It is crazy how many movies in the last few years that I
grew up with as a childe that are now made into motion pictures. When I saw that this movie was being made,
only one thing came to my mind…Who had the smurfing idea to make a movie about
smurfs going through a worm hole to New York City??? It reminds me of the old say, “If I had a
nickel for every time I hear that…I would be a rich man.”
When going to give an hour and a half of my life to watch
the smurfs, I took my five year old daughter, so I can see what she liked and
didn’t like. The movie’s basis started
off following the original TV series, of Gargamel played by Hank Azaria finally
figures out where Smurf village is and tries catching the smurfs. This led off with a chase to be uncertain
circumstances let them to a portal that was connected with New York… Gargamel and his cat followed the smurfs to
New York. Now apparently in this film,
people in New York are already used to tiny blue people and old deranged men in
what looks like a black dress with a cat.
The smurfs cross paths due to Clumsy being Clumsily with
Patrick Winslow played by Neil Patrick Harris and his wife Grace played by
Jayma Mays. He is in the middle of
crossroads in his career where he only has two day to come up with the best
marketing plan for Odile played by the beautiful Sofia Vergara and now must
deal with the smurfs.
Usually when a parody of a movie is done, like with the
Twilight series the parody Vampires Suck is done, or any John Wayne westerns,
there is Blazing Saddles, the make fun of the original movie. Though when a
movie about Smurfs is made and they make fun of themselves, it doesn’t make
sense, especially since the younger crowd isn’t familiar with them like those
who grew up with them. There was way too
many double cross messages in the film that were inappropriate at times for the
younger audience. The worst part is that
the movie had to many inconsistencies.
They would plan to accomplish something, and then show as if there was
no point or even no plan. It felt like
the whole movie was written as a joke and somehow got made.
Granted, Hank Azaria who plays Gargamel does a great
job. He played the character very well,
and as always is very entertaining to watch in his movies or even listen to
when he does the voices on the iconic show, The Simpsons. The voices done on the smurfs were also very
disappointing. The only one that was
sort of done close to the original smurfs was Smurfette (Katy Perry did the
voice). When hearing George Lopez and
Jeff Foxworthy as smurf’s and it is recognizable as them, it just adds salt to
the wounds.
When the Smurfs came out on TV, there was some enjoyment and
creativity that was created and brought to the TV screens and there was a
reason why the Smurfs are so popular.
However, this movie is a disgrace to Peyo’s creation of the smurf’s and
he is probably rolling in his grave of those who smurfed up his legacy with
this trash. Instead of seeing this
movie, I recommend renting or buying the original TV series that are out on DVD
and let your kids enjoy the smurf’s like they are suppose to.
BTW, my daughter’s only part she said she liked was
Smurfette, she didn’t care for the rest…
Grade: F
If you liked this film, I recommend
Enchanted (2007)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Scooby Doo (2002)