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Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over

Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: THE VHS HAS NO 3D GLASSES - IT'S NOT 3D!
Review: What a waste. My son was so upset that the VHS doesn't come with it. What good is it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This Movie is very cool-Everyone is missing the point!
Review: Everybody is being so annoying over how the 3D isn't great or how there is no plot. First of all, that is the whole point, it is a fun cheesy exciting movie for kids. Half the time anyone takes thier kids to the movies there is hardly anything going on that keeps them interested, even if it is a cartoon or whatever.
SpyKids 3D wanted to make this movie experience a very different one for kids and adults, an exciting one where in order to see the movie, you need special glasses. Fine the 3D isn't Imax status but it was intended to have video game graphics, hence the title, game over!
For anyone who has ever had a Viewmaster (you know, those little binocular looking toys that project images with circular discs) well, you get that kind of 3D in this movie. Rodriguez was celebrating the 50 year anniversary of 3D (stereoscopy) in itself.
For anyone looking for things to pop out of the screen and hit em in the head, go stand in front of a bus, but for those of you who appreciate an escape from the real world into fantasy, red/blue lenses and all, than you will definately enjoy this movie.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: hmmm....
Review: Breathtaking in theatres, but drowsy and boring on the 2-d dvd. I am oppoled on what they had to do to make this, but, this is one of the few movies that shouldn't be on DVD because of how it looks, it is a waste of time and money. rent it, you will understand me

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I understand that there is two GREAT DVDs!!!
Review: If you want to see Spy Kids 3-d, why not get the dvd. Because there is a 2-d version too. Even though the movie is the same as when it was in the movies, you don't have to use the 3-d glasses if you didn't want to. The movie is great. Buy this now!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: How you play the game
Review: I see this movie is get bad reviews, but I will not give this a bad review. After the first 2 Spy Kids movie, Robert Rodriguez brings us a 3rd movie, which is titled Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, if you are watching the 3D version of the movie, and if you are watching the 2D verison then it would be called Spy Kids 3: Game Over. boo725, the actor's name who plays Juni is Daryl Sabara. As the movie opens, stubborn Juni (Daryl Sabara) has left the OSS, and has become a private eye, and keeps telling the OSS that he is no longer an adgent, and he can't help them. He has his office in the tree house that his uncle Machete made for Juni and his older sister Carmen Cortez (Alexa Vega) after they became secret agents. And he is visited by Gerti Giggles (Emily Osment), and after she leave he gets a call from Devlin (George Clooney), and he tells Devlin that he is into reality and the reality is nothing Devlin can say will make Juni return to the OSS as a secret agent. Then Delvin delivers the bad news, his sister is missing. So, he goes off to OSS where he is taken to games and theory, where bad boy turned good boy Donnagon Giggles (Mike Judge) and his wife (Salma Hayek) is waiting for him. They ask him what he knows about a game called "Game Over" created by the Toymaker (Sylvester Stallone) who is prisoned in cyber space, by the OSS year ago. Carmen went until the game by herself, because her only choice would not answer their calls, and got has far as level 4, and then disappeared into the game and is a prisoner of the Toymaker. Now with 3D glasses on, Juni is sent into the game, and has to start on level 1. Where he meets Beta testers, Arnold (Ryan Pinkston), Francis (Bobby Edner) and Rez (Robert Vito). And they tell him the fast way to get to level 2, is to jump into a target that will get him to the moon, where level 2 is, and he finds himself in the arena of Missfortune, and has to battle a mach to get to level 2, and he fights a girl named Demetra (Courtney Jines), and after a couple of rounds Juni wins, and off to level 2, where he runs into Arnold, Rez, and Francis who mistakes him for the Guy. But one has his doubts, and they changgle him to a mega race, where Juni wins, is congratulated by his grandfather (Richard Montalban) whom he brought in the game, without realzieing the Toymaker was the one that put Grandfather in the wheelchair, 30 years before the movie takes place, but when Demetra discovers, that Juni is not the real gut, she asks him to at least act like he is the real guy. Elijah Wood plays the real Guy in the movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Visually Inventive and Lots of Fun!
Review: When Robert Rodriguez made the first Spy Kids film, it was a goof on the James Bond super spy movies with two kids finding out that their parents are internationally renowned spies. The sequel was a homage to the monster movies of Ray Harryhausen. Rodriguez wraps everything up with Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, which addresses his love of video games.

There is more style and imaginative visuals in the first ten minutes of this movie then the entirety of most kids' films. Rodriguez fills the screen with all kinds of details and with colourful objects zipping around in the background of scenes. This overload of visual stimulus invites repeated viewings just to catch all of the visuals that were missed the first time around. There is tons of eye candy that kids will love.

