Since I'm out of town, I had to miss the Tuesday IBJ Night at the Movies preview of "Get Smart." So if you were there, enlighten
me. What did I miss?
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
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Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
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David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
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Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
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Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.
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I thought Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway were great as a pair. And as much as I don't want to like The Rock, I always do. There is a cell phone scene near the beginning that was unexpected and very funny.
Even though it's PG-13, I'd be pretty ok with taking my 9 and 11 year olds to see it. There are a few lines I might have to cover their ears for and we might schedule a bathroom break during one scene in the Russian bakery.
But all in all, a great actomedy (action/comedy)!
I thought Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway both fit the mold, but moreso Steve Carrell. Anne Hathaway was less subservient than the original Agent 99, but a review I read mentioned it was meant to be more a slapstick Bourne movie.
Movie was great, just wish the rest of the patrons had read the tickets and showed up early. Really didn't need to hear the f-bombs from the bozo that showed up, with his girlfriend, at 7:32, then 'f' this, 'f' that for their being too many tickets 'sold'. He sat in the aisle. Idiots.
In the remake, Steve Carell superbly captured Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway more than carried her role as Agent 99. As a duo, they worked well together. A lot of funny lines; however, at times there were so many that they got lost in the laughter. All the actors acquitted themselves admirably. Great cameo appearances by several top talents. I wanted to hear more of the old Max, though. For example, the old Max always tried to explain his way out of a touchy situation with the chief by saying, “Would you believe….?” followed by some ridiculously inane but hilarious concoction of half-lie and half-truth.
I had a great time. I loved the movie. I’d like to see Steve and Anne do a sequel.
As many have already mentioned, Steve Carrell single handedly sells this movie. He really has become such a genius with timing and keeping a straight face. I will happily see Get Smarter if he returns.
Also the award for most random cameo has to go to Agent 13.
Just enough timing between major laughs to advance a plot - albeit no huge who dun it. The cameos - good touch. Carrell and Hathaway definitely pull this off - I was entertained by this funny edition to my lighter summer entertainment - just what the doctor ordered. Thumbs up - I'd see it in the theater again.