The greatest movie ever!

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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Shorts (2009): Dir: Robert Rodriguez / Cast: Jimmy Bennett, James Spader, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, Kat Dennings: Candy coated crap about the prevail of smaller factors. If one of those smaller factors was the screenwriter then perhaps the screenplay would be above juvenile level. It regards a rainbow coloured stone that ends up in the possession of several people who use it to make wishes into reality. This is never explained and although director Robert Rodriguez showcases his imagination, he never tops his Spy Kids. Perhaps if the screenwriter had gotten his hands on that rock then the screenplay would be Oscar calibre. Jimmy Bennett plays the bullied kid who narrates the film. If he isn't bullied after the release of this film then it is safe to say that he possesses the stone. What is truly sad is the talent that is greatly reduced in this garbage. James Spader plays an evil tycoon in what amounts to one of his worst roles. William H. Macy plays a germ fearing scientist. Perhaps he should be more concerned with dense scripts such as this. Leslie Mann plays Bennett's mother in a role that may make her want to revive her 40 Year Old Virgin role. Speaking of which, another actress from that film that makes a wasted appearance here is Kat Dennings as Bennett's older sister. None of these performances are terribly ambitious, and like the screenplay and special effects it comes up short on magic. Score: 2 / 10

I first saw this film a few years ago, and I thought it was pretty good. It was entertaining, kind of funny, and overall a pretty good movie for children. However, not that long ago I came onto IMDb to check what rating it had. Now I wasn't expecting a huge score, maybe a six point something, five at the very worst. But 4.9! That is completely underrating a film that really isn't that bad!There really wasn't too many faults in this film. There was a bit of fantasy, some quirky characters and some pretty good special effects. The plot wasn't some sort of masterpiece, but it was straight forward enough for children to understand, which is good, because it's a children's film. I quite like the way the story was told, how it was narrated from the main character's point of view and how they didn't quite tell it in order. I think one of the reasons why this film was hated so much, is because most of the people who did hate it were adults, and this is a kids movie. For example, lots of the comedy in it would be humorless to adults, but would make kids crack up. But like I said before, this film is meant for young kids, so why does it matter if an adult doesn't find it entertaining?So while this movie isn't any masterpiece, it is still a good film, and one that has been looked down upon. So if you're and adult, maybe you could let this one pass, but for young kids, it's definitely worth a watch. Alan Hathaway

The suburban town of Black Falls is a company town that makes the Blackbox that does almost everything. The Thompsons (Leslie Mann, Jon Cryer) are tasked to beat the competition by Mr. Black (James Spader) or else they'll suffer the consequences. Then the magic wishing stone falls to earth.This is another kids movie from writer/director Robert Rodriguez. The concept of telling the story in a series of out of order shorts is just too gimmicky. The wacky pause and fast forward edits are too annoying. It is the movie equivalent of ADD. It is a kids movie for the short attention span generation.This movie suffers from the fact that the story doesn't follow just one main character. The wishing gets very repetitive and random. There seems to be no rules to the wishing. The kids are annoying as usually the case in these kinds of movies. It's definitely not a movie for adults.

Just like smosh on you tube this really sucks kids fell asleep in the movies and spy kids 4 was better than this reason 1 there throwing rocks that wont teach kids reason 2 no comedy reason 3 cheesy animation id rather watch spy kids 4 never buy this for your kids it a rubbish movie even Thomas and the magic railroad was better than this and that got 2.8 out of 10 on here. Now the characters go on adventures in there backyard lame. This box called black box is a stupid idea and the big storm that could wipe out the world suddenly goes to a stop it slowly stops not just flick done so as i said done buy this no one lives when there eaten by a crocodile