The end of the movie drought. Yay!
Nevermind that I am unemployed and poor. I went out to watch What Happens in Vegas and Speed Racer last Wednesday and Thursday, and it left me very, very happy, because finally, nice movies are being shown.
What Happens in Vegas is the funniest movie I've watched in a long time. It wasn't really the must-watch type, but it made me laugh (which 27 Dresses and Over Her Dead Body tried but failed to do), and that was good enough for me. Plus, it wasn't overly cheesy, which is always a good thing for me. :)
Speed Racer was a whole different story. I grew up watching the cartoon, and watching it on the big screen made me feel like a little kid again. Watching him push the buttons on his Mach5 reminded me of how much I wanted to drive back then. (Hahaha. Cheesy much? But I was just disappointed that there wasn't much emphasis on the buttons! He didn't push the buttons enough! Hahah!)
The movie was a visual spectacle. It was like seeing real people in an anime cartoon. The editing was unique, in the sense that I haven't seen anything like it, and the colors were amazing and appropriate (and I want to have a house like theirs. Haha.) for the whole theme of the movie. The costumes were also great. Hahaha. I loooooved Racer X's clothes (Actually, I loved Racer X. Period. Haha.), and Speed's real life blue shirt, red hanky and white jacket. (Although, it did make him look gay beside Racer X and that Japanese racer whose name I'm forgetting right now.)
The story? Well, it was so-so. I mean, I couldn't understand half of what they were saying. It tended to be too technical for the normal person to understand, plus, it delivery was too fast for someone like me (who had below normal knowledge of racing and cars) to digest.
But then, I didn't really watch Speed Racer to marvel at the story. I watched it because I wanted to see how something I loved ten years ago would be on the big screen. In that sense, it didn't fail me. It still gave me the same sense of excitement I felt when I first watched it.
So there. I want to watch it again. This time, purely just to understand what really went on with the story. Hahaha.
What Happens in Vegas is the funniest movie I've watched in a long time. It wasn't really the must-watch type, but it made me laugh (which 27 Dresses and Over Her Dead Body tried but failed to do), and that was good enough for me. Plus, it wasn't overly cheesy, which is always a good thing for me. :)Speed Racer was a whole different story. I grew up watching the cartoon, and watching it on the big screen made me feel like a little kid again. Watching him push the buttons on his Mach5 reminded me of how much I wanted to drive back then. (Hahaha. Cheesy much? But I was just disappointed that there wasn't much emphasis on the buttons! He didn't push the buttons enough! Hahah!)The movie was a visual spectacle. It was like seeing real people in an anime cartoon. The editing was unique, in the sense that I haven't seen anything like it, and the colors were amazing and appropriate (and I want to have a house like theirs. Haha.) for the whole theme of the movie. The costumes were also great. Hahaha. I loooooved Racer X's clothes (Actually, I loved Racer X. Period. Haha.), and Speed's real life blue shirt, red hanky and white jacket. (Although, it did make him look gay beside Racer X and that Japanese racer whose name I'm forgetting right now.)
The story? Well, it was so-so. I mean, I couldn't understand half of what they were saying. It tended to be too technical for the normal person to understand, plus, it delivery was too fast for someone like me (who had below normal knowledge of racing and cars) to digest.
But then, I didn't really watch Speed Racer to marvel at the story. I watched it because I wanted to see how something I loved ten years ago would be on the big screen. In that sense, it didn't fail me. It still gave me the same sense of excitement I felt when I first watched it.
So there. I want to watch it again. This time, purely just to understand what really went on with the story. Hahaha.
posted by Leigh Villegas at
4:27 PM
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