ok, here we go. The movie was truly amazing. I loved it. It was better than I expected and it was very respectful of the smurfs and their history. The references to Peyo were perfect. This movie really worked. And obviously it sounded like a disaster back when we learnt that the smurfs would be in 3D and it would be live action and they would be in our world New York. That sounds terrible but surprisingly it was great and they made it work.
Loved the opening scenes in Smurf village. The new village was stunning. Loved how they showed the village was hidden and hilarious when Gargamel finds it. That running gag was funny.... throwing Azrael into every situation first and then asking 'are you dead?' lol. Garagmel and Azrael were so funny. Especially in the restaurant scene
And poor Azrael! talk about animal cruelty, hehe.
The smurfs were great. Again not sure why they created a new smurf Gutsy, but he was great anyway. Don't really get why he is called Gutsy... when his personality trait is obviously scottish smurf. Clumsy Smurf they definitely made his character more cute and lovable than the cartoon character which was a doofus clutz and often annoying. Same goes for Brainy Smurf. He was also not as annoying as the cartoon... but I just wanted to hear him say just once 'papa smurf always says...' Katie Perry did great with the voice of Smurfette. Suited her. Was surprised she didn't sing a song to tie in with the movie... but the worst part of the film was when the smurfs started playing guitar hero and singing...
Grouchy had more issues than the cartoon version who was a smurf of very few words. And have to say my favourite movie smurf was Papa Smurf. I thought he was wonderful. OH! who was the crazy smurf! How hilarious was that when Gargamel was smashing the village up and Papa turns to Crazy and tells him to sound the alarm and he starts making alarm noises with his mouth, haha.... and a mention of a passive-aggressive smurf
Hope they bring in a few more of our smurfs for the sequel like Vanity, Jokey or Hefty. Loved the final showdown with Gargamel where all the smurfs were involved. I thought that was perfect to bring all the characters into it.
The human cast was great! Neil Patrick Harris especially. and that whole storyline was nice. The whole movie gave me the feeling that it had such a huge heart. It was very touching and sweet overall. Really well done and very funny. I'm so happy and look forward to seeing it again next weekend. And I thought the 3D was amazing! Wasn't a fan before... although the only 3D movie I had seen was Avatar.. and that was a long movie and I didn't think it was overall anything special. But the 3D worked perfect for the smurfs. At one point where Gargamel was zapping Papa.... Papa smurf came straight out of the screen.. i was amazed! very cool!
can't think of anything else right now to comment on.. oh apart from did you notice when Gutsy shot out of the cannon in the toy shop that he lands in the section of Schliech toys
Little things like that are just really well thought out. I hope they do as much justice to the sequel as they have here and not rush out some rubbish because the movie has made so many million dollars. Would love to see the characters stay in their world.. possibly bring Neil Patrick Harris into their world to help the smurfs??? I don't know how they could keep bringing them into our world.. that idea will get too old very quick.
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