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Re: Day of Speed Racer

oakling — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:47:03 -0000

Well, now I really can't decide whether to see it! I never watched the cartoon, and it sounds like the movie would make me motion-sick... I don't know why Hollywood seems to think that's a selling point.

Re: Day of Speed Racer

danica — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:55:06 -0000

To be fair, I think Chocano isn't contradicting herself but is saying something along the lines of "There was too much talking and not enough action, and what action I saw was too fast and confusing and seemed pointless." Which sounds a lot more pointed and damning than what she actually said - go me! ;-p

Re: Day of Speed Racer

Chuck Tryon — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:49:44 -0000

I keep wavering back and forth on Speed Racer. I saw it in an empty theater (like I was literally the only person in the theater), so it was hard for me to develop a lot of the excitement for the film that some people have described.

But when I hear someone like Armond White say that Speed Racer is "killing cinema," then I have to wonder if it's not actually reinventing it. I actually appreciated the avant-garde elements of the visual design--it was as if Peter Greenaway had made an action film--very strange, very surreal, and I think my ten-year old self would have appreciated the aesthetics as well.