Mach Go Go Go!
May. 10th, 2008 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ann_leckiePitch.
Freaking.
Perfect.
The reviewer for the Post said it was too lightweight, and I thought, "Um? This is Speed Racer we're talking about. Any attempt to add weight would be...perhaps misguided is the kindest word."
The obligatory schmalz moments did not make me want to puke, and were over quickly, which is saying a great deal; my tolerance for obligatory schmalz moments is really, really low. Whoever said it was like they'd melted Starburst candies and poured them in your eyes? Bang on target. And if they'd paced it even a hair faster it would have been incomprehensible. And possibly triggered seizures.
Oh, and the Paidhi Kids enjoyed it greatly.
Freaking.
Perfect.
The reviewer for the Post said it was too lightweight, and I thought, "Um? This is Speed Racer we're talking about. Any attempt to add weight would be...perhaps misguided is the kindest word."
The obligatory schmalz moments did not make me want to puke, and were over quickly, which is saying a great deal; my tolerance for obligatory schmalz moments is really, really low. Whoever said it was like they'd melted Starburst candies and poured them in your eyes? Bang on target. And if they'd paced it even a hair faster it would have been incomprehensible. And possibly triggered seizures.
Oh, and the Paidhi Kids enjoyed it greatly.