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Title: Speed Racer
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on April 04, 2009, 11:01:54 PM: Guess what's on Cinemax right now. :smug
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: TakingBackSunday on April 04, 2009, 11:02:22 PM: jennifer jason lee tits?
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: fistfulofmetal on April 04, 2009, 11:03:35 PM: Hm. Sure.
I'll watch it.

I've been wanting to make a post about how much it sucks. I just had to actually watch it first.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: fistfulofmetal on April 04, 2009, 11:07:29 PM: This movie is not meant to be watched on tv. The artifacting is almost unbearable
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: BlueTsunami on April 04, 2009, 11:36:46 PM: Quote from: BrandNew on April 04, 2009, 11:02:22 PM
jennifer jason lee tits?

I wanna' see Junpei's tits
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on April 05, 2009, 12:06:44 AM: :smug
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 05, 2009, 12:09:26 AM: Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 04, 2009, 11:07:29 PM
This movie is not meant to be watched on tv. The artifacting is almost unbearable

It's not meant to be watched on Blu-ray either. Shit movie total.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 05, 2009, 12:40:21 AM: Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 05, 2009, 12:09:26 AM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 04, 2009, 11:07:29 PM
This movie is not meant to be watched on tv. The artifacting is almost unbearable

It's not meant to be watched on Blu-ray either. Shit movie total.

Speed Racer was MOTY 2008. This is indisputable.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Greatness Gone on April 05, 2009, 12:59:28 AM: Horrible movie, but it was made great because of the homosexual tensions between Jack and Emile Hirsch. Like, in all of their scenes together, you could feel Jack's need to fuck Emile.

Emile mmmmmm Jack mmmmmm
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: fistfulofmetal on April 05, 2009, 01:09:46 AM: what a weird movie.

Jack was great. He's a cool dude.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Sceneman on April 05, 2009, 04:09:10 AM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 05, 2009, 12:40:21 AM
Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 05, 2009, 12:09:26 AM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 04, 2009, 11:07:29 PM
This movie is not meant to be watched on tv. The artifacting is almost unbearable

It's not meant to be watched on Blu-ray either. Shit movie total.

Speed Racer was MOTY 2008. This is indisputable.

pretty much, anyone that says otherwise is a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow who doesnt truly understand cinema
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: EvilBoris on April 05, 2009, 04:38:40 AM: would have made a cool short feature.. as a feature length though it's a fucking nightmare.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 05, 2009, 12:22:45 PM: Great movie or greatest movie?
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on April 05, 2009, 12:40:37 PM: "Cheaters never propser"

Words to live by.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 05, 2009, 12:47:04 PM: One of the best movies of 2008. Even Patel agrees! :rock
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Eric P on April 05, 2009, 12:48:39 PM: seriously

so great.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Veidt on April 05, 2009, 12:52:41 PM: Great,great film. Loved it since the 1st trailer.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 05, 2009, 12:53:05 PM: I imagine in ten to twenty years, this will be a cult classic that people will look back and go, "Wow, how did this bomb so badly?"
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Eric P on April 05, 2009, 01:05:12 PM: the audience watching the second Footloose remake will look up the Wachoiskis and scream "save us" and they'll whisper "no."
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Diunx on April 05, 2009, 01:13:31 PM: I watched the first seven minutes online like a week before the movie came out, that was enough to never go near it again.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 05, 2009, 02:13:01 PM: Quote from: Willco on April 05, 2009, 12:53:05 PM
I imagine in ten to twenty years, this will be a cult classic that people will look back and go, "Wow, how did this bomb so badly?"

They should have pulled a 2001: A Space Odyssey and started advertising it to stoners after the initial release bombed.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: twerd on April 05, 2009, 02:14:54 PM: Wachowskis should've stopped after the original Matrix.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Solo on April 05, 2009, 02:52:51 PM: One of my favs from 2008. Better than TDK
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: WrikaWrek on April 05, 2009, 02:57:43 PM: Shit story, dialog, acting, all focus on special effects, the movie feels like a tech demo. "better than TDK" :lol
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 05, 2009, 02:59:07 PM: Let's see where people line up on this?

On our side, we've got Patel, Eric P, Solo, Joe Molotov, etc.

I like our side.

Rest of you fail at movies.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Veidt on April 05, 2009, 02:59:53 PM: Why am I "etc". ?

: (
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: WrikaWrek on April 05, 2009, 03:04:59 PM: Quote from: Willco on April 05, 2009, 02:59:07 PM
Let's see where people line up on this?

On our side, we've got Patel, Eric P, Solo, Joe Molotov, etc.

I like our side.

Rest of you fail at movies.

