where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
show: 7:20 p.m.
costs: $9.50 + $8.56 all-you-can-eat pizza & salad dinner buffet at Mountain Mike's Pizzeria = $18.06
auditorium: 7
seat: 2nd row, 12 column
synopsis: High school squeak-sical with cute kids on the block.
When Dave Seville ( Jason Lee ) ends up in an hospital with a full-body cast, he entrusts the chipmunks in the care of his lazy loser, irresponsible cousin, Toby ( Zachary Levi ), and has them sent to school. Meanwhile, their former evil agent, Ian ( David Cross ), has come up with a way to dethrone and defame the famous chipmunks.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Concert; 2.) Hospital; 3.) Airport; 4.) Nightmare; 5.) West Eastman High School; 6.) Jett Records basement; 7.) Bullies; 8.) Striking a deal with the school principal; 9.) Penthouse suite; 10.) Tobey's high school days; 11.) Dodge ball; 12.) The chipettes; 13.) Tobey's old crush; 14.) The debut; 15.) Theodore in Tobey's bed; 16.) Litter monitor; 17.) Clogs; 18.) Football; 19.) Singing duel; 20.) The zoo; 21.) Barbecue; 22.) Pocket rocket; 23.) Helicopter; 24.) High school music competition; 25.) Staples arena; 26.) Goodnight; 27.) Clean-up duty; and 28.) Bonus scene after the ending credits.
audience reaction: They liked this movie.
recommendation: This is a silly and juvenile comedy aimed at little kids who think little fur balls who can sing are cute and funny. This is definitely a kids' movie.
spoiler alert! How did the chipmunks go from living in a tree to going to high school? Don't they need transcripts? Wouldn't it have made more sense to put them in a pet boarding house? Since the Chipmunks are professional singers, the school would have to pay them to perform. And they wouldn't even be allowed to compete in the first place because of their professional status. Why would the P. E. coach have them take part in a dodge ball game? They could get killed! Lawsuit, anyone? For such a financially-strapped school, its faculty sure loves to flirt with potential legal disasters. Do you know why Alvin wasn't sleepy yet? Because he was horny as heck and there were three female chipmunks behind closed doors with him and his brothers in the dark and--for obvious reason-- none of them wore underwear, skirt and/or pants, that's why!
fyi: When my family used to live in an apartment in Matina, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, we had a backyard neighbor who lived in a duplex. Between the apartment and the duplex, that family was the only one with a television set ( black and white--back in the day ). So we befriended the bratty only-child and would go play with him in their yard in the afternoon just before cartoon shows would air. If we were nice to him, he'd let us in the house to watch the cartoons along with him; but if we upset him in anyway, then we would have to watch the shows from outside their living room window where mosquitoes were more than happy to keep us company. And we used to love watching "Alvin and the Chipmunks," among other shows. That family even had the Christmas Chipmunks record album.
word of advice: Don't pick on the little guy.
Don't put your family down in front of your friends just so you could "fit in."
tidbits: I decided to have dinner first before the show. And since I had a Burger King Double Deluxe Hamburger, Onion Rings and Fries for dinner last night, I decided to "super-size me" at Mountain Mike's Wednesday Night Pizza & Salad Dinner Buffet instead of having a "Micky D's" meal.
On my way home, when I got to the corner of Sereno from Tuolumne, three cop cars with lights on and sirens blaring crossed the intersection. Then an unmarked one made a left on a red as a few drivers and I waited for the green. Then a second unmarked one came to a stop across the intersection from us and used its spotlight to scan my car's cabin as well as those of the other cars' cabins in search of a suspect.
When I came to a stop at the remote-controlled gate of my condominium's entry way, it opened for me as I was still fumbling in the dark for my remote. This happened at around 9:40 p.m.
Then, before going to bed, I made a big batch of turkey gravy since I was picked to cook it for the following day's pot luck at work.
