Not too 'Smart'
I understand why some award show presenters pair up to pitch an upcoming project. I don't like it, but I get it. But can't the Oscars be an ad-free zone? Last night, the great Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway teamed up to present an award, and they walked to the podium while the "Get Smart" theme music played in the background. Carell plays Maxwell Smart in the forthcoming sitcom reboot, and Hathaway is Agent 99. The segment smacked of opportunism, and frankly the chemistry on display between the two didn't make me anxious to see the movie. But the '60s "Get Smart" was a terrific sitcom, and Carell's at the top of his game right now, so I'll hold out some hope.
Labels: Get Smart
posted by Toto @ 8:39 AM
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It is quite naive at this point in American Film Industry history, given that it *always* has been more business than show, to hope for a marketing-free Academy Awards show (ignoring the irony that a film awards presentation is television-dependent).
That notwithstanding, if I were producing the show - frightening to consider, as it would be a reversion to the Golden Age, dismissing entirely the fluff that now is the program - I at least would match projects with the quality expectation of the Academy Awards, along with concomitant stars.
Despite Carell's Carrey-like current career arc, a potentially entertaining remake of a popular-if-terribly-dated sitcom (for THIS the writer's come back?) hardly is the stuff of the Oscars (with the caveat that Hathaway may one be a genuine Oscar star).
I, too, however, hope that the film is good - I loved me some Don Adams as a child....
~ Dagnabbitt
Color me naive ... and I hope to stay that way! The ad insult to injury here indeed was that the project in question was hardly a threat to bring home the gold next year.
Hope we don't end up with a "Sorry about that, Chief" or "Missed it by that much". Liked Don Adams as Tennessee Tuxedo, too, but would not be excited about a remake.
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