Re: [scifinoir2] 'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line

2008-05-13 Thread Daryle Lockhart
How about Meet Dave or Wall-E? On May 12, 2008, at 8:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: great review, as always, but I doubt this movie would have fared any better against Hancock. I'm tired of him in roles--Lord knows i am!--but I can't deny Will Smith has the summer/Christmas

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line

2008-05-13 Thread KeithBJohnson
Wal-E being a Pixar flick will probably draw in more viewers than Speed Racer, amongst children and adults. The Pixar name would draw more people. Meet Dave is intriguing, but not necessarily a huge hit unless word-of-mouth is great. That might have been a good movie against which Speed Racer

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line

2008-05-12 Thread Martin
I haven't seen either, but Speed Racer's CGI left me cold almost off the bat. A friend f mine in Canada has seen Iron Man twice, and plans to see it a couple more times. All the prodding I need... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speed Racer is a cartoon I loved as a kid, but the movie's look has been

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line

2008-05-12 Thread Daryle Lockhart
I saw it. It was a really great movie. If you have not watched this series before, you will be thoroughly confused. The world of Speed racer is completely surreal. there is a Chimpanzee that travels with a family that tunes race cars. The family's name is Racer. The company

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line

2008-05-12 Thread KeithBJohnson
great review, as always, but I doubt this movie would have fared any better against Hancock. I'm tired of him in roles--Lord knows i am!--but I can't deny Will Smith has the summer/Christmas blockbuster thing down... -- Original message -- From: Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL

[scifinoir2] 'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line

2008-05-11 Thread ravenadal
Iron Man had a second weekend that Speed Racer could only envy. By Scott Bowles, USA TODAY The comic book adaptation took in $50.5 million in its second weekend, plenty to capture the top spot at the box office for the weekend, according to studio estimates from box office trackers Nielsen EDI.

Re: [scifinoir2] 'Iron Man' beats 'Speed Racer' to box-office finish line

2008-05-11 Thread KeithBJohnson
Speed Racer is a cartoon I loved as a kid, but the movie's look has been leaving me cold. The Mach 5 is awesome, but all the eyeball-searing colors and quick angles make me dizzy just in the trailer. I didn't hear much positive about it, other than it was some fun racing scenes that are spoiled