The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D

... with shades of "The Wizard of Oz." I have been introduced to some pleasant surprises by my 3 and 4 year old grandsons' viewing requests, but, dear God, this one makes me wish for the sweet release of death when they ask for it!!!

How can I say this? Rodriguez disappointed me. This was going to be a family film, but I think of it more as a... waste of family money. The actors were pretty bad (especially the kids), and sometimes, the kids would have this whole "encouraging and make-you-feel-better" speech. Kids won't understand what the point of the speech is if you take them to see this movie. They'll probably like the action and all, but they will think the whole speech thing is a snore. All I'm saying is that maybe we should try not to make that many kid action movies again for a while, because this is a perfect example of getting carried away with the fact that the main characters are supers. Kids, trust me, when you see this movie twenty years from now, you'll hate it.

I just wanted to include my thoughts on this movie, although they are rather late. First I would like to say that I watched Spy Kids and loved it. Almost all the movies I watch are kids movies, in fact. This movie was a disaster. The acting was horrible - even the Teletubbies can do better. The plot is just about as lame as it can get. I mean, Lava Girl spills the plot early in the movie, and in a flat tone. Even in the scary parts, the actors sound as though they're reading their lines of a paper. The whole movie is dry and tasteless and very boring. Even the supposed climax is lame.