The 3-D effects isn't just a gimmick that Rodriguez hangs the entire film on. They are an integral part of the story as much of the film takes place in a three-dimensional virtual world with objects flying out at the audience and pieces of scenery sticking out.

Both 3-D and 2-D versions of the movie are available on the two DVDs with four pairs of 3-D glasses included.

"Robert Rodriguez Ten Minute Film School" continues his series of featurettes that show how elaborate effects or stunts were done simply and economically.

Robert Rodriguez contributes a relaxed, informative audio commentary. He talks at length about how he creatively cut costs by building almost all of the film's sets on a computer. He also talks about his love of video games and how he realized long ago that they are addictive and how deeply kids can get immersed in them.

"The Making of Spy Kids 3D" is a twenty-minute look at how the film was made. There are the standard interviews with the cast and Rodriguez.

"The Effects of the Game" is a montage of footage showing how some of the fantastic computer effects were achieved set to music from the movie.

There is a multi-angle feature that takes the surfing lava sequence from the movie and allows the viewer to switch between the original storyboards, green screen footage and the final finished product.

Finally, "Mega Race Set-Top Game" allows the viewer to control a cyber bike from the movie and avoid obstacles on the track to win the race. This is a neat little feature but lacks true interactivity because it can be easily mastered once you memorize the sequence of moves needed to win.

What makes the Spy Kids films work so well is that they tap into what kids fantasize about: being a famous super spy, fighting big creatures and being inside a video game. Spy Kids 3-D is a fitting conclusion to the series and Rodriguez has gone all out not only with the movie but also with a fantastic two-DVD set that is jam-packed with extras.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Worth it for the commentary
Review: This is a pretty cheesy movie, a poorly connected sequence of action scenes in CGI. On the other hand, some of those scenes outdo big-budget movies; I thought the outlandish street race in oversized video vehicles was better than the pod race in Star Wars I, and with a less annoying kid.

As bad as it is, it's all worth it to watch Rodriguez's commentary, to hear him discuss the process of making a 3D movie, the future of digital cinema, and how he saved money and made a mildly entertaining (and hugely financially successful) movie under strict time and budget constraints.

Some of my favorite parts of the commentary:

"We didn't have this animation done on time, so we just had the character complain how it looked like an old video game."

"I wasn't sure if people would get splitting headaches from the 3D, so I made the movie only 80 minutes. That way, if it was a problem, at least it would be over soon."

The funniest parts are slightly apologetic, but there's plenty more to learn from, and he's never at a loss for words. Unlike typical DVD commentary, there isn't any dead time while he thinks of some bit of trivia about what's on the screen.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Fun, Fun and More Fun
Review: This movie is cool. The 3-D effects are cool. Of course this movie is cheezy but that is why it is fun. I got to see this movie in theater first and I would say that is was better in theater but it was still cool on my 32 in. screen. This is a must have for Spy Kids fans. Hopefully you have a DVD player because only the DVD is in 3-D, the VHS is not in 3-D, sorry VHS users who are Spy Kids fans.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Strictly for kids!
Review: I saw the first "Spy Kids" movie when I was 13. I thought it was great then, and I still do. The humor is pretty good, and the spy technology is just a little ahead of our time, yet is presented in a way that appears as if it was invented recently. Naturally, I really wanted to see "Spy Kids 2". The novelty wore off after a few viewings. When "Spy Kids 3D" came out, I thought the story looked like it could be fun, and I decided to see it. My verdict: Rondriguez is going to the kids. That's why I don't like "Spy Kids 2" anymore. The gadgets are too futurisic look like they came from Toon Town. "Spy Kids" was relatively down to earth, but with new movies, Rondriguez is doing his best to appeal to the elementary school crowd. The gadgets are a dead giveaway in "Spy Kids 2". In "Spy Kids 3D", everything makes it obvious that the movie is for kids. If you've seen it, you know what I mean. The movie is very fast paced and the story is very basic. But to kids, that doesn't matter. All they need to know is that Juni is playing through a video game to stop the Toymaker from taking over the world. That's what they want, and that's what the movie delivers. To sum it up, this is a kid-only movie. That shouldn't be a problem since those types of movies occasionaly are released. What concerns me is that the director packages "Spy Kids 3D" as "A 3D experience for the WHOLE FAMILY!" The keyword here is whole, and I don't know if Rondriguez knows this, but family includes Mom, Dad, and teens, none of which will be interested in this movie. If you've got a kid whose 12 or under and wants to see this, rent it for them on DVD, then go from there.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: SPY KIDS 3D
Review: I am a fan of spy kids.I did love 3D but when i heard that its 3rd part would be 3D I WAS AMAZED.i am in pakistan when the movie came in theatre i go to it and it was a wonderful experinece.The 3D effects were good and the movie was also good.Things were coming out of the screen.i am waiting for the DVD in PAKISTAN so the things will come out of my television!


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