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Iron Man dominated the international box office this weekend, adding $39 million from 7,500 theaters in its second weekend, while What Happens in Vegas earned $23 million from 3,902 locations and Speed Racer made just $12.8 million from 3,940 theaters overseas

That has got to suck if you're the Wachowskis....
 
Holy crap ... this movie wasn't even on my radar until I saw these trailers.

International Trailer 1
https://wbads-63.vo.llnwd.net/e1/wbol/uk/movies/speedracer/speed_racer_tlrf3_qt_500.mov

International Trailer 2
https://wbads-63.vo.llnwd.net/e1/wbol/uk/movies/speedracer/speed_racer_tlrf4_qt_500.mov

The racing segments look like live action clips from the Wipeout video game (and that's a compliment IMO). This has jumped into my Summer Must See List.

YOU'RE GONE.
 
Speed Racer

Any one else see this flick?I thought it was pretty good not as good as Iron Man but better than I thought it would be since the trailers & critics had me worried.Thinking of picking up the movie version Mach 6 to go with my Ertle M5 & Shooting Star.:D
 
Re: Speed Racer

Search is your friend. There are three active threads on this in "Other Discussion". ....
 
We're still discussing this movie? Why?!

There is much better movies out there worth wasting our time discussing. :)

Like, when will they make a sequel to the ShawShank Redemption...

Spend 3 hours watching Andy Dufresne and Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding on a boat fishing reminiscing about their days back in the clink. Except occasionally they will go in depressive bouts thinking about the old awkward and physically, emotionally, and mentally scaring times spent in the shower.
 
Tim Robbins commented on how the video and television branches of the same company basically sold themselves the Shawshank TV rights for almost nothing, so whenever it airs he gets a check for like thirty-five cents.
 
Re: Speed Racer

cue Irish in 5... 4... 3... 2...

No need to sick Irish on me I found other threads...You guys are hardcore thread cops.
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j/k.:D
 
I went into this film expecting it to suck, but, actually, I thought it was awesome. Sure, it's all eye candy, but it's absolutely amazing eye candy, and it's a perfect adaptation of the source material.

It seems like some people expected them to turn Speed Racer into MacBeth.

It's too bad it's going to totally tank at the box office, but I'm sure this will end up being a cult hit in twenty years.
 
It seems like some people expected them to turn Speed Racer into MacBeth.

I wasn't expecting that. I just wanted a film that wasn't skewed towards kids (even then, kids didn't like it either). Who did they think the target audience was? Kids? No, perhaps those who grew up watching the cartoon and are now adults who would love a more mature take on their childhood series. Most kids nowadays have no idea what Speed Racer is, and considering the flick's box office take, they still don't.
 
Tim Robbins commented on how the video and television branches of the same company basically sold themselves the Shawshank TV rights for almost nothing, so whenever it airs he gets a check for like thirty-five cents.

That's a travesty!

That movie is one of the all-time greats! Who made that deal?! I want heads errr names!
 
Yeah this will probably be a hit with kids and stoners....


and people with bad taste in movies. :monkey3 :monkey1

I stand by this statement.

But apparently a lot of kids don't like this crapfest summer bomb either. Judging by the talk I've heard and the toy and ticket sales they're all into Iron Man and not a 23 episode cartoon that aired forty years ago.

Has anyone heard about this garbage movie giving kids seizers yet? There's bound to be one or two.
 
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