Renegades React to... Nostalgia Critic - The Smurfs (2011)

[@Jappymovies]

Let me tell you how blatantly Sony butchered Peyo's work. When he died, he said in his will that his creation could be expanded upon and continued in comics, series and movies. He had one rule though: don't put them in modern times, keep them in their Medieval fantasy setting. And what did Sony do....

[@viktorriquelme3735]

contrary to his will, but at least the 2017 movie kept what Peyo wanted

[@kingspike2346]

@@viktorriquelme3735 but the 2017 Smurfs movie only received 43% on rotten tomatoes and I saw it in theaters and I love it

[@billygreci9739]

What, did Sony replace the author's headstone with an outhouse designed to resemble a middle finger?

[@kingspike2346]

@@billygreci9739 I don't know but all I know is that Sony is a bigger sell out than SuperMarioLogan

[@billygreci9739]

@@kingspike2346 When did Wolverine end up in the Mushroom Kingdom?

[@matheusmariani3108]

Sonic made a bold move and teleported to a countryside town instead of New York. And when he got a big city it was San Francisco. One of the reasons I like that adaption so much

[@marley7868]

and you what one of sonics most famous moments was in san fran so scerw it's at least accurate

[@CaptainCat101]

And I least it wasn't Sonic advertising the product placements

[@feathdev000]

It’s only because San Francisco looks like City Escape.

[@NashTheBlade]

Not to be this jackass, but it's neat to know how high the bar has been set for you

[@saltystick_99]

@@feathdev000 San Francisco directly inspired City Escape though.

[@drakeware655]

"HOW DOES THIS GUY KEEP GETTING EMPLOYED?!" The short answer? Hollywood loves money

[@JinxTheLooneyToon915]

This is Hollywood: Hollywood (Our methods of filmmaking is not giving a damn. Sure, it's broken, but it always makes money, so why the F*** should we fix it?)

[@drakeware655]

@@JinxTheLooneyToon915 Or fix what wasn't broken in the first place

[@YEOsCanal]

but as if all of these films make enough money that it pays off across the board I mean pulp fiction cost less than nine million dollars

[@drakeware655]

@@YEOsCanal We're mainly talking about how bad movies are still being made, mostly those under Raja Gosnell's name

[@YEOsCanal]

@@drakeware655 I mean I can understand why Michael is not celebrated much. Every transformers film has brought in more money than all the Twilight films added together Michael Bay squeezes more money out of 13 year old boys than the Catholic Church but still if a film is so systematically sucks then it can't make any money.

[@indiecinemaster4699]

RIP Anton Yelchin. He brought legit effort and life to Clumsy Smurf, before his premature death in 2016. At least he temporarily played the lead in the Guillermo del Toro's magnum opus of TV animation: _Tales of Arcadia_ .

[@CycloneShadowYT]

he was also in the JJ Abrams Star Trek Trilogy, which is so much better than this movie.

[@indiecinemaster4699]

@@CycloneShadowYT He was also in the English dub for _From Up On Poppy Hill_ ...

[@NABIL7]

Fun fact : NC reviewed Beverly Hills Chihuahua last year.

[@sebastianemond5313]

34:39 - 34:49 Yeah, who's part of the problem now, Doug?

[@austinmorrison6953]

Beverly Hills Chihuahua I enjoyed more than this.

[@roselily20062]

26:46 It’s obviously your body instinctively protecting you from seeing that scene.

[@infinityzer054]

Truth

[@HB-fq9nn]

"I have been looking forward to this". - Count Dooku.

[@lenihaylett4674]

30:56 we are gathered here today to remember the passing of Nate Hamilton 1988-2021 R.I.P no but actually i feel your pain nate. this is making me sick.

[@lenihaylett4674]

@@unlocktheautism9748 nc and nerd.

[@sebastianemond5313]

I weep for the fanbase. We let this movie happen.

[@mileshk8083]

17:45 - Thank heavens the Sonic Movie decided to use San Francisco has the main goal of the characters and Vancouver for the location of Green Hills (destroying the cliché is always a positive).

