Normally, I try to stay away from reviewing movies that don’t feature awesome subtitles or Rock ‘n’ Roll Blood Brothers, but I saw Speed Racer last night, and seriously, you guys? If you like the ISB, you need to see this movie.
I’ve been excited about it since the first trailer hit with its promise of what my pal Chad referred to as life-size Hot Wheels tracks and mid-air car battles, but when you get right down to it, there is absolutely no reason for it to be good. I mean, it’s Speed Racer: The Movie for cryin’ out loud, and despite the fact that we’ve all got a lot of fond childhood memories–and the occasional six-issue Tommy Yune mini-series
And yet, it’s great.
Apparently, it hasn’t been getting very good reviews, which I guess can only be chalked up to one of three possibilities: Either the reviewers were turned off by the visual style (which is as close as I’ve seen to being a live-action cartoon, and admittedly that’s not for everyone), they didn’t realize it was going to be so much of a kid’s movie, or they actively hate joy.
Trust me: It is awesome. And how awesome? Well, I don’t want to spoil anything, because I get the feeling that half of the fun is coming to everything fresh, but for those of you who need additional convincing, I’m going to steal a gimmick from Mike Sterling and create an area to do just that. Spoilers start beneath Speed at the starting line, and those of you who want to keep a clean slate can join us after Racer X hits the Roaring Elbow.
Okay, first things first: This is a movie where John Goodman wrestles a Ninja, thus bringing its JGAKQ to a respectable 7.5, right above O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The best thing, though, actually happens during one of the races, in which every single car can jump and in which everyone drifts all the time. So there’s this one part where these guys have hired a team of racecar vikings–yes, RACECAR VIKINGS–to kill Speed and Racer X, which one of them tries to do by spinning his car through the air while swinging a giant metal hammer from the bottom, to which Racer X responds by flipping his own car through the air while the Viking is upside down and punching him in the face.
Mid-air vigilante vs. viking car combat. And that’s not even taking the snakeapult into account.
Also, the Modded-up Christina Ricci of Speed Racer is totally hot and she should definitely have a marriage with me toute suite. But everybody already knew that.
So yeah, it’s a lot of fun, but to go ahead and make the inevitable summer movie comparison, I will say that I liked Iron Man a little more. To be fair, though, they’re completely different movies, and while I don’t think Speed Racer has the edge on anything but sheer visual moxie, it’s the one that I’d rather see again. Or to put it another way…
Movie: Speed Racer
Ranking: Four out of a possible Five Sonny Hoopers.
Saw this last Saturday with my brother in law at a sneak preview. It was very good and very visual, lot of Kirby colors. I thought that would distract but it didn’t, it completely meshed with the tone of the film.
I think a lot of reviews are off because they don’t know how to handle such a sensory overload…of awesome.
Any chance for an Iron Man review? Also, will you be commemorating a year’s worth of posts on the current site?
I might see Speed Racer, if only to see how the Matrix guys manage to explain Chim-Chim. Also, I want to see Rain in action away from Stephen Colbert’s rants.
Just got back from it.
Rock. Fucking. Star.
Chim-Chim and Spridle were the parts that gave me The Fear when I first saw the trailers – even when I was a kid, I hated those two jokers. But they’re actually tolerable in the movie. There’s even one scene when Spridle actually gets some street cred by doing something I totally did not expect to see.
I just saw it. I left dizzy, satisfyied and with a buring hatred for the kid with the monkey
I’m going in with two assumptions: Everybody Explodes Eventually, and Melange won’t be there. I’m hoping to be half wrong.
Incidentally, what’s Barton Fink’s JGAKQ?
I saw it Friday and the two things that stuck with me the most were John Goodman fighting a ninja and RACER X PUNCHING A MOTHERF*CKING VIKING IN A MOTHERF*CKING RACE CAR IN THE MOTHERF*CKING FACE, MOTHERF*CKERS!
I haven’t felt like seeing a movie twice in the theater since I was in high school.
I think I want to see this again in the theater.
I’ll rent it when it comes out. I’m pretty leery of anything by the Wachowski brothers and frankly, I’m really tired of “everything is green screen” for big movies. It’s a crime to make a Speed Racer movie and not build a physical – even if largely show – Mach 5. For instance, Transformers was a lot of fun because outside of the CGI giant robots, they blew up lots of real stuff real good. Speed Racer cries out for Blues Brothers level of inane car stunts. But I’m not a die-hard so I’ll check it out on DVD in a few months and see what I can see.
