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I love Alvin and the Chipmunks. It's one of the missing pieces of my childhood. The show that I desperately wanted to watch as a kid but my family didn't have cable. I managed to make up for it years later thanks to the internet and now it's part of my life.
Although I mostly enjoy the 80's TV show, the new live action movies have had a special place in my heart as well. Especially the first one. It was emotional, had great music and it properly rebooted the franchise. It's my favorite christmas movie. Sadly, it's only been downhill from there and finally... we've reached rock bottom.
I've been waiting for the 4th movie for years. When it was initially announced they said it was going to be an adventure in space. That would have been interesting and would have stuck with the original ideology of the cartoons to put the characters in weird situations so of course they've scrapped this idea to give us The Road Chip, which is soulless, vapid and forgettable.
They've also scrapped all the side characters from the previous movies because who cares about consistency, right? This time we got yet another wash-up actor from Arrested Development: Tony Hale as the villain. His acting was pathetic and his role in the film hadn't made a noticeable impact on the story so... yeah... that was pointless.
Remember when AATC was about music? After all the whole premise of the franchise is that the chipmunks are great singers and big stars. The first three movies managed to portray at least this essential part decently. This one, though, lacked in that area tremendously. The songs they picked weren't anywhere near as fun as the ones from the previous movies and the excuses for the characters singing the songs felt forced most of the time.
The sad thing is they clearly knew from the start that they've made a bad movie. They released it at the same time as The Force Awakens. Every sane person would be like: "we can't compete with that, delay the release!" but instead they were like: "oh screw it. It's not like anybody was going to see the film anyway".
Still... I want them to make another chipmunk movie. I don't want the franchise to die again. For me, it's like Coca Cola. I don't drink it every day but I expect it to be there till the day I die and long after that. I just hope against hope that they will put some effort and heart into it next time.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
I love Alvin and the Chipmunks. It's one of the missing pieces of my childhood. The show that I desperately wanted to watch as a kid but my family didn't have cable. I managed to make up for it years later thanks to the internet and now it's part of my life.
Although I mostly enjoy the 80's TV show, the new live action movies have had a special place in my heart as well. Especially the first one. It was emotional, had great music and it properly rebooted the franchise. It's my favorite christmas movie. Sadly, it's only been downhill from there and finally... we've reached rock bottom.
I've been waiting for the 4th movie for years. When it was initially announced they said it was going to be an adventure in space. That would have been interesting and would have stuck with the original ideology of the cartoons to put the characters in weird situations so of course they've scrapped this idea to give us The Road Chip, which is soulless, vapid and forgettable.
They've also scrapped all the side characters from the previous movies because who cares about consistency, right? This time we got yet another wash-up actor from Arrested Development: Tony Hale as the villain. His acting was pathetic and his role in the film hadn't made a noticeable impact on the story so... yeah... that was pointless.
Remember when AATC was about music? After all the whole premise of the franchise is that the chipmunks are great singers and big stars. The first three movies managed to portray at least this essential part decently. This one, though, lacked in that area tremendously. The songs they picked weren't anywhere near as fun as the ones from the previous movies and the excuses for the characters singing the songs felt forced most of the time.
The sad thing is they clearly knew from the start that they've made a bad movie. They released it at the same time as The Force Awakens. Every sane person would be like: "we can't compete with that, delay the release!" but instead they were like: "oh screw it. It's not like anybody was going to see the film anyway".
Still... I want them to make another chipmunk movie. I don't want the franchise to die again. For me, it's like Coca Cola. I don't drink it every day but I expect it to be there till the day I die and long after that. I just hope against hope that they will put some effort and heart into it next time.