[@joseluissifuentes8639]

@@THGMR-ox7sd Yep, a location that’s not New York, check. Sonic movie design, check

[@sebastianemond5313]

​​​@@joseluissifuentes8639 Then the sequel moved the locations from San Francisco to Hawaii. I think Lilo and Stitch/Disney's gonna sue somebody. Mickey Mouse: "Li-who and Scratch? Oh-Oh, yeah, right! Haha! I *totally* remember that property of ours!"

[@Longshanks1690]

*”HOW DOES THIS GUY KEEP GETTING WORK?! HOW???!!!!”* What a coincidence, that’s also what I ask every time JJ Abrams is given a new franchise to murder.

[@larrypoppins6273]

Star trek was pretty good though. Oh wait, he only directed the first one.

[@drakeware655]

Force Awakens was... decent. Can't really blame him for Rise of Skywalker, though. That's more on Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson

[@TheDreadfulGhost]

“How this guy keeps getting hired?!” Can put a lot of things in context lmao

[@diegoizaguirre3452]

Having a movie with portals in Florida would be a really welcome change. At least the chaos and line delivery would be hilarious.

[@LeoLeo-qo7yw]

Florida is already chaos, so the movie wouldn't go anywhere lol

[@DN0103]

God damn you Cinemasnob for putting that image in our heads.

[@Roboy-Salzareus]

7:19 Simple. Money. Raja’s movies have historically pulled in major box office despite their overall quality (or lack thereof), with all but one of them (Yours, Mine and Ours) pulling in more than twice, and up to 7 times their budget in box office. He also has some extra clout from his previous work as the editor for the first two Home Alone movies, as well as Mrs. Doubtfire and several other Robin Williams movies.

[@SJ_RANKS]

I watched this movie and god I hated it the only thing I could hear was peyo rolling in his grave I don’t get how Sony makes garbage movies like this and the emoji movie and then they make a masterpiece like into the spider verse

[@drakeware655]

It's a simple answer; with the Smurfs and Emoji Movie examples, they hire people who'll make it for a quick buck, so they don't have to try. With Into the Spider-Verse, they hire people that actually care about the source material, and will do anything they can to make sure it's good

[@jakemetzgar]

Just hearing the name Raja Gosnell triggers me

[@sebastianemond5313]

Same could be said about Michael Bay, going from *interning* for George Lucas, to directing commercials and music videos, to making commercials and music videos *posing* as movies, aka, the Transformers sequels, Ninja turtles reboots, and his horror remakes of Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Amityville, & The Hitcher. And don't even get me started on Pearl Harbor.

[@lenihaylett4674]

33:20 that kermit reference was needed.

[@danganronper6278]

26:49 I honestly thought you were skipping on purpose because you knew what the scene was about

[@autumbreeze1129]

Same

[@SJ_RANKS]

7:19 I don’t know ask Micheal bay M night Shyamalan Happy Madison And Jason friedberg and Aaron seltzer

[@kingspike2346]

And don't forget Uwe Boll

[@SJ_RANKS]

@@kingspike2346 oh yeah I forgot about him

[@kingspike2346]

@@SJ_RANKS and Tommy Wiseau

[@edwardnigma2638]

Nate: I just want to curl up and die Me: welcome to the club

[@OMSOFFICIALS]

Every minute of Nate Rage gives me Life

[@johnavenger]

Nate saying''This is not cute this is an atrocity!LOL!That was a good one.

[@mrcritical6751]

The only movie that did the “beloved character from a cartoon goes to the real world and teams up with a B lister slumming it for a paycheque” shit right was Sonic and that’s only because Sonic and Tom had equal focus and Tom’s story well intersected with Sonic’s. Tom’s story about wanting to move on from his hometown and having to learn why the community needs him tied in well with Sonic’s arc of finding a home within the community and gaining a family, how the hell does “a guy coming to grips with being a dad” and Smurfs escaping Gargamel in New York City in anyway intersect or work

[@chasg3242]

Plus James Marsden actually seems like he wanted to be there. It helps that he and Ben Schwartz had good chemistry during the promotion for the movie.

