Comments on: Get Smart Movie Reviews http://movies.popcrunch.com/get-smart-movie-reviews/ Your daily dose of movie goodness. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:17:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joseph C. Cavella http://movies.popcrunch.com/get-smart-movie-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Joseph C. Cavella Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:10:12 +0000 http://movies.popcrunch.com/get-smart-movie-reviews/#comment-1920 (Get Smart movie review) As one of the writers of the original “Get Smart” TV series, I was sadly disappointed by the new “Get Smart” movie--I can’t understand why remakes don’t at least talk to the original material writers. Maybe it’s kind of, “I want to do it myself, mom.” That said, for the writers of the next remake, here’s a tip: The essence, the fun of the Don Adams character was his child-like confidence and his bravado (not unlike the character often played by Bob Hope) presaging the inevitable catastrophic blunder. “Sorry about that.” Seeing a man slip on a banana peel is funny. Seeing a pompous man slip on a banana peel is infinitely funnier. Any writer charged with vetting agent 86 should start by studying the origin of the character--Don’s early nightclub routines. His defense attorney bit: “Look at those trim ankles, the well turned calf. Now I ask you. Are those the legs of a homicidal maniac?” Joseph C. Cavella HowToWriteComedy.com (Get Smart movie review)
As one of the writers of the original “Get Smart” TV series, I was sadly disappointed by the new “Get Smart” movie–I can’t understand why remakes don’t at least talk to the original material writers. Maybe it’s kind of, “I want to do it myself, mom.”

That said, for the writers of the next remake, here’s a tip: The essence, the fun of the Don Adams character was his child-like confidence and his bravado (not unlike the character often played by Bob Hope) presaging the inevitable catastrophic blunder. “Sorry about that.” Seeing a man slip on a banana peel is funny. Seeing a pompous man slip on a banana peel is infinitely funnier.

Any writer charged with vetting agent 86 should start by studying the origin of the character–Don’s early nightclub routines. His defense attorney bit: “Look at those trim ankles, the well turned calf. Now I ask you. Are those the legs of a homicidal maniac?”
Joseph C. Cavella
HowToWriteComedy.com

]]> By: Get Smart is the Weekend Box Office Champ | Movie Crunch http://movies.popcrunch.com/get-smart-movie-reviews/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Get Smart is the Weekend Box Office Champ | Movie Crunch Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:12:17 +0000 http://movies.popcrunch.com/get-smart-movie-reviews/#comment-1914 [...] a surprise to no one, the hotly anticipated summer comedy “Get Smart” was the big winner at the box office - securing first place with $39.2 [...] [...] a surprise to no one, the hotly anticipated summer comedy “Get Smart” was the big winner at the box office – securing first place with $39.2 [...]

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