Customer Reviews

The Adventures of SharkBoy and LavaGirl in 3-D

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This story is great for children under 10 years old, but for teens and adults, the 3-D is the fun part of this movie, and it's quite fun.

I own the other versions of this movie, too. But, I like this one the best, because the 3-D is sharp and colors are stunning.

Honestly, this is one of those few times when a movie is much better looking on DVD than it was in the theaters.

This movie played in theaters in Anaglyph format (red/cyan 3-D glasses), which distorted the colors and lessened the 3-D effect. I'd give it a bad review in the theaters. The other DVD release of this movie was also Red/Cyan 3-D. But, this particular DVD release is HQFS (High Quality Field Sequential), a MUCH better 3-D format .

You need a 3-D viewing system (like ASIN: B00005QW5S ) to watch it. (LCS shutter glasses, not red/blue glasses.)

One last important note: The description says this DVD is in Full Screen (not Wide Screen). Truth is that it actually is some form of wide screen. It is not as cropped as a real Full Screen disc. If played in full screen mode, characters are slightly thinner than usual. When I put my system in Wide Screen mode, this DVD it looks more correct. There is one viewing wide screen resize mode of my system in which it looks perfect. Normally, I wouldn't buy a DVD unless it is labelled Wide Screen, but this DVD is an exception.

Certainly, if you love 3-D and haven't seen this movie in the theaters, then I'd recommend this DVD. I saw this movie in the theaters (and didn't like it). But, I am much more fond of it on this DVD. I'd give it a 3 for story. but a 4 for 3-D.

If you have an active matrix 3d system at home then you will enjoy this 3D film. Also has 2D.

This is a fun 3-d film (in 2-D also) for anyone looking for some really good anaglyph fun. It looks great on a large screen and most of the 3-d works just great. I did not expect to like it at all, and I did.

-A lonely boy with no friends reverts to his imagination and creates two friends Sharkboy and Larva girl. well for some strange reason that the movie never bothers to explain his dreams come to live as the two imaginary friends come to his class asking for his help in stopping the imaginary world he created from being destroyed by some guy who has electric powers or some crap like that.

-By making this movie Rodriquez has shown to the world that he indeed does love his son which is a good thing, but would it have really hurt if he had actually spent more time with the story instead of hammering out this awful mess. The movie is aimed for kids and all but I don't think even kids will be impressed by this and exactly how Rodriquez goes from making movies like "Sin City" and "Desperado" to this is just a great mystery. The problems with the movie range from bad story, shotty effects, and really bad acting. It's already hard for kids to act well in movies but when you throw in some green screen it just complicates things to the point where they look so uncomfortable that you feel sorry for them. The girl that plays Larva girl is probably the best example of this because she looks lost for about a good 90% of the movie. the bad acting is just reserved for the kids but also for the adults. George Lopez is all right as the teacher but when we see him as the villain Mr. Electric he's just unbelievably bad. Green screen must be kryptonite for actors.

-Where as "Sin City" and even "Spy Kids" had some amazing effects this movie gives birth to some of the worst effects shots that come to mind. They look more like pre-vis shots than actual effect shots. When a character is flying or moving really fast you can clearly tell that they're not really running which just sucks any life out of the movie. apart from the small pieces of music written by John Debney the music for the most part is awful like the movie.

-I hope that now after seeing what a great screen writer his son is Rodriquez will go back to making movies that made us fall in love with him in the first place because this was just sad.