Also John Goodman is so great.
Either the reviewers were turned off by the visual style (which is as close as I’ve seen to being a live-action cartoon, and admittedly that’s not for everyone), they didn’t realize it was going to be so much of a kid’s movie, or they actively hate joy.
Sorry, Sims, but this is one of those times where you’re COMPLETELY WRONG.
It’s not just the visual style – other movies have worked in this vein and been more entertaining (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, for example – and no, it wasn’t very good, but it was better than Speed Racer). It’s not just that it’s a kid’s movie – movie critics go apeshit for genuinely good kids’ movies.
Speed Racer is crap because the jokes don’t work, because the plot is almost nonexistent, because it’s too long (over two hours, whatever), because the dialogue is stupid, because the visual style never ever lets up and becomes headache-inducing, and because the constant greenscreening just feels horribly ersatz and fake all the way through.
It’s a vast, vast mountain of dogshit.
Yes!! Great review – glad to hear you enjoyed it!! Unfortunately you’re right, not everyone will like it, and you’re right again, it’s because they just can’t feel joy… Just look at mightygodking above me – he’s tearing it apart because he couldn’t just sit back and enjoy the fun, awesome, kid’s movie that Speed Racer completely is!!
This movie is going to REALLY polarize viewers but it’s reviews and opinions like yours, Chris, that are going to stand out the most! You nailed this movie exactly on the head in terms of what it is. And I think it comes down to understanding WHAT Speed Racer is before you can go in and enjoy it.
Every time I read a positive review or hear someone walk out enjoying hte movie, it makes me happy to know that someone else out there has the ability to enjoy fun filmmaking at its finest!
Was that sarcasm?
For about six month I’ve been torn it two: Speed Racer will either be ‘totally awesome’ or ‘total poo’. The first ad made me feel the former; all subsequent ads made me feel the latter.
Chris Sims says totally awesome.
The rest of criticdom says total poo.
Gah! Entertainment Weekly is right? The age of the critic is over! Got to scrounge up seven bucks and see for myself…
If anything, at least I’ve been able to sneak into casual conversations at work “Are you ready to become a REAL race car driver?” and “It’s the only thing I know how to do, and I gotta do something”.
“Apparently, it hasn’t been getting very good reviews…”
Pssh. Get that weak shit off my internet.
Seriously, there’s not much wrong with this flick. It’s a great example of under promise, over deliver, and not in a million years was I expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. Not surprised so many critics hate it, but I am kind of shocked at how few comics guys liked it.
Oh, and your review totally neglected to mention the hive-O-bees-apult.
Just saw it with my kids. I was a huge Speed fan at age 5 and I thought it would be John Goodman that ruined it.
IT WAS FREAKIN’ AWESOME. Think 1st Matrix except its now a Saturday morning cartoon.
It is the perfect movie to take your 8 year old son to.
They update the story, but they do it well.
Saw this Friday with my family: my wife, who liked it far more than she expected, one six year-old who dug it, and a three year-old who absolutely loved it. I probably fell somewhere between my wife and my older son. It was a good, fun, kid’s movie, and Sims says almost everything good about the movie that I could not.
The odd thing is that, contained within that good movie is what could have been a great movie. My boys were absolutely hypnotized by the action, but 2 hours and 15 minutes is pushing it with younger kids. While I understand that if you have Susan Sarandon, there must be an irresistible urge to use her as much as possible, Mom (Moms?) Racer does not add much fun to the proceedings, and her one-on-one scenes with Speed only get a pass because the movie came out Mother’s Day Weekend.
You could probably get it down to a better length if you cut every scene in flashback that does not contain Rex Racer. You could also try to dial down the melodrama and “message” that has been ill-advisedly spot-welded to this movie. Breaking action for what felt like 10 minutes to me (and probably felt like 2 hours to my sons) so that the Heavy can monologue about fraud and stock manipulation was an odd choice.
This is a major summer tentpole movie from Time F’ing Warner with a tidal wave of ancillary merchandise and a happy meal tie-in with McDonald’s. Having the main theme be so hostile to corporations that it verges on anti-capitalist was so ragingly hypocritical it was, for me, the funniest joke in the movie. I can’t imagine that anyone who even agrees with this position – which, admittedly, I don’t – could take it seriously from this source.
