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Post by ruxpin4ever on Aug 4, 2011 19:01:18 GMT -7
I saw the new Smurfs movie and I thought that it was CUTE! Garamel was overbearing though.. I thought that the movie was one of the best I have seen along with the Pooh movie... The animation of the Smurfs was one of the best ever put on film.
The characters were VERY true to their personalities.. I love Clumsy as he was so sweet and adorable... Papa Smurf was the true father figure that we all know and love... Smurfette even got to show that she is not a totally helpless smurf when the time come to help save Papa..
Let me know what you all think if you saw the movie..
I await the DVD Blu Ray..
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Post by Fen on Aug 10, 2011 19:59:39 GMT -7
I finally got to see the movie tonight, but the only problem was the sound was off. Beyond that I was so excited to see they kept most of the opening scene from the animated series in the opening part of the film. I also loved how they rendered Azrael.
The Smurfs themselves were interesting, as I never really thought of them in a 3D manner before, but I do like how they kept to Peyo's original design and did not make them too realistic but then they also did not make them "plastic" either. I liked the work the animators did on the texture of the smurf's outfits, and the whole village scene. Again they did Peyo's ideas justice.
Initially, I was hesitant about the film, as Sony pictures did not really advertise it the way that other films had been advertised. I was not sure how it would translate into 3D after seeing the Chipmunks fail miserably in the box office. Also, Neil Patrick Harris was billed to play Johann (a character I DO NOT see him playing well AT ALL).
I can honestly say, I am so glad that they did NOT go in that direction but kept things pretty true to Peyo's ideas. NPH was great just in his own way, and the story told itself without relying too much on gimmick and cliche.
One beef I had with the film, and it is just one, is the Guitar Hero sequence. It was purely put there as a ploy to engage the younger kids in the audience in the middle of a rather "heavy" story. It was, in all accounts, a classic "Big Lipped Alligator Moment". That whole sequence could have been cut from the entire film, and we'd be none the worse for it.
Jus sayin.
Beyond that, it was a fun film.
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Post by TRO Admin on Aug 13, 2011 11:38:30 GMT -7
Didn't see it.
Never saw the Smurfs as a kid so I have no frame of reference. I'm very happy for fans of the Smurfs though that they have a 21st century continuation of the story. From what I can tell it looks like a high quality production and was hugely successful at the box office. This is all good news for a Teddy film or TV series, too.
The only beef I have with it from what I know about it is - once again - they've taken an Animated property and found a way to shove them into reality. I like the fictional realm to stay fictional. There's a lot more you can do with it there - without limiting it to the possibilities and also exposing it to the darknesses of our world.
I would like to hear a die hard Smurf's animation fan's editorial... was it faithful to the spirit of the characters?
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Post by tdickensheets on Aug 13, 2011 18:21:10 GMT -7
I bet there be a CGI Teddy Ruxpin movie.
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Post by TRO Admin on Aug 13, 2011 19:37:10 GMT -7
;D I hope so Tom!
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on Aug 19, 2011 22:31:06 GMT -7
Eh, I'm kind of on the fence about a CGI Teddy movie.
I think the only way I could get behind one is if Pixar or a studio of similar caliber got the rights to make it.
I just have a hard time imagining the characters in CGI.
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Post by indigodragon on Aug 20, 2011 11:18:32 GMT -7
Yeah, CGI has become so overrated these days.
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Post by Sylverwolfe on Aug 24, 2011 10:49:51 GMT -7
Yeah, CGI has become so overrated these days. Second. I like the old fashioned timeless animation. Stuff like Don Bluth did during the "Renaissance of Animation" or Disney and Warner Bros. during the "Golden Age of Animation." This computer generated stuff looks very impressive now but will it be limited in the future? To see what I am talking about, go and look at the first Toy Story or A Bug's life. You can see little hints that the movie isn't as good as more modern releases. You have to look at movements and textures. The textures have come leaps and bounds by themselves, but movements in the face, walking etc have become smoother and less robotic. It is subtleties like these which lead me to believe that these CGI animations will continue showing each other up until we look at them 20 years into the future and think how awful the first movies are by comparison (much in the way the first Godzilla movie looks really cheesy because of the advances in special effects over the years.) Not to detract from using CGI Animation, which is an artform, the Old fashioned cartoons which are lovingly crafted, hand-painted, use layered lighting and are done with painstaking care, are really just amazing works of art and masterpieces. While the CGI is great, I just cannot feel the same way about them. |
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Post by ruxpin4ever on Sept 24, 2011 12:34:59 GMT -7
Well the Smurfs movie is one of the rere ones that I love.. think they took well to the human counterparts.. Garamel should stay in the enchanted forest though... I thought that the rock band scene was really a lot of fun.. I am waiting for the blu ray of the movie...
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