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First Look: The Smurf’s Movie

slashfilm.com — With Hollywood running short on ideas, Paramount greenlit a computer animated movie based on the classic trippy 80 ’s cartoon series The Smurfs (Truth is that the Smurfs are actually 50 years old, having first appeared in comic strips).

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  • INDOAZZ, on 02/19/2008, -2/+61Smurfette are you still the only girl in MUSHROOM VILLAGE?
    • sanman, on 02/19/2008, -5/+15diggers should be more worried about what that little red rabbi is teaching his little blue minions in that collectivist commune of theirs

      looks like another Jonestown in the making
      • sockpuppets, on 02/19/2008, -0/+8I smurf what you smurfed there.
      • rentmitchum, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2In soviet smurf town, smurf smurfs you!
      • neko6, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Actually, the common conspiracy theory is that the Smurfs are communist (I believe papa Smurf once even quoted Marx), and Gargamel is the evil Capitalist Jew. in the original story he wanted turn the Smurfs into gold.
        http://roiword.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/the-smurfs ...

        When Nazi Germany wanted to set people against the Jews, they said they brought Communism on the world. When Stalin wanted to set people against the Jews, he said they are Capitalist gold-mongers. Ain't it fun that there's always a minority somewhere to blame for your problems?
    • offspring06, on 02/19/2008, -1/+40I bet smurfette gets smurfed a lot. She probably gives good smurf too.
    • AshamedAmerican, on 02/19/2008, -2/+30"Come on they have 1 female servicing a large population of males, that implies a species that lays eggs."

      "SMURFS DON'T LAY EGGS!!!! They're mammals! I won't tell you this again! Poppa Smurf has a $@%#ing BEARD!!!!"
    • ryan899, on 02/19/2008, -0/+10What I REALLY want to know is who is Baby Smurf's mom if it isn't Smurfette?!?!
    • Icelightning, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2Yes. She must have eliminated the competition for her to be the only girl. That's my theory, anyways.
    • rodbotic, on 02/19/2008, -0/+4what about granny smurf
  • socbookmark2007, on 02/19/2008, -1/+19Cue in Sporty Smurf, Posh Smurf and Smurf B and Smurf C in a new pop quartet!
    • logicalnoise, on 02/19/2008, -0/+52Yo, I'll tell you what I smurf, what I really really smurf,
      So tell me what you smurf, what you really really smurf,
      I'll tell you what I smurf, what I really really smurf,
      So tell me what you smurf, what you really really smurf,
      I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
      Really really wanna smurf ha.

      If you want my smurf forget my smurf,
      If you wanna smurf with me better make it smurf,
      Now don't go wasting my precious smurf,
      Get your smurf together we could be just fine.
    • dreamdisorder, on 02/19/2008, -2/+1You forgot Baby Smurf :p
    • HeroreV, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2Melanie B is Scary Spice, Melanie C is Sporty Spice, Emma is Baby Spice, Victoria is Posh Spice, and Geri is Ginger Spice. You're including Melanie C twice and leaving out Geri and Emma.
  • goeatsmsht, on 02/19/2008, -3/+80La, La, La La, La Laaa, La, La La, La Laaa!
    • Lokishot, on 02/19/2008, -0/+53Thanks, I was looking for the lyrics of that song.
    • omenmedia, on 02/19/2008, -0/+21/enter Gargamel

      Dummm Dah Dum Dah Dum De Dummmm!
    • jhuebel, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2It's like a TTY version of the Smurfs. Woohoo!
    • projjalc, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2For some reason the Happy Tree Friends music started playing in my head when I saw that.
  • MadMalc, on 02/19/2008, -0/+27I bet this movie will go down well in Holland - plenty of weed or magic mushrooms and then this movie - gotta be a killer.
    • ToeCracker, on 02/19/2008, -2/+6Now if only the Smurfs smoke weed and eat magic mushrooms in this movie it will be a riot.
  • fluidfoundation, on 02/19/2008, -0/+34thats pretty smurfin awesome.

