As a racing enthusiast, I wanted to clarify why Pops said they didn’t have a car. It’s because they don’t have a race car. The car used in the Costa Cristo race is just a super modified street car while the one in Fiji is a race car. It would be like if you should up to race at the Indy 500 with your modified Mustang
Was about to say this too. Track racecars in this movie are called T-180s and Speed's super modified Mach 5 apparently doesn't fall into that category. Every other racecar has some sorta gyroscopic wheels and Mach 5 does not.
@@haydenahn8776 Yeah they operate on the T-180 wheelbase. Think they are also AWD, know that they are all wheel steering with 180-degree steerability. Mach 5 just operates as I think a RWD, standard wheelbase car.
I once took a cinematography class in college as an elective. My professor was obsessed with this movie. He genuinely loved the way it was made. The color schemes and editing to him were flawless.
...I'm sorry, do you mind asking your professor how many drugs he took a day, and what variety, because I would love to live that drugged out. It wouldn't be for long, but boy, would I be happy.
I love this movie for the simple fact that while every other anime adaptation by Hollywood tries to hide the fact that it was an anime first, Speed Racer embraces the fact that it was an anime and stays true to the craziness of the original. Maybe a bit of a guilty pleasure but a pleasure all the same. Although I certainly understand that it's not everybody's cup of tea.
I watch enough anime to know that most of this is just the flashy parts of the anime intros. I don't see those constant "use the character close-up as transition" things as often as I do in just this video alone, and it's probably not even all of them in the movie.
Unfortunately, "Embracing the fact that it was an anime first and stays true to the craziness," is a critical flaw for a live action movie. Animation has a much higher suspension of disbelief and a movie is too short for cutting the plot into 60 pieces. In fact, most live action adaptations of cartoons would have BETTER results if they were more deliberately "real," and less true to the source material.
@@adde9506 To a point. Live action and animation do things differently (though Hollywood thinks live-action is "superior" that's not really the case as each as their strengths and weaknesses) but it should still be recognizable beyond names as that cartoon. The Wachowskis just went too far towards the cartoon, and really they didn't even get that right some of the time, like those transitions with the characters wiping across the screen.
This movie was directed by like...people, you know that right? Two people who were constantly being creatively suffocated by a system which did not like their ideas
Why did he not take off any sins whatsoever? I want to see my all time favorite movie shredded! not shredded, burned, then have the ashes dumped into the ocean!
I still think this movie is criminally under appreciated. Not only did it stay true to the wildness of the original anime, but it was visually spectacular. I’m just mad that my only dvd copy is scratched and cuts backward
Dude that sucks. My DVD copy lost some audio during the first half of the Casa Cristo race when the announcer mentioned "Snake Oiler leading the pack."
You really have to just embrace the weird and silly visuals and dialogue for the big emotional payoff of the final race. When he drifts out, and surpasses everyone, is probably one of the best "turn up" scenes ever
Yea, some of the sins about the anachronism and the visual effects, I mean that's literally the *point* of the movie. To basically be a psychedelic explosion and try to meld the asthetics of 60s googie architecture with the modern world for a more 'realistic' tale of futures past.
My family and I had a tradition of watching this movie on every road trip we went on, which was typically once a year during the summer. Never grew tired of it and we still love it. It's one of the only movies we all agree on as a family to be awesome.
Also, the "we dont have a car" thing because that confused me too the first time: the Mach 5 is the car they drove for the Casa Cristo, the Mach 6 was what was destroyed, and was also a different class of car specific for the races. The mach 5 is older and not qualified.
confused me when I was younger, but once I got older I realized the Mach 6 was a track car, Mach 5 was the rally/daily driver, and the Mach 6 was destroyed at Fuji
I both loved the movie, actually consider it among my personal classics, and yet find Cinemasins put out a fantastic parody hit on it. Why can't you have both?
In my opinion best anime adaption to date. People tend to forget or never knew the cartoon was completely nutty and I feel they worked hard to capture that wackiness. They even went so far as to keep the mischievous escapades of Spritle and Chim-chim in the film, including their love for hiding in Speed's trunk. Most studios would have demanded they be cut or at least the monkey. I respect that they went full force with this film. Almost everything in this movie is ripped directly from the cartoon and used in a way that makes sense.
My favorite scene with them has to be when they're watching that anime and they start acting out the scenes themselves. My brother and I quote that often. (Also their pajamas are cute.)
Hell ya! That is why I loved it! They committed to an amazing aesthetic that fit the wild over the top anime perfectly! It made me so sad as a theatre manager at the time to see so few see it in theaters.
