Yesterday, I told you what I think of the new movie remake of the classic
Get Smartspy spoof TV series. Now, because I'm really curious about how it will play with audiences, I'd like to know what YOU think...
So if you're going to see the movie, please report back and share your thoughts -- what you liked and disliked, what you were happy they included and sorry they excluded, whether you enjoyed the mix of comedy and action, and, perhaps most of all, what you thought of the casting and performances, from Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway as Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 on down to the cameos.
A few weeks ago, when I asked you guys and gals to predict the first-week box office for Sex and the City, I got a wonderful response -- and two readers named Chris, whose guesses were closest, ended up with tacky prizes from my basement floor. One got an ER first-aid kit, and the other got a Travel Channel AM/FM radio shaped like a mini-suitcase.
Who needs Million Dollar Password when you've got riches like these underfoot?
So let's play again. I've got enough junk on the floor to support another cheapo prize for whomever gets closest to the opening-weekend Get Smart grosses without going over. Last time, my (ahem) amazingly accurate prediction -- $55 million, against the actual $56.8 million -- was published in advance in my Broadcasting & Cable column. This time, I'll just go ahead and guess here and now, but I don't expect lightning to strike twice.
(Lightning already struck my house once, but that's another story.)
The same-day opening of the Mike Myers Love Guru movie makes it tougher to predict, but I'll go ahead and say $40 million for Get Smart. This one day, though, ignore what I say, and make your own guesses.
And remember -- once you see the movie, if you do, please come back and weigh in. I'll be reading all your reports... and loving it.