Saw two movies this weekend.

“Get Smart” was delightful. Pam and I laughed a lot, and they didn’t go for a lot of cheap sexual humor, a la Ben Stiller. The bathroom scene in the airplane had us LOLing. But the funniest line in the movie–to me–came from Alan Arkin, and involved some obscenity and a swordfish. I’ve started laughing several times just thinking about it. And when The Rock stapled a paper to a guy’s head–that was a major-league hoot. Steve Carell made a good Max. Ann Hathaway wasn’t very Barbara Feldonish, but I really liked her as Agent 99.

That was yesterday. Today we saw “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” It was an enjoyable rollercoaster ride. Shia LaBeouf was very good as the sidekick, and it was nice having Karen Allen back (especially after having been replaced by Kate Capeshaw). Harrison Ford’s looking old, but still has plenty of action in him, and I thought he did fine.

My brother Rick wrote a negative review on his blog, saying the plot was confusing at times. I usually agree with Rick, but in this case…well, yeah, I agree with him. I’m not sure what the heck was going on in that movie. But that’s pretty much the way it is with rollercoasters. You just hang on until the end. It’s a fine movie. But if you must choose, pick “Get Smart.”