Just got back from an evening showing I went to with my brother and six-year-old nephew.
I'm now much more inclined to believe all of those nutty stories about how Larry Wachowski had chosen to live a life of gender-bending and hardcore S&M.
Why do I say this?
Because only someone with a true appreciation of sadism could take the the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and beat the everliving shit out of you with it. And, well, I liked it.
Visually, I imagine this movie is about five-ten years ahead of its time (Woe unto those with epilepsy.)
Story wise, it wasn't anything you haven't seen before. Small family business struggling to survive. Scrappy, hot-headed but extremely talented young upstart. Evil corporate guy out to walk all over anyone who gets in his way. Enigmatic stranger. Ninjas.
My recommendation? See it only if you've got a severe case of ADHD, a pepsi, and a box of sugar.
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Re: Speed Racer
So what you're telling me is that I should get drunk first?
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
Re: Speed Racer
Yes.
Also, I will note that even though the movie was shot through with an "evil corporations are out to rule the world" sub-plot there was product placement ranging from Mopar to Cheerios.
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Re: Speed Racer
The New Yorker review made two noteworthy comments: firstly, that while anti-corporate views were nothing new, rarely have they been displayed with so little sense of irony, especially in a movie funded by Warner Brothers. Secondly, that the MPAA should have rated it "X", meaning in this case "of no interest to anyone over ten years old".
Re: product placement, I noticed that even the ads show the name "Petrobras" in them.
Re: Speed Racer
My take.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
Re: Speed Racer
I appreciate all these comments, because I'm pondering whether to go see it.
I have a deep emotional attachment to the crappy cartoon, and in my younger days I spent a lot of time lifting Hot Wheels cars into the air and saying, "TCHOING-TCHOING-tchoing-tchoing ..." but my local paper panned the movie for not being engaging or witty enough, so I've been conflicted.
"My intellect is gigantic, monstrous, terrifying."
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I plan to see it, myself; it looks fun.
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I plan to see it at the local IMAX after some serious regulation of commerce.
But, as Deepak Chopra taught us, quantum physics means anything can happen at any time for no reason! Also, eat plenty of oatmeal, and animals never had a war... who's the real animal?
=Professor Farnsworth
Re: Speed Racer
This is my review
The film gave me a migraine
I took a nap after
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix