Movie Review: Space Chimps - Page 2

Enter the chimps. There are a few chimps on hand at the NASA base, a reminder of years past. These chimps, Titan (Patrick Warburton), Luna (Cheryl Hines), and Comet, see an opportunity go an actual mission. So, to save the space program, the space nerds send Titan, Luna, and the recently recruited and inexperienced Ham III. They are sent to find the lost probe and discover what is on the other side of the wormhole.

So, off they go, into space, through the wormhole, and onto the alien planet. While this drama on Earth is playing out, Zartog is fast using the crashed probe to enslave the planet. The chimps discover this and set about trying to make things right. Now if there was any question about how this is going to turn out, you haven't seen enough movies.

I guess one interesting way of looking at this film is to equate it with the current world situation. We send out a probe in the movie, which equals our invasion of Iraq, the result is a mess of a situation, with our well-meaning probe causing so much pain and distress to the natives of this alien world. Do you see where this is going? Then the chimps are our current forces attempting to restore some sort of order. This is where the movie world and the real world diverge — the real world does not have a happy ending, at least not yet. This may be a stretch, but I had to do something to pass the time, right? And the less said about the character nicknamed Kilowatt (Kristen Chenoweth) the better.

When it comes right down to it, the movie is poorly animated, poorly written, and just plain dull. I could have overlooked the animation issues if the story was worth watching, good writing will trump that every time, but that is not the case here.

Bottom line. This is a pretty dull film; you would be better off going back to Wall*E or Kung Fu Panda. Space Chimps quickly became a chore to sit through. Even the kids at my screening seemed to grow tired of it pretty quickly. However, I will admit that Patrick Warburton (Titan) is worth seeing (or hearing) in anything he does.

Not Recommended.

Article Author: Chris Beaumont

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