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BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA is "Like History Written with Tapatio"!!

Published at:  Jul 29, 2008 2:05:08 PM CDT

Beaks here...

Right as I sat down to intro this reader review of BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA, an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale knocked my Harvey Pekar bobblehead onto the keyboard of my laptop. I knew there were forces beyond our comprehension at work on this movie. If California disappears into the Pacific when I post this review, please tell Robert Smigel to send those long lost Ronald Reagan bits from LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN to my mother in Ohio.

Good luck making sense of this shit. I'm gonna walk outside to chat with Kevin Kline and Mary McDonnell.

Long time AICN reader/lurker… first time contributor, if you choose to use this, please call me ‘Justin Tyme’



I just returned from the 7:45pm test screening (2nd of the day) for Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the new Walt Disney Pictures film originally slated for a September 26th release, now pushed to October 3rd, and let me tell you – the extra week is NOT enough time for them to save this movie.



Saw this on the Walt Disney Studios/ABC lot in the amazing Frank G. Wells building (anyone who’s been there knows how amazing it is to walk by the multi-plane camera used in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves). There were about 90 of us in this focus group.



I’ll just say that they took a pause before starting to let us know that we’d be watching an ‘unfinished’ version of the film, with unfinished background, effects, etc. They were right.



A quick run-down of this film for those of you who might’ve seen the teaser trailer in front of Wall-E (This one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=K7tleFb6TlI ) – this movie has NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT TEASER. In fact, that musical number ‘I, Chihuahua’ does not exist in the cut we saw at all. Unfortunately for us, the temple scene and the hundreds (thousands?) of Chihuahuas DID.



Here’s the story that you’ll be seeing (at least most of it) when it hits theaters on October 3rd:



Chloe (voiced by the amazing Drew Barrymore) is a pampered Beverly Hills Chihuahua (yes the one from the film’s title), owned by Vivian (played by a totally miscast Jaime Lee Curtis, who must have been using up the last of her 3 picture Disney-deal) who is a fashion magnate. When Viv is called away to Milan, she decides to put her irresponsible niece Rachel (the Coyote Ugly’s Piper Perabo) in charge of her beloved pup.

When not dissing the ‘gardener’ Sam and his run-of-the-mill Chihuahua Papi (voiced by a hysterical one-lining George Lopez) Rachel decides that instead of watching her stupidly rich Auntie’s house in B.H., she’d run off with two of her equally ditzy friends (and her Aunt’s dog) to Mexico.



Well, once they cross the border (movie’s original title: South Of The Border) it only gets worse. Rachel and her buds decide to go off gallivanting with some hot very un-Mexican looking dudes to dance, and leave a pissed off Chloe alone in the hotel room. Oh that’s right kiddos – in case you hadn’t figured it out yet – this is a talking animal flick to the highest degree – they ALL talk, and luckily MOST of them are funny. Chloe decides to go out and find Rachel on her own, and in doing so gets dog-napped by some unsavory (as in Disney kid-safe unsavory) dog fighters. She’s penned up with a bunch of funny comic-relief dogs, including a German Sheppard named Delgado (played by the talented Andy Garcia) who while annoyed by ‘Princessa’ takes a liking to her when she’s pitted in the ring against a killer Doberman with whom he has a past. Delgado decides to save her from a certain death (something we see him do time and time again throughout), and in the process releases all the other captured dogs – hilarity ensues as they break free and run through a crowded Mexican square, scattering to the four corners of the Earth (or at least Mexico).



Meanwhile Rachel ditches her two questionable friends and goes off to look for her Aunt’s dog. Perhaps she DOES have a conscience after all? The dog-nappers are also on Chloe’s tail (no pun intended – ok it was!) because she was sporting a Harry and Winston diamond collar and the creeps want it, or want the ransom attached to it. They sick the evil Doberman Diablo (now equipped with a GPS device) to track her down in the Mexican wilderness (?). Oh, and guess who else turns up in Mexico looking for Chloe? Sam and Papi – yes, since Papi is in love with Chloe, and since Sam’s trying to do the right thing they go to Mexico too… hey, why not, it’s easy to cross the border these days, no?



