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A villain named Oilycreep steals the Smurfs' magic flute, an instrument that makes people dance wildly, and uses it to rob them. The King sends out Peewit to track down the thief and retrieve the flute. Now Johan and Peewit must get it back at all costs, so they head to the magical kingdom of Smurfs to ask for their help. THE FANTASTIC ORIGINAL FEATURE FILM! FINALLY HERE FOR YOU TO ENJOY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DVD.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Watching this for the first time after seeing most episodes of the cartoon, it took me two viewings to really get into it. Having loved the Smurfs since childhood, the season 1 and 2 box sets have really brought back some wonderful memories, and on first viewing, I was a little disappointed with this film. It's definitely not bad, it's very good entertainment, fun and musical, however there are several differences to the Smurfs TV show. The film was released in 1976, five years before the Saturday morning cartoon started, and was also made with no involvement from Hanna-Barbera. Therefore the animation style is different, the voices are not the same, and even some of the names have been changed. In the UK version, which is the one featured on the Blu-ray (the same as the one on the 1985 VHS), the characters Johan and Peewit are named John and William, Grouchy Smurf is named Grumpy, and Hefty is called Strong-Man Smurf here. There's also no Gargamel or Smurfette to be found here. It's a film that is certainly closer to the original Smurfs comics from the 50's, so depending on whether someone might have grown up with a preference either for the comics or for the show, it is still great for Smurfs fans, but some of them might find it disappointing.
Onto the Blu-ray quality, and this, to my knowledge, is the first time that independent studio Fabulous Films has released any title on the format. So how is it? To my great surprise, it's a very impressive transfer. Yes, it was never going to be the same level of high quality as something like Avatar, but it's still good. The colours are bright and tones of the picture well balanced, a little softness suits it perfectly, making the brightness sharp would've ruined it, I think. The audio is generally clear as well, however one of my biggest problems was with the song where William tries to talk in Smurf language. The characters sing so quickly that it can be very hard to understand what they are saying. While I thought this added humourous value to the scene, I think some others might be annoyed by it. And like the Smurfs DVD releases, there are no subtitles whatsoever. It's great that Arrow Films and Fabulous Films are bringing these characters back to home video in the UK, but on future season releases, they really need to add subtitles to the discs. There's also not a lot in the way of bonus features, and nothing to watch, just a few things to look at or read on the screen.
All in all this is a very good transfer for an entertaining film that not all Smurfs fans will enjoy, but all should check out sometime, if just to see where it all began.
Onto the Blu-ray quality, and this, to my knowledge, is the first time that independent studio Fabulous Films has released any title on the format. So how is it? To my great surprise, it's a very impressive transfer. Yes, it was never going to be the same level of high quality as something like Avatar, but it's still good. The colours are bright and tones of the picture well balanced, a little softness suits it perfectly, making the brightness sharp would've ruined it, I think. The audio is generally clear as well, however one of my biggest problems was with the song where William tries to talk in Smurf language. The characters sing so quickly that it can be very hard to understand what they are saying. While I thought this added humourous value to the scene, I think some others might be annoyed by it. And like the Smurfs DVD releases, there are no subtitles whatsoever. It's great that Arrow Films and Fabulous Films are bringing these characters back to home video in the UK, but on future season releases, they really need to add subtitles to the discs. There's also not a lot in the way of bonus features, and nothing to watch, just a few things to look at or read on the screen.
All in all this is a very good transfer for an entertaining film that not all Smurfs fans will enjoy, but all should check out sometime, if just to see where it all began.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It takes such a long before you can even see the Smurfs in it. It went on for a while before seeing them. At some point I even thought I had the wrong DVD sent to me.
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Bring back memories
I purchased this for my kids to watch as I got to watch it when it first showed at the movie cinema. I still enjoyed it as did my kids.
Published 19 days ago by Ant
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute [Blu-ray]
I bought this on Blu-ray as I had very fond nostalgic memories of the VHS version distributed by The Video Collection from the mid-1980's.
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Published 5 months ago by L. Palmer
Smurfs movie? NOT
My child got bored after half an hour waiting for the smurfs to actually appear in the movie.He was dissapointed and i felt bad,as he was so excited waiting for the dvd to... Read more
Published 5 months ago by A. Burnage
The Smurfs & the Magic Flute
My Granddaughter hasn't watched this yet but I know she will love it as did her Mummy & Aunty!! What more can I say---I love it!!!!
Published 8 months ago by lindsaylivingdoll
Smurfs and the magic flute
A great traditional cartoon, just as I remember from my childhood for my kids to watch.
Great fun for any little or big Smurf fan to watch my kids love it with catchy songs... Read more
Great fun for any little or big Smurf fan to watch my kids love it with catchy songs... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andy200146
Horrid image quality for Blu-Ray
Just gave it a spin and am disappointed with the image quality. "Fabulous"? Far from it. All black lines around characters have blockyness to them - not so much pixelation but poor... Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. Sanderson
Hardly even has the smurfs in it
The first 30 - 45 minutes dont even have the smurfs in it my daughter kept asking where they were it was all about piwi and the king not very good would not buy it again!
Published 9 months ago by Louise Perry
Not so FABULOUR released!
Just received my copy of THE SMURFS AND MAGIC FLUTE! I was quite disappointed as the movie is present in LETTERBOX WIDESCREEN, roughly the ratio of 1.75! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Allan Foo Chuan How
It's not included in the season 1 release
Buy this dvd so u can have the feature film before starting watching seasons 1 and 2
Published 23 months ago by V. K. Manglaveras
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