What The CHIPMUNKS Movies Got Right

hello Mr chipmunk you're a northern reticulated chipmunk yes you are you are so reticulated hi Mrs L you're out kind of early [Music] when I was a kid stupid younger generation movies like this were a dime a dozen you know what I'm talking about take a cartoon character our parents or grandparents grew up with put them in the real world have them help a random white person out with something going on with work or like a relationship or something some made sense to do right since they used to be mad popular some were like uh different somebody please tell me which one of you [ __ ] stood up Underdog Underdog hmm I like it holy Jason leaves get into that damn bag huh what a random [ __ ] choice this is like the teacher's pet movie of these shits I hate dogs Alvin and the Chipmunks was different though because this time it was a franchise that all three generations had grown up with like I was a fan before these movies came out and I was only like 10. these movies also had heavy involvement from the magazarians themselves it annoys me to no end that these characters are all played by these random ass people Bazinga and they don't even have them sing every record it's just a bag of Darien scene why get Jesse McCartney if he not gonna [ __ ] sing damn it oh I'm angry all over again has better [Music] oh we working on this [ __ ] they got this one and even though most people kind of agree that these movies are yeah I thought it'd be worth it look at these movies through a different lens every time I see a video on these it's about how boring they are unfunny uninspired but it's never truly been examined through the lens of a fan what do these four movies get right about the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise what do they add what do they take away coming in stronger than ever before this is what the Chipmunk movies got right and wrong I guess I don't want to come home and find a bunch of rabbits and skunks on my couch filthy creatures Dave never associate with 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this is not funny no it's not but I'm gonna keep drinking until the day Dave Seville is washed he hates his job he can't sell his songs he stink probably he might smell like a bag of wet nickels uh it's a toss-up I don't know and in this shot we see Dave stealing from a black woman just like many white musicians that came before him three singing chipmunk Brothers end up on his doorstep and he starts to manage their career evil manager David Cross wants the boys all to himself the boys grow close to Dave and consider him a family it's a lot and I never really had the the patience to describe stories in these things I do not remember how I felt in that movie theater in 2007 but I can tell you what I think now bruh I don't know I didn't hate this it's not the best movie you could have told with these characters we all know what that looks like I honestly don't think it's a bad intro for a new generation of kids to fall in love with these three brothers all the boys are in character though it does feel like Theodore is written to be a little younger hey [Music] hey he fell out of the tree at Birth hey what the Rock to me these characters have always been a family without a shredder though and it's cool to see a story about them falling in love with each other I really like that they made the first movie do this to really get you on board with this Dynamic and theming this movie does change the boy's backstory though at least from the Ruby's Fierce cartoon in that I'm pretty sure the boys were left on Dave's doorstep by their mother foreign [Music] that are greatly influenced by deforestation now that's a word I haven't said since social studies class well where are your parents when you're a chipmunk your parents take care of you for a week then they take off our parents were hippies they left early to join a commune bro what the [ __ ] I really love how it opens with the boys singing bad day no real complex reason anything I guess it's just nice to hear they get the music right in general in these honestly at least the singing before they get signed and start recording all the records they kind of treat them like a little acapella band which I think is a really nice choice and I do that new version of witch doctor [Music] a little little dated and not in like a Charming nostalgic way either the only part that cranks is the chorus [Music] they do a few real clever things honestly it's not just the music I really like how they introduce the concept of Simon eating glasses [Music] hey Simon this landed right in front of you you didn't see it foreign try these how's that what I was surprised about during this watch at least as an adult fan was just how many random references there is to other chipmunks media in this thing they show Alvin using a hula hoop which is a reference to the first song that they ever recorded which they end up recording later in the movie anyway not only is it a reference but it's also a little payoff too they bodied that uh uh want a plane that Loops the loop Loop who hula hoop any songwriter is watching this is this how this goes like for real like is this really what it's like when y'all come up with Melodies because I've always hated when movies did this they do this [ __ ] like five times in Straight Outta Compton [Music] you got knocked the [ __ ] out [Laughter] during the Montage with Ian the boys are seen sitting in like director's