YMMV / The Smurfs 2

• Aluminum Christmas Trees: You'd be surprise how many people don't realize there is a Statue of Liberty◊ in Paris. Smurfette even lampshades this by saying "they're everywhere." ^{Statue of Liberty}Besides France, replicas of said statue can be found in Taiwan, South Australia, China, Israel, Peru, Japan, Brazil, Malaysia, Norway, Mexico, Germany, Argentina, Kosovo, Great Britain, Spain, Philippines, Austria and not only the one we know in New York City and Los Angeles, but there's more in the United States.
• Moral Event Horizon: While Gargamel's still a funny guy, that still does not make it the least bit excusable that he threatened to let Vexy and Hackus die unless Smurfette gave him the formula for Papa Smurf's secret potion. Oddly, that just makes it easier for you to laugh when is Played for Laughs at his expense, particularly during The Stinger.
• Retroactive Recognition The only other reason for anyone to even watch this movie is to see a pre-Room Jacob Tremblay.
• The Scrappy: Blue is a huge unfavorite to audiences. Poor acting from his actor, annoying voice, serving no role to the plot whatsoever, and pointing out the obvious certainly helps.
• She Really Can Act: Katy Perry does an excellent job pulling some dramatic scenes as Smurfette.
• Squick: Once you realize that Hackus and Vexy are related to Smurfette, it makes the scenes where Hackus flirts with Smurfette uncomfortable.
• Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Although its quality is still debatable, the story and characterization are more focused and less reliant on wacky antics (though there is still a decent amount of it).
• Took the Bad Film Seriously: While it's agreed to be better than the first film, the general opinion is that it's still a rather mediocre picture whose saving grace is the cast honestly putting in their best effort to deliver whether it be Hank Azaria hamming it up as Gargamel or Christina Ricci and Katy Perry playing off each other as a believably rambunctious sister pair. Even Neil Patrick Harris seems noticeably less embarrassed when reading his lines than he was in the first movie.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Victor Doyle. The movie attempts to make him seem like a man who had been trying to be a good father figure to his stepson, even going as far as saying that his stepson's parrot was taken away because Victor was allergic to birds instead of Patrick. However, he was unapologetic when he nearly caused one of the children at Blue's birthday party to go into anaphylactic shock from eating a corndog fried in peanut oil and constantly insisted on assisting Patrick when his stepson made it clear that he didn't want him around.

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