    By the way, do you think they will bring back smurfberry cereal?
    • logicalnoise, on 02/19/2008, -1/+15well how many smurfs would a smurf of smurfberry cereal smurf? 3 smurfs? maybe 3 smurfs and 99 smurfs per smurf?
    • MasterGrief, on 02/19/2008, -0/+4Smurf yeah!
  • oOLiquidNightOo, on 02/19/2008, -0/+56you gotta be smurfin' kidding me.
  • ToeCracker, on 02/19/2008, -8/+40Rose are Red
    Smurfs are Blue
    Bend Over Baby
    I'm Gunna 'Smurf' You!
  • fitqueenb, on 02/19/2008, -0/+20I used to love watching the smurfs, maybe this film will be a great DeJaVu for some of us.
  • actorboy, on 02/19/2008, -1/+31They really will make a movie out of anything, won't they?
    • MrFisty, on 02/19/2008, -0/+7Dear Hollywood,
      Stop destroying my childhood.
      Sincerely,
      Cynical Adult
  • slimjim5811, on 02/19/2008, -0/+41What's next? The Snorks?
  • maxyRO, on 02/19/2008, -1/+7this will be sooo trippy, I mean.. blue people?!
  • jjustice, on 02/19/2008, -0/+23And the grammatically incorrect possessives begin. Is there just one smurf? Does this movie belong to him? Or perhaps is it a movie titled "The Smurfs?"
    • DeviantDragon, on 02/19/2008, -0/+9It's that one Smurf's movie. You know, the one with him and Surfette and it's all done in nightvision?
    • linuxpenguin, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Hopefully it's about the one who realizes the futility of being one of (?hundreds?) of your species and having only one female that might choose you out of said number of people, and *increases his odds* by getting rid of the competition. I might like to see that.
  • tehbored, on 02/19/2008, -3/+12Dear sweet god WHY?! Why would they do such a thing?!
    • ToeCracker, on 02/19/2008, -0/+11 When you have a proven formula which works, then do it again. Why did they redo: Batman, Superman, turn the Flinstones into a movie . . . because they work and make a truckload of $$$$.
      • keymanjim2, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5And let's not forget the upcomming Speed Racer movie.
        http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3534367195 ...
      • RobotBuddha, on 02/19/2008, -1/+6Until one bombs so badly that the trend stops. I'm really hoping GI Joe is going to do it.
        • keymanjim2, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1Just read the premise of the movie. It will.
          "Stephen Sommers will direct (here's hoping he reigns in the CG), from a script by Stuart Beattie. The story is set at Brussels-based GIJOE, an acronym for the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, and revolves around an international co-ed force of operatives who use high-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil org headed by a Scottish arms dealer." --Real Movie News 11/20/07
        • carpespasm, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2no, when one bombs they just keep making them. When a few of the big name ones bomb one after another they'll just go back to making action movies or whatever else takes little creativity but pulls in a crapload of money.
  • iPhoneManiac, on 02/19/2008, -6/+3Amazing movie, one of the best, no doubt...
  • virtualball, on 02/19/2008, -1/+7Next up: Fraggle Rock The Movie! And then H.R. Pufnstuf!! http://www.retrojunk.com/img/tvshows/hr_pufnstuf_1 ...

    O_o
    • oojamaflip2006, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5I would actually pay to see Fraggle Rock the Movie.
  • RollandoMota, on 02/19/2008, -3/+10Stop trying to bring the 80's Back.
  • EvanVolm, on 02/19/2008, -0/+22It's just so illogical, you know, about being a Smurf. You know, what's the point of living... if you don't have a dick?
    • norbiu, on 02/19/2008, -4/+2They do have a dick. http://redtube.com/8399 [kinda nsfw]
      • Disease, on 02/19/2008, -1/+10It's porn.
      • VenDrake, on 02/19/2008, -1/+5Kinda? Maybe? Just a little? So so? Borderline?
        • Scrappy1850, on 02/19/2008, -3/+1where do you work? a convent?!
        • Cunninlynguist, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2where do YOU work? bed sheet cleaner in a bordello?
      • VVCephei, on 02/19/2008, -2/+0What the *****. I don't even want to know why you know that even exists. But seriously What the ***** is the matter with you. Didn't get beaten hard enough as a child?
      • Cunninlynguist, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1i thought i've seen everything...
    • linuxpenguin, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1What's the point of having a dick if there's only one girl for your whole species?
  • Shiftgood, on 02/19/2008, -1/+13the lack of creativity in the movie industry is truly astounding. Only to be matched by the lack of discretion/standards of the contemporary movie goer.

    the movies get worse, cheaper to make and the price of the tickets is 10 bucks now.

    what a shame.
  • anononon, on 02/19/2008, -2/+7I HATE Hollywood!
  • mastication, on 02/19/2008, -12/+9PAPA SMURF CAN I LICK YO ASS?
    YEAH LICK MY ASS, BITCH.
  • AndrewDB, on 02/19/2008, -4/+21Would you pay $9 to relive your childhood and see The Smurf Movie on the big screen?
    --

    ***** NO!
    • Jacob, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3No but I may steal it off the internet...
      • satanswetnipple, on 02/19/2008, -0/+4That is the best argument I have heard so far for banning file sharing!
    • VitriolAndAngst, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2This would be the part of my Childhood where I was just watching what was on TV because nobody had anything like Samurai Jack or Spongebob Squarepants when I was growing up and I was bored silly?
      I agree, I don't want to relive this part of my past. Not everything we grew up with is worthy of re-visiting.

