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Fri Mar-07-08 04:38 PM
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Steve Carrell is ..... Maxwell Smart |
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Fri Mar-07-08 04:57 PM
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But a 75% chance I'll see it.
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:03 PM
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2. Would You Believe There Is A Phone In Your Underpants? |
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Fri Mar-07-08 05:07 PM
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3. My money says this one is a stinker too. |
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Carrell sucks in formulaic comedy. He made two good movies, got noticed by the big studios, and has been sucking ever since. He's actually, of course, pretty funny in deadpan comedy. But he keeps picking really terrible material.
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Fri Mar-07-08 06:46 PM
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6. "he's actually, of course, pretty funny in deadpan comedy" |
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I take it you never watched the original Get Smart, then. (Get Smart = heavy on the deadpan comedy)
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Fri Mar-07-08 07:09 PM
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Do you really need me to go over with you the number of classic shows that Hollywood has remade into utterly unfunny movies?
Exempli gratia: naturally funny = Steve Martin not funny at all = Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau
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Fri Mar-07-08 08:02 PM
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I never said Hollywood hadn't massacred most of its recent adaptations of old TV shows. I said THIS one, based one what I've seen of it, looks like it might be really, really good, and pointed out that Carell's gift with dry and deadpan comedy--something YOU said you like--makes him especially well-suited to play Maxwell Smart.
So, no, I don't need you to go over anything with me, thanks so much.
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Fri Mar-07-08 06:42 PM
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4. No. Just. No. I'm so sick of Steve Carell. |
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Fri Mar-07-08 06:44 PM
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5. The trailer looks really, really good. |
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and I am WAY too excited about this movie...
:woohoo:
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Fri Mar-07-08 07:15 PM
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8. I'm getting sucked into this one |
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I a fan of "Get Smart" and although I haven't seen any of Carrell's movies in whole I know what you mean about him not being funny in certain roles...but I'm hopeful, perhaps unjustly so.
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Fri Mar-07-08 08:01 PM
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10. If anyone can do that deadpan dementia, it's Carrell. n/t |
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Fri Mar-07-08 08:29 PM
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I smell another Evan Almighty
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Fri Mar-07-08 08:34 PM
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13. I wish they'd re-run the series |
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Fri Mar-07-08 08:40 PM
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14. Oh god. That's a good reason to NOT see the movie. |
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He's about as funny as Jim Carrey. :eyes:
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Sat Mar-08-08 06:08 PM
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15. I'm kinda looking forward to that. I hope it is well done. |
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