don't be fooled. the wachowskis' inspiration for speed racer isn't the original speed racer cartoon, but mario kart 64's rainbow road. in fact, with its unique [read: terrible] visual style, the wachowskis look to unseat willy wonka and the chocolate factory as the trippiest movie ever. sure, it's rated pg, but don't believe for a second that they aren't secreting targeting the same type of people [babies excluded] who spend friday nights watching baby einstein.it's unfortunate that the wachowskis chose to make speed racer a movie that honestly can only be enjoyed with the aid of hallucinogenics, since they could have chose any other movie to force upon the public their vision. instead, they chose to submarine a franchise with a decent following by making it look like a pinball game. i highly doubt that anyone would want to see this movie with the way it was filmed, let alone more subsequent movies in such a manner. although i do want it to be successful so that the wachowskis will say that there two more movies in the works and that they always envisioned speed racer as a trilogy, thus leading to overhyped and ridiculously awful sequels. anyway, underneath the veneer of visual psychedelia may lie a decent movie, but it won't be enough. in the end, the actors involved probably will look back and sheepishly regret ever being connected to such a film, while the wachowskis will think of new ways to ruin good movies.
prognosis : 3/10
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I have to give the Wachowski bros credit for putting so much work into making Speed Racer... but overall the movie looked and felt like a cross between anime, a kaleidoscope, that Flintstones movie, a video game and the Dukes of Hazard
is that pic a car or a phallus?
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