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The Smurfs
Surprised there wasn't a thread for this already? Anyone seen it yet and what do you think it?
Went to see it today, and have to say i really quite enjoyed it! The first 20 minutes are poor, and quite shoddy storywise, but it really picks up and is very entertaining. It's quite a chiched story but still enjoyable enough with enough laughs along the way.
Went to see it today, and have to say i really quite enjoyed it! The first 20 minutes are poor, and quite shoddy storywise, but it really picks up and is very entertaining. It's quite a chiched story but still enjoyable enough with enough laughs along the way.
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Glad to hear its not dreadful !
Overall, a very safe by-the-numbers movie for 8 year olds and under.
Oi, i'm 19!
See i love both Neil and Jemma so that helped, but i was definitely pleasently surprised after hearing the critics maul it!
And i disagree about Gargamel stealing the show, his cat was definitely the star for me!:D
Well, it certainly could have been much worse. There was just nothing that really stood out as being very funny or interesting to me.
I'm 22!
After reading some of the reviews I thought it was going to be a bit boring but it was enjoyable from start to finish.
The guy that played Gargamel was superb!
One funny thing I did notice was how much adults were laughing out loud at the film. I've neeb to see quite a few comedy films recently and they have died on their arses. If they are lucky they get an occasional snigger or giggle. Bridesmaids and Paul both failed abysmally, but this film had adults laughing.
Just one question. Can I marry Jayma Mays please?
If you go in with an open mind you'll enjoy it. It's not a film with a huge message. It's not trying to be the greatest film ever made. it's just a film made to pass the time and be a bit of stupid fun and IMO it works.
She absolutely loved it, it made her laugh out loud on many occassions and most of the kids there were laughing too (as were a fair few of the adults, myself included). She instantly wanted to see it again and the DVD will most certainly be on her wanted list.
In fact when the film finished a small section of the audience burst into applause...but they may always do that for all I know
And she would certainly pick Azrael over Gargamel as her favourite.
I remember when the Smurfs were popular with Father Abraham in the 70s'. I entered a spot the difference compitition in the Cheeky Weekly comic and won a copy of the Smurfts album.
My name was the only one out of the 50 winners not to be printed so, unknown to me, my mum wrote to the comic and her letter was printed as letter of the week and they sent me a two pound postal order (I think thats what you call them) and a Cheeky Weekly badge.
* The CGI Animation was absoutley amazing especially in the Smurf Village.
*I would of prefered the movie to be set in the Smurfs world rather than New York because that idea is over used in movies eg.Alvin and the chipmunks.
*The characters of Grace and Peter *I think his name was?* you had no emotions to them as they had no depth into them, they were boring the movie could of possibly dealt without Peter(?) And maybe just have Grace.
*All the smurf voice actors were great, the smurf you mainly feel connected to is Clumsy as he takes the main lead in the movie to me.
Overall 89/100 smurfs.
IT WAS GREAT!
Seriously, I throughly enjoyed the film! The film had slapstick for little kids but plenty of jokes that only adults would get!
The 3D was really good, so much so that I could hear my neice "Ooh" and "Aah" (I even heard a few "Wow"s
Overall, 7.5 out of 10 is what I would give it! It was funny, nostalgic, and there was rarely a dull moment.
Heck, it deserves kudos for trying and succeeding in entertaining adults as well as the kids it would seem to be aimed for!
Good story, well-animated and didn't get bored once. In fact, I probably smiled more than I did during the Inbetweeners..
Did not recognise Hank Azaria at all until he was mentioned in the credits. I'm surprised they aren't doing much in the way of re-releasing old smurf stuff as a retro tie-in..