Beverly Hills Chihuahua review

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Drew Barrymore, George Lopez

Disney Pictures

In the 2000's, Disney started showing bad signs of quality loss. When Home on the Range was released, Disney then said that it would be the last traditionally animated movie they'll ever make (but now they're eating their words) and this was when it all started sliding down.

Fortunately for Disney, they just settled their contract dispute with Pixar by buying it off, rendering the animation studio to be stuck with Disney as their distributor. This then started the indirect proportion between the quality of both studios- no one cared especially Disney, because they got the benefit of being able to both profit from and copy the works of this studio.

What do I mean by "copy from"? And why the hell is all this information important?

Frankly, one could argue that Beverly Hills Chihuahua traces its origins to the 2003 Pixar film Finding Nemo. True, Finding Nemo wasn't the first road trip movie, but both share a lot of similarities: premise, the use of talking animals, the road trip, the necessity of using quirky characters, as well as requiring the presence of a sorta-kinda disabled character. So there you go, Beverly Hills Chihuahua basically tries to copy the layout Pixar laid in the fish story, and it fails miserably.

Perhaps some guy walked up to a Disney executive and said, "let's rip off Finding Nemo's premise of finding a loved one-- but with dogs! It would make more money than that movie because dogs charm the socks off of everyone!", and truly did it earn loads of money, but less critical acclaim. Obviously, there's something wrong with this damn movie.

First set in Beverly Hills, the premise sees ultra-pampered chihuahua Chloe getting swept away from her master and into Mexico. When admirer Papi knows about this, he goes and finds her- meeting several quirky animals along the way. Chloe, who's also richer than any of us due to her nastily jewel-encrusted collar, also meets several animals along the road like a mouse, an iguana and a German Shepherd with a psychological nose problem and, apparently, the only thing near to a deep, 3-dimensional backstory.

But instead of fun (although there are some actually fun parts), there's stupidity, there's face-smacking-ly-bad and/or pointless scenes, and ultimately, some racist overtones to go with it. Seriously, even if Chichen Itza is in Mexico, doesn't mean it has to be infested with decidedly stereotypical "tribal dogs". Ethnic groups in movies are all right with me, but when you hear the voice of the tribal chief and just know that it is the tribal chief, there's something ethnically wrong with the movie.

Of all the random things that happen in this flick, it ultimately comes to that awfully predictable ending as well as that "climactic" fight for you life scene. Damn it, if the colors and CGI weren't so impressive, I would've walked out. To be honest though, I already did walk out several times during the movie, and when I came back I can automatically just disregard those other parts because I am able to understand what already happened in my absence. It's that predictable and stupid. Even if I do predict some of the events wrong, I still call foul on this movie.

To be fair, the voice acting is pretty good, the two main human actors are one-dimensional and the kids (as well as dog lovers, I guess) will love it- if only for the charm the dogs exude. Ultimately, it's mediocre- something that's more likely to come out of Dreamwork's ass- and it hits a few high notes along the way, admittedly.

Rating: 4/10

50% Warrior, 50% Lover, 100% Retarded

Ever heard of the newest Disney film Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Yeah, I could make fun of its taglines in several, unforgiving ways, but no, that would be immature. So, what are my views on this trailer? Well, they're immaturely outraged.

If the trailer is any indication, the concept is stupid and unoriginal in the sense that it once again uses dogs (catchy songs in CGI flicks remind me of Madagascar, bleugh), it will confound, it will shock, it will suck.

You might be saying, "But awww, the dogs are cute, the song is catchy as hell, and it's Disney! DISNEY! Give it a chance, please!". Well, I'm sorry to report that Disney is not perfect. Remember: Disney made High School Musical and Hannah Montana. From a 10-year old girl's point-of-view, this may not be very bad, but from a more "knowledgeable" view, it's safe to say that Disney, too, does make mistakes.

But of course, Disney is pretty much having a hiatus from making good movies, and instead focusing on making more damn mistakes! If you don't know what I'm saying, look below!

I actually saw a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the main cast when we were in Robinson's Place to watch Mamma Mia, and when we came out of the theater, we saw that the cut-out was divided into 2. Hmm... looks like I have to find this person and befriend him/her.

Besides, what happens in HSM4? Senior summer? Spring break? Christmas vacation?

But going back to the topic, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is something I'd expect from a company like Dreamworks, not DISNEY. If Mr. Walt was here, he'd put a stop to this unless it was actually a good movie! But no, I condemn this movie to the very bone, and I'd bet Mr. Walt is rolling around his grave right now!

And a word of advice, but this is directed to Pixar, the incorruptible animation studio everyone can trust. DISASSOCIATE YOURSELF WITH DISNEY NOW, pronto before you catch their illness! Back then, everyone thought Disney was incorruptible like you, but what do you know? They've got blood on their hands!