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post #1 of 26
1/25/08 at 4:53am
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http://wbads-63.vo.llnwd.net/e1/wbol...rf2_qt_500.mov

looks pretty good.
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post #2 of 26
1/25/08 at 5:27am
Steve Carell is the perfect replacement for Don Adams. Its hard to tell whether those same comedy bits that were used forty years ago will stand the test of time, but one thing is for sure, this movie production sure beats the heck out of the TV version.
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post #3 of 26
1/25/08 at 7:00am
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Originally Posted by Aliens View Post

Steve Carell is the perfect replacement for Don Adams. Its hard to tell whether those same comedy bits that were used forty years ago will stand the test of time, but one thing is for sure, this movie production sure beats the heck out of the TV version.

the opening shoe phone gag had me laughing and remembering the sudden punchlines of the show.
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post #4 of 26
1/26/08 at 8:38am
Don Adams was great in get smart. Looking forward to this.
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post #5 of 26
1/26/08 at 9:06am
OK, I want tickets for this NOW!

One of my all time favorite shows. This could be a lot of fun.
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post #6 of 26
1/27/08 at 10:27am
Hard to tell from just the trailer but I already see a huge problem with Steve Carell's Maxwell Smart -- he doesn't seem to have any of Don Adams' false bravado and undeserved cockiness. This contributed a LOT to Adams' Smart being very funny.

Like I said, too early to tell, and Carell can, and almost certainly will, bring his own brand of funny to Maxwell Smart. But I think people expecting Carell to channel Adams (and I think this is a LOT of people) are going to be disappointed.

[Edit] I've had a serious crush on Anne Hathaway for a long time, but lordy could she possibly get any hotter?! That is one spectacularly beautiful lady.
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post #7 of 26
1/27/08 at 7:38pm
I saw the trailer looks funny. But, I hope they don't make max to stupid.
I bet they will. As most Movies based on Old TV shows are really poor and often very unlike the show.
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post #8 of 26
1/27/08 at 10:13pm
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Hard to tell from just the trailer but I already see a huge problem with Steve Carell's Maxwell Smart -- he doesn't seem to have any of Don Adams' false bravado and undeserved cockiness. This contributed a LOT to Adams' Smart being very funny.

One big thing that contributed a lot to the image Adams/Smart conveyed that you mention above were his "beady little eyes", especially when he would squint them. Carell doesn't have those - his are large and round and give him a sort of naive, innocent puppy dog look. I just can't picture him being able to convincingly pull off that mock, suave secret agent look.
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post #9 of 26
1/27/08 at 10:20pm
why is comedy so forced in these so called comedy movies, this is probably going to be as bad as Steve Martin's Pink Panther and Nicole Kiddman's Bewitched....OH! the HORROR!!!!
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post #10 of 26
2/28/08 at 1:01pm
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/getsmart/hd/
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post #11 of 26
2/28/08 at 2:41pm
^^^

Funny! Looking forward to the DVD. Although, after viewing those trailers, I can hear a certain crowd claiming it is anti _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
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post #12 of 26
2/28/08 at 3:01pm
What - un-"funny"?

I'll have to admit, from what I've seen, it looks more serious than comedic.
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post #13 of 26
3/1/08 at 2:09pm
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why is comedy so forced in these so called comedy movies, this is probably going to be as bad as Steve Martin's Pink Panther and Nicole Kiddman's Bewitched....OH! the HORROR!!!!

Totally agree!! it feels forced and gags will be telegraphed well in advance...just a feeling mind you...but that too is what I got from the trailer. He's not Maxwell Smart per se', just someone trying to play/portray the Maxwell Smart that Don Adams created..I'll give it a shot on DVD though!
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post #14 of 26
3/4/08 at 1:33pm
I bet a lot of us watched the show just for 99.

Anne Hathaway should do that role justice.
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post #15 of 26
3/4/08 at 1:48pm
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I bet a lot of us watched the show just for 99.

Nah, I watched it for the stupidity of it all. I watched I Dream of Jeannie just to see Barbara Eden.
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post #16 of 26
3/4/08 at 3:04pm
I watched I Dream of Jeannie just to see Barbara Eden.



Moi aussi.
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post #17 of 26
3/5/08 at 12:09am
I watched Get Smart for the humor. Period.

