Jess and I went to see Speed Racer at the (almost) dollar theater on Thursday night, and we enjoyed it. It hasn't gotten very good reviews (36% on the tomatometer), so we went with low expectations.
The movie was made by the same folks who did the Matrix trilogy, and they did a lot of CGI stuff once again. Cars and racetracks are all computer-generated, but that allows for a lot of special effects. We didn't take the movie seriously, and we found it both funny and exciting. One character, a little boy, we expected to be extremely annoying, and to our amusement he never was annoying at all--just funny. We were pleased after what had happened in other movies (see The Poseidon Adventure).
There were only a couple of minor swear words and one little birdie (it's rated PG). As another warning, there are a lot of bright flashing lights and rapidly changing colors. It's an epileptic's nightmare. In other words, Mom will have to wear sunglasses for about half of the movie. :) It was sort of like what I would imagine an LCD trip to be like without the bugs-under-your-skin feeling.
Final word: keep your expectations low, and go enjoy this fun movie. Two thumbs up.
2 comments:
hehe, that's LSD trip brad. You'd never make it in the hood. LCDs are in clocks.
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