@@cuddlebloops5217 totally agree. Speed in the animated series was beyond cocky but I think because of the movie's tone having speed be so egotistical would negate a lot of the heart this film is trying to display.
I remember my mom rented this for me in a Redbox and the real reason I don’t remember this movie was I was so high from getting surgery on my mouth. So this entire movie was an ACTUAL fever dream for me.
One of the greatest Live-action cartoon/anime adaptations. I don't care what anyone says. I'd give anything to witness the Final race on the big screen again. It was epic enough to be a full on finale to the series.
15:48-16:18 Drivers use 2 different kind of cars in the movie and the world it takes place in. During the scene where the Inspector Detector goes to the Racer Family for help with joining Togokhan, he mentions that "there are no more track races" and that the Casa Cristo is a cross country rally. The Mach 5 is used for rally racing and casual usage, you know asphalt, but the Mach 6 is made for track racing, just like the Mach 4. Hence why had to rebuild it. Also the Grand Prix race was 2 laps, at least that's what's shown. Thank you so much for going through this movie. It was my childhood, and while I didn't end up becoming some crazy car expert or garage owner or anything like that, it is still one movie I will forever hold in my heart. As controversial as this sounds lol, thanks Jeremy!
My gosh this film is such a good film. It’s just so full of passion and takes you straight back to the kid watching it 15 or so years ago. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve seen this film. NEVER does it not make me smile or cry
This is honestly one of my favorite movies, for multiple reasons. My biggest reason is that so many film adaptations of cartoons and animes these days try to make them very serious and dark, try to make them too realistic… This one did none of that. In the best way possible, there are tons of scenes in this movie that feel like they were directed and imagined by a kid, especially when Spritle and ChimChim were mock-fighting in the beginning to the old anime. I also appreciate that they didn't try making their 3-D to realistic, and lots of the effects are extremely colorful and stylized, as well as the backgrounds. The entire desert scene, how it was shot, is a good example. I appreciate that the shot changes and cuts actually feel like they were from out of a comic book. This movie in no way tried hiding its origins, it only made them more visually realistic.
4:03 so let me get this straight: Jeremy is confused that Pops would let Speed join the company he wants to dispite it being so obviously evil There is a later scene that explains why! A big aspect of Pop's character is how he feels regret for driving Rex away from the family. Rex left because he felt the family's company ment more to Pops than he did, and the last conversation the two had before he "died" was Pops telling him "if you walk away you better not ever come back." Pops doesn't want the same series of events to happen with Speed, to the point he says to him "no matter what path you choose, that door will always be open for you." It's a really powerful scene and Jeremy doesn't show it because then he'd loose a sin.
15:49 They don’t have a car because the car Speed wrecked beyond repair was the car that the racer family uses in the WRL. The Casa Cristo race (technically not part of the WRL schedule but permits that wildcard entry to the Grand Prix) only allows road car models. In summary : Mach 6 = race car (not road legal) Mach 5: road car (not eligible for WRL)
I unapologetically love this movie (and the original series). As a film teacher, I encouraged students to watch it for the editing alone (or more specifically, the editing of the narrative and staging of scenes). Stylistically, its divisive. But there are some really strong parts to it as well.
At the time of its release in 2008 Speed Racer wasn’t well received by critics and also garnered a Razzie nomination for Worst Remake. But it was well received by audiences and has developed a cult following
It was nominated alongside Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans, The Day the Earth Stood Still and the “winner” of the category Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (the one movie that invented the phrase Nuked the Fridge)
@@ThisIsNotMyUsername Yep. People who complain about a movie being removed from x service provider should not be complaining when they can purchase a hard copy which can be viewed as often as you like. My wife and I typically use streaming services to watch movies we haven't seen before or in a while to come to the conclusion of "hey we should buy that again, or we should buy that to own it".
I can't express how much I loved this movie as a kid, and how much I still love it as an adult. Thanks to everyone at CinemaSins for this absolute nostalgia trip. And thanks for shredding it to pieces. I love you guys. ❤
No, that would be Kill Bill vol. 1, even though it wasn't adapted from an anime. This movie is garbage, which is technically an accurate adaptation of the anime... 😉
11:25 You didn't watch the original show much, did you? One time Speed got attacked by axe-throwing Mariachi bandits who wanted to steal a macguffin from him. One time Speed shot up like 20 goons in a bad guy's volcano lair to stop the launch of doomsday missiles. This scene is probably the most accurate thing to the source material in the entire movie.
