The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

Im a fan of the original Smurf comics and I did enjoy Hanna-Barbera show growing up. This being said... I didn't care much for the new CGI/live action movies. They failed to capture the spirit of the comic books and the idea to sent Smurfs to the modern times simply felt like a cheap excuse for product placement and toilet humor. It's just another example of cashing on nostalgia...

This animated short however was a pleasant surprise!

The story was cute and did a good job capturing the spirit of the old cartoons. There was no force pop-cultural humor, it was just Smurf doing what Smurfs do best.

The traditional animation was done very well(I especially liked the way they animated Gargamel) The backgrounds made whole thing very enjoyable to watch thanks to the colors of the autumn setting.

Overall it was a cute Halloween special and more hearth went into it then both CGI movies combine... I honestly would love if they made entire animated series if it was this good.

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) is the second short film in the Smurfs franchise and it was pretty good.

Positives for The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013): I like how this short film has a Halloween vibe to the story. The animation looks really good. The Smurfs are good as the main characters of this story without humans. And finally, this short film knows exactly what it is and sticks to that from start to finish.

Negatives for The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013): This short film was made so that Sony Pictures could make a couple more bucks on DVD sales and capitalize on the Halloween season back in 2013.

Overall, The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) is a fun short film with the Smurfs and kids will enjoy watching it during the Halloween season.

Nice to see the Smurfs in 2D, but the real spirit is not really captured as the direction is less adventurous and more slapstick style. Especially the inclusion of Why you and rude jokes see straight out of the Warner Bros arsenal.

Also The animation is rough, The Smurfs look a bit messy, not reminiscent of the 80s cartoon.

If you look at this standing on itself its actually ok. But probably not the direction anyone would like to see for The Smurfs going forward.

It's nice to see Gutsy in cartoon form as he belongs in the comics too. Hopefully we will see him there too as an occasional/recurring or guest character. And we finally got to see Panicky who was part of the marketing campaign of the first movie, but didn't appear eventually.