Pretentious film fans trying to make a critically panned and a commercial flop, movie into something it isn't, in a hilarious attempt at making the movie happen as a misunderstood gem, if only because of its unique and gay colored visuals.

Yeaah...Sorry, but no.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Veidt on April 05, 2009, 03:06:22 PM: Quote from: WrikaWrek on April 05, 2009, 03:04:59 PM
Quote from: Willco on April 05, 2009, 02:59:07 PM
Let's see where people line up on this?

On our side, we've got Patel, Eric P, Solo, Joe Molotov, etc.

I like our side.

Rest of you fail at movies.

Pretentious film fans trying to make a critically panned and a commercial flop, movie into something it isn't, in a hilarious attempt at making the movie happen as a misunderstood gem, if only because of its unique and gay colored visuals.

Yeaah...Sorry, but no.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/30kq1yx.gif)
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Human Snorenado on April 05, 2009, 03:06:50 PM: Quote from: Willco on April 05, 2009, 02:59:07 PM
Let's see where people line up on this?

On our side, we've got Patel, Eric P, Solo, Joe Molotov, etc.

I like our side.

Rest of you fail at movies.

You keep telling yourself that, Mr. Federwang.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: twerd on April 05, 2009, 03:15:11 PM: Click was really an arty high-brow venture for Sandler, of course I wouldn't expect you lot to understand. :smug
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: OptimoPeach on April 05, 2009, 03:22:51 PM: Quote from: Willco on April 05, 2009, 02:59:07 PM
I like our side.
You don't count, you liked Transformers.

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Speed Racer was okay. The visuals were simultaneously orgasmic and seizure-inducing.
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Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Veidt on April 05, 2009, 03:24:45 PM: So did I.

Now what?
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Diunx on April 05, 2009, 03:29:47 PM: Quote from: Veidt on April 05, 2009, 03:24:45 PM
So did I.

Now what?

Quote from: Veidt
I hate to disagree. But no, Wolverine was great for a Marvel film. That's right. I fuckin' liked it better then Ironman. Best X-men film I've seen. Don't hate me for that. It's called taste.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Veidt on April 05, 2009, 03:30:54 PM: Here's where Wilco takes one for the team *fingers crossed*
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 05, 2009, 03:41:10 PM: I didn't count Veidt because he liked Wolverine, honestly.

Triumph, when you going to hop on the Speed Racer bandwagon? How many awesome dudes, like Eric P and Patel, have to endorse it before you give it a shot, you big hater, you!
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Veidt on April 05, 2009, 03:48:21 PM: Et tu?

:(
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Solo on April 05, 2009, 05:07:34 PM: Quote from: WrikaWrek on April 05, 2009, 03:04:59 PM

Pretentious film fans trying to make a critically panned and a commercial flop, movie into something it isn't, in a hilarious attempt at making the movie happen as a misunderstood gem, if only because of its unique and gay colored visuals.

Yeaah...Sorry, but no.

Did you really just call people who like Speed Racer pretentious?
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 05, 2009, 05:20:05 PM: Speed Racer is the epitome of unpretentious, straight-forward film-making. If anything, the pretentious movie-goers are the ones that didn't like it because it didn't have some deep meaning or metaphysical quandries or quirky emo characters. Speed Racer is all about having fun.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 05, 2009, 05:22:02 PM: I just watched the end of it in high definition on Cinemax. That final lap, set to Michael Giacchino score, is pretty awesome. The visuals, the action, the sound make it an incredibly compelling climax. It's like being a kid again.

Wachowski Bros. are forgiven for The Matrix Revolutions.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 05, 2009, 05:23:14 PM: Quote from: Willco on April 05, 2009, 05:22:02 PM
Wachowski Bros. are forgiven for The Matrix Revolutions.

Real Talk.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 05, 2009, 06:12:40 PM: I'm watching this right now on Blu-Ray. It having the Wacokshi's jizz 1080p absinthe directly into my eyes. :drool
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: WrikaWrek on April 05, 2009, 06:26:34 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 05, 2009, 05:20:05 PM
Speed Racer is the epitome of unpretentious, straight-forward film-making. If anything, the pretentious movie-goers are the ones that didn't like it because it didn't have some deep meaning or metaphysical quandries or quirky emo characters. Speed Racer is all about having fun.

You are going to go ape shit for Wolverine Origins. Seriously, that movie is also as simple, straight forward film making as you gonna get.

Bet it's gonna be the movie of 09 for the lot of you that love Speed Racer.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Human Snorenado on April 05, 2009, 07:18:04 PM: Speed Racer is the epitome of style over substance; sound and fury signifying nothing.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: drew on April 05, 2009, 07:19:10 PM: possibly the gayest movie ive ever seen

you would love it junpeiiu

my autistic cousin would love it as well
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 05, 2009, 09:46:51 PM: Quote from: WrikaWrek on April 05, 2009, 06:26:34 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 05, 2009, 05:20:05 PM
Speed Racer is the epitome of unpretentious, straight-forward film-making. If anything, the pretentious movie-goers are the ones that didn't like it because it didn't have some deep meaning or metaphysical quandries or quirky emo characters. Speed Racer is all about having fun.

