dasha-henshins:

tabbythekouhai:

dasha-henshins:

stoppunchingmyllama:

thealmightytrebleclef:

anothercleverjedimindtrick:

dimitrajoy:

i still do not understand what possessed so many well-respected actors to do the spy kids movies like

did they pay really well? did you want these beautiful, terrible movies to be a blemish on your career forever?? why

 antonio banderas did so many high-profile movies then in spy kids he looked like this

tony shalhoub has won multiple emmys but he did spy kids and

even fucking george clooney wtf

steve buscemi is pretty goofy but still

salma hayek’s pigtails in this wow 

elijah wood was the lead in a movie that’s tied for the largest number of oscars of all time and he played a character creatively named “THE GUY”

sylvester stallone is like a cultural icon and he played not one but FOUR ridiculously dressed weirdos

alan cumming is the only one i can understand 

Spy Kids is a national treasure

how dare you talk about spy kids as though it is not the most brilliant franchise ever created

They did Spy Kids cuz Spy Kids fuckin SLAPS. Bad post op

Real answer: because Robert Rodriguez’s experience working with Tarantino lead to him developing a way to make movies with essentially no budget AND made him a lot of friends in Hollywood, plus he was making these movies specifically for his kids and had such an infectious energy about it, he was a joy to work with and those big-name actors did it almost for free.

So, basically, they did it for fun. Is that it?

Yeah, and because it was very little work, the movies were shot in record time almost entirely on greenscreen.

probably also a good tax writeoff