Watch it or Whine: Get Smart

The Husband and I went on a DATE this weekend. I ate dinner without a single person throwing food on me. I had a lovely conversation that was not interrupted by “Do you need to Go Potty?” once. Oh, and I missed my baby SO BAD! When we picked him up on Sunday he said “Hey Mama!” and his face lit up and he had dimples so deep I contemplated growing geraniums in them. I scooped him out of his Pappaw’s arms and took him to their guest room where I proceeded to surgically reattach his umbilical cord. Hah! That is the last time he gets away from me.

To distract myself from the fact that I would have to fill the gas tank to get to my baby, The Husband and I went to go see Get Smart. Have I ever told you about how I feel about Steve Carell? I ADORE HIM. I could watch The Office as a non-stop marathon. Every week. I think he is just so cute, and smart, and lovable, and ahhh *swoon* geeky guys are so my thing. (Have I ever mentioned that The Husband is a computer geek? Lucky me!) *Reeling it back in over here* When I was about thirteen, JHJ and I would walk home from school, make milkshakes and turn on Get Smart. We must have watched every episode at least three times, and it was one of the few shows that we would agree on. As soon as I heard about the Get Smart movie I knew that Steve Carell + 1960’s Camp = A Happy Hey You. Caution: THE FOLLOWING MAY (WILL) CONTAIN SPOILERS! If you don’t want to know then just be assured that I liked it and go see it yourself.

Maxwell Smart apparently used to be a fatty. He drops a ton of weight and aces the test to be a field agent, through a series of events he winds up on a dangerous mission with the ever winsome Agent 99. Anne Hathaway did an admirable job, although I did miss 99’s slinky, low, and sugared “Oh, Max”. She also was much too young, but ya know cougars and all that. They had much better chemistry than I expected, and both had great comic timing (like Stevie Baby could have anything but). There is one scene where they are doing a tango with other partners that will be a classic forever, the rest of the movie be damned. My favorite parts were the ones where they re-visted the classic gags, and this is not the most realistic action movie I have seen, but it was not trying to be Bond or Bourne, it was a loving tribute to the original. It was light, breezy, and fast paced. Alan Arkin is another favorite of mine because of his role in Little Miss Sunshine, and he nailed The Chief. I did not like the portrayal of the president, and did not care for Dwayne Wrestler Boy Johnson, but his character was for bulk, and he was admirably large.

I give it four thumbs up out of five. Or stars, or whatever. I liked it, so go WATCH IT.

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