I remember speed racer although I don't think I ever watched an episode. It was kinda cool, kinda Japanesey. This films goes super Mario with over the top colours and video effects. Which actually works.
My only 2 complaints apart from poor old John Goodman looking like the bug man in a human skin from MIB was that 129 minutes of *very* samey movie is just too damn much for most people and way too much for a kids film...
Also the corporate intrigue might have been aimed at adding a level of depth to the movie but it just complicated it beyond what it needed and I suspect would have been, well, lame to younger viewers.
A lot of people complained about the kid and monkey but I thought the kid was great. And chimps, well, whatever.
I guess if it was 60 minutes it might have kept our interest. We just couldn't be bothered after 2 hours of racing and fastfowarded the big finale... The main character was yawn as well, one Chris O'donnell in the world is quite enough thank you Hollywood!~ See it in 2 screenings, maybe.
My only 2 complaints apart from poor old John Goodman looking like the bug man in a human skin from MIB was that 129 minutes of *very* samey movie is just too damn much for most people and way too much for a kids film...
Also the corporate intrigue might have been aimed at adding a level of depth to the movie but it just complicated it beyond what it needed and I suspect would have been, well, lame to younger viewers.
A lot of people complained about the kid and monkey but I thought the kid was great. And chimps, well, whatever.
I guess if it was 60 minutes it might have kept our interest. We just couldn't be bothered after 2 hours of racing and fastfowarded the big finale... The main character was yawn as well, one Chris O'donnell in the world is quite enough thank you Hollywood!~ See it in 2 screenings, maybe.