Ok, so now we have more Diablo chasing Chloe, Delgado rescuing Chloe; Rachel, Sam and Papi (and two homeless dogs they’ve picked up along the way in Mexico) just missing Chloe and Delgado, a comedy-relief Rat and Iguana stealing (conning?) Chloe’s diamond necklace away from her, etc. etc. Oh, and then it gets a little weirder from there – while the friendship between Chloe and Delgado is touching, we learn that Delgado was a police dog who’s lost his smell (we find out why later)… and then after stowing away on a Coyote train car, and jumping off said car, they are cornered by mountain lions… well, it looks like the end for our hero and heroine… there are THREE mountain lions versus one German Sheppard who can’t smell, and a tiny pampered Chihuahua…. UNTIL – they’re saved by a … drum roll please … gang of roving Chihuahuas who scare the shit out of the mountain lions, making them run off and cry like kitties…



The bizarre saviors take Chloe and Delgado back to their home – the ancient Aztec temple we saw a nicer version of in the original teaser trailer. Except now it’s inhabited by much less colorful (read – not wearing Aztec headdresses, etc.) dogs, who welcome Chloe and her friend, and try to convince her that they all don’t shake because they’re scared, they shake because they’re PROUD…. Hmmmm..



Anyway, led by their ‘chief’ (we assume he is…?) Montezuma (call me ‘Monty’), the dogs are seen for one major scene, then basically say goodbye to the two in the next scene.. it’s VERY out of place and bizarre… and to be honest feels like it’s from another version of a movie that isn’t getting made… not unlike the teaser. In the teaser it focuses on Papi… Chloe just winks and looks cute in sunglasses and hat and says nothing… even the poster features Papi… HE’S a secondary character in this movie – CHLOE is the main character… so it feels like they started with another idea, and shifted… there’s a new trailer up at: http://http.vitalstreamcdn.com/bvimflash_vitalstream_com/BeverlyHillsChihuahua/Trailer4/BHC_Trl4_480.mov which shows a better feel for the current storyline, etc. and only uses a piece here and there from the original teaser.



SO – the one main thing this movie hurts a lot from is being predictable. Stereotypically predictable. In both characters and storyline. I’m sorry, but one of the Mexican gals on our panel said “I think it presented Mexicans in a positive light” – hmm, let’s see – the three sexy gringas enter Mexico, see lots of hot Mexican guys with surfboards, people making tamales on the side of the road, dog fighting, Day Of The Dead, etc. – Nope not too stereotypical for me. Gonzo and Kermit could have popped out, broken into song and then it could’ve been the Muppets Go To Mexico (With Talking Dogs).



I’ll say this: The writing was very funny. The animal actors were VERY good. The voice actors were very good. The animation/CGI was good. But the characters and story not so much. Let’s put it this way – the bad guys get caught in the end, Chloe loves Papi, hot niece gets hot gardener, Aunt Viv gets her precious dog back, and Delgado becomes a police dog again – all very predictable. Nice. Fun to watch. But predictable.



Ok, you may say – it’s a kid’s movie – lighten up! I say if it is take it this way: It’s the Simpsons for the dog set – the younger kids will laugh at the talking animals doing funny stuff, while the adults will laugh at the innuendos and one-liners. It’s also about 20 to 30 minutes too long in its current state for anyone under 5 to sit still through. Plus, while the soundtrack was great, the musical piece in the teaser made my son excited to see the movie – there isn’t any dog/cat/rat/mountain lion singing or dancing in this movie – and that might disappoint a lot of kids who were looking forward to it having seen the teaser.



I’d give it a 5 out of 10 – they’d have to tighten it up a lot more before October to get a better rating from me. Until then it’s a straight-to-DVD release.



If you use this call me Justin Tyme.




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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:00:28 PM CDT

    Disney back in the toilet

    by shepard wong

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:04:54 PM CDT

    All I could think while I sat through this trailer....

    by jimmy_009

    ...was why are they doing this to me? Seriously, I've never had that reaction before, even with really terrible movie trailers I never felt personally affronted. But this felt like it was actually being inflicted upon me. I felt bad for myself but also for everyone else in theater. It's one of those things where you don't even want to make eye contact with someone for fear of actually sharing in that shame.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:04:55 PM CDT

    That earthquake kicked ass!

    by speed fricassee

    I was in Santa Monica. Where you YOU!?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:05:46 PM CDT

