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Title: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: noah on May 11, 2008, 03:55:33 PM (http://samueljscott.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/question-mark.jpg)
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: john.christian on May 11, 2008, 04:19:17 PM Did you like the Anime?
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: hugoleo777 on May 11, 2008, 04:25:55 PM Did you like the Anime? Exactly. If you do, you'll be amazed! The movie is really cool! 8) Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: dj Zero on May 11, 2008, 05:00:14 PM I'm goin for sure. My brother just saw it and is goin again.
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: Dave Richards on May 11, 2008, 06:14:10 PM How's the story? I'm not into all the eye candy. Esp. since the eye candy DIDN'T exist in the original show.
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: hugoleo777 on May 11, 2008, 08:11:16 PM The story is great! There's comedy (Spritle is awesome). There's drama. There's nice action scenes... Dave, you gonna love it!
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: Christopher Carl on May 11, 2008, 08:30:52 PM yes, if you didn't I would lose all respect for you.
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: hugoleo777 on May 11, 2008, 09:31:17 PM yes, if you didn't I would lose all respect for you. Ditto Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: rick on May 11, 2008, 11:14:25 PM took my mom, niece & nephew to see it last night. all 4 of us :smiley27:'d it
ps--even if you only like random, nearly nonstop greenscreen fun, you'll dig it Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: john.christian on May 11, 2008, 11:44:38 PM It was very cartoony but I still enjoyed it. I like it for the good family dynamics within in the Racer family. I especially enjoyed the performance of Matthew Fox as Racer X; his performance was the most emotionally moving to me. I'm very glad Keanu Reeves turned down the role when it was first offered to him. Plus there's a funny LOST reference between Racer X and Taejo Togokhan; Matthew Fox also being the actor who plays Jack Shepherd on LOST. :)
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: ecliptik on May 12, 2008, 12:04:04 AM My friend devon kept on about how great it was, and he is a huuge anime buff. Usually when he approves a movie, then I know its good. I can't wait to see it.
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: Dancechapel on May 12, 2008, 07:00:24 AM You need to know going in that it's got plenty of cheese, and a lot of the fighting and action are very campy.
Here's a good Spritle clip to give you an idea: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808406004/video/7633142/ It's more video game than Anime to me, and reminds me of Tron that way (but it's not that good.) It does have some good things in it though, as one of the main themes is art vs commerce. Do you do what you do because you love it, or do what you do to make money? Once money enters the equation, can it still be art? That theme was probably my favorite thing about the movie. Not being able to tell what was happening in the races, or who was winning...NOT my favorite thing. If you're looking for a family movie where good triumphs over evil, this is "ok." Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: Dancechapel on May 20, 2008, 04:13:05 PM People are talking about this again
Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: john.christian on May 22, 2008, 10:56:19 AM I'll say this. Speed Racer is eye-candy. But... come on... paying tribute to the original series? Don't think so. You're right. It needed more fast-paced, run-on sentences delivered with stiff, dead-pan expressions. yeah... the clip sealed it for me. I won't see it. No offense, Dave, but you're awfully quick to critique a movie you've yet to see. Title: Re: Should I see Speed Racer? Post by: Dave Richards on May 22, 2008, 11:33:13 AM I saw a few more. I have problems with the way the cars asploded among other things.
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