Speed Racer (2008, PG)

Horrid. Horrenduous. Bad. A movie so bad, that it shouldn't have been made as a movie in the first place. That last statement probably isn't true, because I am perfectly fine with Hollywood making a movie based off of the popular cartoon show. The problem is that they got the Wachowski brothers to do. As a result, Speed Racer is the summer's decisive worst popcorn flick of the year, and probably in years, if not decades.

The film's editing is bad, and everything is so flashy I couldn't tell what the heck was going on. Not that I didn't care either. The characters are so detatched from the film's ludicrous plot. The car chase scenes aren't dazzling.  The entier film is a noisy, unneccessary and overly flashy mess. When I was finally able to exit the theater, I was so happy the movie was at last over.

                                 ½ /5