Boring and too much cutesy-poo

Rating: 1/10 (8 July 2006)

How nice, another clone of "Toy Story" and "Ice Age". A merry band of cute *yawn* furry characters have to overcome various obstacles and live through hilarious *yawn* adventures in US Suburbia.
Ever since I saw the first ads and trailers, I just knew they were going to play it safe. Everything is so politically correct and cute, it hurts. Again,there are stars and has-beens such as Bruce Willis and William Shatner who provide the voices for the CGI-Characters, but it does not help the movie in any way. Granted,on the technological side its all good and perfect,but why does every 3D-animated movie nowadays have to cater towards a pre -school audience with their (annoyed) parents?
I know,I know...more mature stories don't sell that well,and have proved to be difficult to market to an audience that expects Disney-styled cuteness and morally conservative messages. But still, can't they even try (for chrissakes !!)to smuggle a bit more subversive stuff into their projects? No,no that would be too much to ask,I guess. My Prediction is, that if that trend of "playing it safe and copying proved and successful concepts" continues, this particular brand of animation will no longer be able to garner interest from the audience. Its just an expensive and overblown exercise in producing meaningless entertainment.
Just my 2 Cents. : /