Yeah, I don't really get it myself. (Barring this channel's obvious humor, of course.) Never watched the show and the movie wasn't really my cup of tea; but it did what it set out to do. It was an insane, over the top, LSD induced, fever dream of a family film. Exactly as intended. That's what the ads sold; that's what we got. Nobody didn't expect it. I do not get the hate.
@@scaper8 I agree, it's based on an anime that is bizarre, crazy and over the top, that's what we got. Its an incredibly difficult task to translate a media like anime into real life, where the boundaries of what you can portray are way beyond the limits of film. I really think they did an amazing job to try and translate that to real life.
I love how this guy is all like "woooo, Trixie just rAnDoMlY knows how to fly a helicopter" and didn't bother to research that in Mach Gogogo, Trixie was mentioned to be the daughter of the CEO of an aviation company- Not only that, but he's questioning how Speed can fight so well, as if in the show he didn't fight just as good- For god sakes, Speed is literally the son of an ex-wrestling champ- Of course he's gonna be taught how to fight- In Speed Racer 1967, Pops is definitely the type of dad to teach his kids to fight, whether they want to or not-
I just don't remember the graphics and visuals being so poorly constructed, even the plot and jokes just seem so much more annoying than when I was a kid and watching this.
Cinema Sins: if I named my kid “Satan Worshiper” would I be surprised that they turn out to be a Pittsburgh Steelers fan? Me who was born in Pittsburgh: 😐
unfortunately, there will never be a sequel. the original manga and anime were completely condensed into this one movie. the 60's anime was three seasons (only 52 episodes) each season culminating in a big race at the end, with speed and trixie defeating the various mob goons, bosses, and schemes between races off the track. the prize the bad guys were originally after was the mach 5, as it was the pinnacle of racing tech, and everyone wanted it by hook or by crook, with the racer family thwarting the plans of the mob at every turn, the detectives trying to recruit speed to help them bring down the crime syndicates, the saga of racer X unfolding along side the main story, and the sheer technological marvel that was the Mach 5. They crammed all that into this one movie with nothing left over for a sequel. If they were going to remake it again and follow that same formula, the first movie would be everything leading up to the first race with cliffhanger, the second movie would be the cross country race and the reveal of racer x, and the final movie would be the grand prix championship race bringing down the evil corporation at the end. but we're not that lucky, and current hollyweird is too lazy and stubborn to film something like this again.
Im just so happy to see how many others in the comments still love this movie. I think the casting was mostly great and yes its silly and over the top but it's based on a 60's animal, I've always liked the art style and it feels right and I love it
I saw this movie in the theatre... On Shrooms with all my friends. Omfg, best trippin movie EVER! We couldn't stop laughing at John Goodman twirling the henchman.
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The sin at 16:18 the reason they needed a new car was because the Mach 5 isn't a T180, if you look at all the cars during the "Grand Prix" the rear wheels can swivel, the Mach 5's can't so it doesn't conform to the ruleset of T180
Its a technical masterpiece and a very true adaptation. Duno why you think a literal adaptation of speed racer is a good idea but hey they did it. Also the directors both changed genders so yeah odd people
It's the only film I've ever seen that's two films, a blatant 1 star trainwreck, followed by a 5 star masterpiece that's starts with the "Ninja?" "More like a NON-ja." exchange which really deserved a sin off by the way.
15:04 The plastic surgery was to protect his family in case he was captured. The helmet was to protect his new identity so that his enemies couldn't recognize him outside of the racing field and kill him.
I remember back in the early 90's MTV would show Speed Racer at midnight!!! That was my introduction to that show and the time slot made it so cool for me as a 14 year old!!! I kinda can't help but like this movie!!!
Okay, the target audience is kids, and adults who were kids in the 70's/80's who grew up watching speed racer. All I can say is, my kids loved this movie.
I loved this movie, when I was younger. I remember my best friend, at the time, and I were watching it in theatres. A few weeks later, that friend and I got the PS2 game of it. Pure nostalgia man.
Okay, valid reactions. However, one thing to mention. In the original anime, all of the Racers studied martial arts - I forget which discipline but they definitely knew martial arts. So, yes, the fighting scene DOES make sense because that is source material from the anime. And, no, Speed's not BAD he just missed a few hits because that's what happens in a real fight. Not every blow lands. Also, the bit about not having a car.....The one they won Monte Cristo in is the Mach 5. Macho 6 is the car that crashed. So they only have the Mach 5 now, which, presumably, isn't qualified to run the Grand Prix and probably because of its age so modifying won't help. They need to build a new car, from scratch. Hence the building scene.
