It’s utterly unbelievable that the Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix) actually spent $160 Million on the biggest piece of crap released in movie theaters this year to date: Speed Racer. They certainly didn’t spend that money on the actors’ abilities to act, nor on a good script, and certainly not the epilepsy-inducing, gaudy, bright, horrible, confusing graphics. (I can’t think of enough adjectives.)
I knew going in to the theater that Speed Racer wouldn’t have much of a plot. (One person likened it to being as seemingly appealing as the live-action Flintstones movie of a few years ago - which John Goodman was also in. Hint, hint?) But you’d think that the guys who made The Matrix - which had incredible CGI work - would have at least produced a crappy movie with great graphics.
If there was any shred of good acting, it was from Matthew Fox as the mysterious Racer X character, a force for justice. But when you’re matched against wretched dialog and awful acting, it’s a dog’s breakfast covering any good bits.
This is a terrible movie, with no redeeming qualities, and it makes me wonder exactly what they spent $160M on. I’d go back to the graphics company and demand a refund, boys.
So save your money, maybe get your hands on the old anime TV series if you have some unexplained need to watch Speed Racer. Of course, if you have kids, it might be difficult to explain to them that you might vomit if you had to watch this piece of crap. Just get them the toys - the TV commercials are already appearing, and some fast food restaurant is bound to offer some soon as well.
The Wachowski Brothers should be put into a corner of a room and made to write, “I will not make crappy remakes of mediocre TV shows again” - say about 1,000 times with a small piece of chalk.
Oh yeah, and the movie is waaaay too long, besides!