![]() Aliens are uninventive blobs that all look like, which is fine, since they're given uninventive names like "Zartog" (thus obeying the rule that all bad science fiction names are two random syllables smushed together). Detail is minimal, yet there's no sense of style in the simplicity. One of the chimps looks depressingly like Michael Jackson. The animation is curiously clumsy for a CG work - the characters fail to blend in with the backgrounds, like Colorforms pressed randomly against flat artwork. ![]() There's nothing likable, memorable, or even competent about "Space Chimps," but at least it's short. "Space Chimps" is the third effort from Vanguard Animation, well on track to becoming the weakest of all Pixar wannabes their first two movies were the forgettably decent "Valiant" and the unforgettably awful "Happily N'Ever After." The film's director/co-writer, Kirk De Micco, makes his directorial debut here and has among his scripting credits a series of duds: "Quest for Camelot," "Racing Stripes," and the direct-to-video "Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie." The other writer, Rob Moreland, gave us the aforementioned "Happily N'Ever After." The presence of a Macarena joke suddenly makes sense. Could they be trying too hard to look hip in this post-"Shrek" world where the reference is the punchline, bones thrown to parents as a reward for bringing their kids to the multiplex? Could they be attempting to amuse themselves while stuck making a soulless kiddie flick, curious to see how many over-kids'-heads bits they could sneak into the film? Could they just be terrible filmmakers who don't know how to properly make family entertainment? ![]() You know, everything the kids just love these days.Īdd in the old joke about how it's not the size, but how you use it (seriously, movie?), and you're left wondering what the makers of "Space Chimps" were thinking. Among the pop culture references found in "Space Chimps": David Bowie, "2001", "Airplane!", "Beverly Hills Cop", "The Right Stuff," Yello's "Oh Yeah," breakdancing, and the Macarena.
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