MovieChat Forums > Speed Racer (2008) Discussion > Now Officially a Cult Classic

Not quite. these are opinion pieces that basically point out the obvious that the movie was directionless, but likeable. And the target audience of kids missed the point in theaters because it was 3 hours long and a VERY talky.

The articles you linked to basically say give families a $5.00 bargain bin, or free cable price point. And the ability to watch this in a more comfortable and manageable place like at home on a couch and be able to pause this long movie. And since it's cheap or free they can watch multiple times and catch little nuances. the movie is finally able to get some respect.

It will never be the next Tron or Blade Runner. There will be no sequel, or even a reboot. there just simply isn't a big enough audience clamoring for speed racer. This movie was a crap shoot they were hoping to rope in fans of the original show and reintroduce it to a new generation. it failed there is no market for it.

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The sad thing is that if it weren't so visually messy and ugly, and had they filmed the racing scenes with far more excitement and tension, then the film probably WOULD become a cult classic as the story itself is relevant and interesting, the actors are top-notch in their roles and the the pacing of the film keeps the audience along for the ride.



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it was 3 hours long

No, it wasn't.

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It's also the farthest thing in the universe from a "cult classic". Fanboy/troll OP, and those that think the same. Maybe need the brush up the definition of that term.

Speed Racer is a box office bomb a failure that maybe 4 fanboys HERE loved, a few fringe critics. and 1.....eh, maybe 2 people a year pop on to say they loved. Like I always said from release day to right now. If you like it that's great, enjoy your movie. express your love for this movie. But stop overselling it as something it's not. Speed Racer is not a cult classic, just another huge bome from the HACK directors that brought us the equally craptastic "Jupiter Ascending"




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Cult classics are usually films that were box office failures.

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It's a masterpiece of family entertainment.

And LMFAO @ the idiot above me criticizing the brilliant, unique, and extremely powerful visuals in this film.

It really makes you realize that the people who dislike this film desire fromt heir movies a bland capitulation to the mundane and generic.



Screw 'em.

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Agreed. The visuals is one of the main reasons I love this film.

A boat that floats on water can also sink in it.

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Absolutely, all 3 fans posting back and forth with their socks on this one-page forum is indicative of its cult nature. Once it opens in Japan and recoups its budget there, it should garner even more global interest. Who knows, this forum could expand to 2 pages. It's only a matter of time before this is spoken in conversations alongside the likes of Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Perhaps even Iron Man 3.

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Oh, you didn't know? It's officially a cult classic man. The 3 pathetic fanboys left here said so man!!! So it's got to be true.



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http://mubi.com/lists/box-office-failures-turned-cult-classics

http://io9.com/5954595/10-reasons-why-speed-racer-is-an-unsung-masterpiece

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/03/speed-racer-misunderstood-art-film

http://www.metacritic.com/feature/15-movies-the-critics-got-wrong

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YAWN!
A misunderstood cult classic means after the fact that that a film failed to live up to expectations, people come BACK around to it and have a WIDE appreciation for it. Not the 5 people here that love it to death. It means people like me that know it sucks would be a major minority. People would think it was weird to hate it. It would be quoted often in real life, by characters in movies and TV, and an undeniable cultural landmark.
THAT is the very definition of a "cult classic".

want to actually have a point you can jam in my face to shut me up? Post a link to the 10th anniversary collectors edition Speed Racer (movie) with special booklet and hours of behind the scenes Blu-Ray when it comes out. Then I will shut up and never come back to this forum. Because in order for the studio to piss money away on this turd to have some cult classic collectors version. It would need the numbers to back up a reason for them to invest. Those numbers don't exist and telling me I'm wrong and it IS a cult classic against the hard numbers that say you are wrong can't be wished away. Until then I'll be the guy living in reality there to pour water on your sparks of bulls**t. While Speed Racer blu-rays are lining the bottoms of Best Buy and Wal-Mart $5 bargain bins....along with 'Cloud Atlas' and soon 'Jupiter Ascending'.




