Robert Rodriguez is probably best known for films such as From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City and Planet Terror but he is also well known for his more family friendly work on the Spy Kids films. Embedded below is a new music video directed by Rodriguez and it is definitely sits in the family friendly category although it is nowhere near as good as Spy Kids.
IFC eclusively debuted the video and unfortunately it’s pretty bad. The music is derivative, saccharin and unimaginative and the video fits it perfectly. Roping actress Kat Dennings into the video Rodriguez has made a dull and sickly video for the song 40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet) by Bob Schneider.
Perhaps most worrying is the following from the interview with Rodriguez at IFC –
I would always buy Bob’s albums — I dug that he stayed in Austin. When this last album came out, “Lovely Creatures,” I took it with me on location to Hawaii to go shoot “Predators.” It was the only CD I had, so I was listening to it a lot!
If this was the music that Rodriguez was listening to whilst working on Predators I have concerns about what impact this might have on the film. What if the film ends with Adrien Brody’s character having a picnic with the Predator in a clearing in the woods and then them hugging as the music swells…
Okay that’s probably not going to happen and I’m sure it had little impact on Predators but this video is pretty terrible isn’t it?