[@chloenieuwsma4846]

Don't forget Paddington. Least the cast introduced were interesting and likeable

[@mrcritical6751]

@@chloenieuwsma4846 nah Paddington has always been like that so it doesn’t really count

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

With $110 million I could create an epic fantasy movie. They spent it on a shitty excuse for a comedy??

[@demon1103]

22:30 um Nate...that wasn't Andre who did that with TB. That was Sky Williams...they do have a similar vibe going on though.

[@NABIL7]

Please, react to Nostalgia Critic Titanic The Legend goes on.

[@CLDJ227]

Yes please react to all three of the animated Titanic films with some other people.

[@sebastianemond5313]

Well, he already saw the JonTron review of it.

[@shockndropgaming9743]

25:10 that was perfect and also concerning on some levels lol

[@joseluissifuentes8639]

17:25 Thank god the Sonic movie took place from Green Hills to San Francisco.

[@karakun1]

Angry Nate is back.

[@SozoYukimura]

26:48 "i keep bringing my hand down and i keep skipping" litterally no one would have blamed you. this movie sucks, 100% understandable.

[@autumbreeze1129]

33:33 it also wasn't "their blue moon" as it wouldn't be the only time. Man, they couldn't even get THAT right 37:53 and I'm remembering THIS wasn't even right. In the end credits it shows Papa wasn't lying as there's the Smurf equivalent of apartment buildings having been made for Smurf Village... but they're totally gone and back to the regular mushrooms again next movie. Consistency, what's that?

[@chloenieuwsma4846]

Why did I drag my grandma into this? God I was so stupid.

[@chloenieuwsma4846]

As for the house thing Autumn, maybe that was a joke?

[@joseluissifuentes8639]

30:50 we’re killing fool

[@doomslayerprime9749]

From what I've heard Nate SMURFS: Lost village(2017) was definetly way better than the Live action ones.

[@djstockt326]

They say that if you play Smurf clips, you let an ancient evil into your home. You might need an exorcist.

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

The Cinema Snob was in the review for a few seconds and he completely broke Nate

[@333Rich33]

I'd just like to say that I enjoy ya'll reacting to Nostalgia Critic's videos. I don't care if its and entire couch, or just Nate, I still have blast. Thank you!

[@joseluissifuentes8639]

30:42 The demonic chanting

[@tigerseye619]

As much as I hate seeing Nate in pain, I had to laugh at him blowing a gasket over the budget and filmography of the director. Been there so many times.

[@sammyt7981]

25:10 thumbnail shot right here

[@awesomefox555]

For the onion thing, if you were listening to gargamel when he was ranting you’d hear “I‘ll take it from their tears” the onions were to make the smurf cry.

[@MattTOB618]

3:34 "Anything is touchable" 😏

[@josephbarron6778]

Cancelled

[@MovieFan1912]

That’s what she said!

[@nickdorenkamp959]

17:32 Good God yes! why does every movie particularly family films have to set the movie in new york?! I understand however when you use the same location over and over it just gets old as well as annoying. if you want a movie to have a new york type setting there are several other big cities in the united states that just like new york city.

[@sidneyrester6100]

you aren't ready to see a smurf get smurfed in the smurf is a reference to the porno parody the smuffs

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Just once, I'd like a magical portal to send beloved children characters someplace other than New York. Like Detroit or Chicago. The Smurfs would be much more interesting if they had to deal with gang violence.

[@sammyt7981]

17:25 OK Nate you need serious anger management now

[@adamshows1142]

I don’t know why studios think it’s always a good idea to make cartoons into live-action where cartoon characters interact with the human characters. It’s like ever since “Roger Rabbit” came along, it’s like everybody’s indirectly trying to do what that film did, cashing in on the success of it. That’s just me.

[@chloenieuwsma4846]

What's worse is they rarely ever get it right.

