It was directed by the same people who directed the matrix. so it was well inhead of its time with its combination of cgi, visual effects and live action performance similar to the matrix movies. It could not have been in better hands for the time.
I miss this film, I remember how much I loved this film and the animation as a child, a shame that the franchise died after this film, I always thought that it was unfairly butchered by people
tatsunoko has done two cameos with speed since this, one you can find on RU-vid, the other is in a big crossover anime with a new art style, unfortunately I'm not sure what the anime names are as I write this, but the mach 5 still roars. edit; The names are yatterman and Pandora to akubi.
The movie is extremely underrated. They messed up a little on the marketing, but i think it is ultimately the colors and animation style that disoriented the average movie goer. Minus thar the story and action was brilliant
@@davidthirugnanakumar7888 now sisters. Back then brothers. For a little while they were brother and sister. If you're gonna be pedantic you might as well go all the way.
It was the first movie the Wachowski's made after The Matrix so everyone kinda just wanted more Matrix. You also have to enjoy the cartoonish ridiculousness of this movie. It's fun and silly and light-hearted and that's just not what we expected from the Wachowski's. We wanted more intense intellectual violence using the latest visuals and this is the exact opposite of that. But once you watch it without that expectation, it's a movie that blends live action with animation with the same skill of Roger Rabbit. And personally it's nice to see Susan Sarandon getting back to her experimental roots
Most underrated movie of all time. Seriously. Unfortunately the high animation and color choices threw average movie goers off. Plus the lack of marketing.
Speed Racer is the way a Racing Battle Royale should be done. I mean, You have Weapon-like upgrades, Fast as f*ck cars, Incredibly tricky and dangerous pilots. I forgot to add that over the top feeling that I love on certain type of games.
I remember seeing this movie once when it came out in theaters as a kid. Sadly, I forgot that it even existed until, like, a year or two ago. After watching this AMV & another Speed Racer AMV featuring "The Top" from Initial D, I gotta find a way to rewatch this thing. It looks super fun, I remember seeing it, but I forgot literally everything about this movie plot-wise & character-wise.
Yea I also watched when I was a kid not in theaters though. I ended up buying it from a library and iv had it ever sense. I recently remembered about it and wanted to rewatch it to see what I would think now that I'm older. Had to tear apart my whole movie collection it was a mess. But I did find it and it still played just fine even with the scratches here and there causing concern
I also watched this movie when I was a kid to it actually helped me into racing like off-road and street racing in videogames and especially hot wheels games and movies because those are great
I also watched this movie when I was a kid to it actually helped me into racing like off-road and street racing in videogames and especially hot wheels games and movies because those are great and the NFS games helped and the Duke's of Hazzard TV show and movies I had the tv show on DVD and the movies to but I had a massive Scooby Doo collection of movies like a half a case of 800 movies and half of them were Scooby doos like the DVD version of the original Scooby Doo from 1969 all the way up to 2010 I had that many Scooby Doo movies 400 different Scooby Doos and I had them in order of the year I started with the DVD version of the 1969 Scooby Doos all the way up to the movies most of the cartoons worked flawlessly even though it was really scratched only Scooby Doo I can remember not working was Scooby Doo 2 where all there villains costumes come alive and sadly this movie was so scratched it wouldn't play to and I liked it for it's cars I was always into cars and this movie was probably one of the many reasons Im into cars
I remember seeing this movie when it first aired in the movie theater and I absolutely loved every second of it and as a grown man I can safely say IT STILL ROCKS!!
Loved this movie as a kid... kind of want to go and rewatch it now Update: I did. And not gonna lie, now that I actually understand all the "adult talk" with the business stuff and whatnot, it seems even better than I remember it being
Try Redline, anime movie that was fully hand drawn with no CGI by MADHOUSE , looks like 70s-80s and is worth watching, words alone cant show how great it is
I literally remember seeing this movie for the first time on tv back in 2008 or 2009. A different movie my parents were watching had just ended, and I wasn’t paying much attention. That changed once the first race started. From that moment, my eyes were glued to the screen right up to the credits. I even genuinely cheered when the last race ended. I’d never heard of the show before then - heck, i wasn’t even out of elementary school - but from the moment I saw that first race scene, I loved it. Unfortunately, as I started into middle school, I started to forget about this movie, and by the time I started high school, i couldn’t tell you a single thing about this movie, despite having watched it easily 25-30 times. Now, im a recent college graduate, browsing youtube at 1:00 am, and i see this video in my recommended. I see the title of the video and think “that seems…familiar…” Then, i see the thumbnail, and instantly, the memories from 13-14 years ago hit me like a truck.
