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After all of the bad press, I thought that Speed Racer was going to be awful but my son wanted to go so my entire family went - the four of us. Everyone loved it and thought it was highly enjoyable. As a matter of fact the Crystal Skull was not as enjoyable as this film. I did not understand the bad reviews. Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Emile Hirsch,Christina Ricci, and Matthew Fox are all really excellently cast. The littlest boy and his monkey are hilarious and really fun. The whole movie really accomplished what is should have based on the cartoon. It was really a wild ride and even though I am not young, I really enjoyed watching wide-eyed throughout. The kids in the theatre were laughing out loud and the speeding cars were really incredible along with all of the different locations that were used. So the races were in Bali, or through the desert, etc. Also, the story is perfect for everyone. It talks about being disappointed by others bad behavior and how you should not cave in to the easy way out but stay family oriented and do what is right. The whole thing has a great message for families and all the little kids loved it along with the big kids ( adults ).
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
This movie was very enjoyable. I would recomend this movie to anyone, especially if you loved the show. This movie was defenitly not a let down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
I've been going to the movies my entire life...for the last 45 years...and...the Wachowski Brothers have done it again! Where they succeeded in making the Matrix movies, and blowing the doors off sci-fi movies with them, they have done the same for Speed Racer. I went into it not expecting much...in spite of the rep of the Wachowski's.... but was completely blown away before the movie even really started...it was wonderfully mind-blowing. One of the best movies I have ever seen in my life...I'm a big fan of live action/animation combos, and the incredibly vibrant colors used... 3 words..Amazing, AMAZing, AMAZING!!!!Thank you Wachowski's for another great film! I can't wait to see what you do next...
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
I fondly remember watching speed racer as a 6 year old 40 years ago. I never missed an episode. I Just got back from taking my 8, 10 and 17 y/o sons to see it. If you were a fan of the original series as I was you can appreciate a lot of the special effects, the slightly campy and cheesy plot, but hey... We're talking the MACH 5 here folks... Not your average race car. The rating was appropriate for this movie PG, but a PG-13 would have been more appropriate. With about 30 seconds of editing it could have been G rated. But this is the movie industry today. The few curses and one or two overly violent scenes could have been cut with little impact to the film. I would not recommend this movie for any child under age eight, IMHO, because of these scenes.I read the highly critical reviews of the "critics" and was truly appalled at the severe criticism written about this film. Apart from the above it kept us on our seats, had the crowd cheering and hooting and hollering... "GO SPEED GO!" half the time.I would ignore the critics, parents, unless your a "Puritan" in terms of movie ethics this is really great movie to see with your older children.The movie teaches a few lessons in ethics and morality. Bad guys DO LOSE and good guys DO finish first.The concept of FAMILY is important, not money, greed or power. and - never eat too much candy! :-)My rating a 90 out of 100 ...
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
LOVED IT!This interpretation was everything I could have hoped for and more! Packed with fun, action, great FX that mirror the anime style of the time - very cool!The movie didn't drag for a moment; I recognized every character from the original - and even their behaviors
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
IT WAS ACTION PACKED AND FILLED WITH LOTS OF LAUGHS! NOW I KNOW ALL YOUR KIDS LOVED THE LITTLE BOY AND MONKEY IN THE MOVIE. ASK THEM!!I CRYED AND LAUGHED AND EVERY TIME HE WAS DRIVING, I FELT LIKE JUMPING OUT OF MY SEAT SAYING "GO SPEED RACER GO!!!!!" PLUS I DON'T REMEMBER THEM SAYING A LOT OF CUSE WORDS YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY SAYING THAT IT IS NOT FOR KIDS. EVEN IF IT WAS PG-13 I WOULD STILL TAKE MY KIDS.
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
this movie was awesome from beginning to end, hands down!
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
PLEASE DONT READ THIS!!! U WILL GET KISSED AT THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF UR LIFE HOWEVER IF U DONT PPOST THIS ON AT LEAST THREE VIDEOS U WILL DIE IN 2 DAYS NOW THAT UV STARTED READIN DONT SPOT NOW. THIS IS SO SCARY SEND THIS TO AT LEAST 5 VIDEOS IN143 MINUTES AND UR CRUSHES NAMES WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
Dont get at ma boo Emile Hirsch-he was hella sexy as Speed. Second of all, yall need to shut da f*** up about the whole cussin thing. Sure you may have kids, but what kid dont you know by now that doesnt have some kind of innapropriate behavior. The movie is not encouraging them to swear and fight, the movie was encouraging teamwork. Evidently you need to work on your parenting skills if you're nervous about taking your 8 year old to see it. I mean , my god... thats the real world, you cant shield them from stuff like that forever... i wanna be sure they probably hear far more worst s*** on the playground. Dont get mad at da movie, or da wachowski bros. they makin a movie for your entertainment- so f***** grow up!!!oh yeah........GO eMILe Baby GO!!!!!!!
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
I almost didn't go to see this based on all the bad reviews...but WOW! I'm glad I did. As a great fan when I was a kid, I really appreciated how much this film honored the original series. It was great to see all the characters back and the casting and dialogue was spot on. I took 7 year old kids and we all were riveted to the screen during all the race scenes. It was a little long--I thought there would be two big races rather than three--but held the kids attention throughout.As for the appropriateness, I didn't see much of anything that would give me pause as a mom except the brief flash of a middle finger (to which I promptly told my kids that they were never ever to use that gesture because it was really rude) but even that was flashed so quickly that I don't even think that they really caught on to which finger was used. Unless i was in the bathroom during any "violent" scenes, I didn't see anything other than slapstick-type fights. The movie is a cartoon after all. It IS over the top, cartoonish, hyper and lots of all that--but so was the original series.There are some great values--loyalty, teamwork, persistence, doing what's right not the most lucrative, and lots of love and unity within the Racer family. Family, love, loyalty, and doing the right thing wins over cheating, dishonesty, corruption and greed. What's to argue with that???I'm a 40something mom of little kids and I loved it. If you go expecting a wild ride, videogame/cartoon angles and thrills, you won't be disappointed.
06/02/2008, 12:02 pm