[@tojosensei380]

Please, react for Nostalgia critic Quest for Camelot, it´s friggin funny..... -Most of the time there; anyway ^o^

[@mwizachihana9551]

9:28. Where it starts.

[@ScaredSackless4566]

Thanks caleb

[@junkuribo5150]

Thanks Caleb

[@Deactorr]

Doug said something similar about the Lion King remake, he wants it to be forgotten.

[@angusng7792]

Except The Smurfs is 10 years old.

[@thephantomsplit]

30:56

[@remixchild]

It broke him

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

17:35 It would be cool to see an animated film set in Adelaide for once. 24:35 Meh, I'm just grateful that _Punky Brewster_ was a thing when the original _Smurfs_ show came out. And it's getting a sequel series soon! :D

[@BugsyFoga]

I was super thrilled when seeing this crossover

[@tylerhackner9731]

Loved this NC episode

[@kimmykool-aid7782]

Yea

[@MovieFan1912]

7:19-7:22 That is a good line. I wish I could use that little clip.

[@GenAqua]

watch Linkara's review of Yugioh Capsule Monsters, its got some awesome stuff at the end.

[@scotttrail522]

You know what IS untouchable? 1: Bambi (the Fawn and his movie) 2: The Fox and the Hound, 1981 7:18-7:28 How are you able to do that with a straight face?

[@sebastianemond5313]

Give it time; Disney uh will uh-uh find uh a way... *to f-k it up.* They even had plans to remake Snow White with Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot as Snow White and The Evil Queen for no reason except "Little Mermaid did that change recently," but thank God, that got shut down.

[@sebastianemond5313]

7:26 I don't know. I keep wondering that with Michael Bay's movies.

[@johnnysparkle]

Executive Meddling: This brought Gutsy Smurf into the film, apparently because Hefty Smurf wasn't sufficiently macho (or Scottish) to be The Big Guy.

[@disneyfan8719]

Even as a "former" Nostalgia Critic fan, I'm interested in this reaction. Lol And yeah, Andre seems alright.

[@BreezyP]

Why don't you like him now?

[@disneyfan8719]

@@BreezyP He's become too cynical for my taste nowadays.

[@valg4378]

Did you know that Andre was in Sharknado 4 as train conductor?

[@lenihaylett4674]

30:57 I feel your pain, Nate.

[@anthonysandoval5512]

The only films by raja gosnell I like are home alone 3 and scooby doo 2, and that's only because they're guilty pleasure movies for me.

[@davidstradinger9136]

Same for me both the scooby doo movies.

[@BossReacts9906]

The part when she said, I kissed a surface and I liked it actually made me laugh a little bit 😆

[@dragon345678]

Seeing this...I want to just give Nate a hug...He looks like he's in hell

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

Why do these movies always take place in New York City? I mean, give the Sonic movie credit, its plot was cliche but it at least started out on Sonic's world then went to Montana before going to San Francisco, then to France, China and Egypt before coming back to Montana. That movie never once took the story to New York City, what is so freaking great about New York City that these movies need to be constantly taking place there?!

[@metademon]

Me: oh boy, new renegade video! Me after: oh boy, hearing loss

[@JimBeamFiend53]

I think it would have been better if they had ended up in Maine. Let pennywise take care of them.

[@nickmesafilms]

For your next Nostalgia Critic reaction, I highly recommend checking out his Sorcerer's Apprentice review alongside Tony Goldmark aka Some Jerk with a Camera. It's one of his better ones.

[@karakun1]

Anyone want to explain what name that Andre called to Malcom?

[@randalgraves6979]

Theo was the eldest son on The Cosby Show

[@averagegamecritic]

I keep accidentally skipping! Your brain trying to protect you. I can’t tell if the corner rapping demeanor was meant to cringe or not, they did the Lala thing, so maybe

[@rowdybpg6193]

Nate's break down after rapping smurfs had a little concerned and a little sad

[@dragon345678]

HOW DOES THIS GUY KEEP GETTING EMPLOYEED!? Why did that not become a meme?