chairs and the fan of me wants to say that this is a reference to the second 80s intro but I honestly don't have anything to back that up you should honestly just be like random shots but the fact that I can even consider that very specific reference to be true in this thing kind of tells me that they did a little something right you know all right I've ignored it long enough where the [ __ ] is this nigga's hat oh there it is never mind all honestly my guess is that they couldn't really find a way to make them look like a real chipmunk while also making a hat look good because the parts that they do show kind of looks like tacky which I do understand because in the ones that we grew up with he just kind of has human ears as a 10 year old I was pissed but as a 25 year old with an understanding of character design I could care less I'm still trying to figure out how to [ __ ] I'm gonna pay rent this month I guess if I wanted to get a little more nuanced than I do I'd bring up how Jason Lee My Name is Earl plays Dave in this Jason leaves Dave is not as mad as 60s Dave and he's not as welcoming as 80s or CGI Dave but he meets somewhere in the middle and I think that's fine as a kid I feel like I may have thought he was a little too mean but nah man watch that Alvin show again you think he hated these little [ __ ] whatever you want no what do you want the one difference in this one is that he's kinda stupid like Dave was never dumb that's why the boys could look up to him but this Dave is stubborn he's immature he's incredibly selfish he moves way too fast and makes idiotic mistakes but I kind of think they had to do him like this in order to give him a believable Arc in these movies this is kind of the story about how Alvin showed Dave became Ruby Spears day so it's not really like they messed Dave up you know it's more like the one that we know just doesn't exist yet they have to develop him to that point to the point of being selfless welcoming warm and that's different not a lot of franchises would do something like this you just can't get the yell down though bro you can't do it I'm sorry [Music] I [ __ ] hate it bro you gotta push that [ __ ] out oh soft ass bro show yo what do you want ma Dave still broke here which I think is hilarious he can't afford a bunch of Great Value waffles he hates his job he has to fix his dirty ass car on his own he gives the boys [ __ ] savings bonds for Christmas there's an episode of the Deke seasons of the cartoon where they literally have to push Dave's Car what the hell is in their recording contract Dave has a love interest in this too she doesn't do much but I know that her function in the story at least is to establish Dave's wishy-washy pass he blew whatever before just because his mind was all over the place and it's because of her that he sees this mirrored in his behavior and how he treats the boys don't take it personally you guys some people don't know a good thing when they've got it oh [ __ ] I don't know this isn't me saying this is a Hidden Gem or anything or that anyone's bugging for not liking this but I didn't have a bad time with it the stuff that gets right with the characters it gets really right and that's most stuff I was impressed but I mean as a movie on its own it's kind of whatever it's not the best story the little Force current slang and dialogue is really just something that you're gonna have to you're gonna have to you have to get used to in these that really drags it down for me honestly the humor is probably the worst part not a fan of uh not a fan of all the parts Simon eating Theodore's [ __ ] nope don't need to be reminded of that oh my God Theodore did you just um it's a raisin Dave prove it okay you got me look I want to talk to all you guys where's Alvin yeah Alvin you owe me big time in the trailers it was it was Alvin by the way dude you owe me big time and honestly this is the best joke in the entire movie three months ago you were hanging out in a tree somewhere and and now you're major rock stars foreign dude thank God because I [ __ ] hated that Diddy beat [Music] man I watched these like three days ago and I barely remember this one Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel oh [ __ ] oh God sorry I almost threw the [ __ ] up released the same weekend as Sherlock Holmes and it's complicated and guess where the [ __ ] I was [Music] Dave gets injured [Applause] not too long setting up for the boys to attend high school I'm pretty sure Theodore was like six years old but whatever boys and Jackie comes to babysit them and uh and this happens oh I cried like like we need to stay away from these [ __ ] is she gonna be okay don't worry about me I'll be home in no time oh I want to be so sure oh [ __ ] is baby driver I left my shotgun behind now the boys are just home alone with their cousin Toby at the same time Ian's goofy ass meets The Chipettes and it's operation exploit Animals part two in full effect baby there's a fundraising talent show that I can help the school the boys and girls have to compete against each other the boys get bullied a little bit [Music] do you think he means Wooly Bully this movie has a little less Direction than that other one which isn't new for Chipmunks media literally half of Frankenstein is just them being lost in that theme park you might have caught it in my little synopsis there but this is where we meet the Chipettes Brittany Eleanor and Jeanette pink is my new favorite color her glasses were quite