Still and all, fun flick for the family. Also inexplicably omitted by Sims: an all-girl race car hit squad! Inspector Detector! And they used the old school auto-jack sound!
Not only does John Goodman WRESTLE A NINJA, he remarks that they don’t make ninjas like they used to, implying a long CAREER of dealing out ninja beat downs. That’s GOLD.
The visual style IS overwhelming at times-it redefines hyperactive-and it gets a bit preachy and slow on occasion, but when they’re racing, Speed Racer is composed of pure distilled AWESOME. The rally race is magnificent, five thousand kilometers of ass kicking, the bad guys DRIVE THE MAMMOTH CAR (I’m assuming their truck was meant to be an homage to that), Christina Ricci is six different shades of hot, Viking drivers, bee catapults, and the Grand Prix sequence is just amazing. Screw the haters, this movie is fantastic.
Shit, now I’m torn between this and Ironman. This movie is what it is, a live-action cartoon. It does not want ot be realistic, just a cartoon. Over 2 hours though? Even Cloverfield (an ‘adult’ movie) was shorter.
On another note, has anyone seen the GI Joe movie photos? All I say is, Dr Who better wear that mask sometime during the movie, or at least brandish wrist rockets and sleep with women a lot.
There’s two kinds of joy in this world: everything-is-right-and-makes-sense-and-is-simultaneously-awesome joy and it-makes-no-sense-and-it-doesn’t-even-bother-trying-to-but-what-the-hell joy. I’m figuring this movie is filled with the latter, but I’m willing to watch it to find out. If I’m right, this’ll probably be my last Wachowskis movie, unless one of them produces an offspring with a penchant for directing good movies.
Also I must ask, dopeoplestilltalkreallyfastandgoHAHAattheendofsentencesbecausethatwouldbereallyfunnyHAHA!!!!
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It’s funny, all the reviewers talk about the bad jokes and constant green screen, but they forget to tell you how charming the whole thing is. I find it incredible how negative reviewers are about it all.
I never get why people harp on Speed Racer’s lack of plot, because that’s what the original show was like.
Plot of Speed Racer episode: Oh noes, someone’s trying to keep Speed from winning a race. Again. Sprinkle with thugs with guns, and oh look, Spridle’s in the trunk. And…that was it.
Young Elvis with James Bond’s car = Speed!
Oh, and yes. The Viking Race Team catapaulted this into the realm of awesome. I need to see that again just for the Racer X punch. :)
I would like to heartily second this review.
I am highly confused by all the negative reactions because it seems to me all the bad dialogue and the bad jokes some complain about are HILARIOUSLY bad and, more important, BAD ON PURPOSE.
I giggled through the whole damn thing, and I attribute the bad reception by critics to one of two things: 1) they really liked Iron Man, and they can’t give mad props to two big movies like this two weeks in a row without feeling bad about it, and 2) this is a rare case where a movie is actually TOO good for most critics to stand. (The Onion AV Club said it was “nearly experimental,” which sounds about right to me).
I honestly can’t think of much that’s wrong with the movie.
The dialogue, though stylized, works. There’s an actual sense of a family bond on screen. The plot made total sense to me- heck, it’s a standard three act structure with a very convincing false crisis and false dawn.
Seriously, this thing freakin’ works. I think it’s actually better than THE MATRIX.
he’s tearing it apart because he couldn’t just sit back and enjoy the fun
You understand that I own Posse, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, half a dozen Troma films and the entire works of Stephen Chow on DVD? I like fun movies. This was an annoying, headache-inducing slog.
the bad jokes some complain about are HILARIOUSLY bad and, more important, BAD ON PURPOSE.
Ah, yes, the “Showgirls defense.” Sorry, no. Hollywood just doesn’t do purposeful irony in that way, they never have.
I attribute the bad reception by critics to one of two things
Having worked with a lot of film critics in various settings, I have to give this comment a big “yeah, whatever.” Film critics aren’t part of some secret society who sit back in some darkened hall lit only by guttering candles and say “…and now, we shall decide the fate of Kangaroo Jack.”
