Yeah, it’s that kind of day where the teaser trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is the most interesting thing to talk about. Well, honestly, it’s not the most interesting thing I’d like to talk about (though I realize I should have included the first movie in our “Creepiest Kids’ Movies” list), but not enough blogs are commenting on the latest racism evident in Disney’s upcoming 2D-animated film The Princess and the Frog (heck, hardly enough blogs are commenting on this). So instead of a discussion of racism in a kids’ movie, here’s a discussion of highly sexualized chipmunks in a kids’ movie.
Karina kind of foresaw the Chipette-debuting sequel “appealing to a young male audience’s latent lust for a trio of tarted-up little girl chipmunks” a year ago, and now this teaser is proof that the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise has gone from being influenced by Pink Flamingos to being influenced by Porky’s (or some other horny teen comedy). But while we actually had to see shit-eating in the first film’s trailer, at least we didn’t have to see any chipmunk erections in this spot. Meanwhile, some concerned people are fearing that this movie will encourage more lookalike couples. Really? Are lookalike couples that bad? Or is the real concern that the movie somehow will inspire kids to dress in drag? Is the tagline “Munk Yourself” some kind of reference to a transsexual narcissism fetish?
Check out the film blogs’ reactions to the trailer after the jump:
- Vince Mancini at Film Drunk admits those computer-animated Chipettes turned him on:
It isn’t quite as strange as the infamous poop-eating teaser from the first movie, but it is a little creepy to see rodents making eyes at each other accompanied by slow jams, and it’d definitely go in the spank bank if I was a furry. Ha, just kidding, I’ve pleasured myself to it three times already.
- Mike Sampson at JoBlo.com feels a little guilty after watching this:
When I was a child, I had a somewhat inappropriate crush on Brittany, the lead Chippette. The new trailer for ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 2 makes that crush a whole lot more inappropriate.
- Mark at I Watch Stuff is surprised yet thankful there are no erect penises in the trailer:
When Alvin and his cronies unexpectedly run across their female counterparts–mirror images of themselves wearing ineffective skirts–the boys naturally get pretty turned on…Gross, but relatively restrained in comparison to the feces-eating in the original film’s trailer. I was fully expecting to be shown a trio of erect chipmunk penises.
- Katey Reich at Cinema Blend wishes the Chipettes were more than just objects for the male chipmunk gaze:
First of all, the chipmunks still look creepy. Second of all, there’s still no reason for them to be voiced by name actors (Justin Long, Jesse McCartney and Matthew Gray Gubler). And third, the Chipettes don’t get a single line? Really?
And here’s the teaser, courtesy of MTV Movies Blog:
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