Post by the guy in Control on Aug 22, 2008 4:35:19 GMT -5
MetroLife didn't seem to like it much...
The Sun seems to like it a lot...
i like this short one, posted in the Miami Herald:
but i'm about to post my favorite review of the day... not my favorite because it's positive or negative, or because it's well-written, but because it's so poorly introduced...
thankfully, from here on, he confines himself to talking about the movie, so the rest is not so bad, but i laughed pretty hard reading that introduction! if you're gonna inform your audience on something you don't think they remember, i would hope you'd try better than that! one or two little things, and i wouldn't have said anything, but that was just bad... anyway, if you'd like to finish the rest of Mr. Whitington's review, it's in the Irish Independent...
The Sun seems to like it a lot...
i like this short one, posted in the Miami Herald:
Get Smart (PG-13) ***: Maybe it's the pleasant nostalgic buzz generated by the familiar (and awesome) theme song, seeing that old shoe phone or the fact that Steve Carell makes a great stand-in for Don Adams. But for some reason, this remake of the old '60s sitcom turns out to be much more entertaining than its tedious trailers suggest. It's amusing and briskly paced, busy with an engaging mix of supporting actors (Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Masi Oka from ''Heroes'') and a glam Anne Hathaway as Agent 99. The film sticks to simple comedy -- the plot involves Max and 99 foiling a KAOS plot to explode a rogue nuke -- which proves a smart move. -- Ogle (some rude humor, action violence, language) 110 minutes.
but i'm about to post my favorite review of the day... not my favorite because it's positive or negative, or because it's well-written, but because it's so poorly introduced...
GET SMART
by Paul Whitington
August 22, 2008
Most of you, dear readers, will not be old enough to remember the 1960s TV comedy on which this film is based, but unfortunately I just about am. [really? lets see how much you just about remember!]
A broad spoof of James Bond films and the spy genre in general, Get Smart was co-written by Mel Brooks [did he co-write it by himself? isn't Buck Henry a big enough name to mention?] and starred Don Adams as the self-important but disaster-prone Maxwell Smart, otherwise known as Agent 86, whose skin was constantly being saved from evil SMERSH agents [KAOS?] by his efficient, glamorous and altogether more modest sidekick, Agent 99. At the beginning of each episode, he caught his nose in the CONTROL agency's automatic steel security doors [at the end of each episode...], and he regularly spouted such catchphrases as "Not quite 99!" [did he ever say that?], "Sorry about that Chief" and "Missed it by that much".
by Paul Whitington
August 22, 2008
Most of you, dear readers, will not be old enough to remember the 1960s TV comedy on which this film is based, but unfortunately I just about am. [really? lets see how much you just about remember!]
A broad spoof of James Bond films and the spy genre in general, Get Smart was co-written by Mel Brooks [did he co-write it by himself? isn't Buck Henry a big enough name to mention?] and starred Don Adams as the self-important but disaster-prone Maxwell Smart, otherwise known as Agent 86, whose skin was constantly being saved from evil SMERSH agents [KAOS?] by his efficient, glamorous and altogether more modest sidekick, Agent 99. At the beginning of each episode, he caught his nose in the CONTROL agency's automatic steel security doors [at the end of each episode...], and he regularly spouted such catchphrases as "Not quite 99!" [did he ever say that?], "Sorry about that Chief" and "Missed it by that much".
thankfully, from here on, he confines himself to talking about the movie, so the rest is not so bad, but i laughed pretty hard reading that introduction! if you're gonna inform your audience on something you don't think they remember, i would hope you'd try better than that! one or two little things, and i wouldn't have said anything, but that was just bad... anyway, if you'd like to finish the rest of Mr. Whitington's review, it's in the Irish Independent...