They’re just people who really, really love movies, and if you say “but Speed Racer is awesome and here is why,” they respond with, “no, it wasn’t, and here’s why, and here’s ten movies that do the same thing except better.“
Ah, yes, the “Showgirls defense.†Sorry, no. Hollywood just doesn’t do purposeful irony in that way, they never have.
I attribute the bad reception by critics to one of two things
Having worked with a lot of film critics in various settings, I have to give this comment a big “yeah, whatever.â€
Well, I liked Showgirls too. I don’t think it was bad on purpose though; Speed Racer‘s source material was a terrible cartoon with terrible dialogue, so melodrama, goofy dialogue and stiff delivery (particuarly Matthew Fox’s) seemed like canny adaptation rather than me.
Having worked with a lot of film critics in various settings, I have to give this comment a big “yeah, whatever.†Film critics aren’t part of some secret society who sit back in some darkened hall lit only by guttering candles and say “…
Um, yeah I know. I actually am a professional film critic (currently for Donewaiting.com). And have been for various newspapers and websites for…15 years now? (Jesus, I’m old!) We DO have societies, but they’re not secret (I belong to the Central Ohio Film Critics society, for example).
To be perfectly honest, I think one’s experiences are going to inform one’s reactons quite a bit. Of the critics in my not-so-secret society, the ones who are a bit older and have little to no experience with manga and anime aren’t quite as impressed by things like Voltron split-screens and live-action speed lines or the casting of an actress with huge eyes the way those of us who have grown up on the stuff are.
Kangaroo Jack is a good example of a would-be kids film by people primarily responsible for adult entertainment that made a movie that didn’t please any audience. Compare THAT to Speed Racer.
There’s no organized cabal, but certainly individuals are informed by factors like the last few movies they saw, the previous work of the Wachowskis and so on. And I think a lot of critics were inevitably comparing Speed Racer to the last big budget summer movie they just saw, despite the fact they’re apples and oranges.
Iron Man benefitted from low-expectations (Another Marvel superhero movie? And not even one of the big characters?) and being good in all the traditional ways (good acting, decent script, etc). Speed Racer had high expectations (the next film from the directors of one of the most influential films of the last ten years!) and a badly marketed split address (kids movie or grown up movie?)
I’d be really surprised of any critic who could provide ten movies that do what Speed Racer does better. I can’t think of any that does ALL of the things Speed Racer does well.
Okay, I’ll commence shutting up now. Sorry for the long post, Sims. Please don’t kick my face.
I too am floored by the incredibly poor reception this film received, not just from the critics (from whom one expects that sort of treatment), but from the audience. Opening weekend gross: $20 million! $20 million?
I saw it twice this weekend. Friday at 7:00 pm there were perhaps twenty fanboys in the theater, but things weren’t much better Saturday at 2:00 pm, when all the ten-year-old boys should’ve been there. And yet “Iron Man,” which I saw later that afternoon, was packed.
What really gets me are the number of parents who brought young kids to see “Iron Man,” a film which includes Afghan terrorists, torture, impromptu heart surgery and bedroom naughtiness. Plus, a lot of long stretches in which nothing kid-friendly happens. “Speed Racer” dragged in a couple of spots–notably the aforementioned Royalton monologue–but it was so much more kid-appropriate.
Don’t get me wrong, “Iron Man” was well-done. Still, I don’t see what all the fuss is about. It’s “Spider-Man” good, not “Spider-Man 2” great. Too much origin story set-up, too few action set pieces, and lacking a strong villain.
I won’t argue that “Speed Racer” was a great piece of drama, but I know which one I wanted to see again right away.
As you said, Chris, I think people (not just critics) must just hate joy.
Speed Racer’s source material was a terrible cartoon with terrible dialogue
And this argument makes no sense. “The source material was shit, so in order to be faithful to it, the finished product must also be relatively shit” is a ridiculous premise. Once you break spending ten million dollars on a movie, I personally am of the opinion that some of the money should be spent on making it not suck. This means that the monkey does not throw poop, and that if you’re going to hire John Goodman and Susan Sarandon you actually let them, like, act a little, and one more thing: the editing. Jesus Christ, the editing. This thing made the Jason Bourne movies look like My Dinner With Andre...
And this argument makes no sense. “The source material was shit, so in order to be faithful to it, the finished product must also be relatively shit†is a ridiculous premise.