fetching she's like a beautiful cream Gumdrop mhm so they only remember the colors just for contrast though uh this is how they meet in the Ruby Spears cartoon [Music] foreign [Music] at all really I read that it was because of his My Name is Earl filming but because of that all of the theming from the first movie just kind of feels like it doesn't [ __ ] mean anything he did all of that growing with the boys just for us to not see what that relationship blossomed into I think it's one of the biggest fumbles in the movie so as a fan of these characters I personally feel like this movie kind of messes up the girls characters a little bit Britney lost a lot of her sass her self-absorbed nature and wit in exchange for her to kind of just be like a stock leader there's a subplot in this one that goes absolutely [ __ ] nowhere where Ian says that he really wants to emphasize that Britney is a star and she's just kind of like huh what me yeah yeah now that I like and it's not just because Britney's more of a mega Ultra Superstar than you guys the original Britney was so big-headed she would have been so lit off Ian saying that she was a star you have no [ __ ] idea and she definitely wouldn't let Ian [ __ ] talk Eleanor's body Godly have you always been that short I thought well you gotta work on that at the same time too right Eleanor is supposed to be the sweet one definitely but not soft she's not a mirror of Theodore she's way more confident she wouldn't let him say any of this [ __ ] either honestly like the girls are so much more like well articulated compared to the boys it's hilarious but it's also kind of wholesome I don't know they're adorable look at me yeah I know but guys remember what Ian said we can't trust him like why are they talking like this their children's in the 2000s they better loosen up [ __ ] by this point I was quoting Brothers by this point I was quoting but his bottom [ __ ] on the playground please don't tell my mom do you know what I am saying the theme with the first movie this one changes the girl's backstories a bit they actually live in a tree by themselves this movie ends with them moving in with Dave which is definitely new they try it out for like a day or two in the cartoon but they ultimately end up moving in with Miss Miller a family friend of the Chipmunks who does not exist in these movies and I've never understood that you can have Miss Miller in this movie as like a motherly figure for the girls that really wants them to have the career they want it naively puts a trust in Ian maybe instead of Aunt Jackie babysitting them it's Miss Miller and that's how she meets and falls in love with the girls I don't know something I guess that's just what I'm getting at she's such an important part of the franchise to me it's just wild that they just ignore her in these Honestly though like the most interesting thing about this movie is the damn cast you got baby driver storm in this [ __ ] Good Luck Charlie Shazam why [ __ ] well nobody told me this was Shazam I would have been watched those movies [ __ ] that flying he's lying he's lying some of these songs they covered man I'm just like man they playing that [ __ ] like I ain't want to hear none of these all right all right I ain't want to hear fireworks back then [ __ ] make you think I would have hit it 20 23. but I do think it serves as a little time capsule for kids that grew up around this time I'm sure someone who wasn't a kid in the early 2000s isn't a fan of Aaron Carter Jimmy Neutron music but I honestly can't imagine my life without it feels like I'm back at the racetrack okay so I've wondered who the hell this was for years and I'm sure a few people watching this have too I just assumed he was like a random relative of the boys from the cartoon that I just didn't know about but no the real answer honestly kind of pissed me off so his name is Digger in 09 Samia the movie came out mind you NASCAR on Fox had these little Tracy Oldman Style vignettes with him as the main character which explains why he says this it feels like I'm back at the racetrack but the gag is they started to fade his ass out as early as 2010 so this [ __ ] was dated before it even came out on DVD golly I think the squeakable is definitely worse than the first movie but it's honestly the one of the four that feels the least like an actual chipmunk's thing no Dave high school instead of Middle School the girls have practically none of their identifiable character traits they did not bodyless again not terrible but it's wild to think the one that introduces some super important characters is the one that kind of feels the least memorable if I give it points for anything it's whatever the [ __ ] happened here this rat has serious junk in the truck yeah foreign [Music] oh my God what year was this [ __ ] wrecked what the [ __ ] these names the Chipmunks Chipettes and Dave all go on a cruise Dave and the kids get separated he runs in the end and both pairs end up on the same island trying to find each other the boys run into this woman who's lived on the island for like 11 years and yeah I don't know the rest of the movie happens after that I guess full disclosure I [ __ ] hated Shipwrecked as a kid I saw it on my 13th birthday and I don't remember anything about it I just remember being [ __ ] mad I haven't said much about it but the Chipmunks look better and better in each of these movies this is when it really starts to become noticeable hey look at this really great