Smurfed up

I guess, this is one of my most unproductive days of this year (except for the fact that I ate a lot this dinner, which made my day well, kinda productive, in a mere negative way). So, anyway, since I did not have anything to, well, I grabbed my hard drive and started to watch Smurf.

Smurf is a 2011 movie with (the) Neil Patrick Harris starring the show together with Jayma Mays. Hey, it's like Barney and Emma are together, more like How I met your mother and Glee combined together. Well, not really. Fun fact, Glee and How I Met Your Mother are my two favorite shows of all time (aside from Pokemon).

Neil's name here is Patrick (whoa?!) and Jayma's name here is Grace. They're a couple living in New York expecting a baby sooner. But they're lives got crazier when they met the Smurfs.

Now the plot is very, very predictable. I have watched it in many of movies before. Be warned. It's like the movie Hop, for example wherein the clumsy and gawky protagonist would be the savior of some sort.

So the movie is all about the Smurfs being transported to this world from their world because Gargamel, a nasty wizard, is chasing them. Really? Catching them means ruling the world. Did he just chase the fewer more powerful ones, when he could just follow the rest of the Smurfs who went the other way and catch them easily? But if that happens, then the there would be no movie at all.

They landed on some good fellas: Patrick and Grace. Now, for the whole movie, I only saw Barney and Emma, and not Patrick and Grace. Maybe because I have watched too much Glee and HIMYM. Hahah. But honestly, they were the ones who made the movie stand up, especially Neil.  His acting was natural and very outstanding. Though he did not wear much suits, he's acting was still commendable. Now Patrick here was promoted as the VP for Marketing. He was supposed to make an advertisement for their company, but because of Clumsy, the wrong file was sent. He was almost fired because of this, but was retained when his boss saw a blue moon. Grace, on the other hand, is pregnant to a boy which they later named Blue.

Now, to solve this problem, the Smurfs would need a stargazer and a book of spells. It was not easy getting those two, especially when you're being chased by kids (who thought you're a toy) or being chased by Gargamel. They almost succeeded with the book of spells but the oldest Smurf was captured and because of his beard, Gargamel became more powerful, to the point of making the moon blue. But because of Clumsy, who was clumsy enough to get the wand of Gargamel and shooting him, Clumsy became the instant hero of the day. Soon, everyone celebrated and returned to the village.

THE END.

Now, I did not like the plot so much because it was too predictable and mirrors some other movies out there. One positive thing though are the actors. It's a plus! Katy Perry. It's a plus! Neil Patrick Harris. It's a plus!My grade for this movie would be 77%. Sorry guys (the creators), I was not that satisfied. Well, at least I enjoyed it pretty well.