Speed Racer

[dreamer_easy]

Speed Racer was fun. Solid script, good performances, bold style, gorgeous VR landscapes. The kid totally and unexpectedly stole the movie. Even the Inevitable Rap Cover Version Over The End Credits wasn't too noxious. My aging brain did have trouble following some of the action... or was it that the cars were unconvincingly massless, and so a lifetime's experience of how real objects move was useless? Or simply that my entire visual cortex burned out in the first five minutes?

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[redrose999.livejournal.com]

It burned out your visual cortex, I can vouch for that. Those colors can do that....

I actually liked it too. The kid reminded me of my youngest son.

[jvowles.livejournal.com]

Loved it, unreservedly. Came in expecting naught but eye candy and the always-fun John Goodman. Instead got massively interesting visuals (eye candy? NO! eye CRACK!), a boldly un-selfconscious and sentimental script that absolutely true to the spirit of the original, and a kid that demands to be seen. I used to HATE spritle in the tv show, which I admit was never a favorite mostly because of the time it was on. I *loved* him in this, particularly because they emphasize the way he worships Speed the way Speed worshipped Rex -- and because they let Speed realize that, and they let Pops make up for his mistake with Rex.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

eye CRACK!

YES!

[whochick.livejournal.com]

The film should seriously come with an epilepsy warning!

[jcobleigh.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to find someone else who enjoyed this movie, too.

I've seen three movies so far this summer: Iron Man, Indiana Jones, and Speed Racer. Of the three, Speed Racer is the one that brings a smile to my face when I thing about watching it.¹ It was pure cotton candy fun. The visuals were top notch and I loved watching John Goodman beating up a ninja.

You're right about how the cars were unconvincingly massless. I expected (and was able) to turn off the part of my brain that understood physics, but that's true of so many movies that it wasn't a big stretch.

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¹ I expect WALL-E to be in the same category.