This Could Be Alvin And The Chipmunks 2's Oscar Year
This could be it, you guys. Now that the pool of Best Picture nominees has been expanded, this could finally be the year that incredible but often overlooked films get some recognition. Obviously, Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakuel could still face some challenges in getting the votes from traditionalist Academy members, especially the silent 45 minute opening act of the movie in which the Chipmunks have been left to clean up an uninhabitable planet buried under mountains of garbage. It's a touching and visually stunning homage to cinematic history, but it might put off some less patient viewers. And the fact that all the Chipmunks are widowers trying to discover how to live alone in a world that has already left them behind is certainly more emotionally distressing and serious-minded than most animated features, but that could be just the thing that earns the film it's shot at the coveted statuette. Fingers crossed!
Posted by Gabe at 2:45 PM in Awards, Cartoons, Trailer
Tags: Academy Awards | Alvin And The Chipmunks 2
MunkYourself.com wasn't already taken by a (relatively) lower-brow sort of film? Wow.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpyK_1n0aYQ
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When was that ever ok?
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You forgot about the fact that the chipmunks will have to face gangs of roving cannibals in a post apocalyptic world.
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They are the carriers of the adorable.
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"Squeakuel " isn't not clever. Well, I'm off to kill myself.
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And the best supporting actor award goes to...
David Cross!
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I can't fucking wait.
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there's been rumour of a Chipmunks vs Beverly Hills Chihuahua: Clash Of The Little Titans movie in the works. dare i dream?
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Well, at least Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel is more family friendly (though infinitely less accurate) than the working title, Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: Gunz 2 Face.
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They're so damn cute I just want to shoot myself! In the mouth!
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Is CGI really this easy now? I feel it should be a harder thing to do. Like something you don't just have to go to ITT Tech to make a Chipmunks movie for anymore. Maybe add a physical challenge to CGI to make it harder to accomplish? a bench pressing competition? The Eliminator? pie eating? Russian Roulette?
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I used to have loads of VHS tapes of the cartoon, and I actually went and saw the movie a couple of years ago (I was taking my little brother, relax, I don't go to cinemas to watch kids' movies for my own sake).
My question is, you already killed and fucked the idea with the first movie, why do you have to make it double penetration?
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MONEY.
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Also, plague.
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If I'm Chip or Dale; I'm supremely pissed right now.
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David Cross is a dog fucker.
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Oh god, it really IS called "the Squeakuel"!!! I thought Gabe was just being funny!
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I think I'm starting to hate CGI.
I mean, the Chipmunks don't look anything close to a real thing, they look like walking cartoon characters. I don't believe for a second that anyone, in real life or in movie life, could reach out and touch those characters and grab something substantial. If it looks like animation, why not just do the whole damn movie that way? Same thing with Transformers or any other movie where the majority of the characters and action are made with computers. I'd rather just see the whole thing done that way then to have them shoot shots of some school's floor so they can make their fake-looking protagonists barely maintain the illusion that they are living creatures with souls.
Plus, CGI looks old and terrible fast. That T-Rex puppet in Jurassic Park STILL looks awesome today, but the CGI Bracheosaurus from the beginning of the film looks like someone drew with colored pencils directly onto the film.
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Have you seen any Pixar movie ever made?
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(That comment was a reply to K-Mo's comment)....gah
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Yes, I have.
Question for you: DID YOU READ MY FUCKING REPLY?
I said if live-action films are gunna look this CG, just CG the whole movie NOT that CGI Animated movies are crap.
Next time, use your eyes to read instead of your ass.
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