You are going to go ape shit for Wolverine Origins. Seriously, that movie is also as simple, straight forward film making as you gonna get.

Bet it's gonna be the movie of 09 for the lot of you that love Speed Racer.

I couldn't care less about Wolverine Origins as it looks quiet terrible. It's really an entirely different ballpark from Speed Racer. See, with WO it's all about Wolverine flying around and blowing up helicopters and all kinds of crazy characters, but it comes across as being artificial and manufactured in some marketing department. With Speed Racer, it comes across much more as being an earnest attempt at making something fun and nostalgic, and largely succeeds.
Title: How can anyone hate a movie where Christopher Hitchens is the main villain?
Post by: Mandark on April 05, 2009, 09:47:24 PM: Quote from: The Card Cheat on April 05, 2009, 07:18:04 PM
Speed Racer is the epitome of style over substance; sound and fury signifying nothing.

I bet you didn't like Un chien andalou either.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 05, 2009, 10:03:01 PM: I think anything that costs $100M to make inherently has a hard time being "unpretentious", not to cast aspersions on SR which I haven't seen.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Mandark on April 05, 2009, 10:19:16 PM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on April 05, 2009, 10:03:01 PM
I think anything that costs $100M to make inherently has a hard time being "unpretentious", not to cast aspersions on SR which I haven't seen.

You got it backwards. It's conventional wisdom that a movie with a big budget is dumb entertainment, so spending that much signals lowbrow status.

Dialing down the spectacle in the name of authenticity, that's pretense.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 05, 2009, 10:29:14 PM: There will be no college professors doing lectures on the philosophy of Speed Racer, that's for sure.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 05, 2009, 10:29:52 PM: Right, my mistake. I should've said it inherently has a hard time being unpretentious. It has an easy time being "unpretentious".
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: patrickula on April 06, 2009, 01:01:35 AM: Put me in the "loved it" column. Wachowskis redeemed.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: cool breeze on April 06, 2009, 01:15:29 AM: I have the movie on blu-ray and if I do rewatch it, I fast forward past most sequence that doesn't involve the car races; it's probably the most shallow way to watch a movie. The races are awesome but the most everything else is that intentionally campy I don't like, especially the little fat kid. It's almost like skipping a cutscene in a game for me.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: TVC15 on April 06, 2009, 01:19:44 AM: Quote from: Willco on April 05, 2009, 02:59:07 PM
Let's see where people line up on this?

On our side, we've got Patel, Eric P, Solo, Joe Molotov, etc.

I like our side.

Rest of you fail at movies.

I'm a big fan, too.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 06, 2009, 01:22:29 AM: I'm pretty sure if TVC and Patel and Eric P unanimously agree on something artistic, it means you suck if you disagree.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Human Snorenado on April 06, 2009, 01:28:16 AM: Quote from: Willco on April 06, 2009, 01:22:29 AM
I'm pretty sure if TVC and Patel and Eric P unanimously agree on something artistic, it means you suck if you disagree.

I'm pretty sure they all hated Transformers.

Your move.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 06, 2009, 01:29:55 AM: I never disagreed - I said I love my trashy, guilty pleasure robot fightin' movie!

I never said it was very good. It didn't even make my Top 20 list!

Eric P even berated me about it on air with my friend, Mike!
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: drew on April 06, 2009, 01:31:49 AM: so by your own logic you suck?
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Greatness Gone on April 06, 2009, 01:39:48 AM: So we all agree that Twilight was better than Speed Racer? Speed Racer almost trumps it, due to it's beautiful shots of Christina Ricci's enormous five-head. Or was that Sleepy Hollow? But Emile Hirsch and Jack are also way cuter than that ugly guy that plays Edward Cullen.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Enl on April 06, 2009, 04:33:55 AM: I liked Speed Racer too. The film was exactly was it was trying to be, a multicolored cottoncandy laced with lsd. One of the best dumb fun films I experienced last year.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Dickie Dee on April 06, 2009, 04:38:21 AM: I thought it was alright, I think they delivered on whatever vision for the filim they were going for, I just question why that vision was supposed to be a big budget blockbuster when it's pretty easy to see that most people are be completely out of sync with the choices they made.
Title: Re: Speed Racer
Post by: Yeti on April 06, 2009, 12:38:25 PM: I had a blast watching Speed Racer, I'm glad to see most of Evilbore agrees.