About time!! I saw this film in theatres and it was the most amazing thing my child brain had ever seen and I dislike racing movies/shows. Even to this day, I love it. The CGI during the racing is amazing, the editing is so well done, and the music is awesome! I would love to see a remake of this film that shows us various visual representation of the original anime.
Yes, this movie is different to the type of film put out not just in Hollywood, but in general. Do I still love it? Yes. Is it for everybody? No. I love that the Watchowskis took something like Speed Racer and completely made it their own. They made an intentionally cartoony movie, and so used intentionally cartoony cliches. But it's the end to which they use them that matters. To me the message is less "corporation bad" and more about finding the reason why one does things. It also uses it's technology to the fullest potential, doing things more realistic films would probably never do. But it never does crazy editing without a purpose in the story, like simulating the tension Speed feels before the Grand Prix or the overwhelming nature of Royalton's tour. I truly understand the criticisms it gets, and understand not liking something because it's unrealistic, but Speed Racer to me is good because it's experimental. And seriously tho, the final race is absolutely sick and no one can even attempt to make me change my mind. Anyways, I'll get offa my soapbox now
Although it admittedly had a range of activation times, the protective bubble wrap balls that were tasked with supposedly saving a recently ejected racer from serious injury tend to activate instantaneously when a racer was about to collide with a mountain range.
15:55 the Mach 5 is not the Mach 6!! One is a racing car, the other is a sports car. Saying "just use the Mach 5" is like saying "I'll bring my Ford Mustang to the Indy 500, they're basically the same thing." Also the M5 is Rex's car, he gave it to speed when he left at the beginning. Did you even watch this movie? Wait, that's a stupid question. Jeremy doesn't watch movies, he skims through them looking for the slightest reason to sin it.
So, I get why for someone who hasn’t watched this movie a couple dozen times (like me) it could be confusing as to why Speed didn’t just take the Mach 5 to the Grand Prix instead of building a completely new car. But, if you pay close attention to the KINDS of cars used in each kind of race, you would notice that the Mach 5 and all the other cars in the Rally race had a traditional wheel gear system (aka. the back wheels have a fixed position while the front wheels can only turn 180 degrees), but in all three races with the Mach 6 (the beginning race at Thunderhead, Fuji, and the Grand Prix) you’ll notice that the cars used on those tracks have all four of their wheels built with the ability to independently turn 360 degrees, which allow them to make the sharp turns needed to complete the tracks that these cars are built for. All I’m saying is that, just like you wouldn’t take a Formula One race car onto a NASCAR track, Speed Racer can’t take the Mach 5 onto a T-180 (yes, that’s the official name) car track. So, they did in fact need a NEW car in order for Speed to race in the Grand Prix. Please remove two sins from the final verdict and then kindly make a CinemaWins “Everything Great About Speed Racer” video. Please and Thank You.
As a racing enthusiast, I wanted to clarify why Pops said they didn’t have a car. It’s because they don’t have a race car. The car used in the Costa Cristo race is just a super modified street car while the one in Fiji is a race car. It would be like if you should up to race at the Indy 500 with your modified Mustang
Ngl, racing in the Indi 500 with a modified mustang would be pretty cool.
Was about to say this too. Track racecars in this movie are called T-180s and Speed's super modified Mach 5 apparently doesn't fall into that category. Every other racecar has some sorta gyroscopic wheels and Mach 5 does not.
@@haydenahn8776 Yeah they operate on the T-180 wheelbase. Think they are also AWD, know that they are all wheel steering with 180-degree steerability. Mach 5 just operates as I think a RWD, standard wheelbase car.
That, plus I don't think the modifications for the Casa Cristo would be allowed in the Grand Prix. It would've been considered cheating.
It's Fuji mate. Actual F1 GPs were held there.
I once took a cinematography class in college as an elective. My professor was obsessed with this movie. He genuinely loved the way it was made. The color schemes and editing to him were flawless.
Well they kinda are
...I'm sorry, do you mind asking your professor how many drugs he took a day, and what variety, because I would love to live that drugged out. It wouldn't be for long, but boy, would I be happy.
It doesn't really matter if any of it makes logical sense because the emotional payoff at the end is so fucking goooooood
Your professor is correct. Speed Racer is a masterclass on both.
That's because they are
Finally. One of my favorite childhood movies is getting destroyed for me. Thank you cinemasins.
Agreed.
They messed up one of my favorite childhood television shows with the movie. Call it even.
Yeah, it's pretty to look at as a kid, but looking back it's kinda... bad...
Childhood movie? Shit man the childhood cartoon was miles better
Same
My childhood bruh
I thought the exact same thing when I saw the thumbnail
Yep, I third that
bruh me to
Unfortunate source of childhood.