But I wouldn't call it "stupid" humor. A lot of it was pretty darned clever. I can't think of any other sitcom that still makes me laugh so much. It's on every late Sat. and Sun. night here, and I never miss it.
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post #18 of 26
3/5/08 at 8:44pm
Yes, a great show I can't seem to find it on TV anywere may have to pick up the DVDs
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post #19 of 26
3/6/08 at 6:24am
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Totally agree!! it feels forced and gags will be telegraphed well in advance...just a feeling mind you...but that too is what I got from the trailer. He's not Maxwell Smart per se', just someone trying to play/portray the Maxwell Smart that Don Adams created..I'll give it a shot on DVD though!

so you saw the gun coming a mile away?
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post #20 of 26
3/6/08 at 11:30am
Man that trailer sucked BIGTIME. And Dwayne Johnson is in it so that guarantees the movie will be a failure.
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post #21 of 26
3/6/08 at 11:46am
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so you saw the gun coming a mile away?

The fact that he's on the phone and he walks an arm length away from someone he doesn't acknowledge, just to have a punch line gun pointed at him...I could leave my brain at home in a box and it still wouldn't be funny..But!...I'll give the DVD a chance.
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post #22 of 26
6/22/08 at 6:52pm
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Saw this today and what a great and consistently funny flick. Steve made max smart his own in this and the supporting cast helped in every way. Lots of great comedy. Decent action and it's obvious that the film makers had the original series well in mind while making this. Glad to see it beat the crap out of the love guru as well.
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post #23 of 26
6/22/08 at 7:52pm
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Saw this today and what a great and consistently funny flick. Steve made max smart his own in this and the supporting cast helped in every way. Lots of great comedy. Decent action and it's obvious that the film makers had the original series well in mind while making this. Glad to see it beat the crap out of the love guru as well.

Really? I saw this today and LOL'd once...and it wasn't Steve Carell's line either! Alan Arkin's "swordfish" line! Genius! I absolutely LOVE Carell, but it almost felt like he went through the motions here. He is MUCH funnier than this. Anne Hathaway stole this film on her looks alone. Someone else I heard said it best, this movie would have been great 10 years ago. It's been done over and over again that it just fell flat for me. Apparently I wasn't the only one either as the theater wasn't laughing much at all and it was pretty well packed. If you have seen the trailers, you've seen the movie.

As for the Love Guru, I thought that might be funny, but I'm hearing bad things about it all around that I'll wait for it to hit disc. Maybe I should have seen "The Zohan" instead?
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post #24 of 26
6/22/08 at 8:58pm
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Really? I saw this today and LOL'd once...and it wasn't Steve Carell's line either! Alan Arkin's "swordfish" line! Genius! I absolutely LOVE Carell, but it almost felt like he went through the motions here. He is MUCH funnier than this. Anne Hathaway stole this film on her looks alone. Someone else I heard said it best, this movie would have been great 10 years ago. It's been done over and over again that it just fell flat for me. Apparently I wasn't the only one either as the theater wasn't laughing much at all and it was pretty well packed. If you have seen the trailers, you've seen the movie.

As for the Love Guru, I thought that might be funny, but I'm hearing bad things about it all around that I'll wait for it to hit disc. Maybe I should have seen "The Zohan" instead?

my theater was half full and people were laughing consistently. My friends and Iall of us are 22-23 absolutley laughed throughout it. As for steve Admitedly we are all fans of teh us office and half of what steve does is timing and facial expressions. The line steve delivers after agent 99 describes him in a less than flattering way before she does off dancing with the bomb maker(sorry trying to avoid spoilers) had us belly laughing extremely hard. Arkin was brilliant. I found the rock entertaining throughout. Plus the one or two surprise cameos(AGENT 33!). Anne hathaway did help quite a lot with teh eye candy and overall sex appeal though. She's also a fine actress.
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post #25 of 26
12/4/08 at 11:17pm
Saw this tonite.

The laughs are there, but some sink.
Particularly those that reference the orginal TV show...quite limp IMO.

In no way, shape or form, do these actors come close to the crew from the old show in bringing life to the characters.
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post #26 of 26
12/25/08 at 9:20am
I gave the DVD a chance and enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would ...I'm not going to own it but I'm glad I kept an open mind as it was a good rental.
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