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One of the biggest box office bombs in history.....
Sadly your links are fantasy, these are indisputable truth. A movie bombs when it fails to generate money. It fails to generate money because people refuse to see it. People refuse to see a movie because it sucks and they don't want to waste their money on it.
The fact 'Speed Racer' STILL has not recouped it's budget in 7 years says....it's a turd, not a cult of anything but crap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_box_office_bombs

http://www.filmsite.org/greatestflops.html

http://my.xfinity.com/slideshow/entertainment-boxofficebombs/2/

http://www.sky.com/tv/channel/skymovies/gallery/50-movie-flops

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-box-office-flops-pictures-photogallery.html

http://www.cnbc.com/2012/03/20/The-15-Biggest-Box-Office-Bombs.html?slide=11

http://whatculture.com/film/20-biggest-summer-box-office-bombs-of-all-time.php/16

http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/10965/

I could go on and on, but a rational person would get the message. for every fantasy blog you find that says Speed Racer is a cult gem...I can find a hundred more that PROVE you're full of baloney. You lost man. You swore that someday I'll get mine and speed racer will come back, said nasty, vulgar, disgusting things about me and family. Trolled and bullied me and anyone else that said it was terrible...all that toxic hate and you still lost. And and the supposed "haters" were right the whole time. hahahahahahahahaha
Troll away, let the insults and butt hurt flow....it's all you have now. None of you have a leg to stand on.



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A movie so bad it killed the star of the movie Emile Hirch's career. 
http://www.answers.com/article/1220057/13-actors-who-are-box-office-poison?paramt=31&param4=fb-us-de-entertainment-ctr&param1=offbeat&param2=50811751&param5=10152053149891186&param6=6034773873682#slide=34

I deal only in facts not trolling or BS. I'm sorry, but not sorry for being right all the time. I'm sorry that makes you all so bitter.



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Yawwwwwn.
You must have missed the part where it clearly said:

"Hirsch still appears in a few hits but only as a supporting actor"

Of course you did, You don't have what it takes to mentally box with me. So I wouldn't expect you to suddenly have any common sense, reading and comprehension skills, or basic intelligence. Speed Racer killed his rising star and turned him into a back ground player scrounging for parts.


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And you missed the part where your own link said that EH killed SR, not the other way around.

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Oh, so now to defend your already pointless point, you turn on your hero...after defending him? hahah You are easily the dumbest troll I've ever seen on the internet. Do you ever forget how to breathe? 



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 Yeah. thought so.


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Watched again after 2 years and still holds up well. Really great moments and heroics and good acting. Just deserved it cult status by these somewhat bigger named sites.

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Bump.

In honor of the IMDb boards being shut down Feb 13th. I'm bumping every thread that shut down the trolls here that spend too much time masturbating to anime they can't handle or process facts. This movie BOMBED. It will NEVER be a universally loved cult classic. in almost a decade, it's never achived anything more than being a $4 DVD in the bargain bin at a dollar store. haha. My greatest memory of here will be that I walk away knowing that i will FOREVER be right and President_Ackbar_Impeached will always be wrong. He'll always be mad that I win FOREVER!!!!!

My absolute favorite memory from here will always remember is how pathetically easy it was to non-stop slay you kiddie porn watching trolls with indisputable facts and watching you all freak out and circle jerk each other in attempting to troll me with non-sense and crybaby name calling all because you none of you had the intelligence to accept reality or discuss and dispute my facts with valid mature points.
All you had is name calling and troll'ish (I lost the argument so i'll just pathetically talk sh!t) side comments
None of you could stand that every time i called you on your BS you couldn't beat me or the indisputable facts i provided that made you all sound like blathering fools.....and it pissed you off so bad that you guys STILL talk about me. So my gift to the world is bumping up all the threads where this bomb got ripped apart, and the world gets to see how badly you all cried like b!tches over it...one last time.

I can't wait to hear all of your salty, half baked, butt hurt rebuttals. For the few days you have left. hahaha Bye fcking losers!!!!




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Bump.
Every month or so This sad child molester named 'President_Ackbar_Impeached' would randomly post delusional crap like this claiming Speed Racer is a cult classic already...woo-hoo! we won, over the haters, type posts. It was always my pleasure you burst his bubble. If President_Ackbar_Impeached would have pulled his dick out little boys for a minute and checked in to the real world, he'd see Speed Racer is still a completely ignored and loathed failure nearly a decade later. Made by train wreck hack directors that have made nothing but garbage since.

Bump to read a bunch of fun butt hurt, crybaby fanboy rants.



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