Dear Wachowski Brothers
Published by Kyso Kisaen May 15th, 2008 in MoviesJust saw Speed Racer. It was as colorful as I could have imagined. The end race sequence was exciting enough to get me to forget I spent the first 3/5 of the movie bored out of my skull. The casting was excellent (thanks for not using Keanu as Speed Racer. I know it must have been tempting)
Woah, Speed Racer, woah.
You camped the hell out of that movie, sucking every last bit of cheese out of the animated series. Yet somehow, during the whole movie, I did not once hear the phrase, “Go, Speed Racer, Go!” If it was in there, certainly it was not given proper prominence. What the hell is wrong with you two? Can’t you complete one project without reminding the audience how much you piss us off? Weren’t those last two Matrix movies enough?
I want to love you, really I do. Stop being douchebags.
Love,
Kyso K.
PS: I love being the only person in the theatre.
I loved Speed Racer. I was ‘bored’ but ‘bored’ in the same way that I am while watching Dragonball Z or any anime really- impatient for action, analyzing the wonderfully absurd human interactions and plot. I think the ‘boring’ sections may actually add to the action payoff. What I hated about the 2nd and 3rd matrix movies was the ‘all action all the time, none of it satisfying’ but Speed Racer had a rhythm that was completely satisfying.
And I usually don’t like movies just because of the sfx but … damn, the ice cave. The ice cave!! And the psychadelic color-orgasm ending, wow.