Hey guys, welcome back to
the inside of George Lopez. I'm your host, George Lopez. I've said it once, I've said it a million times, 2001 was a great year to be eight. The first kids bop was released. there was no global pandemic
and director Robert Rodriguez shocked the world when he
released his movie Spy Kids. Up until that point, he was known pretty much exclusively for producing extremely
violent crime movies. So when he came out with this colorful family-friendly action movie about children saving the
world from a bunch of fingers, I think people were a little surprised. Even more surprising though, it was a massive hit. Personally, I loved that
movie when it came out. I love that all the adults were dumb and the kids were smart
and they got to use a bunch of cool gadgets that I wished were real. That was 100-percent,
my childhood fantasy was to be a spy instead of the
lame-ass dork I actually was. Anyway, after the success of the first one it was time to turn Spy
Kids into a franchise. One year later, Spy Kids two came out and it was a pretty good sequel. Steve Buscemi is here now so that's cool. Another year later Spy Kids 3D came out, and that's when things
started to go off the rails. In 2003 3D was a super gimmicky and always underwhelming
addition to movies. It really just meant the
tickets would be more expensive and the characters would lean
towards the camera a lot. Whoa! So after three movies in three years, it was time for a new approach to the Spy Kids cinematic universe. And in 2005, Robert
Rodriguez would strike gold with the release of
Sharkboy and Lava girl, which truly might be the
greatest bad movie ever made. - Mr. Electric send him
to the principal's office and have him expelled! (thwack) - Somehow with four more years
of technological advancements and a significantly higher budget, Robert Rodriguez managed to
make a movie that looked worse than the first Spy Kids. I can only assume all of
that extra money went solely to paying George Lopez who
plays a teacher, a villain, and a human computer all at once. - That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard. - The rest of the cast
is pretty bad all around. The titular lava girl is
played by Taylor Dooley, who you may know from this
movie and only this movie. Future werewolf Taylor
Lautner plays a brooding Sharkboy who may have a bad temper, but still has a few tricks up his sleeve. - It's working! Keep it up shark boy! ♪ - Just relax, lay about ♪ ♪ For my fist will put you out. ♪ ♪ Dream, dream, dream,
dream, dream, dream! ♪ ♪ Take your time but beware, ♪ ♪ There's darkness in the air! ♪ (slow clapping) - (Drew) I think what really
sets the tone for this movie is the quote they show right
before the opening credits. Oh interesting, was that like Steve Jobs or Copernicus? No, Lava girl said that. Remember, remember when
Lava girl said that? I'm not going to go too in depth here because plenty of people
already have on this website. But I will say that every
time you think the plot is starting to make sense,
it takes an insane left turn you couldn't have possibly seen coming. - They're singing at a frequency my highly trained ears find disturbing! - Where's Lava girl? - It's up to you now Max! - (yelling) - (Drew) No matter what it is, it always looks terrible. I cannot stress enough
to you that this is the ugliest movie I've ever
seen in my entire life. Some of the visuals are so hideous, it's actually disturbing. And on top of that, whenever
one of the characters needs to move the story along, they do so by simply falling asleep. - Go to sleep. - (Drew) So most of
the time they're either sleeping or screaming at each other. - How about a knuckle sandwich? - Max is a good boy.
- He ruined my dream journal! - Lava girl they're behind you! - (yelling) I think the director
must've told Taylor Dooley at some point that if she stopped smiling for even one second, she'll get fired. - (uncertainly) Dream, dream. - Not much else to see here. Let's go ahead and just skip to the end. - Find Max, tell him I love him! - Don't leave me! - I thought you wanted me to leave! - No, I don't. You're my best friend! - (screaming) - Holy shit. I can't believe people didn't like this. - I'm not going anywhere. (screaming) - Considering that Sharkboy and Lava girl is a terrible movie from 15 years ago that almost everybody hated, It was really only a matter of time until Netflix used their infinite supply of money to fund a sequel, And that's what they did. We Can Be Heroes is
the name of this movie. It does not start Taylor Lautner, but it does have YaYa
Gosselin who you may recognize from being on the FBI's most wanted list. Really disappointing that they let her act in this movie instead of just
arresting her on the spot, but no one listens to me! Thankfully, the other Taylor
does come back to reprise her beloved role as Lava girl. I gotta say this actress has not had the best luck throughout her career. She's only been in a handful of movies, and believe it or not,
according to IMD B ratings the best one is this movie. So I think we're in for a treat. Basically We Can Be Heroes is Sharkboy and Lava girl
for the new generation. - It me.
