Alvin and the Chipmunks movie

[Drtooth]

But seriously... when the hell do these live action films work? I mean, the first Flintstones one was the only one that did well at the Box office... and George of the Jungle did alright.

Seems 2 things can go wrong...

1) You can do all the math you want,. research the film, get everything together perfectly, and have one tiny detail that screws the whole concept up, Like Bullwinkle\

or
2) (the most likely senario) they manage to get EVERYTHING wrong, trying to make it appeal to kids who have no clue what it is, and don't even bloody care... Inspector Gadget/ Underdog/ Dudley Do-Right/ Super Mario Bros... etc...

And BOTH fail just as well.