The Smurfs 3

The Smurfs 3 is a Direct-to-video Live Action/CGI Sequel to The Smurfs 2, it was remade of a cancelled theatrical movie of the same name.

## Why ?????

1. Addressing the elephant in the room, it's very unfaithful to the original source material, even worse compared to most other live-action movie adaptations of cartoons. For instance, in the source material, the stories take place possibly going to have the Smurfs be in a different time period, but even though the beginning does still take place in the forest where the Smurfs live, most of the scenes in this movie afterwards take place in Dublin during the present day instead.
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4. **False advertising:** On the theatrical poster of the movie, the smurfs from OG movie plus a few new smurfs and villains after the 2011 film (Gargamel (above the towers), Aargamel, Vexy, Hackus, Gullible, Paranoid, Policeman,Magician,Mime,Table-Eating,Karate,Winner,Loser,Smurfwillow,Smurfstorm,Smurfblossom,Smurflily,Smurfbegonia,Smurfmelody,Smurfjade,Smurfpetal,Smurfclover,Smurfmeadow,Smurfdaisy,Smurfholly,Smurfhazel and Smurfhoney smurfs) and Azrael. Those wont appear on the movie itself except Smurfblossom, Gargamel and Aargamel. When the Smurfs is Watching ***Lady and the Tramp*** (In The Final Movie had BAF-BREIN, Kijkwijzer, Nick Fish, and some Spongebob Episodes), Gargamel skips the junk (originally the intro for ***Lady and the Tramp***, now the BAF-BREIN and Kijkwijzer for the final movie) and the smurfs looking grotesque without hats and eyelashes, to avoid the Posthumous release for Clumsy and Papa smurfs, the actor redubbed it.
5. **Executive Meddling**:
6. One of the biggest problems with the movie is that it is loaded with advertisements for tons of other products and companies that have nothing to do with *The Smurfs*. In fact, there are more product placements in this movie than there are in all four *Alvin and the Chipmunks* movies and *The Smurfs original duology* combined. Some examples of shameless product placements include: VTech, Nintendo Switch (Toy Store scene only, while the mall scene uses smurfs either a DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL, 3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, New 2DS XL, Nintendo DS Family (Mall Scene only), MGA, Mattel, Hasbro, Sesame Street, Leap Frog, PS5, DVD Video, Spongebob, Mickey Mouse and his friends (Which Disney forgot to blacklist in the Smurfs movies.)
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8. on the mall scene, we see a spydero without their children, gargamel puts a coin and presses start.
9. Many lines of dialogue overuse the "Smurf" word, which can get tedious after a while. Granted, this was how the Smurfs usually spoke in the original source material, but it wasn't as overused as it was like in this movie.
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12. One frustrating element about the movie is that it also suffers from numerous plot holes, which makes the story feel unfinished and rushed, the most notable offenders include:TBA
13. Many poor attempts at humour throughout the entire film, with most of them either being extremely juvenile or just unnecessary to be there:TBA
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16. Many moments in the movie overuse the "la, la, la-la-la-la" song, which is super annoying, and it can easily get on your nerves, especially since the Smurfs never stop singing it. Patrick Winslow understandably gets annoyed by the song and tries to tell the Smurfs to stop, but they all ignore him, aside from Grouchy.
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19. The characters are quite predictable and cliché:
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21. The movie cannot decide whether it wants to be a tribute to longtime Smurf fans, or just a generic children's movie, as there are a lot of juvenile moments that only young children will enjoy, but at the same time, it also tries to throw in elements that longtime Smurf fans might point out and understand.
22. To expand even further with the previous pointer, it doesn't do a good job at trying to explain the Smurf lore to people who are unfamiliar with the source material, one notable example is when they don't explain why the Smurfs can only eat Smurfberries and nothing else, people who are longtime Smurf fans will obviously understand why this is the case, but children, parents, and other people unfamiliar with the source material will most likely scratch their heads with confusion to this statement as there is zero explanation for why this is the case.
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## Trivia

1. PlayStation Animation, who pitched the Smurfs franchise for the sequel and prequel duologies.
	1. Sequel Duology had Smurfs 3 and 4 (Europe's Most Wanted) plus 1 bonus movie (The Smurfs: Halloween Spectacular)
	2. Prequel Duology had Smurfs Origins (2 parts) (plus a reissue of the original Smurfs movie.)