Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers

Eine sehr abgefahrene Unterhaltung, bei der ich mich gut amüsiert habe und die mich in vielerlei Hinsicht überraschen konnte. Bis heute hätte ich nicht gedacht, dass es einen Film geben könnte, in dem ich den Sonic aus dem ersten Trailer des Films aus dem Jahr 2020 mögen würde. Ebenso hatte ich nicht damit gerechnet, dass ich auf etwas stoßen würde, das selbst die Internet Regel 34 nicht erklären kann. Oder dass es einen Film über Mickey Mouse geben könnte, der versucht, noch meta zu sein als der letzte Matrix Film. Es ist fast wie eine geistige Fortsetzung alter Filme wie Howard The Duck  oder Falsches Spiel mit Roger Rabbit, ähnlich eigenwillig und interessant präsentiert. Es ist eine einzigartige Kombination aus Real- und Animationsfilm in verschiedenen Stilen und Techniken. Dazu kommt eine eher gewöhnliche Botschaft über die Bedeutung von Freundschaft, die zwar funktioniert, aber inmitten all des verrückten und originellen Geschehens für meinen Geschmack etwas zu gewöhnlich wirkt... Trotzdem ist es etwas, das es sich lohnt zu sehen, vor allem, wenn man wie ich mit der Chip & Chap -Reihe aufgewachsen ist und heute nur noch ein zynischer Erwachsener mit verdrehtem Sinn für Humor ist. 8/10 (21.05.2022)

Yes, the real world coexistence of cartoons and humans could have been more sophisticated and polished. Yes, the detective plot is like a regular episode of the original series rather than supporting material for a feature film. Yes, there are so many one-off ideas and cameo roles that it gets old as the film progresses. But at the same time it moves along, there's a good joke every now and then, the chemistry of the old gang is there, and it works just as well for adults who remember Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers as it does for the kids who don't know the original. It’s hard to say who liked it more, me or my son, but we both had fun. It's not going to be a timeless classic like the series (or Roger Rabbit, which they reference a lot), but that doesn't mean it's not good, because it is. (03.09.2022)

Brutally meta. And maybe so much so, that most people won’t get it. And the target audience is tiny. In terms of style, Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers follows on from Who Killed Roger Rabbit, but modernizes it, turns it upside down and draws on Mickey’s wide pallet of characters. It contains millions of nods (Roger’s quattro-cameo is just psycho) and funny references. Just the situation reigning at the beginning, where Dale is a defunct series star, Chip is a postman, Monty Jack is just a junkie with debts and Zip and Gadget hump with no condom so often that they have 12 kids already, sets the bar very high. An unexpected surprise. (18.09.2022)

More Easter eggs than in Ready Player One. Though I didn't watch Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers when I was younger, this movie still managed to evoke some missing nostalgia, a longing for a time of film and TV series when original playful works were created instead of ripped-off or recycled. The main villain is an obese Peter Pan, who as a burnt-out star made a stupid reboot and used the money to start a factory for deforming animated characters to make cheap copies of old hits. That’s brilliant. On his heels are the heroes/actors from the original Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers, one of whom underwent CGI surgery and is now 3D. The chemistry between Chip and Dale is still refined, but most importantly, they are part of a world so playful, dynamically arranged and filled with references, that even Roger Rabbit gets a run for its money. The pacing limps along around the middle, but the finale is an amazing whirlwind of ideas and references that doesn't stop lamenting contemporary filmmaking, and the characters only move forward by knowing their past stories. Seeing all the different animation styles together in a world that doesn't crumble under the creators' hands and is described in a sort of natural setting was really fulfilling and I would immediately green-lit a sequel with Chip and Dale facing the cast of the Avengers and Nic Cage, with Tom Cruise coming to the rescue. Please, please! 80 % (15.06.2022)

After 34 years, there's finally a film to rival Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And though Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers isn't that good, it's brilliant and smart entertainment for… well, for everybody, I think. It would be easy for an adult viewer to think that there are many jokes that are just for them which no one younger would enjoy, but I imagine that Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers will also amuse children who can ignore the adult jokes and focus on everything else. It's a pretty delicately balanced mix with lots of surprises and a story that may not be surprising in itself, but it's certainly not silly and harbours heaps of ideas that I'll enjoy discovering on further (and further) viewings. (16.06.2022)