Chip-Wrecked
The success generate popular suites is well known. Whether the story is interesting or not, if it makes money, its future is assured. This seems the case of “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” which arrives with a new adventure. As ordinary as its predecessors, “Chip-Wrecked” will not be long in theaters, children are otherwise occupied with projects much more attractive.
Get on board and it is the same Alvin and his friends who sow disorder on a yacht. Their kite flew away from the vessel, the Chipmunks and Chipset’s quickly find themselves in the water en route to a mysterious desert island that is flanked by a volcano. While waiting for their master Dave (Jason Lee) are found, the friends learn the virtues of cooperation.
Every two years since 2007, the same old story. A new episode of “Alvin and the Chipmunks” landed on the screens for the Christmas period. Nice animations with cute characters like any scenario but very minor and even embarrassing, the adventures of Alvin, Simon and Theodore are soon tired. For some good gags, we must confront situations that never rise and bathroom humor.
Instead of shaking the slump that has raged for too long, “Chip-Wrecked” reproduces the model, still offering the same mix of characters and beautiful smooth moralistic values of self-help, self-assertion and respect of the established order. Only this time, there are still more songs and musical numbers, as if the goal was to cross the universe of “Happy Feet” to that of “Glee” while adapting to the world of rodents. What emerges quickly irritates the ears, especially during the first part, which takes place on the ship. The reading of pop songs gives a headache, while the choreography singularly lacking in personality. Happiness comes when some on the island with all this homage film, except that it is too late. As soon as the viewer begins to identify with the plight of these little animals, they must return to their natural element, trying to wiggle on the last tube in fashion.
If it is rather difficult to put the blame on the funny voice or even staging competent Mike Mitchell (to whom we owe the fourth volume of “Shrek”) these elements do not raise all up. They only support the illusion that this chapter is less painful than previous ones, the veil of smoke dissipating before the end. No doubt those children will want to see for themselves the end result. But after 15 minutes, they will want to return to the “Muppets” to “Happy Feet Two,” to “Tintin” or “Hugo.” We should not blame them.
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