Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

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Actor: Christina Ricci, Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Brand: Warner Brothers
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-16
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Reviews of Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: A stunning movie that rocks the house on Blu-Ray!
Summary: 5 Stars

I can't imagine a better flick to show off your Blu-Ray/HDTV rig than this one. The Wachowski Bros. have succeeded in doing something at which many others have tried and failed: creating a live-action cartoon. Which is not to say IN THE LEAST that this is a silly or kid-only film. Despite the mega-doses of Matrix-esque flash and dash, this is a great family film that has some serious heart to it, and which I feel was horribly maligned by the critics and movie-goers who weren't ready for what they were going to see and either couldn't or wouldn't go with the flow. But for ANYONE that ever geeked out to a Speed Racer cartoon at any age, you owe it to yourself to get this movie!

Having seen it in IMAX twice, I was concerned that it wouldn't be as magical in a home video environment. I needn't have worried, though my 58" HD plasma display didn't hurt things! ;) The movie remains entirely absorbing and visually stunning as no other movie I've ever seen. The hyperkinetic, color-saturated world of Speed Racer is utterly breathtaking and perfectly suited for Blu-Ray. I'd really hate to see it any lesser format. The Wachowskis have done again what they did in the Matrix trilogy: shown us things we've never before seen in a movie. Ignore the uptight critics and the anti-hype. Do yourself and your family a favor and pick this puppy up today!

DVD Review: Sparkle Motion
Summary: 3 Stars

The important thing to remember about Speed Racer, is that it reveals the true meaning behind going to see a movie. Previously, I thought that the true beauty of a movie lay in the acting, writing, and directing. But now I realize that things like plot structure, set design, acting choices, are all just a vehicle to bring to audiences the Sparkly Light.

I watched this a few months ago. I don't remember much of what happened in the movie, except that it was entertaining enough. But my head is still reeling from having witnessed THE SPARKLE.

DVD Review: A true Meteoro
Summary: 5 Stars

When I was a Kid, this was my favorite series. This movie represent perfectly the spirit of the old Meteoro (Speed Racer)

DVD Review: Very Fast
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a pretty long movie, but the story starts running 100 miles an hour from beginning to end, so I really enjoyed it =)

DVD Review: 4 stars to see it once, but then that's enough
Summary: 4 Stars

Visual eye candy that I saw on an Imax screen. I realize it's not for everyone, but I thought it was amazing to watch! The colors pop up like 50's faux-modern plastic, the acting is just a stilted as the original cartoon, and the plotline is appropriately silly. I absolutely was enthralled watching it all whiz by like Skittles for the eyes! But here's the thing - I don't think I ever need to see it again. And I also think that if I saw it on a normal screen or on TV, it would lose most of it's punch. So 4-stars for seeing it once in IMAX, but 2-stars for replay.

Description of Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

Warner Brothers Speed Racer (Blu-ray) Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure "Speed Racer", combining heartfelt family humor and groundbreaking visual effects. "Speed Racer" (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel of his thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon), girlfriendTrixie (Christina Ricci), younger brother Spritle(Paulie Litt) and the mysterious Racer X (MatthewFox), Speed takes on fierce competitors to save his family's business and protect the sport he loves. When Speed steps onto the track, it's not just a race. It's an adrenaline-fueled, high-speed charge to the finish. "Go, Speed Racer, go".

An over-the-top, sensory overload experience determined to replicate its frantic, television-anime origins, Speed Racer is wild enough to induce a headache or wow a viewer with one dazzling effect after another. Adapted for the big screen as a live-action feature, Speed Racer is written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, the sibling team behind the intensely satisfying The Matrix and its busier, less interesting sequels. Where the rich mythmaking of The Matrix was entirely accessible, however, Speed Racer's overwhelming and gratuitously complicated story exposition is an enormous challenge to follow, let alone embrace. After a while, one simply surrenders to the unbroken din of dialogue concerning corporate chicanery, corruption in the sport of racing, and a value conflict between racing as a family business versus multinational cash cow. At the same time, the film's hyper-real equivalent of the old Speed Racer cartoon's great whoosh of color, motion, and edgy production design--such as inventive uses of scene-changing wipes, bold framing, shifting perspectives--are more overbearing than fun.

Emile Hirsch plays Speed Racer, younger brother of a deceased racing legend, Rex, and son of car designer Pops (John Goodman). The latter invented Speed's Mach 5, and is singularly unimpressed by an offer from a giant conglomerate that would lock Speed into exclusive racing services. Speed opts instead for family loyalty, incurring the wrath of the conglomerate's unctuous head (Roger Allam). With family honor on the line and the affections of girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci) behind him, Speed hits the track in hopes of fulfilling his destiny as a master racer. The cast is largely enjoyable, including Susan Sarandon as Speed's mom, Matthew Fox as mysterious Racer X, and a pair of chimps as the irrepressible Chim-Chim. All well and good, but in a movie that lives or dies by the excitement level of races that look like computer-animated Hot Wheels action, Speed Racer is a dreary adventure. --Tom Keogh

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Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

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DVD Reviews of Speed Racer (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: A stunning movie that rocks the house on Blu-Ray!Summary: 5 Stars

DVD Review: Sparkle MotionSummary: 3 Stars

DVD Review: A true MeteoroSummary: 5 Stars

DVD Review: Very FastSummary: 5 Stars

DVD Review: 4 stars to see it once, but then that's enoughSummary: 4 Stars