      And yes, I prefer today's music over the 80's and 90's music. It's called progress.
      • RobotBuddha, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3The smurfs were never good, not then, not now. Even when I was five I found it insulting in just how bland it was. And for some reason, adults at the time seemed to think every kid 'loved' the smurfs, and was just dying to watch it.
  • Margota, on 02/19/2008, -8/+1GREAT
    http://www.spymac.com/details/?2343238
  • abeg, on 02/19/2008, -0/+4The movie is going to Smurf
  • franksalvo, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2Oh, this means "The Smurfs" for game consoles. You know I'm renting that one!! Holla!! I bet you can choose to be Gargamel. That's right. I'd be Johan.
  • law1ess, on 02/19/2008, -1/+4Smurf it, I might download it...
  • abeg, on 02/19/2008, -6/+31Smurf #1: Hey, did you have a good time last night?
    Smurf #2: Smurf-tacular!
    Smurf #1: Yeah, I saw you leave with Smurfette.
    Smurf #2: Oh man, as soon as we got out of the bar, she started smurfing me.
    Smurf #1: Shut the Smurf up!
    Smurf #2: Yeah!
    Smurf #1: Right in the Smurfing parking lot?
    Smurf #2: Smurf-Yeah!
    Smurf #1: Oh! That is freaking Smurf!
  • N3M3515, on 02/19/2008, -2/+2now you have been greenlit.
  • BigW, on 02/19/2008, -0/+11This HAS to be a sign of the apocalypse.
    • VitriolAndAngst, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3Say it right; the "Smurf-a-pocalypse."
      Oh, this is going to really tempt me to publicly beat some folks silly as they smurf-talk. I'll have to find one of those new drugs that makes you have no emotions, and everything tastes like oatmeal.
  • SilverBlade2k, on 02/19/2008, -0/+9Why do they think that an updated Smurfs movie will be a hit when Garfield was a disaster, plus "Alvin and the Chipmunks" was a failure too?
    • satanswetnipple, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3Possibly because of creative accounting? They need to pay writers, actors etc a percentage of the profits. Cook the books so it looks like you are making a loss on the movie, and no need to pay anyone anything. I would not have thought that stinkers like Garfield and the chipmunks would have made any money, but if they keep making stinkers, they have to be making a profit out of it. They sure as hell are not doing it as an artistic statement!
    • grabulsa, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alvinandth ...
      Alvin and the Chipmunks made $331million on a $60 million budget (not counting marketing).
      http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=garfield.h ...
      Garfield made $198 million on a $50 million budget.
      I would hardly call either of those movies a disaster or a failure.
    • Chubarama, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2Wait, you mean they expect to make money from making movies? Crazy talk.
  • TheSkinsFactory, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5Why can't they just stay gone?
  • lex0nyc, on 02/19/2008, -0/+11Hmm... computer graphics with no mention of plot...
    • carpespasm, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1Plot?
    • linuxpenguin, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1!SPOILER WARNING!
      The plot is this:
      A bunch of little blue guys in white berets ogle the only female of the entire species. Then a creepy guy comes down from his castle and tries to kill them all and eat them, but is too dumb and does something to give himself away. Once the Smurfs figure out it was him, they proceed to reprimand him. Then they continue to ogle the only female of the entire species, who proceeds to react like a dumb blonds. There's more, but you fall asleep before you can see it - unfortunately at the movie theater, there's no remote for you to flip to a different channel, as is standard procedure whenever Smurfs are seen.
  • nalf38, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2A movie made by a smurf? Which one? Oh, a movie about smurfs! Like The Simpsons, not The Simpson's.
    • Disease, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1Hello Grammar, nazi; hows is you're day going"?"
      • linuxpenguin, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Was? Doch versteh' ich nicht.
      • nalf38, on 02/19/2008, -0/+0Grammar Nazi does not have a comma in between.
  • azrael13666, on 02/19/2008, -4/+5I had to...SMURF PRON!
    http://www.redtube.com/8399
    (NSFW)
    • centran, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1dear god... do I want to know? Is it that japanese cartoon porn crap or do they blue man group it up or some kind of third option my mind cannot fathom?
      • Disease, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3Picture Blue Man Group where one is a woman and they wear hats.
        • centran, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2well at least they are practicing safe sex.
  • santaliqueur, on 02/19/2008, -2/+5Smurfette doesn't *****.
    • RudeTurnip, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3She smurfs...
    • satanswetnipple, on 02/19/2008, -2/+1Smurfette blows!
    • H0tKarl, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1Handy Surf.....well, you know.....
    • DNABeast, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1"Do you want me to 'smurf' you while I 'smurf' you?"
      "Actually I was hoping you could just 'smurf' me off."
  • VitriolAndAngst, on 02/19/2008, -3/+8God, this cartoon was even more annoying that He-Man. Can't anyone let this die? You could have an original Idea once in a while and come up with something better -- right?
    I suppose there is some nostalgia for the Smurfs. I picture these as young girls who had pictures of Michael Jackson on their wall -- because they truly feared real men. And perhaps boys who truly feared becoming real men. Is that even a big enough group to start a movie? Who knows.