Same shit here
I love this movie for the simple fact that while every other anime adaptation by Hollywood tries to hide the fact that it was an anime first, Speed Racer embraces the fact that it was an anime and stays true to the craziness of the original. Maybe a bit of a guilty pleasure but a pleasure all the same. Although I certainly understand that it's not everybody's cup of tea.
That vomit cgi though... Eww 🤢
I watch enough anime to know that most of this is just the flashy parts of the anime intros. I don't see those constant "use the character close-up as transition" things as often as I do in just this video alone, and it's probably not even all of them in the movie.
Too bad the movie was in the uncanny vally most of the time and was visually nauseating.
Unfortunately, "Embracing the fact that it was an anime first and stays true to the craziness," is a critical flaw for a live action movie. Animation has a much higher suspension of disbelief and a movie is too short for cutting the plot into 60 pieces. In fact, most live action adaptations of cartoons would have BETTER results if they were more deliberately "real," and less true to the source material.
@@adde9506 To a point. Live action and animation do things differently (though Hollywood thinks live-action is "superior" that's not really the case as each as their strengths and weaknesses) but it should still be recognizable beyond names as that cartoon. The Wachowskis just went too far towards the cartoon, and really they didn't even get that right some of the time, like those transitions with the characters wiping across the screen.
"Hollywood corporation produces anti-corporate movie" cliche: Ding!
"we're not the bad guys!" reminds me of when celebrities proclaimed that Parasite was their favorite movie of the year
@Josef Sprafka Ah my 2 favorite bots
This movie was ruined by the people it was criticizing.
This movie was directed by like...people, you know that right? Two people who were constantly being creatively suffocated by a system which did not like their ideas
@@evanwilliams7917 Creatively suffocated? The movie looks like they either had creative diarrhea or weren't being suffocated hard enough.
First he sins “why don’t they just bring guns” and then he sins “they bring guns to a race fight” pick a lane!
Haha because driving movie
Its timing
First time?
@@Dinchev666 😂😂😂😂💀
You obviously haven’t been here long and don’t understand quit yet
Can't believe there was no sin taken off for "Oh my god was that a ninja?" "More like a non-ja."
LOL! Freakin love John Goodman.
Why did he not take off any sins whatsoever? I want to see my all time favorite movie shredded! not shredded, burned, then have the ashes dumped into the ocean!
" they're eating her, then there going to eat me..... Oh my god!"
pun makes more sense in Japanese
the best line in all of cinema
I love how he doesn't show 3/4 of the last race because he even knows that it's a cinematic masterpiece
Or any race for that matter. The races in this movie are freaking incredible. That last one is just the cherry on top.
More like because it sins itself, the final one was one of the worst, and luckily forgettable.
I came out from the bottom, and into the top....
For the first time i feel Ali-i-ive!
@@StarcatMkVnice bait
I still think this movie is criminally under appreciated. Not only did it stay true to the wildness of the original anime, but it was visually spectacular. I’m just mad that my only dvd copy is scratched and cuts backward
I agree. Also I watched mine so much that the DVD PLAYER would spit it out lol
You did ripped the movie to the computer at least, right?
Dude that sucks. My DVD copy lost some audio during the first half of the Casa Cristo race when the announcer mentioned "Snake Oiler leading the pack."
You really have to just embrace the weird and silly visuals and dialogue for the big emotional payoff of the final race. When he drifts out, and surpasses everyone, is probably one of the best "turn up" scenes ever
Exactly
I really love this - it’s a live action anime and it’s not going to apologize for it
Michael Giachino's score perfectly punctuates that last run too. One of my favorite parts in the movie!
Yea, some of the sins about the anachronism and the visual effects, I mean that's literally the *point* of the movie. To basically be a psychedelic explosion and try to meld the asthetics of 60s googie architecture with the modern world for a more 'realistic' tale of futures past.
I mean, if you're twelve maybe
My family and I had a tradition of watching this movie on every road trip we went on, which was typically once a year during the summer. Never grew tired of it and we still love it. It's one of the only movies we all agree on as a family to be awesome.
my mom doesn't like it for some reason :(
Also, the "we dont have a car" thing because that confused me too the first time: the Mach 5 is the car they drove for the Casa Cristo, the Mach 6 was what was destroyed, and was also a different class of car specific for the races. The mach 5 is older and not qualified.
You are correct
Its those tiny easter eggs and bits of plot that told me that I had watched this movie too many times... and I did watch this in iMax, it was amazing!
confused me when I was younger, but once I got older I realized the Mach 6 was a track car, Mach 5 was the rally/daily driver, and the Mach 6 was destroyed at Fuji
@@camerongregg8450 same
Seamless!
