Heading to the theater to see Disney’s WALL-E this weekend, I knew I’d be subjected to previews for a few of the Mouse House’s other illustrious confections. But I had no idea of the heinous atrocity the movie gods were going to put before me: the trailer for Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Have you seen this doggone mess?
The clip opens with voice-over from a ferocious-sounding guy who calls himself "Papi," paired with lush images of mist-filled jungles, waterfalls, and ancient ruins that denote some sort of historical-type pic. "Who am I?" Papi (voiced, apparently, by George Lopez) asks. "The question is: What am I?" Natch, he’s a chihuahua! Cue dancing hordes of tiny dogs. Lots of ‘em. Synchronized stepping. All around the Aztec structures. Wearing funny little feathered sombreros. And then we’re subjected to a rap track that sounds a little like Will Smith album filler, circa 1998. (I’m not crazy—it has that "Miami" vibe, right??)
Now I love Chihuahuas as much as the next person (who didn’t get a little attached during the Yo Quiero Taco Bell and Paris Hilton-Tinkerbell crazes?), but a schlocky flick all about the little rascals, with a tagline of "50% warrior. 50% lover. 100% chihuahua."? Seriously? Check out the embedded preview for yourselves, PopWatchers, and then tell me: How did this film get made? Or is it possible the trailer is all part of an elaborate practical joke by those mischievous suits at Disney? What say you?
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Guess Disney’s film division needed to produce something to ensure they don’t have to pay too much in taxes.
I saw the trailer before Wall-E, as ell, and cringed through the entire thing. It just looks so… DUMB. I mean, I know it’s for children, but apparently not for smart ones.
The song sorta sounds like Mambo #5…remember that one?
I saw this trailer when I went to see “Prince Caspian” and the little girl next to me sang along the whole time. Unfortunately, I think it’s real & soon these commercials will be invading our homes through our TV’s.
I seriously shuddered, like, had physical convulsions when I saw this trailer before WALL-E. I was so glad WALL-E was so good that it made me forget the trailers that came before it (Bolt and something about Despereaux as well), which were all groan-inducingly bad. Why do theaters do this? Just show the movie we want to watch! Why subject all of us to the horror of stuff like this?
I saw the trailer before Prince Caspian, and I’m pretty sure I dropped a few IQ points after. I think even as a kid, I would have been offended by it…
Okay, I will admit that the first time I watched this on itunes I knew it must be a joke. But I also have to admit that that song is addictingly peppy.
My friend showed me the trailer on youtube after she saw it before Prince Caspian. I had to watch it several times and then look it up on IMDb before I was convinced that it was not a hoax. I was, and still am, at a loss for words over this “movie”.
Well, this couldn’t be worse than the Benji movies, could it? I mean, those movies sucked out loud. Disney in the 70s really reeked.
When I saw this before Wall-E, a felt a piece of my soul die. Thankfully, Wall-E mended it perfectly.
In all fairness, I know some people who worked on this movie, and they say this trailer is not indicative AT ALL of the actual film.
We saw this trailer before Prince Caspian, and despite the fact that I feel that I’m fairly knowledgeable about upcoming movies, I was thinking, “What the…?” (Oh, now I have that “Chihuahua!” stuck in my head.) Fortunately, we were about 10 minutes late to the showing of WALL-E, so we missed the trailer that time. Based on the trailer, no way am I seeing the movie.
WHAT? WHAT’S THAT? I’M SORRY, I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE BLARING RACIAL STEROTYPES!
Oh, no, I’m pretty sure they’re serious. These CGI talking animal movies must do well enough, cuz they keep making them. “Cats & Dogs”, “Underdog”, “Alvin & The Chipmunks”, “Garfield” 2x!, etc. This one looks egregiously stoopid, though.
What racial stereotypes??
I laughed so hard when I saw this…this looks obscenely bad, yet like a train wreck, I could not like away from those dogs dancing and singing. What is this world coming to?
What I find absolutely hysterical is that I had the exact same reaction this weekend when I went to see Wanted. I saw a billboard for BHC and I literally did a double take and questioned the film’s validity right there in the ticket line. The cashier completely agreed with me. Who greenlights this sh-t?
birdgirl39: Did the benji movies really suck? I haven’t seem them since I was a kid, so I don’t remember anything about them except I liked them back then. How sad — I’ll have to not watch them if given the opportunity; I hate having fond childhood memories trampled by reality. Oh, and I hate chihuahuas. Nasty yappy bitey little things. And yes, I love dogs, and disliked chihuahuas even before popularized by Paris Hilton (though that made me feel vindicated).
¡Ay Chihuahua!
The concept is dumber than a bag of nails, but these dogs are beloved.
Rifftrax did a great play on this:
i saw this before Caspian….i wanted to bark, i mean, BARF then just as much as i want to now…i’m not joking…i vomitted in my mouth a little when i saw it…
ay carumba!
I just saw Wall-E. I was by myself with a theater full of families. When this preview ran I shouted YOU HAVE TO BE FREAKING KIDDING ME. THANK GOD I DONT HAVE KIDS. I said this not so much because I wanted to, but more so as an involuntary reaction.
I saw this before WALL-E and when it was done the ENTIRE audience booed! It really did look terrible.
I think the money for this movie could’ve been put to better use…such as gas. Gas for thousands of people. Instead, this tripe was made…America, you make me weep.
The reaction from both me and my circle of friends was “what the hell” as soon as the rather frightening preview was over.
Disney seems to be hit-and-miss nowadays…(WALL-E’s sheer briallince and heart vs. a cheap and extremely unecessary High School Musical 3?!)
Hopefully this was a mean-spirited joke on Disney’s part, but unfortunately, with as much damn effort that went into creating the agonizing minute-and-a-half of 238 dancing little attrocities…it might just have to happen.
Hold your nose, grin and bear it, guys…
RDC
i’m betting it’s real, a good marketing move what with the current inexplicable obsession with dogs you can fit in a purse. i mean, who doesn’t love noisy, un-trained ankle-biters who think the world’s their toilet because since they’re small and cute, the owner can’t bring him/herself to discipline them?
I don’t know, and I do not want to know. I do know that this is the best, indeed the only possible, use for this trailer:
Just as I thought “Black Snake Moan” was a fake movie during the trailers for “Snakes on a Plane”, I thought this was a fake movie. No, I PRAYED this was a fake movie, but alas…….it’s apparently all too true. The worst part? During the trailer, as my brother and I looked horrified, our mouths hanging open, people were actually…..LAUGHING
So I really did see that? I seriously sat there during the trailer thinking that I couldn’t possibly be watching this. Then I thought that if it was real that I hoped it wasn’t showing over the summer when my nephew could beg me to take him to see it because it had animals in it.