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"Get Smart"
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 03:13 pmI thoroughly enjoyed "Get Smart" with one small exception which I will get out of the way here right away: when you have to resort to homophobia for laughs? Writers, you FAIL. Also, when your homophobia has to do with The RockDwayne Johnson kissing another guy, you MEGA-FAIL because The Rock Dwayne Johnson is pretty hot, and seeing him kiss just about *anyone* is awesomely sexy.
Other than that, the movie was pretty faithful the concepts and jokes of the original show, although they took a few liberties with characters that, for the most part, worked very well. Anne Hathaway was a worthy successor to Barbara Feldon--it was a real pleasure to see her play such a capable woman, resourceful and confident. Steve Carrell is intensely likable (at least, I find him so) and I liked him in this part--he took what Don Adams did, and made it his own role without dismissing the original character.
It occurs to me that I am writing about this movie way too seriously, but I loved this series as a kid--not only because it was forbidden TV that I could only see when I was babysitting, but also because it was well-written and everyone involved in its production seemed to be having such a good time. I got the same vibe from the movie, especially from Masi Oka and Alan Arkin.
This movie was also better than the movie I watched with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yebisu9 last night, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which can be summarized in the following dialogue:
Brad Pitt: I am super hunky and attractive.
Angelina Jolie: I am almost inhumanly attractive as well.
(They are both assassins, but neither tells the other. They meet, have sparks, get married, and then things get bad because Angelina insists on having her way all the time--an uppity woman!)
BP: Oh, look at my six-pack abs. Why are we not having sex all the time?
AJ: Hey, I look great in a PVC corset. Why *are* we not having sex all the time?
(They're not. Then they discover the other's profession and try to kill each other. Then they have creepy sex after beating each other up. Then they bicker adorably, and realize they're better as an assassin team and work together, presumably saving their marriage. THE END.)
Give me "Get Smart" any day. Goofy humor trumps creepy sex for entertainment value.
Other than that, the movie was pretty faithful the concepts and jokes of the original show, although they took a few liberties with characters that, for the most part, worked very well. Anne Hathaway was a worthy successor to Barbara Feldon--it was a real pleasure to see her play such a capable woman, resourceful and confident. Steve Carrell is intensely likable (at least, I find him so) and I liked him in this part--he took what Don Adams did, and made it his own role without dismissing the original character.
It occurs to me that I am writing about this movie way too seriously, but I loved this series as a kid--not only because it was forbidden TV that I could only see when I was babysitting, but also because it was well-written and everyone involved in its production seemed to be having such a good time. I got the same vibe from the movie, especially from Masi Oka and Alan Arkin.
This movie was also better than the movie I watched with
yebisu9 last night, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which can be summarized in the following dialogue:Brad Pitt: I am super hunky and attractive.
Angelina Jolie: I am almost inhumanly attractive as well.
(They are both assassins, but neither tells the other. They meet, have sparks, get married, and then things get bad because Angelina insists on having her way all the time--an uppity woman!)
BP: Oh, look at my six-pack abs. Why are we not having sex all the time?
AJ: Hey, I look great in a PVC corset. Why *are* we not having sex all the time?
(They're not. Then they discover the other's profession and try to kill each other. Then they have creepy sex after beating each other up. Then they bicker adorably, and realize they're better as an assassin team and work together, presumably saving their marriage. THE END.)
Give me "Get Smart" any day. Goofy humor trumps creepy sex for entertainment value.
