| www.clmnews.com Hoping to take control of the box office and to outsmart the rampaging chaos of the Hulk, Warner Brothers releases Get Smart this weekend. Get Smart the movie is the big screen adaptation of Mel Brook's vaunted 60's television show by the same name. When Get Smart was originally aired in 1965 it gave birth to the super agent spy satire genre. The movie looks revive that comedic genius with summer block buster flair. The comedy of this movie is well, "Smartly" written and Steve Carell's portrayal of Maxwell Smart carries the film. Especially the improves. The plot is surprisingly simple for a movie this complex. Data annalist Maxwell Smart is the best intelligence man in the government's super secret organization "Control". He is revered by his peers for his great work, but his sole ambition is to be a field agent. Although he passes all of the required exams, He is rejected for this role. But after a most of the agents in his organization are compromised he get's called up in reserve and get's to show his stuff. This is where the movie begins to resemble and lean on the television show. Maxwell Smart is designated agent 86 and is partnered with the stunningly beautiful agent 99 played by, Anne Hathaway. Hathaway's portrayal of agent 99 is dead on. In the television show Agent 99 is a tall, beautiful agent who is far more competent than Max, but Max's greenish antiques always manage to save them both. And this is where the casting for this movie is dead on ... |
