And my God have mercy on you... On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> wrote: > Coincidentaly, I just got notified that Blockbuster has shipped me Speed > Racer. I'll let everyone know my review in a few days. > Ron > > --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Widgett Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Widgett Walls <[email protected]> > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow > To: "The Unique Geek" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 10:46 AM > > He played Pops in the version I saw. > > http://www.needcoffee.com/2008/09/27/speed-racer-2008-dvd-review/ > > On Jan 7, 10:18 am, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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! > > > > > >
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