Comments on: Speed Racer

By: tivius

tivius — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:50:28 +0000

S.R. — Best action movie of the year, thus far. I agree.
It brought a joy out that I haven’t experienced from a film in ages.

GO SPEED GO !!

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:29:47 +0000

Thanks for dropping by, Andrew. Speed Racer continues to be my favored #1 film of the year. I will admit that The Dark Knight is a close second, and may even take it over by years end, although we’ll see what the fall brings to the table.

How disappointing that it received even less attention in Belgium than it did here. It seems that the studios are cutting their losses and not risking anything on what is a wonderful, entertaining, uplifting film. Perhaps in a few years we’ll be able to look back and better understand the circumstances that killed Speed Racer.

By: Andrew Paris

Andrew Paris — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:53:04 +0000

I was very happy to be able to see Speed Racer in the theatre in Belgium.

Because the movie didn’t do very well in the US it was announced that Speed Racer would go straight to DVD overhere. (cancelling the planned june theatrical release)

Out of the blue it opened anyhow on july 16th. (with zero publicity - and in three cities only)

I saw it on it’s first weekend evening (8PM-july 18th) screening in Metropolis-Antwerp with my 12 year old daughter. We both loved it. Sadly however only 7 other people were present in the rather large theater.

I really wanted to see this movie again before it would disappear. On tuesday evening (8PM-july 22nd) I took my wife, 7 year old daughter, sister-in-law and 6 year old nephew along to see this film. (Sadly only 1 other person was present in the theatre)

We all loved the movie. The kids went wild at the end. Jumping down the aisles (over the seats) to a victory dance in front of the screen end titles.

It turned out Speed Racer only lasted for one week in Metropolis-Antwerp.

However in Kinepolis-Brussels he’s riding his second week. (Also in Liege he’s allowed to race another week - albeit dubbed in french)

I’m looking forward to seeing it on dvd.

Didn’t get any action figures, but ordered the 2 soundtrack cd’s.
(the proper soundtrack and the CD-single with the end-titles theme song)

By: Julia Harrington

Julia Harrington — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:12:44 +0000

Hmmm. Nathan, I think you should consider laying off those internet drugs…

By: Nathan Keltner

Nathan Keltner — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:12:22 +0000

Internet drug spam sans spam FTW!

By: Luke Harrington

Luke Harrington — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:21:16 +0000

Heh…so I went in to remove the link and accidentally hit “delete” instead of edit. Sorry guys…you can all beat me up later.

By: Nathan Keltner

Nathan Keltner — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:31:30 +0000

Do you have the powers to edit? You should remove the link to the website if you do. If not, go ahead and delete it.

I can always blame it on my net drugs.

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:45:17 +0000

Ok, I’m going to leave that spam comment in here, just so you don’t look totally insane, Nathan. You can thank me later. With pancakes.

Also, I still love this film. Immensely. I have a little Mach 5 sitting in front of me as I type this. Speed Racer will likely be my #1 film of the year.

By: Nathan Keltner

Nathan Keltner — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:19:47 +0000

Internet drug spam FTW!

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:08:31 +0000

There’s a one time, $50 entry fee that you can make out to me personally. Then Speed will officially become your savior.

Glad to find another person who loves this amazing film, Brandon. Hope you’ll stick around these here parts.