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Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)
Don't waste your time...
I saw this movie with my kids and was extremely disappointed. Although the special effects were quite good, the rest of the movie was worthless. The plot was shallow and disjointed. It was almost as if someone sketched out an outline of what they wanted the story to be and filmed - forgetting to add the meat in between. You never really knew (nor did the characters) what they were doing or why.
The story starts with Juni doing his own thing - no longer part of the spy network. (What happened to working together as a family?) Then he gets talked into coming back to the OSS to save his sister, who's mind has been trapped in a computer game. To save her, Juni has to enter the game and win his way through to the 4th level to free her. Once he gets inside, he is allowed to have one family member come in to help him and he picks grandpa (Ricardo Mantalban). Unfortunately, Juni really has no idea what he is supposed to do. And it's grandpa who keeps appearing at the last moment to help him out of the jams. Unfortunately, Juni never is enlightened - nor is the audience. Then, instead of actually being creative, they end the whole mess with a grand finale by bringing in every character they could from the first two movies. It just didn't make any sense!
To be fair, I have to say that the actors did try. The had energy and really tried to make it work but it's really hard to work with something that just isn't there! (I also have to agree with some of the other comments that Stallone wasn't quite right for the part.)
Your kids may enjoy the movie if they're not too picky - if only for the fun of wearing the 3-D glasses. But personally, I can think of a whole lot of movies I'd rather watch!
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
a delightful musical tale
This movie is a delightful live action musical rendition of the beauty & the beast tale. My family throughly enjoyed it, despite the obvious low budget production. Rebecca De Mornay does a great job as beauty (although I personally don't care for her singing voice) and John Savage is wonderful as Beast.
Possible spoiler**** I was especially impressed with the scene when Beauty dances with the statues. They were wonderful! No high tech, computer generated action here. Just old fashioned theater acting. It was terrific!
For those of you who enjoyed Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella movie with Leslie Ann Warren, you will enjoy this one. I'm waiting anxiously for this to come out on DVD!