Speed-Yawn-Racer

Speed Racer is easily the most boring action film since Matrix Revolutions. The racing, with it’s cartoon backgrounds, had all the realism of racing in front of a cartoon background. All of the scenes with the cartoon backgrounds were slightly out of phase with the live action sequences so that it never looked right-but then, maybe this not quite right look is what they were going for. I don’t know who the kid playing Speed Racer was, but he was a perfect blend of cartoon Speed Racer and Elvis Presley. It was good to see John Goodman and Susan Sarandon…

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