Review: Speed Racer Blows Venkman’s face off!
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- By drvenkman
SPEED RACER WAS IN-FREAKIN-CREDIBLE!!!! Your crazy if you don’t want to go out and see this movie! I know a lot of people that have told me they “just aren’t interested in seeing it.” Well I say shame on you! You and anyone else that feels this way needs to see Speed Racer! This movie is the reason we go to the movies. It’s got everything. Drama, action, comedy, adventure, and a monkey.
There are a few things that really impressed me about this movie and hit me hard.
The acting in Speed Racer was fantastic! Everyone was at the top of their game for this movie. There was deep emotion embedded in every character. Even when they were over the top and campy that is just who the character was, and I loved it. Racer X and Trixie especially. Christina Ricci was like a real live cartoon, it was in her eyes. Each actor was the character they were supposed to be. I didn’t see Emile Hirsch I saw Speed. Everyone was pitch perfect.
The Style of this film is different than anything I have ever seen before. The look, the feel, the designs, the special effects were so amazing. The colors popped out like nothing has ever popped out before. The whole thing, every scene was a work of art and was non-stop eye candy.
The races were bloody insane but without the blood. I loved how they flowed and like Speeds mom said in the movie “watching him race was like watching a painter paint”, but with allot more adrenalin. Then there was this incredible fight scene in the movie that just made my jaw drop, just the way it was filmed mixed with the effects looked so cool.
What I liked most about this movie was how it made me feel when I watched it. It made me feel like I was 10 years old again. There were points in the movie where I wanted to jump up and cheer! In fact I think I did at one point! This movie was made to bring out the kid in us. If you have forgotten what it was like to be a kid this movie will put it in perspective for you. If you are a kid or a big kid like I am, it will still have that effect on you. I just got home from seeing it and I am still feeling the head rush!
Final verdict, you have to see this fantastically amazing movie of awesomeness.
GO SPEED GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
-Dr. Venkman
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I am a closet geek who works at Black Belt magazine, that’s right, the granddaddy of martial arts geekdom.
I was a huge Speed Racer fan when it aired on Channel 52 in Los Angeles in the 70s. My dad disapproved of us watching it because of the “violence.” Even then we knew that was a ridiculous charge. I used to draw the Mach 5 in profile obsessively. It was the center of my aesthetic universe for a few years, there. I freakin’ loved that show. Looking back on it now, it’s more nostalgia than admiration. It looks so Spartan compared to today’s anime, it’s almost sad. But the voices and music and the car have not lost their appeal.
Let me get to the point.
My nephew and I went to see it on Friday and we both loved it! I was so happy because all the lame reviews by a buncha wet blankets had me worried. I went in with a mood of defiance. “I’m ready to like this movie!” I told Jason. “Those critics were not only old, they just don’t get it.”
Then I saw Iron Man on Sunday and despite how well all the parts fit together, I have to say, I had more fun at Speed Racer! I think it’s a generational divide at work here. Speed Racer speaks to the manic kid that grew up to race cars. Iron Man to the nerds who yearn to be James Bond or America’s closest approximation according to Marvel Comics: Iron Man.
Don’t get me wrong, I really liked Marvel and Favreau’s shellhead and it was pretty nigh flawless, but the narrative seems to address the dreams and desires of an older movie mentality. There’s a traditional approach to film that Iron Man fulfills and there’s a need for something fresh that Speed Racer and the wacky Wachowskis hit like the reddest game controller button there is. They nailed it, they know what kind of experience film and the big screen can deliver. We don’t care anymore about whether CGI can make a hero like Iron Man “believable.” We want to be thrilled by what he does.
As far as I’m concerned, the car beat the suit hands down, regardless of how many butts paid to sit through the film. Numbers tell different stories than the stories themselves.
Thanks for putting out an enthusiastic review from the heart!
Count me in.
Glebedee
I agree with everything you say Gleb Jolie. Most of the reviews I read were negative! Transformers got better reviews than Speed Racer and as fun as it was Transformers has a bad story line and terrible dialoge. Speed was fantastic! Everything was pitch perfect for what it represented and what the movie was supposed to be. Leave to the “Critics” with their thumb up their butts to stear people away from seeing one of the best movies of the year. I’m happy you enjoyed the review.