Speed Racer was selected as one of the top 10 movies in 2008 by Time Magazine, it gained the 9th ranking.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Opening the week after Iron Man, the Wachowski brothers' race-car movie flopped at the box office.
What can we say?
Not every avant-garde FX masterpiece receives instant audience validation.
This tale of a family of racers — Racer is the family name — exists simultaneously in the 1950s and today, in a live-action world and its own complementary alternate cyber-universe. Operating a pitch of delirious precision, the movie is a rich, cartoonish dream: non-stop Op art, and a triumph of virtual virtuosity. Maybe a lot of civilians didn't go see the picture, but you can bet it attracted the smart boys in Hollywood. They will pilfer its effects and, by next summer, produce a domesticated, more palatable version. My advice: Don't wait for the rip-offs; accept no substitutes. Speed Racer is the future of movies, on DVD now
Source: www.time.com
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