The Underrated Genius of Smurfs: The Lost Village.

[LoudyKaizoku]

The first two Smurfs movies are god awful, no doubt about it. Sony obviously realized this, and decided to reboot the continuity with a fully animated third movie. While it only got slightly better ratings than the live-action films (it currently sits at a 40 on Rotten Tomatoes) and was a box office bomb, I feel that it may have been due to Smurf burnout. This movie is probably the most faithful adaptation of The Smurfs that we have gotten. Director Kelly Asbury (of Shrek 2 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron fame, may he rest in peace) wanted to make a Smurf film that creator Peyo would be proud of, had he been still alive. And he mostly succeeded. Despite some clunky moments here and there, the movie has a beautiful visual style that kind of acts as a precursor to what Sony Animation would do with Into the Spider-Verse later on. The story may be a bit simple, but it is very effective. It is interesting seeing Smurfette trying to figure out what she wants to be, and the hidden village of female Smurfs is quite the cool concept. The voice cast is pretty solid too, but Rainn Wilson steals the show as Gargamel. This movie should be a cult classic, and should be talked about more.

[Yoda]

Smurf burnout
I really hope this becomes a common phrase.

[Sedai]

Since I have a 3 year-old daughter, I may just have to smurf on over and see this.

[ynwtf]

I really hope this becomes a common phrase.

I'm glad you typed it. I've been biting my nails for 30 or so minutes needing to post that. The only problem that held me back was the need to post a URL to another *cough* thread *cough* at the same topic. Seems I couldn't do just one (fun) without the other (stabby stabby), so I let it right, refreshing the page a few hundred times until your post arrived.

THANK YOU.

also, sorry for the bandwidth spike on the refresh ;)

hey, is that the door? why yes. yes, I think it is. I'll just see myself out now.....

[ynwtf]

Since I have a 3 year-old daughter, I may just have to smurf on over and see this.

I'd like to say it's smurfing smurftastic, but i haven't smurfed it yet. wts!?



(the door was a closet)

[Chypmunk]

I'd like to say it's smurfing smurftastic, but i haven't smurfed it yet. wts!?



(the door was a closet)
I think it's safe to say you've just outed yourself as a closet smurf fan :yup:

[Rockatansky]

I really hope this becomes a common phrase.


I prefer the more succinct "smurfout", preferably accompanied by some classic surf rock.


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