This idea is a work in progress mind you.
The basic idea is finding a movie trailer and writing a short paragraph about it. Brent and I thought up the idea after having to watch several stupid previews before Juno and noticing how poorly done they usually are.
Today’s movie is Speed Racer
Wow…music’s not bad…but WTF sums it up the best. I mean seriously, if Dr. Seuss wanted to make a movie and loved games like Wipeout or F-Zero it would look like this. The CG effects are so corny that Pixar could do a better job and still keep it cute. Just look at the trailer 34 secs into it. I realize Speed Racer is hardcore and likes to drive on crazy terrains, but the Wachowski brothers could have put some effort into the CG like in the Matrix…actually they didn’t try all that hard there either *cough*Neo fighting agents with pipe*cough* I am also reminded of Hot Wheel commercials and how they use cheap animation to show a snake eating the car, etc. From the looks of it the plot isn’t much better than Transformers (then again anything is better). Speed Racer won’t race for dude, dude is pissed, dude takes family and girlfriend, Speed has to win (I don’t understand why winning would save them, I’d just kill the family if he wins) to save everyone and they live happily ever after, w00t. Since racing isn’t cool enough the Wachowski brothers decided to spice it up with ninjas and minions with tommy guns to show just how bad-ass Speed Racer is.
I predict that the movie will only do well because of the Wachowski name and Speed Racer nostalgia. After all that’s the only reason Transformers is liked, everyone remembers, not watched, but remembers transformers (if they were even alive for it) and automatically loves it and dismissed the crappy story line and sub par acting (at least Transformers had good CG).
1.5/5 (It got points for the soundtrack)
*I never watched the original show, animation wasn’t my taste.
Let the flaming begin…
Additional info:
Rating: PG-13
In Theatres: May 9th, 2008
Larry and Andy Wachowski (dir.)
Emile Hirsch
Christina Ricci
John Goodman
Susan Sarandon
Matthew Fox
1 Comment
January 8, 2008 at 10:15 pm
At least they did a decent job for the trailer…I’ve seen a few where I have to stop and ask if it was made by a serious production company with editing software that wasn’t bought from a flea market in the late 90’s.
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