I'm 20 years old and this is still my favorite movie. The ending gives me goosebumps
The ending is fucking S-tier
@@Orosander bro, it's a cinematic master peice, I still get chills re watching it. I'm glad someone agrees
Amen to that
I fucking love this movie. Last time I watched it I cried because of where it took me back to.
As a 19 year old this is true
There's nothing wrong, this movie is perfect in every level. There, saved you 20 minutes
Preach me that truth
I both loved the movie, actually consider it among my personal classics, and yet find Cinemasins put out a fantastic parody hit on it. Why can't you have both?
cinema wins be like
Yes! this movie was a masterpiece I mean everything about this movie is just yes right amount of feels right amount of action and oh so much racing!
Absolutely, the biggest sin is that it eventually ends.
In my opinion best anime adaption to date. People tend to forget or never knew the cartoon was completely nutty and I feel they worked hard to capture that wackiness. They even went so far as to keep the mischievous escapades of Spritle and Chim-chim in the film, including their love for hiding in Speed's trunk. Most studios would have demanded they be cut or at least the monkey. I respect that they went full force with this film. Almost everything in this movie is ripped directly from the cartoon and used in a way that makes sense.
My favorite scene with them has to be when they're watching that anime and they start acting out the scenes themselves. My brother and I quote that often. (Also their pajamas are cute.)
Hell ya! That is why I loved it! They committed to an amazing aesthetic that fit the wild over the top anime perfectly! It made me so sad as a theatre manager at the time to see so few see it in theaters.
I would go as far as to say its one of the truest, though speed Is less egotistic in this adaptation
@@cuddlebloops5217 totally agree. Speed in the animated series was beyond cocky but I think because of the movie's tone having speed be so egotistical would negate a lot of the heart this film is trying to display.
The only thing they didn't use was the theme music.
I remember my mom rented this for me in a Redbox and the real reason I don’t remember this movie was I was so high from getting surgery on my mouth. So this entire movie was an ACTUAL fever dream for me.
I absolutely LOVE this movie! The Racer X reveal at the end gets me every time in the heartstrings
I concur!
I always tear up at the scene where he slows down to let his brother keep the world record. That's some good shit
It always gets me at the end where Rex goes through what he did to keep his family safe. One of the best family films I've seen! Screw critics
One of the greatest Live-action cartoon/anime adaptations. I don't care what anyone says. I'd give anything to witness the Final race on the big screen again. It was epic enough to be a full on finale to the series.
Did you ever see the series finale? I just rewatched it the other day, man there were so many deaths I lost count.
@@megaman37456 they never died
@@scarecloud2741 When your car explodes with you in it, yeah, you die.
@@megaman37456they have QUIK SAFE when they crashed or explode (the thing qith a big fizzy bubble)
15:48-16:18
Drivers use 2 different kind of cars in the movie and the world it takes place in.
During the scene where the Inspector Detector goes to the Racer Family for help with joining Togokhan, he mentions that "there are no more track races" and that the Casa Cristo is a cross country rally. The Mach 5 is used for rally racing and casual usage, you know asphalt, but the Mach 6 is made for track racing, just like the Mach 4.
Hence why had to rebuild it.
Also the Grand Prix race was 2 laps, at least that's what's shown.
Thank you so much for going through this movie. It was my childhood, and while I didn't end up becoming some crazy car expert or garage owner or anything like that, it is still one movie I will forever hold in my heart. As controversial as this sounds lol, thanks Jeremy!
On my list of "most underrated films". This film is living anime, as it should be. It's fantastic!!
Interesting
We don't deserve good live action movies based off an anime. Look how we treated Speed Racer.
@@leosolcanonizado4065 Fax, we be treating shit so dirty. Look at how much attention the Rorouni Kenshin films got.
Narh we miss the sociopath main character
Yes cause vomit inducing cgi counts as "great" film 😂
Speed Racer was a part of my childhood, and I'm not afraid to admit it! Honestly, I'm rather glad to see CinemaSins lay into this movie!
This was a good movie
Underated movie
My gosh this film is such a good film. It’s just so full of passion and takes you straight back to the kid watching it 15 or so years ago. I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve seen this film. NEVER does it not make me smile or cry
Well said!
