GO Speedracer GO!
posted in Life and Whatnot |
So I finally got around to watching a movie that I wanted to see at the theater but didn’t:
SpeedRacer! It was produced and directed by the same guys that did the Matrix. And I was expecting corny dialogue, some bad acting and awesome visuals.
This is my angry face!
And that’s exactly what I got.
Seriously cool racing scenes. A friend of mine described the special effects like a “a rainbow that threw up on the screen.” Hey, I thought it was cool.
PLOT: Hey, it’s Speed Racer, come on! You’ve seen the cartoon, right?
Speed’s older brother “dies” in a fiery collision and Speed follows in his footsteps. Ultimate race at the end to help show that cheaters never win.
OVERALL: Another movie that really pops on HD. By the way, I don’t have an HD DVD player. (or Blu-Ray, for that matter). But I do have a progressive DVD Player using component connections and I tell you, it looks great on an HD TV. Anyway, the racing is the best part and fortunately, that’s most of the movie. If you were a fan of the cartoon, you will enjoy picking out all of the details that Wachowski brothers got right, including the CHa-Cha-Cha sound that the Mach 5 car makes when you push that jump button.
RENT IT: Just for the racing scenes. Very cool.
UPDATE: In its opening weekend, the film grossed $18,561,337 from around 6,700 screens at 3,606 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking third at the box office behind Iron Man (in its second weekend) and What Happens in Vegas… (a new release).[58] In its second weekend, the film grossed $8,117,459 and ranked #4 at the box office. The results were well below studio expectations[59], given that production costs of Speed Racer are estimated to be about $120 million USD.[60] Despite the low box office numbers, Warner Brothers remains optimistic about sales of associated products ranging from toys to tennis shoes.
I am still looking for a red Speed Racer ascot.
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