Dear foster father to the Chipmunks and extended guardian to the Chipettes. Where can I start with you? I haven't watched your eighties version but tell me, have you been reading a lot of Parents magazines lately? Because the way you're raising your foster sons is very diplomatic and open. I've read a few and golly those by-the-book parenting tips! He needs that a lot. But trust me, I completely understand your struggles in being a single parent as I have relatives and friends who are and it's definitely not easy raising three hyperactive boys whilst balancing them with your songwriting career.
Which is all the more reason you have to be firm and more aware with their personalities and behaviour; and like Theodore you tend to be gullible to Alvin's antics if not worse. After raising him for more than seven years you still don't have any idea what Alvin's up to? They look up to you and I'm sure you know that. Theodore needs your warmth and guidance in helping him grow; Simon's fine with just your camaraderie and Alvinn You should know he's insecure, right?
In the deepest part of himself. Do we really need to explain why he does what he does? I definitely see your efforts with him and it's not about doing enough but what can be done differently and more effectively. Steve Jobs. Otherwise, you're a wonderful father and human being. For the Chipettes you're all good and I'm serious about this. I have no complaints. Girls are girls, chipmunk or human regardless and even Brittany who has the vanity of Alvin but the groundedness and reasonability of Simon; two opposing yet workable qualities within herself.
That said. Miss Smith, dear teacher. Looking at your glasses is like looking at a 's stereotypical woman with the voice to boot and all the personality packed in.
Just my observation. I meant no offense. And Principal Meadows. I'm glad the show got to have some Inclusiveness here as far as a lady principal is concerned in a position dominated by men with a French accent to boot; and what good reference too, seeing that the show is a French and American production. So I'm done here. I've said all that I have to say about this show as far as I am concerned. The rest of the supporting characters are bigwig stereotypes which have already been covered by other similar reviews so I'm not going to cover it here.
Is Alvinn! And The Chipmunks a good show? It's just watchable to a fault though not in a healthy way. Is it fit to be broadcast in Nick, Jr. I'd settle for Ryan's Toy Review anytime and that's really saying something. One of the title cards this show promotes shows Alvin throughout all four of his versions from the fifties to his present incarnation with the tagline, "I come from a long line of stars.
And lastly, Alvin: Dennis the Menace is a lot tamer compared to you. Thank you. Adult Written by mokota October 24, Your kids will love it. You will hate it. I remember watching Alvin as a kid but I don't remember the chipmunks being this obnoxious. Perhaps that's a good sign that our children won't remember it either I find it mind blowing that Nickelodeon is OK with airing this garbage and that the show's creators feel OK with writing lines like, "Are you stupid or something?
You will however be horrified by the amount of lying, backstabbing, bullying, outdated stereotypes Simon is the "nerd" who wears glasses and just overall rude behavior that comes out of tiny, squeaky voiced chipmunks. And the movies? Well, it's much of the same with more consumerism shoved at your children than rewarding, positive messages. PBS Kids offers much more appropriate and enjoyable content even for parents!
This title contains: Language. Adult Written by galfromaway December 24, Disappointing and annoying My daughter 6. This title contains: Consumerism. Slapstick is perhaps the most easily watchable genre, and this film proves that it is possible to be bored by even this form of comedy. A minor relief arrives when you get to know that the even more irritating Chipettes from the previous films are not present in the film as leads — they go off to participating in American Idol.
The film is directed by Walt Becker who has previously made the critically panned Wild Hogs and Old Dogs — with Road Chip he now has a trilogy of unwatchable movies to his credit. The only interesting question this film raises is why the voice actors in the film are famous stars, considering their voices are anyway digitally altered into unrecognizable squeaks?
Alvin and the Chipmunks have made records, starred in numerous animated series and films, and even have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For more on the history of this talented rodent trio, take a look at some facts on everything from their earliest recordings to the punk album that won them a whole new audience.
To capture the distinctive pitch, Bagdasarian recorded at half-speed, delivering the lyrics slowly. Played at normal speed, it sounds like he had been on helium. The playful tune was a hit in , reaching number one on the charts. Bagdasarian credited himself as Dave Seville, taking the advice of executives who thought his real name would be hard to pronounce. He also ditched the witch doctor gimmick, but kept the high-speed squeak and attributed it to three chipmunks: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, which he named after executives Alvin Bennett, Simon Waronker, and Theodore Keep at his record company, Liberty Records.
The single earned three Grammys and sold a staggering 25 million records over the next few years. Chipmunkmania had officially begun. The earliest live-action incarnation of the Chipmunks came in , when Bagdasarian appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show alongside a trio of Chipmunk hand puppets. They teach their presumed child viewer how to see the world, and how to understand their place in it.
In this respect, themes or characterizations that may pass as forgivable or just lazy in movies made for adult viewers seem especially egregious and unforgivable.
Movies aimed at the modern toddler-and-tot set should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one. After all, most adults are lost causes, and children, as the lady once sang, are the future. So, yes, it strikes me as ridiculous, and also despairingly sad, that kids lose their minds at characters called Minions: pint-sized servant-creatures that seem designed to groom children for a future of formless corporate personhood. It also bothers me — actively annoys me, even — that Pixar movies fleece their viewers child and parents alike with tawdry schmaltz and hokey sentiment that passes for emotional sophistication.
It should come as a surprise to literally no one that Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip , a film that seems reverse-engineered from a title pun cooked up by a marketing exec at Fox desperate to pay down alimony debts, is no Speed Racer.
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