Note that this was a post from my blog at an older location: Posted July 10 2008

Ah, “Get Smart”, an old 90’s American Comedy television series. I barely remember what it was about and what happened in the series as I was really little when I last saw it. Pretty much the only things I can remember from it, was Maxwell Smart’s phone shoe, the sliding doors to go in and out of that headquarters place and Agent 99… I don’t even remember who/what the enemy was… Although I did remember that it was a pretty good show…

Well, as most of you know, “Get Smart” was/has been adapted to a film and recently released into cinemas… The film was directed by Peter Segal, and starred, Steve Carell, as Maxwell Smart, and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99. Well, thanks to the movie, I now know that Max and 99 work for a top-secret government organisation called “CONTROL” and the enemy, who is trying to destroy/take over the world or whatever, is known as “KAOS” (Great name eh?). Supporting cast were Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Masi Oka (Know him from “Heroes”), Nate Torrence, Ken Davitian (Recognised him from “Borat”) and Terry Crews.

As expected, “Get Smart” was an entertaining and funny movie, although I think it was a standalone movie. I envy Maxwell’s intelligence! XD He also has awesome little gadgets like a flamethrower inside a Swiss Army Knife! He also has an amazing sense of logic! (Now, I leave it to you to decide whether all that was sarcastic or not) Unfortunately, since I don’t remember the original television series, I am unable to compare the film to the television series and decide which one was better, but nevertheless, it was still a great movie, and certainly better than “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” in terms of humour…

Even if you haven’t seen/don’t remember the television series, it is certainly a very good watch even if some reviews are negative and if my little review thingy doesn’t help. Although if you do remember the television series, and have watched the movie, please tell us how you found it compared to the television series via commenting. Oh, and I also recently found out that, a spin-off movie was produced – “Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control” which focuses more on Bruce (Masi Oka) and Lloyd (Nate Torrence). Events in this are concurrent, but unrelated.

Overall Rating – 8 out of 10

More info on “Get Smart”: Wikipedia ||| The Internet Movie Database ||| Rotten Tomatoes
More info on “Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control”: Wikipedia ||| The Internet Movie Database