The trailer for SHORTS has been released by Warner Bros., via Yahoo and it looks dumb. The shocker is that it’s directed by the guy behind Desperado and Planet Terror, and the director of Sin City, Robert Rodriguez. I didn’t like his Spy Kids movies, maybe some of you find that franchise a bit cute and cuddly, whatever, but just look at this trailer below for SHORTS, that looks basically the same as Spy Kids, the lame special FX, the awful plot, none of the jokes are funny and why on earth talented individuals like Kat Dennings and William H. Macy are involved in such a stupid gig is beyond me. Why does Robert Rodriguez keep making movies like this when he could’ve done some more blood and gore, adult-themed action-packed firepower movies instead?!
Shorts is set in the suburb of Black Falls, where all the houses look the same and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX is the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget that’s sweeping the nation. Other than keeping his parents employed, however, Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX has done nothing for 11-year-old Toe Thompson, who just wants to make a few friends…until a mysterious rainbow-colored rock falls from the sky, hits him in the head and changes everything. The Rainbow Rock does Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX one better: it grants wishes to anyone who holds it. Before long, wishes-gone-wrong have left the neighborhood swarming with tiny spaceships, crocodile armies, giant boogers…and outrageous magical mayhem around every corner. But it’s not until the grown-ups get their hands on the Rock that the trouble really starts. Now Toe and his newfound friends must join forces to save their town from itself, discovering along the way that what you wish for is not always what you want.
SHORTS opens August 7th, 2009