    Where they belong

    by nastee_flembot

    In the Bowl

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:06:53 PM CDT

    Hollywood

    by mrbeaks

    Aside from Pekar tipping over, a bunch of precariously stacked shit slid off my DVD shelf. That was a helluva jolt!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:09:15 PM CDT

    Beverly Hills Cop V

    by squashua

    As long as we get more detective work involving Crazy Glue fingerprinting, I'm happy.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:10:51 PM CDT

    Beverly Hills Whogivesafuck

    by docmanhattan

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:10:56 PM CDT

    you know...

    by maxwell's hammer

    ...that a review for this movie only flies if the movie is kick-ass awesome and we geeks must be alerted to its crotch-kicking amazingness...

    ...or if the reviewer finds as many possible ways to entertainingly shit all over a movie that no one here is likely to go see.

    A review that attempts to examine this movie seriously seems kind of awkward. Like the mentally retarded kid at your birthday party who keeps making lame or nonsensical jokes but everybody laughs anyway just to be polite.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:11:18 PM CDT

    John Lasseter, Were Are You?

    by kevinwillis.net

    Didn't have the clout to pull the plug on this travesty, huh? Soon, very soon.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:14:57 PM CDT

    As balls-deep stupid as BHC looks...

    by mcvamp

    When I went to see Wall*E there were a ton of kids and their pasty soccer moms giggling their tits off during the preview for this. Don't underestimate Disney's ability to successfuly cater to the mentally feeble.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:16:08 PM CDT

    Voiced by the amazing Drew Barrymore?

    by el_pops

    Amazing Drew Barrymore?? what the fuck is this guy on?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:16:43 PM CDT

    who gives a fuck?

    by cedar_room

    that trailer made this film look like the most awful cringe inducing piece of shite I've ever seen. And this from the once proud name of Disney - you'd expect that shit from Dreamworks maybe. Also, I can't make my mind up about this reviewer - he starts off like he's going to say this movie is utterly crap but goes on to say how hilarious the writing is and how kids will love it. Looks like crap, probably is crap, this guy is Plant-esque.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:17:23 PM CDT

    quake was fucking awesome

    by ossisk

    everyone in my office ran the fuck out, awesome coincidence taco truck was outside.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:18:54 PM CDT

    CHI-WA-WA! CHI-WA-WA! CH-WA-WA!

    by nasty in the pasty

    Trailers for shit like this make me dread seeing even great "family" movies like Wall-E, knowing I'm literally held captive and can't even bad-mouth what I see, lest I get dirty looks from the parents.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:20:08 PM CDT

    disney

    by hulkbuster

    somewhere a disney exec needs beaten to death with a rock

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:20:49 PM CDT

    Why??

    by evilmasterfoo

    Why is this on AICN? Why does the film even exist? Why would anyone go see it, even for free???

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:21:04 PM CDT

    LOOKS ABYSMAL

    by drsherlockhouse

    Actually...they could have had something with this...saw a trailer in front of Step Brothers...not sure why...for this flick. It was just George Lopez doing a riff on a Che Guevera speech...actually kinda funny...that would be the route I'd have gone...this is just...well, it'll make a bajillion dollars because kids like talking animals and girls like Paris Hilton.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:24:05 PM CDT

    Where is Lasseter?

    by bartholomewneff

    Lasseter is in charge of animation, Kevin. He doesn't have any clout with live action. That may change if 1906 does good and if John Carter winds up being live action and also being good. Those pics are about 3 or 4 years away though. If Bolt and Princess do well it may give him more say in live action, but right now he's got his hands pretty full with Disney and Pixar feature animation, Disney television animation and working with imagineering.

    The guys only one dude, after all.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:25:39 PM CDT

    Now I want to see the Muppets go to Mexico!

    by obsd

    Just for the Donkey Show scene!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:29:53 PM CDT

    Not on a bet.

    by the_patriot

    Sooo...was anyone actually expecting this to do anything BUT suck? And I don't know where these people are who are laughing at the previews - but I've worked as a field tech and projectionist for 18 years and this is one of the few trailers that I've actually gotten (repeatedly!) audible boos from the audience. Not "That looks cute" or "Catchy song" or "Mommy I wanna go see that" but "BOOOOOOO." The Che Guevara trailer was actually amusing with the rant about being treated like objects - until you see the new trailer about how they're treated like objects. Schizo marketing for an idiotic movie. Thanks, Disney. Anyone else wanna go help "Dark Knight" make its $400 million instead of supporting this crap?