character animation on Alvin this one is full of this kind of stuff they do a better job with the girls in this too this little interaction from them in the first third is more in character of them than anything they do in the second movie good morning no an island will probably be helpful so if you see one you should definitely say something uh Jeanette Brittany says Jeannette being oblivious and not reading the room Eleanor's well she's kind of just well she's kind of just there but you know you know what I mean it's the perfect interaction between them Brittany is definitely more in character in this one than the last one the attitude is there she doesn't want to sleep outside she's competitive she's a little full of herself she admittedly gets more to do in this one all the girls do so it makes sense that their personalities come out more I think the true issue with the second one is that it had so much going on that it kind of treated all of the girls as collectively one whole protagonist a good example of what I'm talking about is something like the Powerpuff Girls Movie things happen to the girls as a unit and they react as a unit Blossom Bubbles nor Buttercup do not have their own arcs they just share one for better for worse this one doesn't have much going on it doesn't have to establish anything it kind of just creates room for these characters to breathe and walk around so it makes sense for their personalities to come out more which would be good money if this was a TV episode or something but it's an hour and a half movie full feature film it's pretty Bare Bones a lot more Dave here but they're separated from most of this one again so we don't get to feel his relationship with the kids really come out which I I think hurt this movie thematically a little bit I know I care if they see Dave again because I grew up with these characters I don't think they do much in this movie to actually make us feel what they want us to they're really good with those kids you should know that whatever happens you did nothing wrong thanks Ann [Music] [Applause] [Music] they start [ __ ] it was gross Ian gets a little a little Arc in this thing kinda you know yeah learns to learns to let go I I fam like I I've been holding off for a little minute or whatever but who the [ __ ] is this we don't know you why did y'all invent this character just to give David across the worst experience of his entire life there were just a handful of producers Solomon Karen Rosenfeld uh and then this other woman can't remember her name but just inexplicably shitty why him y'all I ain't never seen Arrested Development my hard-boiled [Music] it leave me alone snap Ali though even though this one doesn't have much going on this one feels more like a chipmunk story than before these characters being in one environment and being forced to interact with each other is honestly just this franchise's style the climax is honestly what saves this thing these [ __ ] was in real life Danger foreign there were so many moments I was positive were Dave's Last Breath there's a part where Dave is hanging off the cliff right and the only two people available to help him are the two characters that hate him and Alvin runs over look at this poor scared [ __ ] child this [ __ ] broke my damn heart when I saw it please help me save my dad oh my God lead this [ __ ] acting boy I don't uh I don't I don't like chip wrecked at least I don't think I do it feels more like a chipmunk story from the 80s but a damn show ain't written like a good one same human issues from before I don't know these are all kind of doing some things right but I don't think I'll ever watch these again they're not like repeat viewing like Wolfman or chipmunk adventure oh and uh they do the they do the Spanish Buzz thing from Toy Story 3 with Simon but he's French instead hello hello thanks okay shorty what else actually I recently flew next to the Chipettes and they were ladies where the [ __ ] did this child see pink flamingos it looks like this is the last one all right here's the last one the road chip whatever Dave's been dating this new woman with a son that the boys just cannot stand he brings her on a trip to Miami and the boys think that he's planning to propose so they make their way to Miami too to stop the proposal but I got a new one for you juicy wiggle [Music] [Applause] fam he just said this [ __ ] was new what the [ __ ] you hear it at I love the opening this it probably starts the best of any of these movies everyone is so in character it's great they're planning a party for Dave but it's all told through this blog style iPhone footage this [ __ ] is pretty good well there's no way to sugarcoat it Dave the cops are here happy birthday this whole movie though this last movie is the one that feels the most like a Chipmunks film the characters are written better with dialogue closer to that CGI cartoon in the rest of these movies we spend a lot of time with them and Dave this is the first time their Dynamic felt perfect in these they're apart for a chunk but they bring them back together sooner than you think the song sequences feel way more genuine than that fake ass hip hop [ __ ] they had them doing before the villain this villain is just the right flavor of Klaus and Claudia he's just as silly as campy just as gross I love it it's so stupid he hates the boys because he was a fan and in short he broke up with him while their record was playing and the entire road chip [ __ ] the