Mel Brooks Talks New SMART

mel brooks is one of the greatest comedy writers/directors/producers EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I saw the trailer to this movie when I went to see Narnia. I'm rather interested in seeing this.

It surprises me that Mel Brooks is praising this movie, since by all accounts the new flick butchers the original concept. Some of the early screenings have indicated that the new 'Get Smart' is a complete mess, with its plot almost a carbon copy of "Johnny English"--and we all know what a hit that was.

For fans of the original TV show, they'll be disappointed, even angry at how they've treated Maxwell Smart and the other characters, who seem to bear no resemblance to the originals beyond the use their names. While the original TV series was a smartly written satire of covert government agencies like the CIA, and used intelligent, funny writing to get laughs, the movie plays up the action to compensate for a poor script that is low on intelligence, and high on scatalogical humor and other Hollywood cliche'

This movie has been in development since 1999--not a good sign, and I also hear that WB is being sued by the Adams estate, which holds rights to the 'Get Smart' property.

I smell another bomb for WB.

I never go by reviews,,,,some of my favorite movies have gotten harsh reviews...and then some of the best reviewed movies that I have seen are absolute crap. It is all subjective, so how can one really go by reviews anyway? Anne Hathaway actually looks good in make-up, but her parents live around the corner form my buddy and when she walk's the dog is sweats,,,,not so much,,,,,but I think this movie looks like a lot of fun.

Whiskey,

I agree that movie reviews are somewhat subjective. However, what they've done to the characters, and the type of writing the script delivers is a good indication that the movie isn't respectful to the original series, and fans of that series are going to hate it.

The producers of this movie are on record belittling the original concept as a "silly Cold War comedy" that needed "serious updating". If that's all they saw, then we're in trouble. They've changed the main character of Maxwell Smart from an egomaniacal agent convinced of his own genius, to a once-obese, nerdy CONTROL analyst who dreams of being an agent, but is too aware of his own ineptitude. It's a complete 180 from the original character.

Whereas the original TV show used intelligent writing to get laughs, the script for this movie has reduced it to the level of Austin Powers, replete with fart and vomit jokes, sexual innuendo, and cookie-cutter plot contrivances.

It might get a few laughs, but it isn't "Get Smart" by any stretch of the imagination. Sad they have to dumb everything down for today's audience.

I never thought Max was egomaniacal or convinced of his own genius. I think he just honestly thought he was a good agent, but he was basically incompetent. But he was lucky and had a good partner. At least from the previews I've seen, they seem to have gotten that.

Movie reviews can be helpful, if you take them with a grain of salt. I also look at the type of movie being reviewed. If it's a superhero movie or sci-fi, you can mostly expect that it will get a bad review. If it's a period drama, that automatically makes the review better than the movie actually is.

I gotta agree with macgawd here. In spite of phenomenal casting it does look like they are taking the characters far from what they were in the series. Max Smart was certainly a bumbling idiot but he certainly never thought so and was played with deadpan conviction. I fear the heart of the show will definitely be missing but we will get plenty of the gastrointestinal tract as a substitute.