This is visually the most amazing movie I've ever seen. The bright colors, stylized special fx and action are amazing. It creates a world that is complete eye candy and a joy to watch. The actual races are adrenaline pumped and very exciting. The Wechowski's, as they did in the Matrix, create a world with it's own laws of physics and gravity, and you completely buy into it. However, that being said, Speed Racer does have it's flaws. There is a fine line of cheesiness that is walked almost perfectly through the first hour or so, yet it annoyingly crosses the line in two kung-fu fight scenes and a few other scenes with Speed Racer's little brother and sidekick/pet chimpanzee. The length of the film is also an issue. It clocks in at 2 1/2 hours, about 30-45 minutes too long, especially for a PG rated, Saturday morning cartoon inspired movie. Which brings up another thing I noticed, the PG rating. With quite a bit of swearing and voilence and some bird flippage, I'm surprised this wasn't PG-13. All in all it's a fun time at the movies.
*** out of 4
Next up....The Chronicles of Narnia 2 and Indiana Jones 4...
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oh man.. I hate it when the make a movie too long.. but nevertheless I am still excited to see this show.
There there little buddy. Sorry about the Jazz, but as you know, all good things come to an end, and "this too shall pass".
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