Originally posted by moviewizguy The characters remained true to the source and the plot was actually pretty good.

I'm sure saturnwatcher will totally disagree with you on both accounts, seeing as how english WAS NOT invented in the stone age and the plot was taken straight out of Mel Gibson's Mayan movie.

The characters remained true to the source and the plot was actually pretty good.

Originally posted by moviewizguy No. It's a fun movie and I enjoyed it a lot, especially on IMAX. That was like crazy. All of the colors and the whole racing sequences were like WOW!!!

Yeah, that's what the directing style of this "filmmaker" is all about,  pretty colors to keep you from noticing the crappy storytelling and 1-D characters. 

Originally posted by Razzilla I will say it was worth what I paid to see it (got free tickets from a radio station)...  It wasn't all that bad...  It wasn't all that good either...just not RAZZIE-worthy...considering the heavy competition this year...

No. It's a fun movie and I enjoyed it a lot, especially on IMAX. That was like crazy. All of the colors and the whole racing sequences were like WOW!!!

Too bad, because it is whether you like it or not, H-Wood needs to take a cue for the up-coming "AstroBoy": If your movie is based on an animated series, then your movie adaptation of it should be animated as well.

Originally posted by moviewizguy  Speed Racer is one of the most fun movies I've had this year. It's pretty good, actually. It surely did not deserve the box office bomb it has gotten.

Originally posted by movieman Oh yes, anyone who survived hearing Susan Sarandon say the words, "I go to your races to watch you make art" should know what I am talking about. And yes, it's going on my top ten list for worst movies of the year(that I've seen; I haven't watched all the major candidates). The Wachouskis seemed to energetically direct the race sequences and the bright colored sets, but the dialogue and interplay between the characters is so hollow, you could watch the movie with the sound off and enjoy it more than hearing what the bland script forces these talented actors to say.

Speed Racer is one of the most fun movies I've had this year. It's pretty good, actually. It surely did not deserve the box office bomb it has gotten.

I'll admit that, to this day, there are still parts of "GITS" that make no sense to me. And the movie had an animated TV series spin-off that could be just as confusing (if not more so). I let fans of "The Matrix" go about how they like the storyline, and yes, the style is interesting. But that style is often seen as being anime style as well. What I won't defend is when people call "Matrix" "original," for the reasons I stated in my earlier post.

Originally posted by movieman I actually found Ghost in a Shell to be more vexatious than fascinating, as the story fails to draw viewers into its convoluted and futuristic world as well as its predecessors, and also because few ideas fully established themselves with the viewer. Yes, there were some parts of the movie that clearly inspired the Matrix, but at least the Matrix explained its origins consistently enough to make a coherent story. I felt the look and feel of The Matrix was more stylishly conceived than GITS (the comment you made about Trinity's resemblance to Kusanagi, I guess it Trinity was Japanese....). And as far as story lines go, I think the idea of machines harnessing humans for energy while humans live in the simulation was more interesting than that of the convoluted pursuit of The Puppeteer, or whatever he's called. I see where Michaels is coming from, and I respect his opinion in the sense that GITS was part of the inspiration of the Matrix.

Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans, Postal, In the Name of the King, The Love Guru, Meet Dave, The Hottie and the Nottie (and a few others) are keeping me from wanting to give Speed Racer any nods.