I also like food
I like Whoppers with Cheese
Some ppl are born in the wrong era
@@erguille I prefer a big mac
This is honestly one of my favorite movies, for multiple reasons. My biggest reason is that so many film adaptations of cartoons and animes these days try to make them very serious and dark, try to make them too realistic… This one did none of that. In the best way possible, there are tons of scenes in this movie that feel like they were directed and imagined by a kid, especially when Spritle and ChimChim were mock-fighting in the beginning to the old anime. I also appreciate that they didn't try making their 3-D to realistic, and lots of the effects are extremely colorful and stylized, as well as the backgrounds. The entire desert scene, how it was shot, is a good example. I appreciate that the shot changes and cuts actually feel like they were from out of a comic book. This movie in no way tried hiding its origins, it only made them more visually realistic.
4:03 so let me get this straight: Jeremy is confused that Pops would let Speed join the company he wants to dispite it being so obviously evil There is a later scene that explains why!
A big aspect of Pop's character is how he feels regret for driving Rex away from the family. Rex left because he felt the family's company ment more to Pops than he did, and the last conversation the two had before he "died" was Pops telling him "if you walk away you better not ever come back." Pops doesn't want the same series of events to happen with Speed, to the point he says to him "no matter what path you choose, that door will always be open for you." It's a really powerful scene and Jeremy doesn't show it because then he'd loose a sin.
Well-said.
15:49
They don’t have a car because the car Speed wrecked beyond repair was the car that the racer family uses in the WRL. The Casa Cristo race (technically not part of the WRL schedule but permits that wildcard entry to the Grand Prix) only allows road car models.
In summary : Mach 6 = race car (not road legal)
Mach 5: road car (not eligible for WRL)
Correct
As a big Hot Wheels fan around when this movie came out, that sin was painful to listen to.
thank you
@@kevinr.9733 those were the coolist.
They finally did it. I knew Speed Racer wouldn’t get away
Ik right
Ik right
pump the brakes that's my childhood you're talking about
@@aestheticswim3397 i saw this and now I feel like I'm 40 instead of 20.
Speed Racer couldn't go fast enough
I unapologetically love this movie (and the original series). As a film teacher, I encouraged students to watch it for the editing alone (or more specifically, the editing of the narrative and staging of scenes). Stylistically, its divisive. But there are some really strong parts to it as well.
Yeah sure some CGI was a bit overboard, but MAN have I not seen any other movie since that has editing like this.
Finally someone with a brain. Well said, Kevin. Those are many points why I like this film, too.
I still argue that the opening race, with its parallel stories of young and current Speed, is a master class in "exposition without exposition."
The fact that this came out while I'm writing a paper about the Racer family relationship is amazing
Nowadays i can't watch a movie without hearing CinemaSins:
"That's racist"
"This works"
"Hahahahahaha"
"No."
Ditto
Rolllll credits!
movie has time for this
@@liveandletdie138 SKIP
No one will be seated during the X montage
I have no shame in saying this is one my favorite movies.
There should be no shame in it. It’s a great movie
Agreed
glad I'm not the only one.
I love this movie as well. I think the reason why it bombed is because they thought it would be like F&F instead of you know... a cartoon (Anime)
Mine to
I don't care what anyone says, I freaking love this movie to death.
Edit- Thanks for all the likes!
It's way better than **** like
Emoji Movie,
or Nut job
Spongebob 2
FROZEN
Or any modern day Scooby doo movie!
This movie is absolute dog shit
I havent seen the movie, but the pfp. PJO for life
@@secretiveshash7815 yes!! That's actually from my fanfic, but yes! PJO FOR LIFE
Aw, me too! :) Its one of my favorite visual junk foods!
At the time of its release in 2008
Speed Racer wasn’t well received by critics and also garnered a Razzie nomination for Worst Remake.
But it was well received by audiences and has developed a cult following
@Latest Obsession well, it’s based on a Japanese cartoon from 1967 called Superauto Mach 5
For Worst Remake, seriously?? SO many other films deserve that award
I thought it was a perfect live action aesthetic choice and adaptation of a very old anime.
@@giuseppeianniello1998 That was translated and brought to the states as Speed Racer.
It was nominated alongside Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Disaster Movie, Meet the Spartans, The Day the Earth Stood Still and the “winner” of the category Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (the one movie that invented the phrase Nuked the Fridge)
One of the only anime movies that embraces the source material
One of my favorites idc how corny it is it’s a classic
Man woke up and decided to speak facts
It's supposed to be corny and over the top, it's a movie adaptation of the 1967 Anime series, which was corny and over the top.
I wish they never took this off Netflix it was my favorite movie as a kid
This is exactly why I still buy DVD's for my favorite films
@@ThisIsNotMyUsername lol I remember getting this as a Christmas present when it was first released on DVD, still watch it to this day
@@ThisIsNotMyUsername Yep. People who complain about a movie being removed from x service provider should not be complaining when they can purchase a hard copy which can be viewed as often as you like. My wife and I typically use streaming services to watch movies we haven't seen before or in a while to come to the conclusion of "hey we should buy that again, or we should buy that to own it".