entire road trip he's just on their ass holy [ __ ] it's just the right amount of dumb for these characters honestly before you guys know it you'll be back out in the forest pulling your nuts first of all that's what squirrels do we are chipmunks chipmunks do that too and the fact that I didn't know that is exactly why we cannot end up back in the forest now this is a funny joke but fam you did this in the first movie it's literally the first time he was on screen how could they do this fire somebody for this damn Wonder it's a four damn movies but Jason Lee finally Nails the Alvin yeah all that if it was me playing Dave I wouldn't even do the damn yo hey Tommy deuce and I just hit him with that I think this little Dynamic is pretty interesting too where the girls kind of remain popular hosting American Idol and [ __ ] while the boys are just [ __ ] washed you think it's just something that's happening in the background but they actually have them vent about it they get to move out and do all this cool stuff nobody even recognizes them in public anymore like do you know how watched you gotta be for people to not recognize three talking chipmunks in hoodies but it's also cool a thing in this movie is that Dave wants them to fall back from music and just be kids and because of that and being watched the boys take every chance they can to perform during the trip to the point where the news calls it a comeback tour I thought it was an interesting little plot thread but honestly none of these movies got [ __ ] on how this one ends I've been saying throughout this video right throughout all of my Chipmunk videos that Alvin Simon Theodore and Dave have always been written as a family first but one thing no other chipmunks media has ever done is make it official by signing this you not only agree to take care of but to provide for the health welfare and educational needs of Alvin Simon and Theodore Alvin Simon and Theodore do you agree to this adoption adoption fam this [ __ ] is adorable I did ask forgot this is how it ends it's so sweet I still need you to say something like I agree just to make it legal Bakery yeah me too one thousand percent and that's not even a real number I think I like this road chip [ __ ] bruh I wasn't cracking the hell up or nothing but it's a pretty standard Chipmunks movie if I'm being really honest cut a couple really corny ass day to catchphrase jokes animate this [ __ ] in 2D and literally nobody bats a damn eye it's not wolf man it's not chipmunk Adventure but it's borderline a tear under the [ __ ] I'm scared to recommend it because I'm scared y'all gonna watch it and not like it and be mad at me and [ __ ] but I definitely had a good time the best time that I feel like I've had since the first one for sure I can't get this [ __ ] a negative review bro they got the homie in the back we sound be still you get in there [Music] if I was to rank these based on quality I'd do boom boom boom boom but if I was to rank these based on how well they showcase these characters and actually feel like the franchise I might go boom boom boom boom I think one and three do a really great job building and capturing character but it all comes together perfectly with that stuffing four I feel like the second one is the odd one out because aside from a few select moments it doesn't really feel like any other chipmunks media out there I think these movies struggle to understand Dave and the girls a little bit like I don't know if this Dave is capable of that somebody help my son's in trouble from the Chipmunk Adventure but at the same time I don't know if he needs to be because Alvin's helped me save my dad creates the exact same emotion in my mind I think they really lost a lot of time when Dave couldn't be in that second movie it could have been a really cool way to show the boy's new status quo their life with this Dad that they love so much and in shipwreck we get moments of them saying how much they care about each other but you know guys this is this is show not tell I feel like this is a franchise where you just can't skip over this simple family stuff the first movie prioritizes it and that last one does a great job showcasing it but those two in the middle are nothing burgers in that regard Ross and Janice were around for these movies and while they didn't necessarily oversee every aspect I can see that influence being one of the reasons why there's a good level of respect for the source material We've joked about these movies for years Lord knows I have but I don't regret doing this I smiled a lot it made me happy to see these characters again when they were done right and if you care about these characters I don't know try watching these movies through that lens you you just might feel the same or not I don't know don't go blaming me for [ __ ] now [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] laughs [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] energy drinks are just named after things that will kill you [Music] thank you [Music]

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Keywords: peter griffin, family guy, best moments, funniest, analysis, theme, king of the hill, johnny2cellos, noname, lois, chris, meg, quagmire, alvin, simon, theodore, smurfs, chipmunks, chipettes, dave, brittany, eleanor, jeanette, witch doctor, the christmas song, road chip, squeakquel, chipwrecked

Id: L3GJ11eWdNQ

Length: 33min 43sec (2023 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 28 2023