Drop some acid, mute this crap, and pop in a Grateful Dead cd. That's the only way you'll watch this crap to the end. Other than that, the psychedelic flashing lights, the colors, constant movement effects and crap sound will have you vomiting your guts out. I watched the tv show as a kid....it was cool. This crap is total crap.
Gave it a three.
That's pretty good! Unwatchable total crap crap still gets a 3? Part of you sees through your initial gut reaction and sees something that's really there.
For the record I, like so many others, have seen it upwards of a dozen times, in varying degrees of sobriety, and find it a rich, enriching, rewarding experience.
I like John Goodman. Three is a crap movie but still psychedelic for those that want it. If you're on acid, it's probably a nine or ten.
If you were "enriched" by that, there's something majorly wrong with you.
A great movie with a real crappy and frenetic visual style that makes racing even more painful to watch than three hours of NASCAR. Some effects were great. I loved the shifting scenes transposed over each other. But the racing scenes were absolutely horrendous.
Other than that, I really enjoyed the story, the dialogue and the tension.
Could have used more of the Mach 5's capabilities though. After all, it's the car that's the star of the show.
"De gustibus non disputandum est"
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shareTired of the whiny babies and their poor eyes.
I have never had a film bother me based on jumpy cam, so I don't get it. Maybe they should stop being such wussies. Probably the same that get sick on the teacup ride at Disney World.
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Set your computer's visual settings to "neon" and work with that for a few hours. That's the pain I suffered watching "Speed Racer" which, otherwise, was a great flick.
"De gustibus non disputandum est"
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I gave it a 6 but I agree with you a great deal. This movie lacks a lot of things. Like a proper story. Or characters you even remotely care about. This movie is one of the most extreme examples of style over substance in filmmaking that I have ever seen.
shareIt has plenty of substance -- more than it needs.
For example, a 'kids' movie incited by a family going estranged when the oldest son leaves by way of what the father sees as a betrayal? And then dies, almost crushing the family? Not a typical lightweight setup in any movie. The younger son grows up following his dead brother's footsteps, and later, another son is added, coming along in the memory of all that came before, trying to eke out a space for himself in a family already full of history and horrors. That's why Spritle is such a nut, he has to stand out and be different to get attention from these haunted people he lives with.
And that's just backstory. Nope, Speed Racer delivers the meat along with the meringue. It was the most entertaining and interesting movie I'd seen in years.
"It was the most entertaining and interesting movie I'd seen in years."
You don't see enough movies then.
At least not enough GOOD ones.
I loved the TV show & I STILL hate this!
I give it a 2 & I'm only being that generous because they at least got the design of the Mach 5 right!
This is a horrendous, abysmal, hokey & ill staged, visually confused & thematically schizophrenic lava-hot mess that IS literally unwatchable because after seeing & hating it in theaters I bought it on dvd just SURE that I had been too harsh in my original assessment & that a second viewing would accentuate the positives in it (especially after rewatching some classic episodes of the show to remind me of what they were going for) & after several days of watching it again in small doses I'm only halfway through & I can barely muster the persistence to finish this turkey of all turkeys! To hear such praise of it from you & others is almost as surreal as the tripped out hippie imagery of this cinematic crapfest!!!
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
No, it's everything I said.
shareSince you took the lazy man's avenue of debate in order to just basically say "I'm right & you're wrong!" allow me to return the favor. You COULD have just said "In my opinion it's great but opinions vary." but no, like a twelve year old you think that only your opinion counts & that your opinion equals truth. It doesn't & this movie blows.
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
You didn't say ""IN MY OPINION this is a horrendous, abysmal, hokey & ill staged, visually confused &" blah blah blah. Instead you said it is a "mess that IS literally unwatchable", ie. you think that only your opinion counts & that your opinion equals truth. It doesn't & this movie rocks my world.
share"this movie rocks my world"
Good 4u! If more of us had worlds the size & density of a dandelion I'm sure that our worlds could be rocked just as easily! :D
It's logical to assume that I was giving my opinion especially as I was contrasting it with yours which you had stated as fact & so I did the same. Art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This is a fact. What's NOT a fact is that you can tell me what I think. You can at best regurgitate what I have told you I think & assuming that I was honestly conveying that to you then your repetition may or may not be accurate. Your logic is as faulty as your taste in movies but maybe in the same Bizarro world where this film is a classic your pretzel like twistings of reason make perfect sense. ;)
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
Wow, did anyone understand that?
Luckily I read it again so I know what you're saying -- 1) By nature everyone has and is entitled to their own point of view, 2) I should think of you as a liar, and 3) You are uncannily adroit at obfuscating your cognizance.
And I thank you for it, so please, keep posting. I spent some enjoyable quality time deciphering your cross-hatched greyscale expression. I don't know about the rest of these kalukabus, but you and I are alright.
