#recent movie watch

[gale-dragon-writer]

Okay, doing something I usually don’t do, but I watched “The Chipmunk Adventure” recently on Youtube and I decided to give my thoughts on the movie now that I’m an adult in a Movie Review.

I remember having this movie on VHS when I was a kid (Yes, I am a 90’s baby, so yes, I had that kind of media growing up) and loving the movie at the time. So, I decided to re-watch the movie now to see how it holds up against the test of time.

I’ll start with the negatives of “The Chipmunk Adventure” and then the movie’s positives. I shall try to avoid as many spoilers as I can.

Cons of The Chipmunk Adventure:

Oh boy! Did the bulk of the representation of the other countries that were featured NOT age well! I get that this movie was released in 1987 and clearly their research was rather limited on those countries, so I’m not going to be as harsh on this part. (If this movie does somehow get a remake, I honestly hope that the representation get’s fixed).

The whole Girls vs Boys thing… Again, this movie was made and released in the 80’s, so… Yeah… I don’t think I should linger on this too much, but again, product of the time. Plus, the whole Girls vs Boys thing really only applies to Alvin and Brittany because they’re the only ones who actually care about it, since Simon, Theodore, Jeanette, and Eleanor were more dragged into the race and are chilled with each other.

According to the 1980 media, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are 8 to 9-years-old. And I assume the Chipettes are the same age-range. So… Why are there multiple panty shot scenes with the Chipettes 😖? And what’s with the whole ‘attire’ change after both groups got caught? (How come they didn’t think to change back to their og clothing after getting out of their situation? Especially given where one of the groups went to after that 😑 ). Not to mention one of the songs was “Getting Lucky” with some snakes 🐍 😬… Yeah… I don’t know why the animators and/or writers of the movie added those, however… The Chipmunks and Chipettes are Literal Children!! 😡

The actual villains of this movie are… A little underwhelming 😞. Granted, their personalities are good for the types of baddies they are, but they didn’t really do much other than be kept posted on the “progress of the race”, at least until close to the end of the movie. Also… To keep the spoilers to a minimum, I will only say that they more or less sabotaged their whole grand plan.

There were some animation errors regarding some of the dolls, but that’s somewhat a minor complaint.

Now for the pros of The Chipmunk Adventure:

Let’s get this one out of the way, because it’s the most obvious one… The music 🎶 was great, songs were on brand and catchy (Except for one given the context, but it’s not enough to bring the enjoyment of the music down and it was technically well executed, now moving on). My only technical complaint about the songs is that there should’ve been more than one song with both the Chipmunks and Chipettes singing together. But it’s a minor complaint.

The “Adventure” part of the movie is/feels like an homage to “Around the world in 80 Days” given that the main task is to be the team to travel around the world in a hot air balloon 🎈 the fastest. The Chipmunks and Chipettes do take two different routes to complete this goal and have to exchange their respective doll for the doll of the other team to prove that they reached each check point they’re supposed to hit. It does somewhat feel like a relay race given the check points part, but it does play into the plot very well in a logical way.

Of course, the main characters are in character and work well of each other in an organic way.

Miss Miller is a chaotically good character that is comedy gold and never failed to make me simultaneously laugh and cringe at the same time 😅.

The overall plot of the movie was pretty good and easy to understand. Plus, I do give this movie points for not just going with the obvious tourist drawing locations when planning the teams’ routes.

There is a plot twist in this movie that as a kid I didn’t see coming, and as an adult with vague recollection of the movie, I still think that it was a well executed twist that really puts things into perspective given what was going on. (Yes, I am NOT saying what it is because I promised to keep this review as spoiler-free as possible).

Now that that is done, my overall score for The Chipmunk Adventure is…

6.7/10, and it’s a pretty decent kids movie despite some of the parts that didn’t age well. The overall plot was a great draw for me and I ended up watching the entire movie through w/o pausing or skipping over anything.