[@davidstradinger9136]

I couldn't stop laughing at that part!😂😂😂

[@caramel2347]

remebers theres a smurfs xbox 360 game ... "Hanz..Get the flamer... The heavy flamer.."

[@ZoanBlade90]

35:36 Well, *this* scene suddenly has a new context, doesn't it?

[@pundertalefan4391]

The 2017 movie was great. And that's coming from somebody who doesn't even like the show. However they did use the song I'm Blue. XD

[@pundertalefan4391]

I don't think the Sonic movie was in New York. Looking forward to the reaction to the review of the second one. XD

[@joseluissifuentes8639]

Well, it was from Vancouver to San Francisco

[@themessenger1871]

7:19 Every people saying that seeing a convicted molester coming back to films

[@ZoanBlade90]

2:42 I thought your name was Nate. *Dodges tomato*

[@callisto8413]

Wasn't there a second movie??!!?!?!

[@Lopez03Eduardo.]

Yes

[@lescobar195]

Of course, Brad did find a Smurfs porno spoof to review on The Cinema Snob. It's called The Smuffs.

[@chillwill2918]

Raja Gosnell has also edited Home Alone, Home Alone 3, and Mrs.Doubtfire.

[@mrcoconut3652]

No he edited them

[@chillwill2918]

@@mrcoconut3652 well that explains why they're so much better than his other movies.

[@MovieFan1912]

3:32-3:39 That’s what she said!

[@deshawnedwards6412]

React to Nostalgia Critic The Smurfs 2 next Please.

[@TaylorZanderFrancis]

Smurfs was a Belgian comic from the 50s.

[@acdcsteven769]

26:52 your hand was trying to save you

[@KodaKitten333]

Im sorry your rage makes us laugh more (im sounding sick but your "NEW YORK CITY" make me burst out laughing)

[@joshsavage007]

25:06 Definitely the best part of the video 😝

[@autumbreeze1129]

Considering what you said about how you'd prefer the animation style to be more like the cartoon, what did you think of Smurf's A Christmas Carol?

[@Cynim]

4:53 - actually it’s pronounced Hergé, with the “g” pronounced as a “j”

[@remixchild]

25:12 sad thing is that exactly exists

[@majorleaguezombie796]

can you try and react to Nostalgia Critic: The Iron Giant?

[@abelmantor7557]

"I kissed a smurf & i liked it?" Hardy har har .

[@sebastianemond5313]

😠... Ha! Ha ha! I get it! I get it! That's so so so very funny! Oh, I can do that to, Smurfs! 🤬"You're gonna hear me ROAAAARR!!" 🤬

[@kylemorello4787]

"THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!!!." Well, I think that's what they did for the fully animated reboot. I haven't seen it though, soooooo..... I'll be in the corner.

[@autumbreeze1129]

It was certainly a damn improvement

[@kylemorello4787]

@@autumbreeze1129 oh. Yay! Well, I'll be with you once I actually have seen the film.

[@averagegamecritic]

For people that complain about talking before or after and want reaction, called a fast forward button. I may not always enjoy some, but again fast forward.

[@danielscott5673]

i like Raja Gosnell as a film editor better than as a terrible film director.

[@ashwindesik69420]

The reaction starts at 8:57 you are welcome

[@gusohaus]

there’s a reason I stopped going to school for film, a lot of people are full of it

[@awesomefox555]

You could have brought life to the profession.

[@gusohaus]

I wish more than anything I could have stuck with it, but it was over $45k a year :/

[@Baldwin-iv445]

At least we got Smurfs the lost village after these films.

[@PuffyPinkSpirit]

25:57 X'D

[@dyllinclark9183]

17:40. So glad sonic didn't go that route. Yeah they were in the city but that was the last 20 minutes and it was san Francisco not freaking new york. How many movies are they going to make based in New York there are 50 states use something other than new york. I have seen 2 movies that take place in my home state. Meanwhile new York has millions.

[@jalil1m417]

This is one of my favorites.