Sunday, May 18, 2008

Speed Racer

I knew when I read the overwhelmingly negative reviews for this that it was something I had to see. Not because I wanted to go to the theater and mock it, but because there was some odd tone about all the reviews; they hated it, but acknowledged that it was like nothing they had seen before. That was a serious red flag for me. So I convinced my friends Mike and Lisa to go see it with me, and I've got to say it was like no other experience I've had in the theater. It was totally ridiculous in every way, but it was just a real blast to watch. The plot is ludicrous, so I won't bother summing it up (basically, race), but I have never seen so many colors and such an exuberance for filmmaking in a movie before. I can't recommend that you watch this enough, just as long as you are willing to let yourself fully accept the world of the movie as it begins.

RATING: 82%

2 comments:

John said...

The same critics who slammed Speed Racer probably named Juno as movie of the year. Pretentious sons of bitches.

laurie said...

Neat. I wish I could go see a movie today, but instead I'm writing a paper about banking laws. Which is why my next review will be a scathing review of the first year of law school. Preview: it is worse than eternal hellfire. In conclusion, Christina Ricci is hot.