Alvin and the Chipmunks

Who knew that my kids would love this movie so much. While I was hesitant to even watch it, I find it to be an endearing movie. My kids love to try and imitate the Chipmunks. Great price for great kids DVD.

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This movie is great! It takes the classic Alvin we all love and makes him modern and lovable again! Every time I watch this movie, I laugh until I cry! They way they mixed modern songs into the classic story is great! There are few extras on the DVD, so if that's what you're looking for, you will be a bit disappointed, but other than that this is a great buy!

Version: U.S.A / Region-A
Title: Alvin and the Chipmunks
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-25
Running time: 1:31:131
Movie size: 19,33 GB
Disc size: 21,47 GB
Average video bit rate: 21.79 Mbps
DTS-HD Master 5.1 3923Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) English
Spanish / French DD 5.1 Surround

Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish / Cantonese / Mandarin / Koream
Number of chapters: 28

#Chip-Chip-Hooray! Chipmunk History Featurette
#Hitting the Harmony Chipmunk Music Featurette

I burned out on Alvin and the Chipmunks somewhere back around 1958. This may seem hard to believe, but they had a number one hit song. I felt sick every time I heard it on the radio. I just haven't been able to listen to Chipmunk music or view them since that time. I tell you this as a matter of disclosure so you may understand my review better.

My wife likes animated cartoons and we watch them now and then, too often as far as I'm concerned. A few weeks ago, she purchased an "Alvin and the Chipmunks" DVD. Groan. Of course, we'd have to view it. Well, last night we viewed it. It was interesting in that the movie was filmed in a conventional fashion and then the animated chipmunks were added to the film as if they had been live at the scenes. It's a clever animation technique, without question. The animated Chipmunks therefore appeared to be interacting with the filmed characters. I suppose it must be difficult to get everything synchronized and in perfect order. The directors didn't. In a lot of places, the chipmunk characters were not in the focus of the actors and you could clearly see the actors were performing on their own. I could cite other glitches, but that would probably be considered too picky.

In any case, I suppose I noticed such things because I found the animation rather interesting, but didn't find the movie itself all that interesting. The human acting seemed stiff and unnatural and the actors interfaced with the animated characters only poorly. The story line was weak and uninteresting. Three singing Chipmunks get discovered and work their way to the top of the charts. Yawn. There weren't many substantial laughs unless you like slapstick. In short, the movie was a waste of viewing time. However, the animated chipmunks themselves were rather well done, if not a little too cutsiepoo.

I'm really burned out on Chipmunk music, especially that Christmas thing. However, some of the new songs in up-to-date styles with dance routines were mildly amusing. That's about it, folks. View it at your own discretion, it's your dime. I can't comprehend how adults could watch this, but I think that small kids (under six) might find it enjoyable. Did I mention that I'm really burned out on Alvin and the Chipmunks?

Gary Peterson