The Smurfs

Little Blue Men running around the streets of New York City. This film was released before 'Trolls' and because of that I need to judge this film as something that probably contributed to the plot and inspiration for 'Trolls' and not the other way around.

There was a period of time when they weren't managing to make decent kids films and then they started with 'Megamind' and 'Despicable Me' along with 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' and a few others. 'The Smurfs' is a nice, happy film without any singing and the adult character who was played by a guy who is really popular thanks to his role in 'How I Met Your Mother' (Neil Patrick Harris). Neil is a really attractive guy and his character in the tv sitcom was one of the better characters in the series which meant that he had a really good audience of teenagers and young adults who would watch this film because he stars in it.

What is good about this film is that it isn't cheesy. For an adult to watch it of their own accord it needs to be enjoyable. It isn't as enjoyable as 'Despicable Me' but then most kids films aren't because those films are genius. For small kids it will be easy to get emotionally involved in this film, especially towards the end of the movie because there are moments where if you are still new to the world of films then you may not be expecting the Smurfs to win. Of course, as adults we all know what will happen and we aren't ever worried about the outcome because we know that every Smurf will get back to Smurf village again and that the evil wizard will be dealt with to a varying degree in this movie.

Probably my favourite scene in this movie was when the Smurfs were being taught how to play guitar hero to Aerosmith's 'Walk This Way', which is a fantastic song. When a movie has Aerosmith in the soundtrack it is destined to be a good movie. If the plot is rubbish it doesn't matter because I will pay attention to the scene that has good music accompanying it.

No one in this movie should be ashamed of this movie. This is a good step in developing their careers and it was good to see Jayma Mays (Glee) do something other than Glee. She was a stronger character in this movie and she could have a good career if she wishes to progress in movies.