Memorable, crazy movie

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

After watching about two scenes from the movie, my thoughts were, "if this were a 90s movie, I'd probably give it a 6/10" but it's 2011 for crying out loud. I read some reviews saying it's for kids, leave your minds by the door to enjoy the movie. Speaking as someone who watched the first three installments as a kid and teen, this was a disappointment. Bland humor, terrible effects, bad lines and delivery. Maybe it's similar to the first installment in effects but that was 2001 and that was the best they could do. And that's why we enjoyed it. My parents enjoyed it then and they didn't have to drop their brains and forget every ounce of sensibility to do so. We saw the best effects, animations and adventures of that time and we had to think outside the box to understand it. It's different with this movie, it was 2011, better technology, new ways to add elements to the movie and this was the best you could come up with? I hope by 2020, we won't be asked to act like zombies, forget we have brains or go with the excuse "for 4 year olds only" to enjoy epic fails like this. You know how you can do better? Don't treat the audience like senseless carrots.

What can I say, after lots of effects that clearly is cheaply made - lots of poop, puke and slime jokes, it only goes downhill.First of all, no one seem to have a brain - which is to expected for a kids movie, but do we have to sink so low ?The father keeps saying he have never caught a spy, I guess it is supposed to make you laugh, as his wife is a spy - OK, wait, she is a former spy.Tons of boring, really boring, time jokes. However, times don't fly when you see the movie, or does it ? because all clocks spins like crazy.So what happens when the time runs out - when no more time left ? Absolutely nonsense concept - but it justify that a bad guy can wear a clock helmet to cover his face. Wow....OK, as we are kids, lets just throw all the food on the floor - lets be good examples too other kids.

The real purpose of a movie is to entertain (escapism) - to distance you from your problems for a short period of time. If you will look at this movie from the perspective of a person viewing movies for entertainment purposes, then this movie is good (not very good since there are a lot of better escapist movies out there). If you look at it from the perspective of a movie critic, then this is a horrible movie, filled with clichés and poop jokes.The first film of this franchise may have had some cliché plot points, but it didn't rely on poop and fart jokes to move the story or try to make the viewer laugh.This movie has the usual 'stepdaughter-hates-stepmom' and the 'geeky brother' story lines along with the happily ever after ending. It seems the movie thinks that watching these story lines is entertaining to kids, when in fact, it's not (speaking from my perspective as a 13 year old kid). To be frank, it's quite annoying.However, this movie doesn't lack on the entertainment value. CGI all-around, gadgets everywhere, this movie has tons of cool stuff to keep the viewer at the edge of their seat. There are jokes that if you watch first may seem funny, but in the end will make you think "is that joke really funny, or is it offensive".Bottomline is, this movie can be good or bad, depending on your perspective. To me, it's escapism at its finest.

Shorts in my opinion is the second worst film he ever made.Rodriguez's problem is that he makes his kids' movies for HIS kids only. They come up with a lot of ideas. Unfortunately they're not old enough to come up with good ideas.The film opens with a 9 month pregnant Jessica Alba who is about to give birth any minute. And she is doing a mission. Okay, I know this is just a movie but..... what kind of organization lets A 9 MONTH PREGNANT WOMAN GO ON A MISSION? She's doing all these crazy stunts and doesn't even have a miscarriage. For a family film, this is just offensive.What other sins does this movie have. Well, we have the typical "girl doesn't get along with her step mother" cliché, wooden acting from Jessica Alba, Joel playing the same a****** he always does, bad CGI, the villain sounding like a chipmunk and making bad time jokes, gross out humour (we have a scene where a boy throws 4 bags of vomit on an enemy ship and we see it splatter in it's disgusting yellow glory complete with the boy saying "Never underestimate the power of puke." and the baby farts in EVERY single scene she's in) and we have Ricky Gervais doing the voice of a robot dog.Also, how stupid is Alba's character in this film? She takes her baby along for her mission, even though the bad guys are most likely to kill them if they're spotted. (How did this woman get to be an agent anyway if she is so thick?) The villain shows his past on a video. This takes place in the 30's. How was this possible. How did they get an HD camera? How did he do close ups and editing? Who was filming all of this? This shows you how lazy Rodriguez is.I doubt that there would be a Spy Kids 5.