Talk:The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

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isn't the full name "The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D" ? - Stoph 20:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• afaik, its available in 2d just as sk3 was. make that a redirect. SchmuckyTheCat 21:20, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The 3D on this movie is not absolutely perfect, but the film itself is brilliant. HyperHobbes 14:04, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

mi hijo es fanatico de su pelicula, me encantaria sabes si puedo conseguir el disfraz y productos para hacerle su fiesta, --200.38.179.100 18:10, 27 January 2006 (UTC)mariana V

Contents 1 Title spacing 2 lowest grossing commercial film. 3 Bad section 4 WikiProject class rating 5 Plot summary 6 Characters 7 Spy Kids 4

[edit] Title spacing

Why are spaces placed between "Shark" and "Boy" and "Lava" and "Girl?" On the box there are no spaces in their names. The IMDB page for "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D" also does not use spaces in the title. I tried to find the official website, but it seems Miramax has taken it offline. I was, however able to find the DVD version of "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D" website. It looks to me like "in 3-D" is a part of the title even though the movie is also available in 2-D. Jecowa 21:16, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lowest grossing commercial film.

• This is NOT Rodriguez's "lowest grossing commercial film." It made almost $40 million in the U.S and another $30 million overseas. Better then El Mariachi, Dusk Till Dawn and Desperado. Just the facts please people!

• Why in the ever-bleeding Christ is the synopsis for this article so long? There are articles about presidents shorter than this! Kindly shorten it, no one cares enough to read a 46-page masters thesis on the wonder that is Sharkboy and Lavagirl.

• Someone please shorten the article, I agree with the user above, it was WAY too long. It looks like it was lifted off of a fan site or something. Sabishii Kouen 02:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

• I care. It was a beutifully-written summary, although not appropriate for Wikipedia, I do agree. I tried to shorten it, see below. Peace, --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 16:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bad section

It looks like the "Disney Channel Preimere [sic]" section needs a little cleanup. 67.163.184.160 15:23, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 01:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

I tried to create a shorter plot summary by combining the work of a bunch of different editors (my own contributions, the really long summary, and the shorter one that appeared after the long one was removed)(I also did something similar for the story paragraph up top). I tried really hard to combine and preserve these different visions by carefully choosing what to use and where... so it would be lovely if we could discuss changes here! Of course, this is Wikipedia, you're welcome to edit it and delete it as you deem appropiate. --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 16:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Whoops! It is still quite long, I didn't realize... I'm already working on shortening it by removing events which are less relevent to the plot, feel free to help.--RainbowWerewolf (talk) 06:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

We need to work together to shorten the plot summary, it's gotten longer again. I do not mean to offend, but I'd like to suggest to those who have been lengthening it that you continue making the plot summary more eloquent yet at the same time shorter. No matter how beautiful and complete it may be, other Wikipedians won't respect it if it's really long! Some of the information in the plot summary could perhaps be put in other sections, maybe in a cast/character section, hopefully with references establishing the notability of that information so that others don't remove it. I don't know where all of Mr. Electric's puns would fit into the article, but I'd be open to suggestions. Let's make Sharkboy and Lavagirl a featured article! --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 03:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Characters

I would like to propose that we take some stuff from the way-too-long plot, the cast list, and some of the tidbits of casting information and combine it all into a new section called "Cast and Characters" or something like that (this directly follows the example of several featured articles for somewhat similar films). Here's a preview of what I had in mind:

• Taylor Lautner as Sharkboy. He is a superhero dreamt up by Max. He was separated from his father (a marine biologist) in a storm when his floating laboratory was destroyed. He was then raised by sharks and posesses many of their abilities. Lautner's martial arts skills helped him to get the role of Sharkboy. "When I auditioned for the film, Robert Rodriguez, the director, didn't know that I had my martial arts [background], and while we there in Austin, TX he saw a DVD of me and asked me to choreograph my own fight scenes," said Lautner.[1] (reference)

• Taylor Dooley plays Lavagirl, another creation of Max. Her origins are unknown; indeed, she is uncertain of her own identity/purpose throughout much of the film. (Followed by referenced info about casting and the creation of the character.)

And for minor characters such as Max's parents:

• David Arquette and Kristin Davis as Max's Father and Mother respectively. His Father is an unemployed writer. Although they mean well for Max, they are on the brink of a divorce and thus unable to settle his troubles. (Then, in the plot summary, we could simply introduce them as "Max's arguing parents".)

I think this this would be an elegant way to solve some of this article's problems but it's certainly not the only way. However, if nobody responds to this post, I might just try this out in the article... you guys can always revert my edit if you don't like it. Peace, --RainbowWerewolf (talk) 15:49, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spy Kids 4

I've never heard of this movie being called that before, so I'm worried it might be a bit misleading.--RainbowWerewolf (talk) 15:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, seriously - who added that anyway? I'm removing it. Noone (talk) 01:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)