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Um, ok. It makes perfect sense. And as usual when a Speed Racer troll can't dispute facts they attack the persons merits and character in a butt hurt statement to make themselves feel better about themselves. Hilariously, you simply reinforced everything I just said. I swear you dorks make it too easy.
If you like something, don't forget to really oversell it so it can disappoint everyone else.
TY for the support jookycola & also for pointing out that what I wrote wasn't incomprehensible to a normal person, I.E. someone with all of their faculties present. Unfortunately not only does BoisenberryBostwick's obsession with one of the worst movies of all time (In my OPINION BoisenberryBostwick lest you blow out your sphincter again in your pre-spontaneous combustion combo not seen since the days of Yosemite Sam) indicate that he's not equipped with such faculties, his continual "The world is FLAT you morons!!!" braggadocio & extremely misplaced arrogance on a message board about the dearth of quality in what most people can readily see as an abomination a giant neon sign advertising this fact (He should love that given the trippy style over substance style of "Speed Racer"), yet he & his fellow kool aid drinkers have made this object of their obsession into a golden calf which they'll worship unto death. In other words I agree, we simply CAN'T confuse them with the facts! :D
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
You jackals. You lusters of defenseless prey, thirsty for blood that pools, not pumps. You lurkers of the lay, hawk-watching box offices for underperforming movies with a mortal wound and a limp or two. Its the already-dying creations you like to set upon, the scent of decay, chasing them into their own deaths while tearing their graying meat from your dry maws.
It's different here. We're here to stay.
I give credit where it's due BoisenberryBostwick & not only is that poetic diatribe above average for your usual troll, it's actually better written than the dumpster fire of a movie that you're so desperate to defend! Take a crack at writing a Speed Racer movie of your own, you CAN'T do any worse than they did!!!
"Be nice until it's time to NOT be nice."
And another cheers to your signature. Roadhouse FTW.
BoisenberryBostwick is a HUGE known dimwit troll. He literally said here once that Watching Speed Racer was "a religious experience, like finding Jesus" I can't make this stuff up. He's THAT much of a pathetic fanatic. And he absolutely HATES to be proven wrong. It's why he guns for and obsesses over me because I've nailed this idiot 1000's of times here and it drives him bananas.
You're points are more than valid to normal people that don't live on IMDb. Look at his posting history and you'll see...he has no life, he lives on this site. So clearly he has no social skills or understanding of what makes a good movie and what makes a *beep* movie.
If you like something, don't forget to really oversell it so it can disappoint everyone else.
Is it because of the visual aspect of it? I find it very difficult to watch as well. I feel like I'm going to go into seizures during some of the sequences. But story-wise I found it pretty even and mostly respectful to the original cartoon series (though I'm pretty sure that many aspects were taken from the newer version of the cartoon). I thought the angle on Racer X's story was a good play and most of the characters were pretty spot-on.
Visually it is painful and I really do wish it wasn't so harsh on the senses because I did enjoy the storyline and seeing some of my favorite childhood characters come to life was quite enjoyable.
"De gustibus non est disputandum"
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The story is a dumb cliche that never reaches past the level of 'wallpaper'.
shareI know I've seen the old "son tries to follow in the footsteps of his dead older brother who is actually alive with a secret identity without making the same mistakes while his younger brother yearns to carve his own place while corruptive outside forces pressure the family to give up its business" trope a million times.
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there is a saying that fits your predicament with these over sensitive Speed Racer crybabies.
Don't argue with fools, because from a distance nobody can tell who's, who.
I agree. And an even bigger problem of this film is that it takes itself so serious. The same goes for its fans.
shareWere you really vomiting your guts out? Sounds like an inner-ear issue. The people who describe this movie as garish, psychadelic, etc aren't really criticizing it; they're describing it.
I doubt it was news to the Wachowskis that the movie was oversaturated with color. It was a choice, which rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. I give them credit for not making it bland, at least. They struck out as far as box-office, but I can't fault the effort.
I finally got me a nice LED TV and have just ordered a Speed Racer Blu ray, which, thankfully, is dirt cheap. I never saw the old anime but did watch the DVD a couple of years ago with my kids expecting to hate it and ended up thinking it was a ton of fun. I'm expecting it to be a total blast on a nice 65" screen.
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I have meddled with the primal forces of nature and I will atone.
I made it through about 20 minutes, and I'll watch ANYTHING. This was just bad on every level. What the hell were Sarandon and Goodman thinking?
Son, you can't polish a turd
Utter, utter garbage!
Surely only very, very young children and the lobotomised enjoyed this?
Ive watched a lot of Unwatchable and bad films. This is not one of them.
shareBut then your are not really watching the movie, are you?
shareAwesome movie. #9 on my top ten favorites of all time. No one I have showed it to takes acid and they have liked it. I wonder what will happen when I click on your profile, will I see any movies slammed by the critics there? Or have you, like other hater trolls, seen fit not to make your ratings public?
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