Out already. Gonna watch it after work..

Ok, here's my take on it.

Now, I went in expecting the worst. I hated the trailer for one, and was ready to walk out of the theater with the worst spent 8 bucks of the day. However, I had the feeling that if this works, it was going to be pretty darn good. If not, its going to be absolutely rubbish. The good news, its done by the Wachowskis. Therefore, there was a chance they could make it work. And make it work they did. Its good. Its darn good. And its so unconventional and hyperkinetic that there was no way anyone can make a good trailer out of it. The scenes just don't work in trailer form. Its cheesy, but in a good and imaginative way. It looks like the future seen through the glasses of an LSD intoxicated dude in the 60s and rendered by Pixar. Its Roger Rabbit but with 3D cartoons instead. Yes, its garish, absolutely over the top, thoroughly gaudy and is probably the most excessive thing on film, ever. But it has the spirit and heart to pull it off. The story is pretty rudimentary but I feel it has an edge of sincerity. Enough to get the audience rooting for the movie (unless you are some high minded snob trying to intellectualize everything). The Giacchino score is great fun and uses the original Speed Racer theme to great effect (and in many variations too!). Definitely a fun movie, if totally unorthodox. Admittedly, its going to be a love it or hate it thing. It was clear from the outset that conventional critics were going to hate it. Yes, its not memorable, I won't defend it to the death and I'll probably find it 45mins too long on a repeat viewing, but its fun, sincere, cheery and light. There are far worse ways to spend a lazy hot summer afternoon these days. For me, I love it. ***1/2 out of ****

Burga - who plays lots of videogames, is not an anime fan in general, was a bit of a childhood Speed Racer fan, does not have ADD and believes his inner 5 year old is still very much alive.

This post has been edited by BurgaFlippinMan: May 8 2008, 09:13 PM

So how's the film.... its The Wachowski Brothers...

they tend to do the most bizarre stuff in films.

Its either an 88% score on Rotten Tomatoes or a 30% score for 'Speed Racer'...

Is the film worth it? Or just a cheesy film with ridiculous special effects?

Its candy. Big colorful sweet candy. And a lot of it. Its up to you to decide whether you want or still need some candy these days.

Burga - now craving for the Giacchinno score to tide him over till Indy IV arrives...

This post has been edited by BurgaFlippinMan: May 8 2008, 05:42 PM

dang, i was supposed to watch this with my friends today but I declined because this movie was supposed to suck!! how the hell did it manage to be good lol.

Im in the state of watching OR not watching this movie. Awaiting for more reviews BUT so far, all the reviews are good!

Believe it or not, I will NOT watch this movie in cinemas.

It's looks so gorgeous in the trailers, I will wait and watch it for the first time on BLU-RAY!

I don't know whether to watch or not cuz Rain is there..any movie with Rain gonna be screw up big time

Actually its the worst reviewed movie on RT.com so far this year. But hey, like i said, it was never going to be a critics darling. But it does have something...I'd roll the dice and watch it.

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Added on May 8, 2008, 8:56 pmI didn't recognize him (i'm not big on Asian pop culture), and I thought he was just the token Asian dude until I saw his name in the credits.

This post has been edited by BurgaFlippinMan: May 8 2008, 08:56 PM

Watched already just now. The most colorful movie I have ever seen, just like the original cartoon. Wachowski brothers once again bringing something new to movie visual effects.

But, just one thing that really distracted me; Racer X. His voice was so familiar, I tried to remember where I heard his voice before. Until he revealed his face.

Watched the movie adi... and man, i have to say... this movie rox, despite the colourful and childish cartoonish style of the movie...
overall the action, the drama, the CGI, the graphics is just outstanding... and it's funny too...
i like most of Speed Racer is obviously the racing scene... damn it's so cool~
Mach 5... 800 horsepower... roller-coaster racing tracks , not to mention Rain is in this movie...

if i hav the chance, i'll go for second round anytime~

u check the poster outside the cinema aledi knw Racer X is matthew fox la...

I never saw the poster also, not even the trailer. Complete info shutdown on this movie. I should have done the same with Iron Man, coz all the good stuff is inside the trailer. LoL.

I caught it yesterday too... I must say I seriously enjoyed it. don;t listen to critical reviewers, this movie was never meant to please them, it was meant to be ENJOYED, so go endulge yourself in the colorful goodness of Speed Racer. And my God, like 90% of the stuff in the anime is in it!



Loads of surprise laughs, over-the-top dialog (it's done on purpose like the cartoon!) and wonderful action, and yeah, AWESOMELY fast racing. Rain has a surprisingly big role, but I believe Racer X was recreated really well... I think I'm going to watch again to fully absorb it~

Oh, and by the way, Trixie is a guy's dream girlfriend~

Wow greate review,im gonna catch this movie soon!

no offence, but my rating is 1/10.

maybe i just dont like candy anymore

same goes to me..like what squall and raptorclans said, this movie is superb ##big time..
i'd give it 10/10 if i could but u know how that varies from person to person..
talking about rain, i didnt see him playing so much rtole in the movie..not that much dialouge 'articulated' by him..so for those of you who hated him so much, i can say that he is not the reason for you to miss the movie...
p/s: seriously guys, this is a MUST WATCH movie...summore its value for money since the movie will play for around 2hours plus...

The problem is everytime this movie gets exciting, the director quickly jumps to a slow boring scene.. like wet blanket

Bullet time is as olde as time

This post has been edited by Polaris: May 9 2008, 05:19 PM

Now I wish they will make Cyber Formula GPX in movie as well .....

i just dont get it... is this movie that bad? why izzit so many ppl criticise it?

oh well... maybe u guys just can't stand the fact that this is from a very very almost-ancient cartoon and make such a great come back...
no matter, at least it's worth my RM8 and my time spent inside the silver-screen watching Speed Racer