This could not have been any better
The kind of movie it is, it could not have been made any better than this. I never saw the cartoon but this was AWESOME!
shareYeah, i never understood why this flix got so much hate/heat after its release. With that being said, i realize that the movie is not without its faults.
shareYeah. I was a a Speed Racer movie in name alone. People went to see a live action Speed Racer, what they got was a movie with characters that shared the names and looks of the cartoons but had nothing to do with Speed Racer. Imagine a Jurassic Park Movie with no dinosaurs in it at all, or a Star Wars movie that's about Surfing in Hawaii and and you get the jist of why Speed Racer bombed so hard. It could have been better, had it been called something else. As a Speed Racer movie it totally missed the mark
shareIncorrect. SPEED RACER bombed because the Wachowskis wanted people to think for themselves and draw their own conclusions about their work, instead of pandering to the crowd. They did not do interviews, did not kiss the media's ass regarding their film. The very same thing happened with THE MATRIX sequels.
Most people surrender to the collective opinion, without thinking for themselves. If you look at the ratings on Metacritic alone, you'll see that the major critics are in polar opposite to the Users, and there are more than just a handful of them.
According to the rules of Hollywood, you have to kiss ass like you have to do in all American industries. It is more important to make certain you "follow the unwritten rules" and "join the club" than it is to try and let your work speak for itself. This is why the critics panned it in such large numbers, repeating the same quote over and over again in every negative review.
"Too many colors".
Like the GHOSTBUSTERS remake, Hollywood has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is nothing but a soulless, corporate money machine. They pay for marketing. They tell everyone involved with a film what to say and what to think. And they back it up by reminding everyone of the value of their paychecks, and warn them that they have to play ball if they want to have a future.
Don't believe me? Ask Shia LeBouf, when he defied almighty Spielberg by telling him that Indiana Jones 4 wasn't any good. Look what he did to his career.
Money ruins everything absolutely, because it allows selfishness and justification to not only run hand in hand, but to run amok.
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