John Goodman was in Speed Race? You sure you're not thinking of Beverly Hills Ninja 2: Big Brother is Here?
E On Jan 7, 8:39 am, Widgett Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > Never thought I'd find myself agreeing with you, chief. But you're > right. I don't think audiences knew what they had with Sky Captain. > It was freaking brilliant. > > Oh, and Speed Racer was a bomb because nothing about it looked > appealing enough to coax people into paying $10+ to see it. Like most > films today, unless you've got a 300 or Iron Man-level Wow Trailer > (TM) that convinces people it's worthwhile to go, screw it--for the > price of two tickets they'll own the DVD three months from now. Hell, > I didn't give a damn about it until I watched the first ten minutes > online and then realized it had potential. > > Speed Racer deserves huge points for giving us John Goodman fighting a > ninja. Which I didn't know I had been needing to see all my life > until it happened, and a huge hole in my heart was then filled. > > On Jan 7, 12:30 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > Is freaking incredible!? Why wasn't it a big smash?? I loved it.? I took it > > out from the library to get some costume ideas and I was blown away! > > > I mean Paltrow sucks, but Paltrow sucks in everything, but Jude Law was > > great (and he is not always) and Jolie is hardly in it but looks cool.? The > > dialog was hilarious, the design was great.? Just fun, like a sci-fi Mummy > > sorta.? Like a live-action Fleischer cartoon.? > > > I read somewhere recently that Speed Racer was a bomb because they marketed > > it to adults.? Maybe that happed here too (becuase I don't think it did > > well).? It should have been advertised as a kid's movie, since that's > > really what it is, but a great one.? > > > I'm really late to the party here.? How did the rest of you recieve it?? Or > > did you skip it?? I did, when it came out because I was burned out on the > > stars.? I think this will be revisited in a few years and come back as a > > matinee kids pic.? > > > Super! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
