Movies

I really don't see any point in making live action movies from cartoons. I liked very much the "Speed Racer" cartoon, but this wasn't nothing like the cartoon. It was closer to atrocious films as "Spy Kids" and "Shark Boy and Lava Girl" rather than the original "Speed Racer":-The visuals are terrible, mostly because of the CGI overload, as it was something directed by Robert Rodriguez.-The performances were terrible and the characters were boring and flat (This may sound strange, but I think that the characters were more realistically portrayed in the cartoon) -The story was muddled, bland and boring.Finally, I just want to say that this movie was so dumb and bad, just like all the live action movies inspired in cartoons.

No Speed Racer isn't a cinematic masterpiece, but what Speed Racer does do is be a goofy, high adrenaline, pyschadelic action film with jaw dropping colorful cgi spectacles filling the screen at all times. I don't know what people were expecting with a movie titled "speed racer" maybe they wanted something like the Matrix due to the directors. Speed Racer isn't the matrix in fact it's most like a crazy Saturday morning cartoon brought to life. It's pure eye candy from start the finish, and the cast is high energy and fun. It's sorta too long but there's enough crazy stuff happening to keep you entertained.

Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) grew up idolizing his older brother Rex (Scott Porter). When they barely survive a bomb, Rex runs away to race for somebody other than Mom (Susan Sarandon) and Pops (John Goodman). Now Speed Racer is a grown up and a brilliant racer with his childhood girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci).Nobody could ever call the Wachowski Brothers bland. They are certainly very bold with their style and this is no exception. However the gaudy colors, and cartoonish style doesn't make the racing that exciting. It's all flash and fury signifying nothing. I rather have a few real stunt car driving. The style overwhelms everything.As for the story, who could really pay enough attention to keep up? The visual overload distracts the audience and confuses everything. Any possible tension is drained away by the ridiculousness of everything.