Reviews

Above everything else, this movie is a visual feast that stays true to the cartoon. I think it is really unfortunate that so many critics are complaining about the visuals in this movie, because I think that they are truly fantastic. I can safely say that I have never seen another movie like this one, and I feel that so many movies are going to try to do what this movie did. A lot of the visuals really are beautiful bursts of color similar to what you find on the busy streets of Tokyo, and this movie is aware of that. It is like they took Shibuya and made it a hundred times as big and colorful. Only someone who has been to Tokyo will know exactly what the Wachowskis were going for in this film. After all, it is based on a Japanese TV show.

The acting is somewhat campy, but can also turn that gear into more serious acting. It can be funny, and then be heartwarming. Lots of the racing sequences are very over the top, but the movie knows it and does it well. The tracks are very creative, and I can only imagine how fun they were to design. If real racing was this exciting, I would watch it all the time. I can understand why this film made the race tracks so crazy, because who would really want to see two hours of regular race tracks with cars going around and around? The sound was also really impressive in this film. The sounds of the race cars were explosive and loud and if you see this movie in a good theater, it will make it that much better. The music is also very fitting and tasteful. Probably the only time I will hear "Freebird" without being annoyed.

Also the politics in this movie were excellent as well. I feel above all the message of this movie is that money corrupts art. This movie portrays Speed as more of an artist than a race car driver. A big corporation wants to sponsor Speed, but Speed knows that corporations are evil and are only looking to make more money. He is very dedicated to his craft, and does not want to sell out. Speed knows that corporations corrupt art, and so does this movie. You will not see one piece of product placement in this whole film.

So overall this movie is very self-aware. It wants to entertain, and it does exactly that. It wants to be different, and it does exactly that. Don't listen to those wimpy critics that didn't like this film because it gave them a headache. Many people said the same thing about Moulin Rogue, and that movie is fantastic too. Critics who complained about there being too much color should have brought a pacifier with them to the movies, because only babies would complain about how this film looks. Race to your theater to see it now.

I honestly cannot say enough good things about this movie. Come Oscar season it should be nominated for every category there is.

The acting in this film is probably the best anyone will see all year. Casey Affleck is amazing as is Pitt, Rockwell, and every other actor in the film. The pacing of this movie is spot on, and the cinematography is absolutely stunning. The music fits very well and the story is as interesting as they get. The dialog in this is the best I have heard all year. This director is truly amazing. I do not want to give anything away so just see it.

For those of you who think this movie is boring, well then you're just immature and have no patience. This movie is not for 16 year old boys and girls of all ages, it is for people who truly appreciate great cinema.

before watching this movie i was as skeptical as most people about the quality of this movie. every detail i had heard about the movie made it inevitable that it was going to be bad, and it was not going to be comparable to the show. i had heard the run time was going to be short, they had re-written a lot of it because test audiences had not liked it, and it is released at a time when the new Simpson's episodes were not that great. i went into the theater expecting the worst. this movie surpassed my expectations in every way. it reminded me why i had fallen in love with the Simpson's, and how extremely funny these characters are. it had the classic Simpson's style humor with every joke having multiple layers, it had political commentary, it had a great plot, it referred to itself in a way that only true Simpson's fans would get, it had everything i wanted. i strongly suggest watching this in a theater with a packed audience. DO NOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS ON DVD! see it in the theaters where you can feel like a large family coming together to share laughter and love for a cartoon family that has been around since most of us can remember. to quote my friend after watching the movie,"they did it." and i completely agree.