I’m not arguing it. I don’t think the finished product was “relatively shit.” I think it was relatively AWESOME.
I’m just saying there shouldn’t have been any drama-drama, but blunt force melodrama to shame a soapopera (which there was) and that the dialogue shouldn’t sound realistic, it should sound silly, goofy and unrealistic (which it did).
Anyway, I’m not here to argue. It’s not like you and I don’t have our own places to mouth off at. I just posted to let Sims know I agree with his take and was glad to read it.
The movie was GREAT. Something there for both fanboys and those new to SPEED RACER! Your review was dead on — and the haters are those who can’t enjoy a film witnout a flawed hero (aka “generic dark loners” – cliche!!)
Thank the Maker that the Wachowski’s had the guts to try something different. As fanboys, we have an obligation to cheer on the underdog, supporting those brave enough to step away from the $afe bet and show some vision.
“That’s the way Dad did it.
That’s the way America did it –
and it used to work out just fine until all those mouthbreathers brought that weak shit to my track.”
– Speed.
GO SPEED GO !!!
You had me at “beehive-apult”.
Seriously, though, what does JGAKQ stand for?
Deep in MightyGodKing HQ, a red light begins flashing.
“Oh no!” our hero exclaims. “Someone out there likes something I didn’t! I’ve got to act quickly!“
“Seriously, though, what does JGAKQ stand for?”
Maybe Chris will answer this; I don’t know, but I’m guessing, from the context alone, John Goodman Ass Kicking Quotient.
Seems to fit, no?
That’s exactly what it stands for.
Pay no head to mightygodking, the sound of a child’s laughter causes greater pain to him then the blood-curdling cries of agony of those damned to Hell’s seventh circle would do to us.
I wrote “head” instead of “heed” again, didn’t I?
Trevor, depending on the audience, asking people to pay no head to me is arguably more damning.
Speed Racer was never run on TV in my town as I was growing up, I’ve never seen an episode, so it really means next to nothing to me, except maybe as a song.
How necessary is that resonance that you get from familiarity with the original to enjoying the movie?
Having worked with a lot of film critics in various settings, I have to give this comment a big “yeah, whatever.†Film critics aren’t part of some secret society who sit back in some darkened hall lit only by guttering candles and say “…and now, we shall decide the fate of Kangaroo Jack.â€
Thanks MGK. You have completely ruined one of my steadfast beliefs in life. HOW DARE YOU SIR!
(Didn’t see it, don’t intend to see it, but I find the conflict amusing.)
I think it’s legit to defend it on the grounds of being a faithful adaptation. Every time there’s an adaptation, everyone rips it for not being faithful to the material – but here’s a movie so faithful, the only way you could beat it would be to have Sin City 2 be three hours of Frank Miller saying, “whores whore whores.”
@MSJ: Iron Man, dude. There is no contest. See Iron Man. If you don’t, the Initiative will come to your house and drag out into the street and put you up against the wall.
Thanks for warning, JDude.
Speed Racer was great fun and “joy” was the perfect word to describe the feeling I got while watching it. Loved Iron Man too and wouldn’t want to compare them just because they’re movies from the same genre (sorta).
I think it’s been getting so many bad reviews because it has the Wachowski name on it. Reviewers are just wanting to shit on something they make because of the success of their Matrix movies.
I have to agree that after its savaging by critics in the LA Times and Entertainment Weekly (Hollywood’s fluff girl, for heaven’s sakes!), I, too, was wary of Speed.
But it’s awesome and deserves your money.
Both of those publications thought it too talky and overlong, but the only talky part is THE PLOT, which has already been alluded to above. I left the theatre for 7 minutes to buy my 6-year-old Red Vines and a Diet Coke and have a cancer stick, and returned to find our heroes in ANOTHER RACE. I’ll be damned if my 6-year-old didn’t catch me up on the plot by saying, “The good racers have to team up against the bad racers to save the day.”
Who the hell can belittle that kind of plot summary?
I told my wife about the film, and she said, “It had ninjas?” To which I replied, “Yeah, ninjas. And race cars. And John Goodman. And a monkey. It’s like they made this movie for me.”
But because I’m not the Internet celebrity Chris Sims is, they probably made it for him, and only thought of me later.
The snakeapult? Awesome. The beeapult? Even awesomer. The whole movie? Absolutely awesomest.
Excellent review, Chris.