Something I’d like to add: the supercars in the Speed Racer series have 360 steering, meaning all four wheels can be swiveled a full 360 degrees, similarly to the front wheels on shopping carts. This allows them to be able to move perpendicular to the direction they’re facing, and to perform 360 degree spins with full control, which we see several times throughout the movie. Not only has this idea never been explored in-depth outside the Speed Racer franchise to my knowledge, but there are vehicles in real life with similar steering systems. The biggest example of a real vehicle with this steering is a crane used to load containers onto trucks. These vehicles utilize electric motors to turn the drive wheels, and unfortunately because of this, these vehicles aren’t particularly fast. However, in theory, it _could_ be possible to build a high-speed vehicle with this style of steering. So, while the gadgets like jump-jacks, deployable buzz saws, and foam ejection systems are kinda unrealistic, the cars themselves _technically_ could work in real life.
@@blademaster2390 hey many great story n real great essay do u hope they make a sequel or prequel in future?? I sure asf hope they expand the franchise or universe
I feel the same way, this movie is unlike any other ive ever seen before. People shit on it because it wasnt true to the source material but dont see how unique it is in its own way. This movie is a piece of ART
@@Alzfer not only that,but the thing is,it's so close and based on the source material, people always complain about the eye candy and saturation of colors when that's how the original anime was,over the top and active,tho clunky it was fun,and the backgrounds are a love letter to cell animation,the animation type they chose for the original anime,it's an absolute piece of art and master piece with a simple yet emotional story,scenes,colors,characters,to me,it's one of the greatest films of all time, period. Original. And revolutionary. Speed racer is THE perfect racing movie,and one of the greatest films in history,hands down.
Somehow we managed to have and preserve a disk of this movie. So many time have I watched it when I was young. Gonna rewatch it again after seeing this.
Must’ve watched this movie 50 times start to finish. It’s badass. It’s cheesy. It’s emotional. It’s got thrill. It’s got glamour. It’s got heart. The whole selection. And even gets tears from me during the last part of the Cosmopolis GP This video is also masterfully edited. In time with the music and uses all the best movie bits. And I do like the Maltese Ice Caves bit. Thumbs up from this derg 👍
The thing that I liked most with this movie was the fact that too much was going for your brain to process all of it at once and the visuals are so amazing that you just can't get enough of it and it makes it feel like that 1h movie was a whole 10h series with all that was happening
I watched the cartoon as a kid and liked it and felt the movie did it justice, keeping to the plot elements and updating it to be more modern. May have overdone it with CGI in spots, but you needed it to make the kinds of races they needed for Speed Racer.
I loved Speed Racer as an anime and this movie is still one of my all time favorites. I can't put into words exactly how i felt watching this movie in the theater with the loud sounds and the colors. The over the top car races and funny little jokes. But i will tell you one thing, this movie was the perfect representation of what car racing was like in my head when i set up a team of my favorite hot wheels or matchbox cars as a kid. When you see children crashing their toy cars together making loud engine sounds with crashes and explosions, this might be a movie to watch in order to have a small understanding of the power in a kids imagination. This is my childhood and i know lots of people probably hated Speed Racer but i loved it and always will. i will always be glad that i was around when they tried and made this movie. Great AMV my friend i love it. The music fits this type of movie perfectly. But most of all thank you for bringing back memories of a simpler time. I will rewatch this movie and experience the awe i did as a kid. Because in todays world i think we all need that sense of wonder and amazement we felt as kids. To bring back feelings of something we all forgot. How to have fun 👍👍👍
I have been rewatching this video over and over this entire week I can't get the music out of my head, this edit is so fucking perfect it works so well with the scenes, I need to rewatch this movie.
I freaking love this movie, it's over saturated with color, the plot is convoluted, the car kung fu is over the top. it's as if they toke the classic anime brought it into the 2000's then said F-it live action movie instead of anime.
This movie and ones like it and the despicable me series I feel is like the definition of "popcorn movie". Just sit down, enjoy the movie, and let 1.5 - 2 hours go by. And as much as it may be colorful, to my memory, it's not insulting to adults that still wanna watch it compared to something like the live action cat in the hat.
Now here's a blast to my 8 year old past. I loved this movie as kid although the surprisingly grounded plot went right over my head at the time but god damn was this movie a spectacle.
I had the toy car and was pretty much infatuated about this movie and i think it sort've gave me ideas for things that I love as well but still, played with that toy car till I couldn't.
@@foxymanaic5934 I did!! It was pretty good, the visuals were incredibly vibrant and really made the movie pop. The 3D/CGI wasn't bad and was a decent story.
You did a great job editing this, you matched the music really well. I really don't get why so many people hated this movie. The effects are great, it's funny as hell, and the level of crazy in it makes it really fun. Some people need to realize that not every movie has to be The Dark Knight or some Oscar-bait arthouse feature. Sometimes all a movie needs to be is fun and this was probably the most fun to watch movie I've seen in a few years.
Been awhile since I've seen this movie. I remember how most people didn't like it because of marketing and the absolute corniness that was put in, but despite that there were moments of pure enjoyment that kids and even adults could reflect on. The biggest one being the last race and those moments of flashbacks with the parents interactions with Speedy had throughout the movie leading up to it. That stood out to me the most, even the other races really didn't have that big of an impact as that race and the events transpiring throughout it.
