Well, those hopes have been crushed under the weight of a god awful trailer for Speed Racer. This movie is looking so bad that the Thunderbirds movie from a few years ago might look better in comparison. The car racing looks unbelievably phony, the actors dramatic tone doesn't match the superficiality of the visual style and there seems to be a lot of karate. Instead of adding any kitsch factor for adults who remember the series, it seems to be intended for a five year old audience.
I can't believe I'm alone in this opinion because it really looks bad. Expect the usual "it's not done yet" excuses and watch for reshoots, but unless they change a lot I'm planning on skipping Speed Racer. When a trailer's best moment is the first 3 seconds when you hear the Mach 5 engine rev, that's something so bad even Racer X can't fix it.
Speed Racer Trailer
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Don't you just hate it when that happens? You get all excited when you hear they are going to make a movie about an old series or a book that you've always loved, then when you finally see it, it isn't anything like you thought it would be, or expected it to be. Talk about a let down.
Yeah, even when it isn't all bad like the new Miami Vice it still isn't as good as the original. Or those Star Wars prequels where you had to sit thru two bad movies to get to a good one. Well, the third one was good except they had Natalie Portman die of a *sob* broken heart.
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