Let’s Hope It DOES "Get Smart" with Us!!

Nice discussion.

I didn't think he was THAT bad, but if this flick gets anything, it should be Worst Screenplay. It could have been much, much better.

Now I'll tell you something that should get a Razzie, the "Get Smart" spin-off movie, "Bruce And Llyod: Out of CONTROL". Sure it was DVD release only, but man, it made "Wild Wild West" look like comedic gold!

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I liked this movie. However that wasn't Malcolm McDowell as Siegfried, that was Terrance Stamp. And he did do a great job.

I saw the movie this weekend as well and was totally shocked!!!...

It was actually very good...I had gone in with very low hopes of this being even semi-close to the classic "Get Smart," but it actually came pretty close.

Great performances by Carrel and Arkin -- what helped was they brought some of there own personality into the roles they portrayed.

The movie was reminiscent of the old TV show, updated with some of today's political views. Look for a great cameo of Bernie Kopel as an infuriated driver while Max is trying to get a car.

Overall 8 out of 10, can't wait to see it again.

I loved Juno. The dialog was witty and humorous. Performances were great. From the start, I was like, "Something is suspicious with the couple" and you know what, there was something suspicious with the couple! It was all too perfect (the whole adoption process).

Just saw it.  I laughed throughout the film, and there were no groaners here that I wouldn't expect to see in a Get Smart episode.  It was great to see Bernie Kopell make a cameo, as well as all the subtle and not-so-subtle references to the old series and Don Adams career (for examples, in the legal pad notes, you'll see very clearly written "The Claw", which was the archnemesis in the Inspector Gadget cartoons, and Adams did the voice for Gadget).  My favorite scene was Smart trying to shoot off the tie-wrap around his wrists with his miniature crossbow in an airline toilet.  I loved Terence Stamp milking the over-the-top Siegfried role for all its worth.  Forgive me, but I confused Terence Stamp with Malcolm McDowell, so when they used "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, I expected to go down the hospital hall in A Clockwork Orange all over again.  And speaking of performances, all the actors performed well.  There is so much going well in this film.

That said, though, overall, the film was weak.  My friend wished there was more, and I have to agree with her.  The only thing missing from Steve Carrell's performance was the wonderful expressiveness of Don Adams' face, but that's a difference between the two actors I expect.  I also wish Barbara Feldon had made a cameo like Kopell did. 

I disagree with what one critic said, that the Maxwell Smart in this movie was an idiot who lacked the TV's Smart's competent-yet-always-tries-too-hard approach.  This Smart had very much the same approach throughout the movie, from using psychology and understanding to befriend a brute to placing bombs throughout a factory to collapse it to dancing gracefully and respectfully with a full-figured woman (another scene that had me laughing).

I give this movie a 6 out of 10. 

Now, another friend is dragging me to see The Love Guru tomorrow.  Pray for me.