Comments on: Speed Racer Review

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:04:53 +0000

I sort of watched this movie. I really dug what it was about as far as action, editing, art direction, and choreography.

But the intermittent scenes between the action were a chore.

And it’s 2h+ running time is a pretty absurd statement about their abilities as storytellers. They needed an hour and a half of exposition to tell the epic, layed saga of Speed Racer?!?
I’m saying they’re long winded.

By: Rian

Rian — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:11:59 +0000

I give Speed Racer a 4 out of 5. Or a 3.5 out of 4, I suppose.

By: Primal

Primal — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:18:26 +0000

I neither loved or hated this movie, but I really did enjoy the experience throughout the whole movie. I didn’t mind all the “melodramatic” stuff either because I pretty much knew what I was gonna get. The only sequence I thought dragged a tad that showed an example of the Wachowski’s love of their own dialogue was Royalton’s speech about power.

In the world of Hi-Def, this is as visually stunning as you can get and as shallow as it may seem, the visuals is my favorite aspect of the film.

By: Bob the Slob

Bob the Slob — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:24:56 +0000

I REALLY hated it.

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:33:30 +0000

In combat with the love vs. hate reviews out there is something like this, which is both:

“Is Speed Racer a good film? No. Absolutely not, it does too much that is traditionally considered to be wrong, and the story is too much of too little. I would not call it the best film I’ve seen this year, or even in the last five years. It isn’t as horrible as a lot of people say, but it isn’t good either. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest, and 5 being average, Speed Racer would get a 5 barely.

Now, after having said that I must insist that Speed Racer is the greatest fucking thing I have seen in a movie theatre in years. It was fun to watch, it was fun to listen to, it was fun to just sit there and absorb. 10 out of 10, no doubt in my mind. I didn’t’ see it in IMAX, and I will be correcting that shortly. It’s a shame this movie isn’t going to get as much viewings as it deserves, but on a bright note: They didn’t even hint at the possibility of a sequel in the movie. Everything is wrapped up at the end, except for “What happened to the Mach 5?”"

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2845609&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

this forum thread seems to be Speed Racer Fan Headquarters.

By: Goon

Goon — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:27:27 +0000

it just BARELY made no 2 on the weekend box office. i’m surprised it even hit 20 million considering the first day return was like, 5 mil. its possible there was a small flutter of word of mouth, but probably not.

By: Captain N

Captain N — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:23:17 +0000

The people who are hating this film are really really hating the film. The people who love it…. are really loving it. However, in the end, the film has bombed and its highly unlikely that we will get to see this world continues, unless it does consistently well throughout the summer, which is unlikely to happen.

By: Goon

Goon — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:08:02 +0000

all i can say is i vehemently disagree