HolyMythos
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Reviews
Speed Racer (2008)
Speed Racer is racing his way to the garbage bin
As much as every TV-to-Movie conversion, Speed Racer was a failure.
Starting off with the good (which doesn't last long), the movie follows the old cartoon pretty well; Speed Racer is ready to race his way to win. Everything you've seen in the cartoon is well portrayed in the movie, such as the vast cast of random characters and bright colors. Almost the entire movie has a green-screen background, and the colors in the movie are breath-taking.
Now with the bad. The PG rating seems a little iffy, considering the movie contains gun scenes, tiny outfits and even middle fingers. The story seems quite simple on the outside, but I found myself asking others what kept happening. The story moves too fast, and jumps between sub-plots that horribly reconnect at the end. The fast motion of the plot leaves almost no room for build-up for suspense, scenes will hardly ever last for more than a few minutes.
With the brightly rendered backgrounds and the fact this is a racing movie, the cameras will move fast, as expected. However, a little too fast. The camera is always moving, even long monologues leave the camera spinning around the person talking over and over. The racing scenes moved so fast that I started to get motion sickness, however you do get used to it pretty quickly.
All in all, this movie qualifies as a great family movie, but thats it. It's two and a half hour runtime will keep viewers moaning for the ending, leaving only the serious Speed Racer fans amused the entire way through.
Starting off with the good (which doesn't last long), the movie follows the old cartoon pretty well; Speed Racer is ready to race his way to win. Everything you've seen in the cartoon is well portrayed in the movie, such as the vast cast of random characters and bright colors. Almost the entire movie has a green-screen background, and the colors in the movie are breath-taking.
Now with the bad. The PG rating seems a little iffy, considering the movie contains gun scenes, tiny outfits and even middle fingers. The story seems quite simple on the outside, but I found myself asking others what kept happening. The story moves too fast, and jumps between sub-plots that horribly reconnect at the end. The fast motion of the plot leaves almost no room for build-up for suspense, scenes will hardly ever last for more than a few minutes.
With the brightly rendered backgrounds and the fact this is a racing movie, the cameras will move fast, as expected. However, a little too fast. The camera is always moving, even long monologues leave the camera spinning around the person talking over and over. The racing scenes moved so fast that I started to get motion sickness, however you do get used to it pretty quickly.
All in all, this movie qualifies as a great family movie, but thats it. It's two and a half hour runtime will keep viewers moaning for the ending, leaving only the serious Speed Racer fans amused the entire way through.
Prom Night (2008)
A good laugh if you weren't expecting a serious movie
Now I haven't seen the original version, but I can tell you that it's probably better than the remake. The movie's PG-13 rating takes almost all of the thrill and suspense out of the film.
The beginning of the movie starts off sudden, but afterwards there's a nice drought of action until the first prom killing. The PG13 rating makes the death scenes quite bland and boring. You won't see the victims actually getting attacked, but you'll see silhouettes and blood smears. That's about it.
The characters in the movie make it seem like you're watching a movie of The Hills. The girls are the classic "dumb blonde" stereotypes while the men are the typical "hard jock" stereotype. Any angst there is between the characters is very dry and holds no real meaning to the overall movie.
The plot is very predictable, I sat through the entire movie correctly guessing what was going to happen next and when something good was going to happen.
All in all, this is a good movie if you're looking for some good laughs, but overall don't expect to be extremely happy with the final product. Personally I'd wait for the movie to come out on DVD. If you've seen any other slasher film, chances are you could guess every next move in this movie.
The beginning of the movie starts off sudden, but afterwards there's a nice drought of action until the first prom killing. The PG13 rating makes the death scenes quite bland and boring. You won't see the victims actually getting attacked, but you'll see silhouettes and blood smears. That's about it.
The characters in the movie make it seem like you're watching a movie of The Hills. The girls are the classic "dumb blonde" stereotypes while the men are the typical "hard jock" stereotype. Any angst there is between the characters is very dry and holds no real meaning to the overall movie.
The plot is very predictable, I sat through the entire movie correctly guessing what was going to happen next and when something good was going to happen.
All in all, this is a good movie if you're looking for some good laughs, but overall don't expect to be extremely happy with the final product. Personally I'd wait for the movie to come out on DVD. If you've seen any other slasher film, chances are you could guess every next move in this movie.