Okay, so eventually there's this big music competition at the end, with two amazing performances prior to the Chipmunks, and then then Chipmunks and Chipettes bust out together to perform "We Are Family", that really old song from like the 1970s.
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS THE SQUEAKQUEL ENDING SCENE MOVIE
There was no reason for them to do that other than the people making the movie needed a way to get the Chipetts to hate the guy and befriend the Chipmunks, but surely there could have been a better way to write that in. It just didn't make any sense at all to me. He lies to do it, but he does indeed do it, and then for some reason he takes a strange turn to try to kick two of the Chipettes out of the band, even though he already booked them all a major gig that would make them all rich and famous. Meanwhile, the Chipettes coincidentally hook up with the Chipmunks's old evil manager from the first film, and so he starts managing them into the next huge group.
That whole thing just didn't feel natural to me. And then when they're in school, they get bullied by the jocks because they are so popular (which doesn't make a whole lot of sense), and then Alvin befriends the jocks when they notice he has skills in catching a ball, and for some reason turns on his brothers to become a huge jerk. I was kinda shocked that the boys were put into a high school, because I had always thought they were like preteens, elementary school-level kids. There are two basic story threads in the film, the first dealing with Alvin, Simon, and Theodore going to school for the first time, and the second involves three new singing female chipmunks that are looking to make it big like their male predecessors. But even he plays a fairly small role in the film, severing very little actual purpose. except that her grandson, Toby Seville, accidentally injures her so now he is tasked with looking after the boys. Instead, Alvin accidentally causes Dave to become injured during a concert in Paris, so the trio is set to be looked after by their Aunt Jackie. Dave, for those that don't know, is the adopted human father of the three chipmunks, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. The one main thing that really surprised me here is that Dave Seville was barely in it.
That's a lot of special effect shots for a kid's film! There are times when you can tell there really wasn't anything there, but overall it was done pretty well, especially considering how much of the movie those little guys (and gals) show up in. They usually blend nicely into their scenes, and come across as photo-realistic with naturally-looking fur despite being Anthropomorphic chipmunks. Like the first film, this movie is a live-action venture where the Chipmunks are all fully computer generated characters, and they are pretty good looking. Kids will probably enjoy it, but there is very little here for adults. Not that it's a terribly awful movie or anything, just that this is primarily a kids' flick with not a whole lot going on for us who expect a bit more substance. Unfortunately Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is not really one of these films. The original Shrek was a great example of this, though of course there have been many others. It's always nice to see family-friendly films that work on different levels for both the younger viewers and the older viewers (you know, the ones that actually paid for the big screen television and 20.whatever multisuper stereo sound system).