So it seems innevitable the Mr. and Mrs. Smith remake series will have some mixed viewer feedback, just by nature of taking a cheesy power-fantasy for Boomers flick and turning it into a more grounded and borderline melodramatic series with Millenial humour and social commentary...
Having said all that, I really loved it. Pretty much delivered on every single aspect you could want from this series-- got a bit weird at times, but never felt like it dragged or wasted the viewer's time and had crazy thrills/surprises right to the end. Social commentary in a modern series is usually a huge red flag, but in this case it felt like they were speaking from genuine opinions and human perspectives, never getting too preachy. Also the cameos from several high-tier actors were brilliant.
Just the first couple minutes set the tone perfectly--
Usually I'm against going away from the nature of the original product, but in this case, it's not like the original was a masterpiece of film or even a true cult classic like Con Air (panned by critics but stood the test of time with average viewers). Mr. and Mrs. Smith was only ever wish-fulfillment and guilty-pleasure trash, almost entirely sold off the star power and relationship dynamics of it's leads. Shaking up that formula for something more mentally stimulating is hardly a bad thing to me.
Using any existing property just to deliberately contrast and satirise it will always put off a certain amount of people, but in this case it just worked for me.
*Edit: Pardon my ignorance. The Brangelina flick is not the original.
Last edited by Shaunodon - on 02 February 2024
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