Ok so first things first, Get Smart. I enjoyed it, and as a big fan of Steve Carrell and Alan Arkin, I got the nice relaxing movie experience that was fairly solid all the way through. Rarely did it peak into brilliance, but it was a fun movie, with good set pieces and a good ensemble, including Dwayne Johnson who, after being the only good thing about Be Cool and a good role in the otherwise befuddled Southland Tales, is certainly growing on me as an actor rather than wrestler.
It very much seemed like they cast Carrell and wrote around his acting style, and the movie was much better for it.
And so overall it was a good way to pass some time: Not an all time classic and all out laugh fest but something easy to enjoy and just watch.
Now I must admit I can't give it a 100% review because of the following reason:
Went into cinema, sat down, and watched what seemed to be a never ending slew of ads and previews. Being a new film they tend to tack on the ads so I figured we'd be in for a long wait. Finally the film starts and slowly but surely a sickening terror starts to grip my soul...
And, as the creeping terror climbs and climbs it dawns on me.
I am in the wrong cinema.
And then the terror becomes reality as I realise that the movie I am about to start watching is none other than Sex and the City.
AH THE HORROR!!!!!!
Argh!
Anyway, my girlfriend didn't shanghai our movie going experience [she bought the tickets] but it turns out the teller misheard us and thought we said Sex and the City instead of Get Smart. Go figure. He just told us Cinema 1 and without even checking we just wandered in and sat down.
The cinema is notorious for being very quiet, but I should have twigged when only about half a dozen people were in the cinema, since as the first night of Get Smart I figured it would at least have some sort of crowd.
So after figuring out what happened, and staying my hand from my girlfriend's face [I'm not the type to get violent but Sex and the City DOES provoke reactions of an otherworldly nature] we went to the desk, found out where Get Smart was playing, and took a chance we hadnt missed much.
Seems like we missed about 20 minutes, so I must admit I can't give you a full review, but the good thing about big budget movies that are well written is that you can pretty much figure out what you've missed.
So in sum:
Get Smart- good film that was an enjoyable way to have a few laughs without switching my brain off way too much.
Sex and the City- The 30 seconds I saw had Sarah Jessica Parker. I'll proceed to my bed and the inevitable nightmares will be with me very soon.