If you want to watch The Chipmunk Adventure, it’s on Youtube, but Idk for how long given copyrights. However, there are some physical meadia of this movie, but they’re VHS and as far as I know it didn’t have a DVD re-release. (But it might be on other streaming media’s or online somewhere that’s not Youtube).

And let me know if you want me to do another movie review in the future. (Not going to be taking movie requests, but if this is something you want me to do occasionally, let me know.)

[morebird]

The Shape

[theoldkyokodied]

Stuilly doodle dump (1/2)

(decided to split up this art dump after all, if you saw the first post i made... no you didn't)

[rinamata05]

Color studies from screenshots

[doctormori]

I love this book to death, so here's some things I noticed <3

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

MDZS x Brazil (1985)

(Yes. Real movie dialogue)

[nounaarts]

LEAKED SCENE FROM SONIC MOVIE 3 ??

*queue 80’s music*

Here’s all their crimes listed :)

[lilacgaby]

- ✩! teaser for a wip <3

katsuki really didn’t like you. he hated the ways you mirrored him.

he hated how you never took him seriously, laughing and shrugging his threats off, as if they meant nothing.

as if he meant nothing.

you two were like the same sides of a magnet, so similar in nature that it was hard for you to get along. most tests, practice courses, and even the licensing exam ended in you two sneering in each other's faces, shoving the scores in the other's face.

he was sure it was hate. even though he found himself looking forward to your charades, smiling at the thought of beating you. even though he'd find himself staring at you often, noticing your small habits like the tapping of your pencil on your desk, the matching tapping of your shoes.

it had to be hate, the thought ran through his mind as he stared at your thoughtful gaze pointed outwards of the room, your cheek squished against the support of your hand as you moved to tap the pen against your lip.

or maybe.. it was just that he hated the effect you have on him.

maybe it was that he hated that he truly didn't hate you at all.

tags: @k0z3me @darhinadadragon @maddietries @i-the-fluffo @uy242c @cookielovesbook-akie @exoticrasin @irenne-stans

[clownmitts]

Please draw Vamola x Momo

The author is a coward, the strongest here is Momo! Vamola should have kissed her!!

[sporenss]

I redrew the poster for the thing :)

[ink-the-artist]

I made a golem :)

[colliholly]

putting brave little toaster fanart on your dash in the year of our lord 2024. its mostly radio

[libraryleopard]

rachel zegler and dominic sessa are proof that hollywood's got to stop with this nepo baby shit and just start plucking talented people out of high school drama clubs

[dumplingsjinson]

List of responses to “don’t you fucking dare die on me— stay with me, you fucking asshole—” 

(tw: death)

“I love you. Now say it back.” “Please— stop talking, save it till we get you help—” “Say it back—“ “I love you. I love you, I love you, I love you so fucking much, please don’t leave me—”

“Hey, at least I loved you till my very last breath, right? Like I had promised.”

“Y-you know… If there’s any place I know I’d rest easy, it would— it would be in your arms, where I’ve always… Always belonged.” 

“I’m sorry I couldn’t go to the very end with you.” 

“Funny how I said I’d drag you to hell with me yet I’m going to hell way earlier than you are.” “You— you idiot, this isn’t the time— just... Just shut up and stay with me, damn it—”

“Just know you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

“Saying this before it’s too late… I’m grateful for you.”

“Kiss me one last time?” “No— no, this isn’t— it won’t be the last time—” “Just shut up and kiss me.” 

“Ha… I told you you’d outlive me.” 

“I’m sorry…”

“Don’t miss me too much, okay?” 

“I like it better when you’re smiling, sunshine. Smile for me, please? Just so I can… Just so I can see it one last time.”

[racheldrawsthis]

RAHHHHH!!! SCOTT PILGRIM SCOTT PILGRIM !!!!!!!!! 🎸💥🎮⚡🍁

[femboy-central]

grabs your hip to get your attention. as men do to each other