# Does anyone literally think The Smurfs 2 is a good idea **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058 "2013-08-01T06:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/1 "2013-08-01T06:52:18Z")
is this the state of the entertainment industry these days I cannot express my rage / utter bewilderment at this ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/2 "2013-08-01T07:10:16Z")
Yes. My 8-year-old son, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/3 "2013-08-01T07:12:21Z")
So does my 7-year old niece. I thought _The Smurfs_ wasn’t too bad for a kid’s film. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/4 "2013-08-01T10:33:27Z")
My 8-yo. I have failed as a parent ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/5 "2013-08-01T11:13:39Z")
I bet Neil Patrick Harris thought it was a fantastic idea. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/6 "2013-08-01T11:52:28Z")
Movie executives, actors, millions of children around the world, and pretty much anyone else involved in making the movie. In other news, some guy who isn’t at all part of the movie’s target demographic thinks it’s lame. News at 11. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/7 "2013-08-01T12:04:36Z")
According to Box Office Mojo, the first movie made over 563 million dollars (combined foreign and domestic) gross on a 110 million dollar budget. So, yes, I’d say a few people in Hollywood thought it was a pretty good idea. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/8 "2013-08-01T12:04:47Z")
And probably the people who made a pretty penny when the first Smurfs movie, regardless of how good or bad it may have been, made $560 million worldwide in 2011 making it the 9th highest box office for the year. They’re probably thinking “hey, this making hundreds of millions of dollars feels mighty fine in my tingly bits, it would be fun to try and do that again.” ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/9 "2013-08-01T12:09:58Z")
I didn’t think the Smurfs 1 was a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/10 "2013-08-01T12:24:47Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > According to Box Office Mojo, the first movie made over 563 million dollars (combined foreign and domestic) gross on a 110 million dollar budget. So, yes, I’d say a few people in Hollywood thought it was a pretty good idea. And this is why sequels get made. This one, in particular, will make money. Therefore, it’s a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/11 "2013-08-01T12:41:08Z")
I think we adults have been spoiled by Pixar. For a couple of decades we have come to expect kids movies to also be enjoyable to adults. The Smurfs wasn’t like that - it was a good kids’ movie that didn’t really work for adults. I’m sure lots of kids will be looking forward to a sequel, and I expect I’ll end up gritting my teeth and accompanying my daughters to see it. They’ll have fun, and I’ll be happy to be in their presence while they have fun. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/12 "2013-08-01T13:08:31Z")
The other day I heard some self righteous jack ass on the radio complaining about the sexualization of children’s movies. He cited as an example, The Smurfs 2. (He had a problem with the Naughties in particular) Um, yeah, I’m not really getting “the sexy” vibe from the Smurfs movie, dude. I think you have issues. Anyway, I have no desire to see this movie but I will say the previews look like an improvement over the first one. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/13 "2013-08-01T13:15:41Z")
I blame the _Alvin and the Chipmunks_ movies. And the _Garfield_ movies. And the _Air Buddies_ movies. And all the other formulaic crap peddled for kids that are so unimaginative they would turn anyone over 3’s brain to porridge. Having said that, I would watch a Smurfs movie if it was a fantasy adventure in an enchanted forest starring Peewit and Johan, instead of being a stupid exercise in predictable anachronistic humour set in modern day New York. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/14 "2013-08-01T13:38:22Z")
I watched the first one, voluntarily, on my own (on cable). It wasn’t great, but it certainly was not the worst movie I’ve ever seen. Someday next summer when _The Smurfs 2_ hits HBO and I have nothing else to do, I’ll probably watch it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/15 "2013-08-01T14:09:06Z")
Look, it’s not as if my son doesn’t like good movies. He does. It’s just that he happens to like bad movies, too. When he gets older, hopefully he’ll learn to tell them apart. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/16 "2013-08-01T14:40:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I blame the _Alvin and the Chipmunks_ movies. This is what I thought. The same people who watch this type of movies. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/17 "2013-08-01T14:55:35Z")
The people who made money and/or were gainfully employed on the first film? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/18 "2013-08-01T15:07:42Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > According to Box Office Mojo, the first movie made over 563 million dollars (combined foreign and domestic) gross on a 110 million dollar budget. So, yes, I’d say a few people in Hollywood thought it was a pretty good idea. In fact, I believe I read that after the success of the first one, not one but two sequels were greenlit. So there will also be a Smurfs 3 to stoke PSXer’s rage. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/19 "2013-08-01T15:15:10Z")
I always wondered when they make these live action movies of classic cartoons (Flinstones, Alvin&Chipmunks, YogiBear, ScoobyDoo, Smurfs, Casper, etc. etc. etc.) why they do it in the first place or who they’re marketing it to? Any kid you ask will prefer to see the actual cartoon and not a live action version of it. So why make them? Is it to appeal to adults? Mom & Dad will drop $20 to take the kids to see a live action version of the Jetsons but they wouldn’t drop the same $20 to take them to see a feature length cartoon of the Jetsons even though the kids would probably prefer it? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058/20 "2013-08-01T15:31:59Z")
Personally, I literally think its a horrible idea. Figuratively, though, I think it’s bloody brilliant. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-literally-think-the-smurfs-2-is-a-good-idea/665058.md?page=2)