get smart

we went and saw get smart last weekend and as soon as the theme song started playing, i had flashbacks of sitting in our basement, watching episodes of get smart on nick at nite, and loving every minute of it. i was pretty young when i watched it, so i really don't remember a lot of specific details from the episodes, but i really do remember thinking that it was hilarious. things i do remember: the theme song, the opening scene where he walks through all of the doors and into the phone booth, the shoe phone, "missed it by that much," max's uncomfortable inability to do things right, and thinking that agent 99 was so cool.

the movie was even better than i had hoped. steve carrell was the perfect maxwell smart, although they did make him much more competent than i remember the original smart being. i thought they did a great job of converting a television show into a movie. this was a great movie and i recommend it, even if you don't remember the tv show.