Go Speed Go!!
Speed Racer is a hyper-active love letter to anime fans. Others will have to sit down, shut up, and enjoy the ride, or get the hell out of the way.
Much as the final two episodes of the Matrix trilogy had severe and vicious detractors, people have been and will try and decimate this fantastic feature length live-action version of the classic anime.
What bursts off the screen isn't just mind-blowingly amazing special effect wizardry, but rather a successful attempt at moving the genre forward while faithfully keeping some stereotypical elements firmly on the ground.
Yes, the acting is stilted and deliberately so.
Yes, humorous sidekicks Spritle and Chim-Chim are oft lame-brain.
And yes, that really is a mighty frightening mustache John Goodman is sporting.
But don't lose focus on the bigger picture.
And what a dazzling, outrageously ambitious picture it is.
Go Speed Go, indeed.
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