Dec 4 2007More 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' Anger Fuel
Jesus Christ. If these are the most impressive clips to show off Alvin and the Chipmunks, it's actually much, much worse than even the phrase "munk yourself" implies.
Honestly, try watching this clip of an updated version of the old Chipmunks classic, "Witch Doctor." What little you hear over your own internal screaming will surely be one of the most maddening experiences of your life. I can't even figure out if the modernizing is an actual, sad attempt at making an idiotic novelty song trendy again or a self-aware reference to the sad state of modern pop music. Judging from everything else I've seen, I have a hard time believing this film is capable of exhibiting any self-awareness.
If that's not enough, try out this clip, in which Jason Lee's ridiculously stilted performance seems almost acceptable once you realize he must be holding back a mouthful of vomit. Or this one, with an extremely original slimy manager character played by a near-suicidal David Cross.
This movie must be made by some kind of nostalgia Grinch, desperately trying to convert any pleasant pop culture memories of your youth into raw, unadulterated rage.
Alvin and the Chipmunks Clips [Yahoo!]
Reader Comments
1. munkgutter - December 4, 2007 4:25 PM
Why in the name of Gaea is David Cross doing this movie. I think that Fox has a voodoo doll and possibly his mojo trapped in a vault and it is all hecan do to get it back.
2. mgroves - December 4, 2007 5:05 PM
While normally the prospect of a David Cross suicide would please me, the prospect of this movie not only being released, but being a "hit" is enough to bring my vomiting and rage levels to maximum.
I can only assume that this movie is to be unleashed upon an unwitting public by Dr. Clayton Forrester as a misguided attempt to rule the world. Any other explanation makes no logical sense.
3. Reeven - December 4, 2007 5:22 PM
I really love David Cross, Mr. Show in particular, but when he does things like this, She's the Man and Scary Movie 2, I can't help but question my opinion of him.
This is just the kind of stuff he seems to hate so much. Why does he keep doing it? Greed?
4. tokyoguy100 - December 5, 2007 4:49 AM
Sweet mother of babbling Christ, wtf is this?!? I'm no expert, but I am pretty sure this movie can safely be regarded as a sign of the end of the world; probably something about chipmunks in Revelations....
5. The Moat - December 5, 2007 9:23 AM
I don't get you people.
Jason Lee, who got his start as a professinal skateboarder and cut his acting teeth with low-budget indie films, decides to do a CGI remake of an 80's kids cartoon, and nobody bats an eye.
But when we find out that !!DAVID CROSS!! is involved.... suggestions are made that it signals no less than the end of the world.
Why the double standard? Why is this perfectly acceptable for Lee, but career suicide/slumming/sacrilidge for Cross?
Or is it just that the "OMG Jason Lee's doing WHAT?" thing happened a few months back, and you're just now finding out about Cross?
6. Alessandra - December 5, 2007 10:38 AM
I don't understand what this anger towards this film is about..c'mon, it's just another family movie and there's nothing wrong with that!!!
It's clear that this feature won't be the cleverest or funniest family movie ever made but...do you really care? I bet CHILDREN - those short "things" this movie is made for by the way - are gonna love it and in my modest opinion that's pretty much all that matters
why shouldn't Jason Lee and David Cross star in it?
There are so many lame and pretentuous films out there you can pull down...LEAVE THE MUNKS ALONE! ehheheheeh....
7. haha - December 5, 2007 4:44 PM
I don't know about you guys but I actually watched all of the trailers and thought they were really cute. They turned the ugly original hamsters into funny adorable ones. I'm as big a critic as it comes and this movie seems like just plain enjoyable...are you really expecting a movie masterpiece from ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS?!
8. mgroves - December 6, 2007 11:48 AM
"Jason Lee...nobody bats an eye. Or is it just that the "OMG Jason Lee's doing WHAT?" thing happened a few months back."
For me, it was a few months back.
Also, I generally don't enjoy David Cross (Arrested Development was good), but I do generally enjoy Jason Lee (though less and less every day).
They both should be tossed in a meat grinder for being in this movie.
9. johnny law - December 6, 2007 2:12 PM
I want to believe that this movie will flop, but it won't. It will succeed and we will have to witness the birth of Alvin and the Chipmunks 2. It happened with Garfield and it will happen with this. Then we will all be blinded by having to watch the trailer for the second one.
10. Amy - December 6, 2007 10:29 PM
#8, they're chipmunks, not hamsters. It's right there in the title. Also, they're terrifying. I'm going to go back to pretending this movie doesn't exist now.
11. Grover - December 7, 2007 7:45 PM
So, to everyone complaining about how this moving is raping their childhood, you do realize that the 80's version you remember so fondly was just a raping of your parent's childhood, right?
12. Wow! - May 6, 2008 1:13 PM
Well just a hint...
If you guys did see it in the past, specially in your childhood, you'll like this movie...
I don't know why you're expecting so much from 'Alvin and the chipmunks'...
The visuals are flawless.... The story is good, so is the humor...
I don't know what you're expecting more from a good family movie....