Shorts, 2009

On paper, you'd think Shorts - where kids discover the adventures of the outdoors, away from technology, and adults discover what it's like to actually talk to each other instead of sending text messages or e-mail - would be a good movie. But Shorts is far from a good movie. In fact, it's horrible. Well, "horrible," might be too strong a word. Wretched, perhaps? Eh, that sounds worse. I'll put it this way: If you take your child to see Shorts, neither of you will laugh nor feel any differently toward the world. You may even want to Tweet your friends about how boring and ridiculous Shorts turned out to be. That's kind of what I'm doing, I suppose, pounding away on my keyboard, watching a blinking cursor slide across a computer screen. Ah, technology. Without that technology, however, Shorts could not have been made. You see, there are computer-animated crocodiles, snakes, a robot-like thing, a Pterodactyl and even a giant booger. All the "adventure" in this film is created by computers, yet its message is "technology runs our lives." It's kind of a mixed bag, don't you think? I also find it highly amusing that writer-director Robert Ridriguez made Spy Kids, a film all about technological gadgets, only a few years ago. Apparently he's changed his tune. Full review at: tinyurl.com/filmfan

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