- Sorry not sorry. - It's like Spy Kids with
a bit of a modern twist. - Just a quick selfie for my socials while I stop this thing. - (chuckling) I do that too. Sharkboy and Lava girl
are all grown up now. So naturally they're
married and have a kid. - My mommy is Lava girl but my daddy is Sharkboy. - Am I crazy for thinking
that maybe it's time to start calling him Sharkman? At this point it just seems
a little degrading to be like "Oh hey, there goes Sharkboy!" "I just turned 30." The premise of this movie
is actually pretty funny, all of these kids are
children of the heroes. So they all have like weird
underdeveloped offshoots of their parents' superpowers. Like this kid's dad is super fast, but he's super slow. This one girl can just sing really well? That's cool. (vocalizing) And this kid makes funny faces. - I can even change my
face to look like you. (cracking) - (Drew) But then disaster strikes while they're all locked
inside Spy Kids headquarters, where they have to watch
their parents get taken down by aliens on TV. It's pretty emotional, I actually cried for about 20 minutes. - (announcer) Ladies and Gentlemen, The Heroics have fallen. - I hope the new studio gives their graphic designer a raise. He made that entire logo
in like three seconds. - We're getting word that the president would like to address the nation. - People of America-- - (Drew) Bing bing-bong. Hold on, I'm like 99-percent sure that that guy was also president
in the Spy Kids movies, which means he's been in
power for like 19 years. Is the Spy Kids' president a dictator? This movie's dystopian as hell. - Bad. It's hopelessly bad. - How did this guy ever
get to be president? He can't even put two sentences together. - Nice, I see what they did there. Political commentary
always hits the hardest in children's movies. - So don't ask us how we know this, but aliens you're about to attack and we're no longer safe here. This place is a fortress
nothing's getting in, and I'm afraid no one's
getting out either. - Sorry, kids, but you
can't leave this room. It's too dangerous out there. And if we gotta kick your
ass to keep you safe, then that's what we're gonna do. - (grunting) Oh no! She's got shark strength! - You know that thing in video games, when an NPC is following
you around and they get stuck on like a wall or something, but then you turn the camera and they've teleported right next to you? That's what this character does, because I looked and he is
nowhere to be found during all of these chase scenes and then the doors to the train close, and there he is. - (Russian Man) Never
should have come here. (thunk) - Why don't you cheer us up by singing one of those little songs
you sing so well Sharkboy? ♪ Dream, dream, dream-- ♪ - Hey hey hey, calm down Sharkboy. - (Drew) Did these two
not have regular names? Imagine not only being
married to Sharkboy, but you also have to call him Sharkboy. Can you just go by like Steve? - (Guard) Shark strength! - I like how super early on in the movie they realized that this one
girl can draw the future, and they can use that to get out of whatever predicament they're in. But then every time they get stuck they still have to have
that same epiphany. - Wow that's really smart! Ojo drew us a clue! - Oh I got it! We should just look at her drawings! That's a great idea, and a brand new one too! But make sure we forget about this, so there's still tension next time. - I need a pair of
pliers and a heat source. - My teeth are strong
because my dad's a shark! - You don't have to
explain that every time, we understand the genetics. And I have a fin on my back because my dad is Sharkboy! Oh my God, we get it. - Got to be quick, gather all the tears! (emotional music) - What are you making? - I'm making a key. - Little Miss Guppy, you just saved us. - Ahh it melted, can you make another one? I didn't get over here fast enough. Shocking twist, the one girl turns out to be evil. - (all) Ojo's an alien spy? - (Drew) So then she
starts drawing monsters to kill them with. (electronic music begins) - I'm running out of water! - Hey, what if instead of fighting the monsters every time, you know the ones she's
bringing to life with her iPad? We just take her iPad! - Not so fast! (growling) - See this wouldn't have happened if you had just taken the iPad. Why am I not in charge? These kids are kind of dumb. ♪ Oh we can be heroes ♪ ♪ Just for one day ♪ - Whoa, that's the name of the movie! Okay big spoiler alert here, which I'm sure you care about
if you're watching this, but the big twist at
the end of the movie was that a lot of these people
are actually aliens, including the president. He's just like a lizard monster. But then after the kids saved the day, by literally one second
because it's a movie, all the aliens are like "Surprise!" "We were actually good, this was all a test and there
were actually no stakes, because we always knew
that you would do it." So basically the whole movie leads up to the bad guys being
like, just kidding, and that's awesome. As we each head off to face
the challenges of the universe, can we count on you to not
just help save your planet, but the entire galaxy? - Hell no. ♪ We can be-- ♪ - So if I'm being 100-percent honest This movie is not terrible. It would be really easy for me to do the cynical
thing where I'm like, Oh the garbage store called-- they want their trash back! But it really wasn't as
bad as I expected it to be. And I think it would be disingenuous for me to be like, well, Spy Kids is good, 'cause I saw it when I was
a kid and this movie sucks 'cause I was 27 when I watched it. I think this has just as much charm and fun action as the original Spy Kids, as long as you're within
the target demographic. Maybe this is just me, but I think a lot of people my age come to expect more out
of movies like this, specifically because
of what Pixar has done. I was the perfect age
to enjoy Monsters, Inc. when that movie came out. And then when I was old
enough to go to college, but accidentally chose not to, they released monsters
university, a movie about college. I also grew up loving Toy Story 1 and 2, And then the third one comes out when I'm nearing the end of high school, And it's a movie about moving
on from your childhood! Which is what I was trying to do! in recent years They've started coming out with these brilliantly
conceptualized movies about the spectrum of human emotion and what it means to be alive, literally the meaning of life. These super heady concepts
that actually make you engaged and feel something as an adult while still being animated well enough to
hold the attention of a child. And I feel like no matter
what movie Pixar releases, besides Cars 2, I've always been a member of the film's target audience. We Can Be Heroes is not like that, and that's okay! It's a movie made for
kids featuring a bunch of characters that no well adjusted child should have any business knowing about. And if you go into it expecting
it to be anything more than that, you're going to
be seriously disappointed. I give Sharkboy and Lava girl, two-- three Sharkboys and Lavagirls out of five. Well I had a lot of fun, but our date's almost over now. So let me make sure we did everything. Looks like I can cross movie off the list. (gasping) I forgot about dinner! Good thing this video is
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