
Rain Drops Fall on Speed Racer
johnnydorama in News on May 09, 2008 - 10:12 AM – 3346 Views – 54 Comments
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The verdict is out, with a 33% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes - which in this country, translates into FAILURE.
"I wanted to race to the exits after 10 minutes of this unwatchable, would-be eye candy, which is so nauseating that it could induce vomiting. There is nothing speedy about the film, as it runs a horribly bloated 136 minutes." -Steve Rhodes
"It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the entire movie was paid for by the makers of Tylenol." -Scott Weinberg
"At two-plus hours, Speed Racer really isn't longer than your average NASCAR race or an extended road-rally event. It just feels like it is." -Jeff Vice
Do yourself a favor and spend your money on something more worthwhile, like crumpling it up and shooting 3-pointers into your trash can or throwing it at other types of trash, i.e. strippers.
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Comments
May 09, 2008 - 10:44 AM
Save your money & watch Ironman.
May 09, 2008 - 10:53 AM
What happened to those wachowski or whatever brothers. They made the matrix and now are relegated to making kiddie flicks like speed racer.
May 09, 2008 - 11:05 AM
Hmm… Haven’t seen it yet. I kinda do want to see it (I wanna see Rain on the big screen… [even though I know he doesn’t play a big part] >.<") but then again, those are some harsh comments up there. I think I’ll see Speed Racer for the heck of it. (Even though it does seem suck-ish...)
May 09, 2008 - 11:19 AM
I just want to see it because i liked speed racer and rain is in the movie, but i plan to go to the IMAX and watch the movie.
@ H8erade you know Larry is turning it to “Lana” guess is maternal instinct is coming out or that dominatrix whipped him into doing the movie.
May 09, 2008 - 11:34 AM
Those are really harsh comments, funny but harsh =D. Which audience were they targeting with this movie anyway?
May 09, 2008 - 11:51 AM
still whant to see it
May 09, 2008 - 12:16 PM
hmmm...since when do I give a sh*t about what critics say?
So I’m going to watch it today. Yay!
May 09, 2008 - 12:26 PM
ahhh, I’m still going to watch it today
May 09, 2008 - 12:39 PM
I knew it was gonna suck. WOOT! IRON MAN RULES.
May 09, 2008 - 12:54 PM
ewww..rain..rolfx3...yeah watch iron man guys..is much better*-*..
May 09, 2008 - 01:04 PM
geez did anyone actually watch the movie? i watched it last night on imax and it was awesome!… seriously. i usually don’t like these kinda cheesy blockbusters but me and my buddies really enjoyed it. i think as long as you don’t take it too seriously and just watch it for some light hearted entertainment than you should be able to enjoy yourselves.
May 09, 2008 - 01:10 PM
youa re such a boy...i dont care if its bad....i just want to go see rain....
May 09, 2008 - 01:13 PM
I was so so on watching the movie in the first place, but I saw it for free on IMAX so I cannot complain. Yes the movie is long and is not a great movie. It is entertaining at times and funny, the whole movie was made to be tongue and cheek and slapstick. The colors and CGI were all done according to what the brothers wanted you to see, it is a blend of reality and anime. It is based on a cartoon, if your expecting to see a “real” version of Speed Racer your surely going to be disappointed and if your older and you think your going to get Speed Racer the cartoon you will be disappointed too. The movie just has the character of the cartoon. The movie could have been a lot better but it is decent, I say if you could see it for free go and if you have to pay go to the $7 afternoon showing.
Also Rain does have a major role in the movie, he is a crucial character. It is a step closer for Koreans to be in Hollywood, downfall is he said “wooo” like eight million times and his English is horrible. They also generalize every Asian race as the same and the dude from g.o.d. look like a pedophile spider man on top of his car.
May 09, 2008 - 01:30 PM
i just watched it and thought it was great (iron man was better but they are different films entirely). Although it ran for almost 140min, i really did not stop once to check the time. It was enjoyable. Cheesy as hell, over acted, but thats the way they wanted it to be. I thought the visuals were great.
Rain sucked. It does not help his career in the west. I could hardly understand a word of what he said; no exaggeration (i had to guess)
May 09, 2008 - 01:32 PM
i saw it and i loved it!!! i love the action, the storyline, the way the camera moved i mean they don’t just fix it on one person for many minutes. i think it’s the best film i’ve seen!! i didn’t love matrix btw!!! XD i think i’m weird!! LMAO
May 09, 2008 - 01:40 PM
It was okay…
But I have to admit, the storyline was all mixed up (esp. with all those flashbacks),
the flying faces on the screen all the time was sooo annoying, and the animation was excessive.
May 09, 2008 - 01:42 PM
Oh, and I can barely get what Rain said at times.
May 09, 2008 - 02:10 PM
out of all the hollywood debuts Nino from Arashi had the best one.
Rain should have really practiced his english more.
May 09, 2008 - 03:19 PM
me and like..14 other aisian people are about to watch it tonight :D
May 09, 2008 - 03:33 PM
^ THATS THE SPIRIT!!!
May 09, 2008 - 03:48 PM
well… they will probably recoup their money from the ticket sales in korea. fangirls will watch it 10x just to support Rain lol
May 09, 2008 - 04:21 PM
don’t care about how good/bad the movie is..supporting Rain all the way so i’m gonna watch it tonight!! can’t be /that/ bad...o_o
May 09, 2008 - 04:55 PM
Ok, Iron Man it is for Monday =D
May 09, 2008 - 05:26 PM
..I kind of thought it was going to be bad because of the storyline and all… but those comments were harsh~ XD I doubt its THAT bad. We’ll see…
May 09, 2008 - 07:19 PM
premise is weak to begin with...flashy special effects can’t save it…
May 09, 2008 - 10:07 PM
Well, Harold and Kumar 2 is really great! ^_~
May 09, 2008 - 10:48 PM
I kind of wanted to watch it >< Maybe when it comes on dvd. I’ll go rent it. I’ll go waste my money on kung fu panda instead =) I dont like Rain anyways so im not super sad.
