old episodes, they're classic.

I'm going to hold off real judgment until I see it but so far I think that the previews don't look to be a sharp as the original in its humor, as someone else above put it. But then again, a lot of that could be just the fact that the movie is set in today's time period (of course) so it's going to stand up differently against the old episodes.

[bigfatbass]

I'm a huge Get Smart fan, I named my first pet as a child Max.

I've loved his movies except for that awful noah flick, but Carell still has long way to go to match the timing/tone of a master dead pan like Don Adams.

In the previews I've seen The Rock gets bigger laughs. That can't be a good thing.

[bongomania]

I just went out and rented "Get Smart Again", from 1989 but with the original cast of course, just to spite the new version. It's still funny, and surprisingly not as dated as I thought it would be- they had gags about "shoe waiting" which perfectly bridged the old gag with modern times. Max is married to Agent 99, and they have the "Cone of Silence" installed over their bed. I'm sure they might have similar stuff in the new version, but Don Adams owned that role.

[short_steve277]

just looks totally lame. totally lost the originals kind of humuor

steve carell is awesome in little miss sunshine imo, but he looks lame in this one

[mrpackerguy]

I almost got there to see it yesterday....."missed it by THAT much"

[hbarcat]

The original TV series is one of my favorite shows ever. Brilliant comedy.

I'm not optimistic that the movie can stand up to the original

[Pacman]

I just got back from it. I used to fake being sick to stay home and watch that one when I was a kid. I liked it - but I liked it as it stood on it's own. Not in comparison with the show. We all enjoyed it, and laughed through the whole thing.

[hbarcat]

[EmmSee]

Very good movie! SEE IT!

looking forward to the sequel .. which starts filming later this year: Get Smarter

[Valerus]

Don't you mean Get More Smarter?

[steve21]

I liked it. Anne Hathaway is a bombshell.

[CanadaMan]

I really liked it, thought it was great.