# spy kids-oddest movie ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-kids-oddest-movie-ever/196076 "2003-08-18T23:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-kids-oddest-movie-ever/196076/1 "2003-08-18T23:53:37Z")
This has got to be the worst movie I’ve ever paid to see. Surrealistic, almost. An “over-the-top” performance by Stallone, odd cameos from famous actors, a flying pig! There was no plot! it made NO sense! But we only went for the 3-D effects, which my son loved. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-kids-oddest-movie-ever/196076/2 "2003-08-19T01:50:51Z")
Someone told me Elijah Wood was in it. Is this true? I hope not, for the sole reason that, if he were, I’d have to not only spend 6 bucks watching a crappy movie to see him, but spend 10 bucks renting two crappy movies to understand the third crappy movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-kids-oddest-movie-ever/196076/3 "2003-08-19T02:00:15Z")
You know, somehow I’m getting the feeling that they’re downplaying the “spy” angle for this particular movie…am I right? Not that I hope I am… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-kids-oddest-movie-ever/196076/4 "2003-08-19T02:04:42Z")
I watched Spy Kids, the first one, and really couldn’t quite figure out what the style was supposed to be and thus didn’t care for it. Then I realized. It’s a live action cartoon. If this same story were animated, it’d make perfect sense. But with actors, it really got confusing.