An American in Paris - A Refreshing Feeling

I was flipping channels this evening and came across the movie "An American In Paris" and thought I'd seen it before but I never had and right from the beginning of the movie,  from the first notes of music, it just gave me a good feeling.  It made me really realize how much entertainment has devolved.  It is amazing the drastic difference in the past fifty years.  The mid sixties is when the de-evolution started.

The biggest change I felt watching the movie is the quality of music.  I normally am not a big Gershwin fan, but most of the music in the movie was very uplifting to the soul, unlike the music of this day and age.  There has to be something that can be done to re-beautify the music and movies of this day and age.

Get Smart

I haven't seen the movie Get Smart yet but the trailer doesn't make the movie seem like it's going to be very good.  Most of the time you usually can tell from the trailer if it's going to be something worth watching.  I am sure I will see it when I can rent it on DVD or maybe I'll wait until it is on TV.

I love the original Get Smart on TV in the late 60's.  Don Adams and Barbara Feldon are definitely hard to top, they were the best.  But for some reason none of the Get Smart movies were very good.  I've heard it said that it was partly because Edward Platt, the Chief, died and there wasn't anyone as good as a straight man for the show.  That's a very good possible reason and also a show more than a half hour may just be too much.  Plus in the first movie, The Nude Bomb, 99 wasn't in it either which didn't help the chemistry. 

When I heard Steve Carell would be playing Maxwell Smart, I thought he would be great for the part.  From the trailer, he looks ok, but the content and delivery of the lines are just plain terrible.  It is sad that such a bad job was done with the great character created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry.  Maybe this will be one of those times the trailer will be misleading and it actually will be a good movie.  I will let you know after I see it on DVD or TV.

Some great information is available on this Get Smart Fan Page.