    I also hated Garfield, Family Circus, and ,.. well most of the Funny Pages. Do we need to dredge up all the "single-concept that beats a dead horse" cartoons and make movies of them?

    >> And no, I'm not normally a "guy pretending to be cool on Digg by putting everything down" kind of person. I just think this really, really, really stinks. It is truly smurf-a-sucky.
  • Accolade1, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1This movie could do without writers considering the over-use of the quasi-word, Smurf.
  • dimplemonkey, on 02/19/2008, -2/+8I hope they take a Shrek approach to this film (fun for all families but the hidden jokes are well hidden)
    • Evildudetx, on 02/19/2008, -0/+7Doubtful. Odds are it will blow chunks, or they will have aimed it at 6 year olds, who are going to think it is retarded after having watched Mtv.
    • KMartSheriff, on 02/19/2008, -1/+1Shrek sucked ass.
  • Azymn, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2That is smurfed up.
  • koopertrooper, on 02/19/2008, -1/+3maybe we'll get lucky, zombies could rule the planet by then... If this becomes a hit then I will smurfily smurf myself to death
  • phantom_mullet, on 02/19/2008, -2/+2Guys, I need your help. Do any of you remember that movie with a bunch of cartoon characters like the Smurfs, Ninja Turtles, etc...it was also live action and I remember seeing it as a kid but for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the movie...maybe it doesn't even exist but I'm a little baked right now so who knows...
  • schavira, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3They're taking something horrible and making it worse.
  • keymanjim2, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3Socialist Men Under a Red Father
    The real story of the Smurfs:
    http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/redriver/415 ...
  • jho78, on 02/19/2008, -0/+5Unfortunately, "Alvin and the Chipmunks" wasn't a failure. It made more than $200 million. With that kind of cash, you're bound to see "The Shirt T-t-t-ales Movie" and a "Jabberjaw" flick any day now. However, if they made a "STAR BLAZERS" movie - I'd be there.
    • keymanjim2, on 02/19/2008, -0/+0With CGI the way it is now, they can easily make a live action Starblazers movie. Except that most of the plot didn't make any sense. I mean, why did the Gamalons feel the need to destroy the Earth in the process of finding a new home when they had a perfectly good uninhabited planet right next door?
    • RobotBuddha, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1I'm crossing my fingers for "Funky Phantom".
  • MsGo, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3Johann and Pee-wee, will I'm sure, be an integral part of the CGI cast.
  • AmandaQ, on 02/19/2008, -1/+0One word: meh.
  • drewfer, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2-Right when we got in the parking-lot, she started smurfin me.
    -No way, shut the smurf up. That is freakin smurf.
  • apextek, on 02/19/2008, -0/+2hopefully its not like when they butchered the teenage mutant ninja turtles last year.
    the CG in that couldn't hold a candle to the live action movies that came out in the early 90's. I hate when the studios slaughter a classic for a cheaply reproduced classic
    • bjs3171, on 02/19/2008, -0/+1s that a ***** joke?
      are people in big rubber costumes what you'd call "live action?"
      say what you will about the story, but that was some fine animation.
  • feacesface, on 02/19/2008, -0/+3http://bluebuddies.com/smurf_fun/what_is_your_smur ...

    I'm Giggle Smurf. Yes, I know what a nerd I am.
  • mrSimon, on 02/19/2008, -1/+2I was genuinely looking forward to this one.
    Judging from the current models, this already looks more than mediocre.
  • smurf22, on 02/19/2008, -0/+7Holy ***** a movie about me!
    • Metatron197, on 02/19/2008, -2/+3What color will you turn if a choke you?
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