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Get Smart is baffling to me, because I just can't tell who it's supposed to be for. It isn't very funny, so the comedy nerds and Office fanatics aren't going to be satisfied, and the action is cheesy and clumsily executed by actors who have no business doing action, so it's not like anyone would walk out of it like, "I am so glad I finally got to see that Special Agent Michael Scarn movie on the big screen, especially since it had the Princess Diaries girl in it, who totally kicked ass in a convincing way!" The movie's just confused, because it's trying to be this silly comedy and a legit action film all at once, and that's a) near impossible to cast, and b) near impossible to do, and of the three films that attempted to do that this summer, Tropic Thunder did it better, and Pineapple Express did it brilliantly. But Get Smart just never really works. You do get to see Steve Carell in a fat suit more than a few times, though, so at least there's that. On to the extras:
The Right Agent for the Right Job:
This is where the director and producers explain and defend their casting choices. They talk about how they had to find funny actors with good chemistry, and that Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway were perfect together. They were so, so not perfect together, but it's nice that they think that.
Gag Reel
Steve Carell is awfully adorable when he gets the giggles, isn't he? This one's worth watching.
Language Lessons
It starts out rough, but Carell brings it home in an awesome way at the end. It's a series of Steve Carell speaking gibberish versions of all the European languages he "learned" for the movie, in a really stereotypical and offensive way. But he ends, hilariously, by saying, "You don't really hate Americans, do you? Well, I don't know why!" Beat. "I know why. Sorry." It's kind of genius.
Max in Moscow!
Surprisingly, not all of the location shots were green screen -- I am impressed! No, really, I actually am. This is behind the scenes footage of the cast and crew running around the real live Red Square.
Bruce and Lloyd's Out of Control Sneak Peek
So, the two op-tech nerds in the movie (played by Masi Oka and... someone else) got themselves their own direct-to-DVD feature. This is the making of, if you care. I do not.
Smart Takes
For some reason, they put the deleted scenes into the movie in this really involved way, where you have to watch the movie all the way through, and then a phone booth shows up? And you click on it? And then you can see the alternate takes instead? Or something? All I know is that you can't just watch the deleted scenes in a row like on a normal DVD like a civilized person, so I skipped 'em. Please forgive me.
Buy It Now
This is where the director and producers explain and defend their casting choices. They talk about how they had to find funny actors with good chemistry, and that Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway were perfect together. They were so, so not perfect together, but it's nice that they think that.
Gag Reel
Steve Carell is awfully adorable when he gets the giggles, isn't he? This one's worth watching.
Language Lessons
It starts out rough, but Carell brings it home in an awesome way at the end. It's a series of Steve Carell speaking gibberish versions of all the European languages he "learned" for the movie, in a really stereotypical and offensive way. But he ends, hilariously, by saying, "You don't really hate Americans, do you? Well, I don't know why!" Beat. "I know why. Sorry." It's kind of genius.
Max in Moscow!
Surprisingly, not all of the location shots were green screen -- I am impressed! No, really, I actually am. This is behind the scenes footage of the cast and crew running around the real live Red Square.
Bruce and Lloyd's Out of Control Sneak Peek
So, the two op-tech nerds in the movie (played by Masi Oka and... someone else) got themselves their own direct-to-DVD feature. This is the making of, if you care. I do not.
Smart Takes
For some reason, they put the deleted scenes into the movie in this really involved way, where you have to watch the movie all the way through, and then a phone booth shows up? And you click on it? And then you can see the alternate takes instead? Or something? All I know is that you can't just watch the deleted scenes in a row like on a normal DVD like a civilized person, so I skipped 'em. Please forgive me.
Buy It Now
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