i went into this movie with an open mind and was SEVERELY disappointed. the writing is TERRIBLE, like worse than SBALG terrible, the plot twist made no sense, all of a sudden sharkboy and lavagirl aren't dreams but rather heroics? and where the hell is max? what happened to planet drool, or mr electricidad, or literally ANY of the other characters that were SUPER important to the previous film? this would've made more sense if it were a standalone film in a universe where sharkboy and lavagirl never existed. that being said the animation was pretty good. sharkboy and lavagirl was a badly written and animated movie but at least it was enjoyable to watch, this movie is so generic it's hard to even watch past the first 10 minutes. im sorry but this movie is just awful. i'd pick the original sharkboy in lavagirl any day