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:30:02 PM CDT

    I'll say it first...

    by obsd

    This guy's Planty McPlanterson. After I watched the ocular rape that was that trailer, anybody who has anything remotely good to say has to be in the employ of the studio.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:36:24 PM CDT

    Culver City/Quake...my 14 inch Optimus Prime

    by brians life

    ...is now in several 14 inch pieces. Thanks alot, plate tectonics!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:40:57 PM CDT

    EARTHQUAKE!!!!!!

    by kirbymanly

    Seconds after the quake there was a mexican guy running down the street, screaming at the top of his lungs..."Piiiiizza! Fi-dolla piiiiizza!" Just when I thought seeing a homeless guy wearing a full wet-suit and eating Meow Mix was strange enough, L.A. just keeps getting sranger

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:48:12 PM CDT

    this

    by ben04

    looks like ass. that wasnt a review at all

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:52:12 PM CDT

    OBSD...re: Muppet Donkey Show

    by mcvamp

    There are so many reasons why that would be funny. first and foremost, the talking donkey. Pepe the Prawn and Gonzo's reaction? Icing on the cake.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:53:48 PM CDT

    amazing Drew Barrymore?

    by christuckersonlyfan

    really? amazing?

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:55:08 PM CDT

    earthquake

    by applescruff

    my bed started moving and shaking. it felt like someone was playing a fucking joke on me. like someone was under it and shaking it. fuck this chihuahuahuahuahuahuahuahuahuahuahua shit

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:56:05 PM CDT

    This movie just perpetuates the stereotype...

    by inglorious bastard

    ...that George Lopez is funny

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:58:02 PM CDT

    cnn is fucking ridiculous

    by applescruff

    they're making this quake seem like such a big deal. you heard it here first folks. it was 3 FUCKING SECONDS of bullshit. nothing serious happened. nobody got hurt, nobody died. hell, with the exception of that dude's optimus prime (i feel for ya), i'm not sure any property was damaged. i've lived in la for 2 years now and this was my first quake experience. it was enough to make me say "that's it?"

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:58:22 PM CDT

    applescruff...GET OUTTA BED!

    by brians life

    It's after 12, slacker!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:58:59 PM CDT

    No more CGI animal movies

    by samuel fulmer

    For the love of all that is holy.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:02:23 PM CDT

    OBSD, re: plant

    by killertomato

    Amen! Huge, leafy, photosynthesizing plant.

    After the trailer for this that was attached to WALL-E, I turned to my wife and said, "We are all dumber now for having watched that. I award them no points, and may God have mercy on their souls."

    Even my 3-year-old said, "what was that?" "That was crap, son." "Crap?" "Yes, crap." "OK, we won't see that."

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:02:58 PM CDT

    Apple...agreed...it was a little jolt...

    by brians life

    ...and I go to CNN.com and right onw the front page is a NOTHING photo of LA...it's a picture of a firetruck basically... I mean, it was cool...NOT SCARY.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:05:26 PM CDT

    god i fucking hate Chihuahuas...

    by bmacsmith

    they should be exterminated like rats.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:18:29 PM CDT

    when i saw this trailer

    by hansolos_carbonitefrozenpenis

    was the only time i seriously considered shooting myself in the head with a handgun

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:18:45 PM CDT

    Why would AICN bother with this obviously awful film?

    by trazadone

    Seriously, this looks like the worst film ever made. There is nothing remotely "cool" about it and I can't imagine anyone over the age of 6 caring about this (and that might be an insult to 6-year olds).

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:20:15 PM CDT

    Beverly Hills Gun Club

    by skimn

    Get Peter Dragon on the phone and get this made!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:21:13 PM CDT

    BMacSmith that's VERY Offensive of you!!!!!!

    by dogsoup

    Rats are noble creatures....

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:21:18 PM CDT

    Damn!

    by forsakyn

    There goes my hopes for this movie. I've been looking forward to it for twenty years only to have it awarded a crushing 5/10. Maybe there'll be a Space Chimps 2 to save me!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:28:20 PM CDT

    You know what the public wants?

    by alonzo mosely

    More talking dog pictures, they can't get enough of them. What about that Taco Bell dog, everyone loves him, lets make a movie based on him, but change shit so they can't sue us.
    But boss, that commercial has been off the air for years...

