The Smurfs 2

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Yikes. It's just so brash, the humor feels mean spirited and the jokes all involve someone else in pain or doing something rude or stupid. It just doesn't feel like the Smurfs I thought I knew as a kid. This one had an army of writers on it and they managed to concoct a pretty obvious story for the sequel and get stars to reprise their roles.

And once again, no 3D so any novelty or interest I might have gotten from the film was lacking.

There's quite a bit of using cheap digital stock footage of paris and sticking smurfs on top, at a noticeably higher resolution. for something with so many effects in every shot it feels very cheap.

Brendan Gleeson why are you here?