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FastChapter
 Post subject: Speed Racer!
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IT WAS LIKE HAVING LIQUID SKITTLES POURED INTO MY EYES!!
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Yeah, I've heard that it runs on the rule of cool.

"Why are they using kung-fu in a race movie?"
"Who gives a damn! It's awesome!"
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 Post subject: Re: Speed Racer!
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FastChapter wrote:
IT WAS LIKE HAVING LIQUID SKITTLES POURED INTO MY EYES!!


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It was like Walt Disney threw up
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Reminds me of Robot Chicken.

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I just remember the opening
and it was catchy
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I still loved it, XD It was like they were incapable of making anything sucky for less than three seconds, because it was so incredibly overdone.

:D I was all ramped up during the end of the last race, God that was good.
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Yeah, I was expecting it to be a lot worse than it was (I'm still never forgiving the Wachowski Bros. for The matrix Reloaded/Revolutions), so I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be pretty fun. It had the spirit of the original source, which so many x to y adaptations never seem to get.
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I heard that it was a big flop, not gaining near as much money as it cost to make, something like that. Not that that would make it a bad movie, I suppose, just not a well-advertised one.
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I think it tanked in the Box Office, but that's not an indicator of a movie's quality. If you want something to watch that's just pure fun, get Speed Racer. It's surprisingly good!
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$440mil to make, and taking in $40mil; somewhere around those lines. Rather unfortunate, considering the praise I'm hearing here.
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Rekats Rovert wrote:
$440mil to make, and taking in $40mil; somewhere around those lines. Rather unfortunate, considering the praise I'm hearing here.

Are you sure? I've heard that it cost about $120 million to make and grossed about $95 million worldwide. I don't think there's ever been a movie that's cost above $300 million, has there?
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Heh, I'm likely wrong. I'll go check.
Yep, I was waaaaaaay off. About 120mil. Now, I wonder where I got my numbers? :?
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Heh, I'm likely wrong. I'll go check.
Yep, I was waaaaaaay off. About 120mil. Now, I wonder where I got my numbers? :?


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Close enough! :roll:
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