Weekly DVD Drop: Get Smart

By Ryan

Get Smart is the latest former TV show to be made into a movie.  In this film, Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is thrust into duty as a secret agent for CONTROL to fight off the evil organization known as CHAOS.  Maxwell is aided by Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway).  The film also stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Alan Arkin.

The movie differs slightly from the slapstick comedy of the original TV show (made famous by the late Don Adams). It is a little more upbeat and it doesn’t feature quite the same dry humor that Don Adams was known for.  The jokes are a little bit more obvious and forced in the movie version.  The TV show was a complete parody of the the James Bond movies and I didn’t feel that the movie version really hit on that.  However Steve Carell is still one of the funniest actors in Hollywood today and this movie is definitely worth renting.

Other Films Being Released to DVD:

Kung Fu Panda

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Batman – The Complete Animated Series