(Disclaimer: I know that positive criticism is never as fun to read as negative, so I apologize for that. But this was a FUCKING fantastic summer movie.)
Oh.
My.
God.
I spent the last few months building up my hopes for this movie, against all odds and the trend that movies like it usually sucked major ass. I kept telling myself that I would go for the stylization of the movie, the colors and HD ultra-high resolution effects. I went into this movie excited, but clenching my teeth at the lamefest that was most-likely to follow.
Dear Wachowski Brothers,
Thank you for not following the trend of everyone else. Thank you for hiring people based on talent, your screenwriters, your actors, and especially your compositors. Thank you for making Hot Wheels: The Movie. Thank you for making Burnout: The Movie. Thank you for taking everything that made the original Speed Racer good and wholesome and earnest, then injecting it with pure AWESOME! You sirs, have just accomplished a feat that no other has survived; you made a great movie with a monkey as a key character. You made a movie that makes the real world seem disappointingly colorless... and slow. Jesus don't get me started on how slow the world seems after coming out of your movie. I suppose I should also thank you for making a movie that makes tripping balls in public an appealing idea to me. This, coming from a guy who doesn't touch ANY sort of altering substances, alcohol or the like. The colors, Mike. The COLORS!
Does your movie fall into the category of astonishing drama or story-telling? Probably not. It is not the greatest contribution to cinema and the arts that has ever been, no sir. However, you've taken two hours of my time, and in return you've provided me with a more thrilling sensation of speed, color, beauty, and excitement than I will likely get from a movie for some time to come.
I hope that the audiences that follow me into those theaters sees your movie with open minds, accepting it as digital art with real humans in it. I hope the full meaning of why one shot looks cartoony and the next ridiculously realistic is apparent to them. I hope this effort you've put forth earns you the money you deserve, so much fucking money!!
Greatest movie EVAR? ...not really. It's definitely up there. Most fun I've had sitting in a theater for two hours? It's up there, too. And I think that's what you were aiming for. Good work, Wachowski Brothers and Army of Compositors.
Good work.
*gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Oh.
My.
God.
I spent the last few months building up my hopes for this movie, against all odds and the trend that movies like it usually sucked major ass. I kept telling myself that I would go for the stylization of the movie, the colors and HD ultra-high resolution effects. I went into this movie excited, but clenching my teeth at the lamefest that was most-likely to follow.
Dear Wachowski Brothers,
Thank you for not following the trend of everyone else. Thank you for hiring people based on talent, your screenwriters, your actors, and especially your compositors. Thank you for making Hot Wheels: The Movie. Thank you for making Burnout: The Movie. Thank you for taking everything that made the original Speed Racer good and wholesome and earnest, then injecting it with pure AWESOME! You sirs, have just accomplished a feat that no other has survived; you made a great movie with a monkey as a key character. You made a movie that makes the real world seem disappointingly colorless... and slow. Jesus don't get me started on how slow the world seems after coming out of your movie. I suppose I should also thank you for making a movie that makes tripping balls in public an appealing idea to me. This, coming from a guy who doesn't touch ANY sort of altering substances, alcohol or the like. The colors, Mike. The COLORS!
Does your movie fall into the category of astonishing drama or story-telling? Probably not. It is not the greatest contribution to cinema and the arts that has ever been, no sir. However, you've taken two hours of my time, and in return you've provided me with a more thrilling sensation of speed, color, beauty, and excitement than I will likely get from a movie for some time to come.
I hope that the audiences that follow me into those theaters sees your movie with open minds, accepting it as digital art with real humans in it. I hope the full meaning of why one shot looks cartoony and the next ridiculously realistic is apparent to them. I hope this effort you've put forth earns you the money you deserve, so much fucking money!!
Greatest movie EVAR? ...not really. It's definitely up there. Most fun I've had sitting in a theater for two hours? It's up there, too. And I think that's what you were aiming for. Good work, Wachowski Brothers and Army of Compositors.
Good work.
*gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Last edited by Boomerjinks (2008-05-09 17:00:26)
