Loading ...Wow – studios are getting desperate aren’t they? If I had to pick two movies I never thought would get a sequel a few years ago, it would have been easy: Steve Martin’s The Pink Panther remake (sequel now on DVD)…and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Boy, was I wrong!
After the first movie proved it’s almost impossible to enjoy these cuddly chipmunks in their new CGI persona if you are past puberty, a sequel sounds just horrendous. Why subject us to more of this garbage? And why are they spending big bucks on this – and trying to single-handedly destroy Jason Lee’s (“My Name Is Earl”) credibility as an actor along the way?
While we may never find the answers to any of these questions, introducing the Chippettes might be the only good thing about Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel.
By the way, whose idea was it to toss a bad pun into the title? Do they really pay people to come up with names this awful?
Anyway, the Chippettes – voiced by Christina Applegate, Anna Faris and Amy Poehler – might actually be enjoyable, but knowing how bad the rest of the film will probably be, chances are that won’t be enough to get audiences in the door – at least without kids.
While crying babies and overwrought parents may find themselves unhappily stuck in this film, I won’t be in the theater with them. Instead, Heather and I will be across the way, happily spending part of our Christmas watching Sherlock Holmes (2009).
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