Alvin and the Chipmunks
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Movie Reviews of Alvin and the Chipmunks
Movie Review: Good music, funny scenes, all tied well together
Summary: 5 Stars
I took both my three year old and my six year old to this movie, and they sat through the whole thing! They were mesmerized by the silly humor. For instance, in one scene Alvin pretends to eat Theodore's poop so Dave thinks it's a raisin and doesn't get mad.
The story starts with Dave, an unsuccessful song writer, who accidentally takes the chipmunks home. This is where all the fun starts. He wants them out, then finds out they can sing! He says they can stay if they sing his music. The chipmunks grew up in a forrest with no parents, so they have NO manners. There are loads of funny scenes as they destroy his house and his social life. He is determined not to be their "dad", they're just friends.
Enter evil uncle Ian. He is Dave and the chipmunks manager, who of course, told Dave his music stunk before the chipmunks entered the scene. On Christmas, Dave had given the boys savings bonds, which granted, is a lame gift. But he meant well, and he was thinking about their future. Uncle Ian comes in with lots of toys, setting the scene for Dave is the serious one, and uncle Ian is the fun one.
Dave of course gets soft to the boys, and his desire that they have a normal childhood becomes apparent, whereas Ian just wants to make money. Ian eventually exploits the situation and the boys come to live with him. This is where the real drama comes in. You have to see the movie to find this part out. But don't worry, it has a happy ending with a nostalgic "ALVIN!!!"
The music is absolutely great. There are songs I remember from growing up in the sixties, and then there are new ones that are more in keeping with today's music.
I pre-ordered this DVD as soon as I found out it was available, and my boys and I can't wait to get it!
Movie Review: Laugh-out-loud funny!
Summary: 5 Stars
My family - myself, my daughter, my parents, and my sister - watched the Chipmunks just before Christmas as part of a family outing. Ranging in age from 6 to 52, each of us laughed out loud - regularly - throughout the film (along with everyone else in the theater). I knew we had a winner when, as we exited the theater, I asked my daughter what she thought of the movie, and she simply replied, "I want it." She has never specifically asked me to buy ANY movie watched in the theater. And I admit, I want this movie too!
It was such a refreshing change from the animated movies released over the past couple of years. With those movies, we watched the previews and headed to the theater with great anticipation just to leave the theater disappointed because every one of the funniest moments was covered in the previews and honestly was funnier in the previews. With this movie however the trailers undoubtedly had us laughing; we played them over and over (we particularly enjoyed the dishwasher/shower scene). But during the movie, we not only laughed at all those same moments, but more importantly we laughed at many, many others.
I recommend this movie for everyone - kids and adults. I don't know how anyone could leave the theater without a smile and without at least one or two chuckles on the drive home. I'm looking forward to watching it again (and again), not only because it was laugh-out-loud funny and 100% enjoyable, but also because I want to see all the parts I laughed over - and thus missed - the first time around.
Movie Review: Alvin and The 5 Stars
I first saw mention of this movie when I went to the theater last summer to see "Hairspray". I was ecstatic to hear that it'd be showing around Christmastime. In the 80's, I was a hardcore Alvin & The Chipmunks fan, I admit. I watched the cartoon show religiously every Saturday Morning. Sadly, Christmastime rolled around but I never was able to go see it. Not that I didn't want to, I did. Time wouldn't allow me to. Now, it's out on DVD and I finally made time to purchase and see this movie. I'm really glad I did. It's an endearing movie about a songwriter named Dave Seville who meets the 'munks when they're raiding his kitchen for food. Quickly, he boots them out. Yet, when he finds out that they can carry a tune, he quickly welcomes them back in & totes them off to a record executive who soon takes them away from Dave & exploits their talent for all it is worth. Dave spends the rest of the movie trying to save the boys from a showbusiness life they are too young for. Like everyone else, I would have loved the movie alot better if it would have shown alot more of the chipmunks...you know, like the cartoon does. It's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, though. Course, Garfield's first movie didn't show him all that much either and it was just as awesome. When they make a 'munks sequel(and I'm sure they will), we'll probably see more of them. At any rate, if you're looking for a good movie that the whole family can watch, look no further than Alvin and The Chipmunks. It's a humorous, fun movie. I loved it.Movie Review: "Neat-o"
Summary: 5 Stars
I never cared much for "Alvin and the Chipmunks" as a cartoon show years ago but this movie is great! It's not one of "those" comedies filled with pratfalls and punchlines and a few "ha ha" points, but one which you can really keep on enjoying as you go along --and come out feeling "up" with the world! The plot was admittedly weak --but then we weren't exactly expecting "War and Peace" were we? The movie had great "flow," the cinematography was seamless and colorful, the live actors were more than passable, the animation was excellent, and Alvin and his cohorts were "alive" --and Funny! (It's said that the great vaudevillian and (early-) movie star comedian WC Fields didn't like working with animals or children because they would steal the show: these guys are so great had WC played with them people would've said, "WC Who?") --Oh, and don't be fooled by the box cover showing the chipmunks dressed all "hip hop" intimating their music or "style" has been totally updated "thattaway" --in the movie they're all classic, bouncy "chipmunk," dressed like that for only a brief performance scene, and their music is also classic "chipmunk," but with a modern tempo which only adds to the enjoyment. --We grownups liked the movie, the kids liked it, and even the cats got engrossed a few times --which says a lot! Five Stars for the whole family!Movie Review: Alvin: the next generation
Summary: 5 Stars
Me and my best friend, Roger,have loved the chipmunks ever sence we were little and now they star in a hit movie musical. the story is a little differant from what any of us were execting, but I liked that, it is more exiting than I ever expected.
athogh everyone (including me) was epecting this movie to just be a live-action virsion of the chipmunk cartons, the movie's diffarant moods gave it more exitment, Storys whare the charicors have to solve problems and sort out difficulies are always more exiting than those that are just the same way all the way throgh, and sad, scary,and tence scenes make happy endings even more special.
My favorite part, thogh is the old clasic chipmunk song "Christmas, don't be late" any time they sing it, I sing along and dance to it! I also like when dave finnally relizes he really does love the chipmunks, and considers them family.
The ending, when the chipmunks are finnally reunited wirh Dave, and home agin is so sweet-and funny!
I think they should make a sequel to this movie with the Girl chipmunks(Chipetts)in it, more songs and the old favorite chipmunk song "Christmas, don't be late" and another exiting story with lots of moods.