Shorts
by Robert Rodriguez
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Actor: Kat Dennings, Leslie MannDirector: Robert Rodriguez
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-11-24
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- While grownups at Black Box Industries work to improve the handheld gizmo that s this year s high-tech must-have, neighborhood kid Toby Toe Thompson has something even better: he s found the Wishing Rock. Be careful what you wish for, Toe! Spy Kids filmmaker Robert Rodriguez hatches a fun-filled story of the chaos that erupts when folks young and old get their hands on the rainbow-striped stone. H
DVD Reviews of Shorts
DVD Review: "I Wish I Was a Big...Dung Beetle."
Summary: 1 Stars
The story is told to us by Toby "Toe" Thompson (Jimmy Bennett). He lives in Black Falls, a special subdivision built around the plant that creates the Black Box. All the adults work in the factory. These devices not only serve as cell phone, computer, and PDA, but they also toast your bread, groom your dog, and do anything else you could want them to do.
One day while being attacked by bullies, Toe finds a special rainbow colored rock. Following the instructions he hears, he makes a wish for friends, only to find small aliens following him around. But things get out of hand at school the next day, and the rock begins a journey around the neighborhood. As various people unknowingly make wishes while holding the rock, crazy things start to happen. Will life for the citizens of Black Falls ever be the same?
I will confess, I saw this movie because the previews I saw for it made it look like a mindless funny family film.
If only I had know.
Before I get to trashing the film, let's discuss what I did like. Some of the situations were funny, and one running gag involving a brother, sister, and a staring contest was great.
The problems with the movie? Where do I even begin?
Unlike the movie, let's start at the beginning. The movie is told is a series of smaller stories. You could call them chapters, really. These short sections are how the movie got its name. But we aren't told the story in chronological order. I'm not exactly sure why since all this convention did was distract me from what was on the screen.
Now I knew from the previews that this movie would feature some pretty far fetched fantasy that was going to be played for laughs. That's how the movie started, but as it went, it lost the comedy and left me bored counting down until the climax.
And don't even get me started on the giant booger monster.
Or the ending. This has to be one of the lamest climaxes I have seen in a long, long time. To say more would be to spoil much, which I am not going to do. Let's just say the ending would make the ancient Greeks and their deus ex machina proud. Plus, they crammed the moral down our throats instead of letting it be part of the story.
This movie is rather special effect heavy, and they were a mixed bag as well. Some looked absolutely great; some looked completely fake.
The characters were little more than one dimensional cut outs, so it was hard to care about the outcome. The acting didn't help. It was routinely over the top, a choice I think that was made on purpose. For the kids it worked, but it left the adults looking stupid and the audience annoyed.
What looked like a fun premise for a movie turned into a colossal waste of time and money. Trust me. You'll be sorry if you waste even a short amount of time on this one.
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