    Bullshit, I watched it the other night, I am sure I did, after that massive coke binge... Anyway, that's our first film, how many more ideas we need? OK, OK, get this, a guy want to move into a cheap apartment with some hot chicks, only the landlord is against it, so he pretends to be gay. Get it, hot chicks, but he has to pretend to be gay... Where do I come up with this shit...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:36:56 PM CDT

    this review was done, i'm positive

    by magic rat

    by either the smartest 3-year old on the planet, or the dumbest 30-year old. I'm not sure which.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:38:05 PM CDT

    amazing Drew Barrymore

    by second try

    lol

    Justin Tyme. lol

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:41:04 PM CDT

    That little 6th Sense clip at the bottom...

    by telf

    Very funny. Sums up how we all feel about this.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:48:38 PM CDT

    MCVamp...

    by akiraclass

    You made me laugh today...well done,sir!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:49:10 PM CDT

    OK, how about

    by skimn

    Chihuahuas should be exterminated like cock-a-roaches. With their rheumy bugged out eyes, yapping little yelps, twitchy spastic bodies...geez I want to stomp on one right now.The only one that should be allowed to live is Ren, of course.

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  • that was shit also

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:20:09 PM CDT

    Yo quiero Taco Bell

    by hamtaro hentai

    He should totally say that. Otherwise, this looks as good as Sharks Tale. Hopefully I can make a good drinking game out of it too (Drink for every lame pop-culture reference.) Shame on you Disney.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:20:27 PM CDT

    5.8?

    by lost.rules.

    I wonder if this movie is so bad it slid Beaks into an alternate reality which had a stronger earthquake than the 5.4 which hit LA today...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:21:45 PM CDT

    Here, leezard leezard leezard...

    by hamtaro hentai

  • Jul 29, 2008 4:37:08 PM CDT

    Friend of mine at one of the fx studios responsible

    by pmarq

    Asked to be removed from effects work on this project... and received it with understanding. He ended up working on a MUCH better property.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:42:00 PM CDT

    RE: Beverly Hills Chewbacca

    by mr_x

    i would pay good money to see this movie

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:42:47 PM CDT

    In all seriousness

    by pmarq

    This trailer would work well as a fever dream for a drug overdose in a much better movie... not as a movie on its own. It would have to be a hard-R, too.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:44:36 PM CDT

    Aint it cool news?

    by kravmaguffin

    I guess no it's not cool. Wow first Capone damn near blows a load in his pants over Paris Hilton and now we get this...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:13:27 PM CDT

    The trailer was horrible!

    by utamoh

    I would rather shove a rusty drill bit up my nose than watch this "talking animal" shit.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:42:01 PM CDT

    lost.rules.

    by mrbeaks

    They were calling it a 5.8 when I posted the story.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:24:42 PM CDT

    I'm gonna walk outside...

    by heckles

    ...and pretend I didn't actually start to read this dung. I think this site should have a checklist to see whether or not it should be posted. Not cool + not news = don't post.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:25:41 PM CDT

    I'm so glad AIN'TITCOOL is covering this story.

    by sweeneydave

    All the other critics seem to be too proud to admit they've seen it or are just staying away altogether. But not Ain't It Cool!
    Mayhaps they're changing their focus audience to pre-teen girls and MySpacers. Kudos!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:45:06 PM CDT

    Chihuahua's

    by clarence boddicker

    I'm a great lover of nature...and most things within it. I have a high degree of respect for life and try to nurture my karma as much as possible. That being said, I'm currently working on a bio-weapon that targets chihuahua's...cause of death? They involuntary swallow, then shit out their own tongues. Chihuahua's are the fucking insects of the canine world...completely devoid of intelligence...reacting only to stimulus such as light, heat or the presence of food...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:03:47 PM CDT

    MrBeaks is probably this Justin Tyme guy

    by the milf lover

    but he's too fucking ashamed, and rightly so, to admit that he had to watch that movie and review it. As for this horrible horrible movie, I saw the damn trailer on the Apple site -I was watching every new trailer out of boredom- and was so baffled at how horrible it is that I didnt even think of stopping it.... then had to watch it again to my horror before Wall-E.... if that really is the future of cinema then we need to burn Hollywood to the fucking ground! What didnt already burn this summer anyway.. As for 'amazing Drew Barrymore', yeah its amazing that she's doing this movie, did she start doing drugs again and suddenly need the money or something?

