Phoenix
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TaeOH said:Kinda think your true colors shown through there...lol I have high doubts you even saw the movie. So I guess Iron Man has fan boys.
Keep your fan boy trash in the Gaming Forum. THe movie was shit and you know it.
TaeOH said:Kinda think your true colors shown through there...lol I have high doubts you even saw the movie. So I guess Iron Man has fan boys.
Phoenix said:Keep your fan boy trash in the Gaming Forum. THe movie was shit and you know it.
Phoenix said:Keep your fan boy trash in the Gaming Forum. THe movie was shit and you know it.
harSon said:It really wasn't, and you know it.
Phoenix said:No I know it was awful. It was actually unexpectedly boring to boot. The entire movie felt like it should have been 45 minutes long and not over 2 hours. Almost all of the character development was bad, though the introduction of Trixie was nice - as was the actress. The whole corporations are evil thing was long, drawn out, cliche, and REALLY stupid. THe whole attempt to use the 43rd grand prix to draw it all together was just tired.
When I compared this movie to Stealth and said it was worse its because unlike Stealth, the movie was mostly dull and pointless - not to mention the double race at the end of the movie clearly shows an awful tact for writing and pacing. The first half of the movie was sooooooooo boring and then they tried at the end to FINALLY build some emotion in it.
And since after all this time the movie sits at 35%, it seems most critics agree.
Phoenix said:Keep your fan boy trash in the Gaming Forum. THe movie was shit and you know it.
Mason said:I think you've made your point. Will you leave the thread now?
Phoenix said:No I know it was awful. It was actually unexpectedly boring to boot. The entire movie felt like it should have been 45 minutes long and not over 2 hours. Almost all of the character development was bad, though the introduction of Trixie was nice - as was the actress. The whole corporations are evil thing was long, drawn out, cliche, and REALLY stupid. THe whole attempt to use the 43rd grand prix to draw it all together was just tired.
When I compared this movie to Stealth and said it was worse its because unlike Stealth, the movie was mostly dull and pointless - not to mention the double race at the end of the movie clearly shows an awful tact for writing and pacing. The first half of the movie was sooooooooo boring and then they tried at the end to FINALLY build some emotion in it.
And since after all this time the movie sits at 35%, it seems most critics agree.
Phoenix said:Why because I have a dissenting viewpoint and replied to a post? No. You go.
PkunkFury said:Whoa, did Speed run over Phoenix's dog? :lol
I don't know how GAF turned this thread into an Iron Man/Speed Racer competition. There really isn't much to compare between the two, and there's nothing preventing anybody from enjyoing both of them (I know I did)
Most movies are. Comparing them based on that is kinda weak.Linkzg said:There is. Both are movie conversions of story/character native to another medium.
Linkzg said:There is. Both are movie conversions of story/character native to another medium.
avatar299 said:Most movies are. Comparing them based on that is kinda weak.
PkunkFury said:should we compare them to Forrest Gump as well?
The source material for each is an entirely different medium with an entirely different target audience in mind. Of cousre Iron Man isn't going to have a kid with a pet monkey in the trunk of his Audi R8. I'm wondering how so many people on this board managed to stumble into the theater a week later hoping for Iron Man 2. Perhaps they had never heard of Speed Racer, never seen the trailers, never watched an anime from the 60s, missed the PG rating?
Go to this movie expecting a heavy dose of heart and cheese, because that's what makes it great. Really, the most apt comparison I've seen in this thread is Willy Wonka. I could see Speed hitting the same cult status, since the box office sales look like they'll kill any similar style movie for the next decade
I unapologetically love that movie. Admittedly, I have a retro-future hard-on.harSon said:Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was given the cold shoulder as well![]()
Great Rumbler said:Speed Racer is kind of like laying on your back while someone pours skittles all over your face for nearly two and a half hours. But in a good way.
Mason said:... pass as a post. You're flat-out being an asshole troll. Just leave.
Yes, that ad is awesomeTJ Bennett said:Also, this commercial needs to start airing on television again asap ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kb4XIFSwOU
TJ Bennett said:This is certainly a love/hate film. I saw it tonight on IMAX and absolutely loved it.
To be frank, I'm quite shocked I enjoyed the film as much as I did. I had seen the original cartoon a few times, but never thought much of it. Two weeks ago I had no desire to see the film, but when Giacchino's score popped up online it was so good that I gained interest. I'm really glad I decided to go see this. It's certainly not for everyone, but for me it just clicked.
Mason said:I think you've made your point. Will you leave the thread now?
It's more for kids than for teenagers.Zedsdeadbaby said:Watched it, I think it's just another run of the mill movie for the average bored teenager.
PolyGone said:if the movie is a blockbuster failure, at least we can rest easy knowing Akira won't get remade
Solo said:Bale has starred in Shaft and Reign of Fire in this decade, and Downey in The Shaggy Dog, lest we forget.
FightyF said:So is this a Speed Racer love thread?
I haven't seen it yet, and I look forward to seeing it, as there are a lot of elements I've seen in the trailers that I find appealing.
But we can't ignore the 35% RT score thus far...and usually shit movies have that sort of score.
Glad to hear people liked it...I think I'll like it for the same reasons these people liked it. But you can't say the Pheonix is trolling when he listed some pretty good reasons not to like the movie.
Someone mentioned BluRay release, I think it could look awesome in HD. Even if I don't really like the movie a whole bunch, I can see myself getting the BR.
TJ Bennett said:Also, this commercial needs to start airing on television again asap ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kb4XIFSwOU
Cosmic Bus said:Heh, that's the only exposure I've ever had to Speed Racer, so I'm still debating whether or not to go see this tonight. Is there a lot of dumb humor? I've got a pretty low tollerance for that sort of thing.
TaeOH said:I really don't understand why so many critics just flat out hated the movie. I really don't. I mean I can understand it not getting great reviews, but to be almost universally panned is amazing to me. I and many others in this thread absolutely loved the movie. I cannot remember another movie were I thought the Rotten tomatoes score was so way off.
duckroll said:Why can't you understand that most people just hate the subject matter and execution. Cars "racing" by spinning against each other? An annoying kid and a monkey? A way overlong runtime? Total abuse of visual senses? An in your face super childish moral tale? Based on the trailer alone I was expecting it to be universally panned. No surprise at all.
Jason's Ultimatum said:Maybe it's the earling morning feelings, but were you making fun of RDJ?
duckroll said:Why can't you understand that most people just hate the subject matter and execution. Cars "racing" by spinning against each other? An annoying kid and a monkey? A way overlong runtime? Total abuse of visual senses? An in your face super childish moral tale? Based on the trailer alone I was expecting it to be universally panned. No surprise at all.
Cheebs said:Even as someone who LIKED the movie I can see that RT isn't wrong technically. I mean the fact that the movie will go down as one of the summers biggest bombs has to mean that they were feeling the same thing most people felt based off the trailers.