May 10, 2008 - 01:23 AM
hmmm
should i watch or not?
iono.
critics dont have the same kind of movie taste that i do ...
May 10, 2008 - 01:28 AM
oh well… as long as i can see rain’s sexy face i’m fine
May 10, 2008 - 02:37 AM
well,,
i’m not really in to watching this anyway..
and judging from what i saw in the previews, i hardly saw any Rain in it..tsk tsk tsk..is he a minor character there??
May 10, 2008 - 03:10 AM
Does Rain even understand what the critics are saying? I don’t think he could. He probably thinks it was a success. Oh well, let him dream.
I’m not going to waste my money on that, but I’ll rent it if it comes out on DVD sometime. I might watch it for that guy in g.o.d. He was the one with the muscles, right?
May 10, 2008 - 11:11 AM
ah pitiful
May 10, 2008 - 11:30 AM
buhahahaha...i nearly laughed my head reading dis…
hey,i thought it was already predictable dat de movie’s gonna be a failure since Rain’s gonna be in it...lol
Rain’s career is reali goin downhill…
my sis says dun watch Ironman cos it’s not good either…
but i think i’ll prefer Ironman over Speed Racer cos i dun wanna have nightmares after watching Rain in it...hahahahaha
May 10, 2008 - 11:43 AM
I’ll watch it when the bootleg comes out on the Internet.
I may not be giving the movie my money, but at least I’m giving it some time… No?
May 10, 2008 - 11:55 AM
crystal199187 your sister is nuts… Ironman is amazing, the best superhero flick to date.
May 10, 2008 - 02:07 PM
I still want to watch it! =p
May 10, 2008 - 04:47 PM
I seen the movie and it was awesome. the first 10 mins gives you a sum of what happened to speed racers brother, while in the present time with funny flash backs. but after that(so u can understand the movie) the movie was very funny and exciting. Rain(bi) had some pretty decent camra time, and everytime I saw him me and my friends did the wave. let me tell you, you will not be disappointed, rain has more then 10mins on screen. hes like in alot of it.
I was really happy and excited and want to watach it again and again.
May 10, 2008 - 07:43 PM
I guess most of the people making comments on “Speed Racer” are Asians, and there are people commenting who really want this movie to fail, because they don’t like Rain. Right? I wonder if they are the same people who are always whining that there are not enough Asians in American movies? Well, there are at least 3 in this one, but I guess these people are not loyal enough to other Asians to support this movie and it’s Asian actors. No wonder Asians have such a difficult time getting in American movies if even Asians won’t support them, but continue to tear them down as actors. Wise up and stop complaining!
May 10, 2008 - 08:09 PM
^^you know its just that no one likes rain anymore!!
and rain’s bound to fail anyways…
oh well se7en’s gonna suceed!!
May 10, 2008 - 08:15 PM
I knew Iron Man would be #1 again. Per box office mojo, ‘Speed’ is no #3.
and no, people still don’t really know who ‘Rain’ or ‘that Asian guy’ is, and to add insult to injury, some think he’s Japanese…
May 10, 2008 - 10:32 PM
I saw the movie today, I thought it wasn’t THAT bad as this makes it seem. It wasn’t the best movie in the planet but it definately wasn’t the worse. I, personally, liked it. (Maybe because I was very excited to see Rain. *shruggs*)
May 10, 2008 - 11:19 PM
i didn’t even know it was out yet, besides the only reason why i would want to watch it is because of rain. i don’t know, not surprising that it’s not that big.
May 11, 2008 - 01:05 AM
I thought the movie was very tongue in cheek but overall it was okay.
My friends and I had a good time watching it so it’s really not that bad. It does induce you to put your head between your legs ever so now and then but it’s all good. xD
May 11, 2008 - 01:32 AM
I didn’t see it but my little cousins did and they loved it. I honestly think this movie is for children… Plus I’m sure it’s not as bad as some people here make it out to be. I think people on here bash the movie because Rain is in it… But anyway I can wait for Gackt, Josh Hartnett, and Demi Moore movie!
May 11, 2008 - 01:47 AM
@johnnydorama,
hey!!!dun u dare call my sister nuts!!!
everyone can have different opinions…
ok,maybe she dun like it cos she prefer younger male leads but it doesn’t mean u can call her nuts!!!
May 11, 2008 - 02:21 AM
^ok.. she just has terrible taste
May 11, 2008 - 04:12 AM
critics are terribly wrong on this one. no one should go in expecting a deep storyline. it’s based on a kid’s cartoon. it’s visually amazing and it’s just fun. critics were expecting the wrong kind of movie.
watch it.
May 11, 2008 - 06:21 AM
@johnnydorama,
ok,at least it’s better than nuts...lol
maybe she was expecting some kind of action movie like Transformers…
she says she dun like Ironman’s costume…
i can’t comment about it since i haven’t watch it yet…
May 11, 2008 - 09:29 AM
it’s based off of a marvel comic, the suit is perfect and represents the classic comic perfectly, if not even more impressive… what was she expecting??
May 11, 2008 - 09:50 AM
i thought this was a good movie? perhaps not good enough for those critics? hmm… it kinda gave me 2nd thougths..
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