We finally got round to watching Speed Racer a couple of nights ago. I have to admit, when I originally saw the trailers – they didn’t interest me at all. I quite liked what the Wachowski’s did with V for Vendetta, thought it looked like they’d lost the plot with this release.

As far as the story goes, it’s not the most developed of plots, and the characters are all pretty 2-dimensional. In fact there are plenty of negative reviews on-line for this film (rottentomatoes = 36%, IMDB = 6.5) and I probably wouldn’t have bothered if not for reading the reviews posted on boltcity and radiomaru. It’s not surprising that the 2 positive reviews I read for this film were written by illustrators, this film is indeed a visual feast! And the whole film reads like a comic book borrowing story telling devices from manga (all it’s missing is a blook gushing nose), and fusing film with animation resulting in a distinct, yet usual blend. A must, even if solely for the visuals.

I’m gonna go watch the Special Features…