Grange Wallis
Super Freak
I'm not one for long posts. I'll try to keep this brie, but I honestly don't think I'll be able to!
Speed Racer is a soon to be classic film and cult hit! Mark my words. I'm far from a Speed Racer fan, I never like the cartoon as a child of the 80's, nor am I hugely into asian cartoons, I love them when I see them, but don't follow the releases closely. Mind you I did grow up loving Astroboy!
But tonight I saw Speed Racers... and I honestly think it was one of the greatest cinema experiences I have had. It was amazing, maybe due to my surprise I loved this movie because of my lack of love for the character or expecting it to be a poor movie, due to all of the mixed reviews. But I loved this movie, it was nothing like I ever seen in a cinema, maybe that's because of the amazing colour palette. I was expecting that I wouldn't understand or follow the actions scenes, but I was there bump for bump, crash for crash and following it all! I was really surprised about how much i loved all of the characters, Heroes and Villains... Racer X was awesome! And John Goodman did an Amazing job in this movie, one of the better characters I've seen him play. Emil did a great job as Speed... A new Hero in my book!
Th Important Bit!
I'm not going to go on about the movie and I know this movie would be for everyone tastes, but for everyone here; on this Forum... who posts, lurks or just loves movies period. Please see Speed Racer as it is one of those movies that captured something very special and excited me in a way that I have only experienced a couple of times... When I saw a man fly out of a revolving door and catch a falling woman and Helicopter in one swoop or when he flew back into Metropolis to face down 3 villians set to kill him. When I watch "In-valid" Vincent out swim his "valid" brother only to walk on a spaceship for a tour around Saturn. When I watch a gladiator become more powerful in death than an Emperor of Rome. When I saw a down and out man in his 40's recapture the spirit of his youth before being killed by his closet homosexual neighbour. Watching a Web-slinger almost die training to stop a train full of people. We I saw Rocky... I could go on, but I won't... Basically I saw something entirely new tonight and like those movies I've seen before it. I left feeling... inspired by it! And glad that I saw it at the Cinema, not on DVD, not on Blu-Ray and definitely not in some private video file on my computer! So if you are a fan of the movies (you'd have to be to spend the vast sums of money we do on the collectibles spawned from them.) go see Speed Racer at the Cinemas, you owe the art-form that much!
Speed Racer is a soon to be classic film and cult hit! Mark my words. I'm far from a Speed Racer fan, I never like the cartoon as a child of the 80's, nor am I hugely into asian cartoons, I love them when I see them, but don't follow the releases closely. Mind you I did grow up loving Astroboy!
But tonight I saw Speed Racers... and I honestly think it was one of the greatest cinema experiences I have had. It was amazing, maybe due to my surprise I loved this movie because of my lack of love for the character or expecting it to be a poor movie, due to all of the mixed reviews. But I loved this movie, it was nothing like I ever seen in a cinema, maybe that's because of the amazing colour palette. I was expecting that I wouldn't understand or follow the actions scenes, but I was there bump for bump, crash for crash and following it all! I was really surprised about how much i loved all of the characters, Heroes and Villains... Racer X was awesome! And John Goodman did an Amazing job in this movie, one of the better characters I've seen him play. Emil did a great job as Speed... A new Hero in my book!
Th Important Bit!
I'm not going to go on about the movie and I know this movie would be for everyone tastes, but for everyone here; on this Forum... who posts, lurks or just loves movies period. Please see Speed Racer as it is one of those movies that captured something very special and excited me in a way that I have only experienced a couple of times... When I saw a man fly out of a revolving door and catch a falling woman and Helicopter in one swoop or when he flew back into Metropolis to face down 3 villians set to kill him. When I watch "In-valid" Vincent out swim his "valid" brother only to walk on a spaceship for a tour around Saturn. When I watch a gladiator become more powerful in death than an Emperor of Rome. When I saw a down and out man in his 40's recapture the spirit of his youth before being killed by his closet homosexual neighbour. Watching a Web-slinger almost die training to stop a train full of people. We I saw Rocky... I could go on, but I won't... Basically I saw something entirely new tonight and like those movies I've seen before it. I left feeling... inspired by it! And glad that I saw it at the Cinema, not on DVD, not on Blu-Ray and definitely not in some private video file on my computer! So if you are a fan of the movies (you'd have to be to spend the vast sums of money we do on the collectibles spawned from them.) go see Speed Racer at the Cinemas, you owe the art-form that much!
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