After a couple of inconclusive teasers, Warner Brothers is finally giving audiences the Get Smart goods; now, maybe you’ll believe I didn’t jam my head too far up Peter Segal’s ass during my editing room visit last month.
This is a very confidently cut trailer. It gives you a very accurate sense of the action/comedy balance Segal’s trying to strike, and it’s also… y’know, funny. I like the opening bit with Steve Carell and Terence Stamp (the cut back to Carell, and his near-smirk, sells it), and I don’t know how not to laugh at Alan Arkin upbraiding Dwayne Johnson for jamming a staple into David Koechner’s forehead (“That’s CIA crap!”). From what Segal told me, Arkin’s going to be the secret weapon of this movie (the Academy Award winner actually thought one of his bits was up there with “Serpentine!”); and from what I’ve seen, Anne Hathaway is going to be trouble for the trousers. I can’t believe I just wrote that, and I really can’t believe I’m not deleting it.
It’s important to remember that Segal and Carell are trying hard to honor the tone of the Mel Brooks/Buck Henry series while updating it as much as they can for younger audiences. I think the humor is definitely in the same realm as the show; some of the gags may be a tad more suggestive, but they’re still on the tame end of the PG-13 spectrum. As for Carell, he’s reworked Max to mesh with his persona, but there’s still a bit of Don Adams in there. I think the fans will be pleased.
You’ll see for yourself June 20th.
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Sadly, for me, the only part that didnt work was the 'missed it by that much'
I HATE the look of digital, which this clearly is. It gives it a 'plastic' look, especially with quick movements and night lighting. Make Films, not movies. Rant, over.
seriously, the bit of the rock walkiing into the door… ticket = sold!
This could be the movie that finally gets Rock over as a comedian with the people who don't know him from the WWF. I think he's one of the funniest guys in show biz.
That was a damned fine trailer. But I've been burned by great trailers before. (See Jaws 2)
I had zero interest in this movie until I attended the panel at Comic Con (in between some other panels I was much more interested in) and saw the trailer. In the span of two minutes, I'd done a complete 180. I'm glad there's finally a trailer out there that can get the general public as excited, and that they could manage to do that while leaving out the funniest gag from the Comic Con trailer.
Besides Hathaway's sexiness you could've mentioned her apparent badassitude. That shot with all the unconscious bad guys falling out of the elevator while she calmly puts on an earring is pretty great.
It needs more car crashes.
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