That’s how it works Reviewers somtimes are wrong. This film will rebound! ;-)

And of course Jack totally rocks!!

I finally went and saw it last night and was overjoyed!!!! Speed Racer was highly entertaining and held fast to a simple but winning formula.

Its sad that the film couldn’t win over the incredible amount of critical cynicism for something incredibly imaginative, yet grounded in a great timeless story of our hero fighting impossible odds for victory, honor, and virtue in a corrupted world.

Speed Racer fights corporate corruption the only way he knows how, by racing faster better and smarter than anyone else. The movie was goofy, fun, thrilling, and cool.

I think that if this movie had been marketed as much [or as smart] as Iron Man, it might have had a better run at the box office. Lets hope that word of mouth gives it a good summer.

The theme of the race was just an incredibly scripted plot with so much at stake. [take your pick: the future for the soul of racing, future of his family etc.] It reminded me of Ben Hur and the chariot race, one of the greatest races in movie history and very ambitious in its time.

It also reminded me of Anakin in Episode I: I think that the podrace was well run, but the price of victory was feeble. Why is Anikin racing? So he can help people buy used space junk? [of course he was freed after the race, but he didn't know it at the time]

Last comment: Matthew Fox was cool! I thought he made an excellent transition from Lost to the big screen.

Go Go Go.

I’m wondering why the Wack Brothers didn’t spend just a little more time on the actual script? It seems special effects and good writing are mutually exclusive in the Speed Racer universe.

I found the pacing miserable and the effects and art design gratuitous.

And, juding by the lack luster box office, it seems the laughible marketing campaign kept most people away entirely.

Next!!

The other point is look of this movie. I think it is different from everything else I have seen. It is almost a cartoon.

the one compliant is that the story was too complex to be an ordinary family film. the race are awesome and kids loved it. but when they start talking about the serious complexity of the business and race fixing, it felt that kids were just turned off by it. geez, i thought i was watching matrix 2 & 3 because of it.

the two things that killed it is how racer x revealed his secret. honestly, it would have been cool to have that one secret held back. secondly, it was too damn long.

overall, dont bother with critic reviewers who may not understand the bubblegum translation of a live action anime. the story was lacking but still fun. it may not be as great as ironman but its def a watch.