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Spoiler-free SPEED RACER review
I went to see SPEED RACER today in spite of the 35% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
My review:
You should go see SPEED RACER. The critics panning it are idiots who have apparently had their "child-like wonder" glands surgically removed.
I think I know why some people think it is merely a bit of flashy fluff sans story. This is an old school Good Guys versus Bad Guys movie updated with bleeding edge special effects. This is the movie you would have dreamed up when you were 9 years old after spending a Saturday morning munching on Sugar Pops while watching Speed Racer and Johnny Quest.
The reason the critics don't get it is that the world of Speed Racer is a child's world: eye popping colors, insane visual effects, and cars, cars, cars. The effects editing is brilliant and is absolutely integral to telling the story throughout(Must. Resist. Giving. Spoilers.)
More importantly this is the story about...(wait for it)...Family Values. It is the story of what it means to be a family and what it means to follow your dream for the right reasons.
I know I'm going to get barbecued for this, but SPEED RACER has a far more complex plot and more pathos than IRON MAN. Don't get me wrong, IRON MAN rocked HARD. IRON MAN had better acting, but SPEED RACER has a better story.
SPEED RACER is the shiny two-fisted fusion powered world of the future that you dreamed of as a kid. Watching it makes you feel like you are a kid again.
If you remember the least bit of what it was like to be a 9 year old sketching out race cars in the margins of your school book during class, then you will like SPEED RACER.
Go Speed Racer Go.
daringMy review:
You should go see SPEED RACER. The critics panning it are idiots who have apparently had their "child-like wonder" glands surgically removed.
I think I know why some people think it is merely a bit of flashy fluff sans story. This is an old school Good Guys versus Bad Guys movie updated with bleeding edge special effects. This is the movie you would have dreamed up when you were 9 years old after spending a Saturday morning munching on Sugar Pops while watching Speed Racer and Johnny Quest.
The reason the critics don't get it is that the world of Speed Racer is a child's world: eye popping colors, insane visual effects, and cars, cars, cars. The effects editing is brilliant and is absolutely integral to telling the story throughout(Must. Resist. Giving. Spoilers.)
More importantly this is the story about...(wait for it)...Family Values. It is the story of what it means to be a family and what it means to follow your dream for the right reasons.
I know I'm going to get barbecued for this, but SPEED RACER has a far more complex plot and more pathos than IRON MAN. Don't get me wrong, IRON MAN rocked HARD. IRON MAN had better acting, but SPEED RACER has a better story.
SPEED RACER is the shiny two-fisted fusion powered world of the future that you dreamed of as a kid. Watching it makes you feel like you are a kid again.
If you remember the least bit of what it was like to be a 9 year old sketching out race cars in the margins of your school book during class, then you will like SPEED RACER.
Go Speed Racer Go.