I’m mainly happy to see more people “getting” this movie and not complaining about what are irrelevant arguments, considering what this movie is.
Complaining that this movie is too cartoony, and loud, and psychedelic, is like complaining that the Godfather has too many Italian accents. You either like this kind of movie or you don’t, and if you don’t, why bother seeing it in the first place?
It’s a wonderful piece of cartoon fantasy, I loved it, and I said as much in my own Speed Racer review.
I haven’t seen it and probably won’t, but I’d like to point out a basic flaw in your opening argument: I LOVE the ISB, but there are two crucial differences between it and the movie. I don’t have to pay for it, and I don’t have to sit through over 2 hours of it. I guess I’m old, but I can barely stand the commercials for Speed Racer without getting a headache. I’m not saying it’s not awesome, but I think I’ll stick to your concentrated bursts of awesome for a few minutes each day rather than sitting through the movie.
Although John Goodman beating up on ninjas does sound rather cool.
You know what I thought when I read this review? “Well, if I’m crazy, that makes two of us.”
Loved this movie. Loved it. No matter what the critics say, this movie is gold. And a family movie in the truest sense – not only is that not code for “kiddie” this time, since I think pretty much everyone can find something to enjoy here, but I particularly liked the strong family bond between the Racers. I was afraid it would get too sappy, but damn it if they don’t all love each other and pull it together, no matter what. That’s awesome. Speed, likewise, gets mundo bonus points for being and staying a stand-up guy despite all temptations to become cynical. No extraneous angst or wallowing in his misery – the conflicts he does go through make perfect sense within the story and he bounces back quickly. (Can you tell I love it when they actually let the hero be a good guy?)
Oh, and the John Goodman greco-wrestles a ninja scene? It’s glorious.
Is this the same Wachowski brothers that made [i]Bound[/i]? Because that is a great movie.
I think I’m going to take a pass on this one. As much as I love John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci (and all for different reasons), I’ve seen the trailers for [i]Speed Racer[/i] and it just reminds me of everything I didn’t like about [i]Attack of the Clones[/i].
Sims, you forgot to mention that Goodman wrestles a ninja AND puts a 1920’s gangster into the Kurt Angle Ankle Lock! It was great!
JGAKQ? John Goodman A___ K____ Q____?
it’s Monday. Help.
apk, see comment 34, and work on your “getting stuff from the context” skills.
Shit, you mean I’m going to have to see this thing after all? I’d already written it off…but now with these ninja and viking comments echoing in my head…
God dammnit.
ahh, thank you Chance. Apparently my CTRL-F function was slowed by Monday as well, for I swear that I searched the comments for JGAKQ first.
I figured that “Q” was quotient, but I just couldn’t come up with “Ass Kicking.” I believe I was struck dumb by the mere visualization of The Babe fighting a ninja.
I saw this Friday afternoon, and quickly emailed a bunch of people to make sure they didn’t bypass it.
I liked it a bit better then Iron Man. I agree that this movie makes one want to see it again, so I did! Saw it the second time this afternoon. Found it to be just as good as the first time.
“Speed Racer’s source material was a terrible cartoon with terrible dialogue, so melodrama, goofy dialogue and stiff delivery (particuarly Matthew Fox’s) seemed like canny adaptation rather than me.”
Ummm … I really like the cartoon.
But I’m old.
…but here’s a movie so faithful, the only way you could beat it would be to have Sin City 2 be three hours of Frank Miller saying, “whores whore whores.â€
I am apprehensive that this is what Miller’s going to do to The Spirit.
The Wachowski bros certainly put a lot of effort into making Speed Racer… the movie overall looked and felt like a cross between anime, a kaleidoscope, that Flintstones movie, a video game and the Dukes of Hazard
Seeing Matthew “Foxy” Fox (aka Weepy and Yet Secretly Awesome Jack Shephard from Lost) beat up that ninja was pure cinematic perfection, especially when he punched him in the knee. Jack got his Matrix on! Fantastic. Racer X is my new hero (yes, I have never seen the show before).
I liked it the first time, and absolutely loved it the second. If you get a chance, you have to see this film on IMAX. It will fry your brain. The final moments of the Grand Prix were so perfect it was like the Wachowskis had fired a diamond arrow straight into my medulla oblongata. I think I might need to see it again, and soon.