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:23:33 PM CDT

    Ladies and Gentlemen....

    by bunksteve

    We may be in the presence of the most cunning plant ever... Well played, Justin.... well played. *slowly golf claps*

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:27:45 PM CDT

    Chihuahuas are THE most annoying pets on Earth...

    by theghostwholurks

    So, by default, any film that centers on these insignificant couch rats is going to suck. I really don't understand why anyone would waste time trying to review such obvious crap.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:35:37 PM CDT

    Oh yeah... and the reviewer's a PLANT!

    by theghostwholurks

    Simply based on the fact that he gave this obviously crummy movie a 5 out of 10. Judging from the plot, it doesn't rate anything higher than a 2.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 12:23:28 AM CDT

    Why do this AND "Bolt" ?

    by barneyshouldbeputdown

    Two movies, in the same year, from the same studio, about Dogs that are whisked far from home and have to get reunited with their owners?

    If I were anyone at Disney Feature Animation, I'd be pissed with whoever in the Live Action Division greenlit this redundant crap. A couple of months and soon, even though they're very different movies, a lot of people are going to say BOLT looks a lot like that Chihuahua movie, but with a TV dog instead of a pampered rat-dog. Disney's screwing themselves with this.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 12:38:50 AM CDT

    Chihuahuas

    by maxwell's hammer

    I will not see this movie because it looks stupid, but I gots to stand up for actual Chihuahuas. I used to own a Chihuahua, and I liked him quite a bit. His name was Kyp, and he was the best pet I ever had.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 1:11:32 AM CDT

    On Chihuahuas

    by stevie grant

    They seem to be an intelligent and brazen breed. However, I just can't get over the whole dainty, rattish aspect to that breed. In my humble opinion, Scotties are better because they incorporate all the positives aspects and then some. They are a more attractive breed, hard as diamonds, also have a ton of personality, but are solid (tough, resilient), and fearless dogs; thus, vastly superior to the little rats with personality. I haven't seen every Dog Whisperer episode, but I'll wager there's never been a Scotty on one. They ain't the most obedient dogs, but you'll love 'em for it.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 3:42:33 AM CDT

    gluhhhh

    by ragingdrunklove

    i read two sentences and my eyes glazed over...

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  • Jul 30, 2008 6:59:23 AM CDT

    Next time you talk to Kevin Kline ...

    by thecap

    ... ask him to do his wife once for me, will ya ?

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  • Jul 30, 2008 8:13:01 AM CDT

    I'd still rather see

    by almostgrown

    Beverly Hills Gun Club by Peter *Fucking* Dragon!

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  • Jul 30, 2008 8:57:31 AM CDT

    the the studio plants: normal people don't say

    by ironic_name

    shit like that.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 10:05:14 AM CDT

    Baja la palanca mientras descarge, por favor.

    by hobocode

  • Jul 30, 2008 10:05:27 AM CDT

    I literally got a migraine headache watching "Cats and Dogs"

    by cotton mcknight

    in the movie theater. I doubt this would be any different.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 10:20:54 AM CDT

    Chiwowwers

    by faliklunj

    The cretin responsible for both Scooby Doo movies made this piece of eye AIDS. Now, I want to track him down and destroy him for the worst atrocities since 9/11 and Iraq. Back me up - no court in the land would convict me...

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  • Jul 30, 2008 12:54:51 PM CDT

    Best line in the review:

    by big jim

    "and then it gets a little weirder from there"Sounded plenty weird before that point.I saw the musical teaser trailer before Wall-E and the only sound the audience made was groans. But for the Pink Panther 2 teaser, the same audience could not even manage that. We all sat in stunned silence wondering what that high-pitched whine was (turned out it was Peter Sellers continuously rolling over in his grave at supersonic speeds).

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  • Jul 30, 2008 2:35:48 PM CDT

    reviewer is way too open minded

    by infundibula

    why can't he just write it off on the teaser poster alone like the rest of us?

    plant

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