The Mach 5 is a “normal” car whilst the Mach 6 is an homologated “T-180” car. The Mach 6 is still crashed and that’s why they need to build a new one
Basically the Mach 5 is like a F2 car while the Mach 6 is like a F1 car
@@isaiahlevi6189 the mach 5 is a sports car, not a full blown race car.
This is the most Robert Rodrigeuz movie Robert Rodriguez never made
He directed this? No wonder it gave me spy kids vibes lol
@@rickyg9682 No. The Wachowskis did (you know, the directors of "The Matrix").
Very nice!
@@jbvader721 oh really?:0 thx 🙏
@@rickyg9682 No, he didn't make it, but it feels like he did lol
I never thought I would see speed racer content in 2021. But alas, the world surprises me again.
A true plot twist wrapped up in a slice of life.
Remember when Dexter's Laboratory had a tribute-episode to Speed Racer? That was rad!
Thanks TH-cam, I'm like a day late to my favorite childhood movie.
Same
ALGORITHMS!!! Also TH-cam would rather hurt channels like Defranco and remove fan subtitles than be useful.
Monster in Law Full Movie 2005 what movie name pal
I can't express how much I loved this movie as a kid, and how much I still love it as an adult. Thanks to everyone at CinemaSins for this absolute nostalgia trip. And thanks for shredding it to pieces. I love you guys. ❤
Let it be official that this is the best anime live action movie yet!
Only VERY technically
Monster in Law Full Movie 2005 what movie name pal
What about Alita Battle Angel?
No, that would be Kill Bill vol. 1, even though it wasn't adapted from an anime.
This movie is garbage, which is technically an accurate adaptation of the anime... 😉
🚫🧢
This has to be one of the most underrated movies ever made.
11:25 You didn't watch the original show much, did you? One time Speed got attacked by axe-throwing Mariachi bandits who wanted to steal a macguffin from him. One time Speed shot up like 20 goons in a bad guy's volcano lair to stop the launch of doomsday missiles. This scene is probably the most accurate thing to the source material in the entire movie.
Requiem for a Dream references are always gold
I’m bout to make a reference on this comment
I will never understand the hate this movie received. Massively underrated and the best live action anime adaptation ever.
Yeah, I don't really get it myself. (Barring this channel's obvious humor, of course.)
Never watched the show and the movie wasn't really my cup of tea; but it did what it set out to do. It was an insane, over the top, LSD induced, fever dream of a family film. Exactly as intended. That's what the ads sold; that's what we got. Nobody didn't expect it. I do not get the hate.
@@scaper8 I agree, it's based on an anime that is bizarre, crazy and over the top, that's what we got. Its an incredibly difficult task to translate a media like anime into real life, where the boundaries of what you can portray are way beyond the limits of film. I really think they did an amazing job to try and translate that to real life.
Give it some time
I never got to watch the movie as a kid (protective parents), but I was able to read the junior novel. Absolutely loved the story.
Agreed!
I have to say, Susan Sarandon looked AMAZING for being 62 at the time of this film’s filming & release!
her and the entire cast was perfection 🔥
I love how this guy is all like "woooo, Trixie just rAnDoMlY knows how to fly a helicopter" and didn't bother to research that in Mach Gogogo, Trixie was mentioned to be the daughter of the CEO of an aviation company- Not only that, but he's questioning how Speed can fight so well, as if in the show he didn't fight just as good- For god sakes, Speed is literally the son of an ex-wrestling champ- Of course he's gonna be taught how to fight- In Speed Racer 1967, Pops is definitely the type of dad to teach his kids to fight, whether they want to or not-
14:40 According to the original show the bubble shield was only use if they ever needed to turn the car into a sub, giving them about 2 hours of air.
"The first thing you need to know about driving is to keep your goddamn eyes open" You should make this into a bumper sticker
Wont mean anything to the person behind them if they dont open their eyes
@@cuddlebloops5217 (Taps forehead)
This is a great idea! One bumper sticker that I’d actually put on my car
I just don't remember the graphics and visuals being so poorly constructed, even the plot and jokes just seem so much more annoying than when I was a kid and watching this.
HOLD UP HOLD UP! This was my movie growing up! You better not be to mean to it!
126 huh? Damn thought it would be more😭💀
@@gptstudios21 less than infinity war
Sorry bud too late
This is cinima sina
Got some bad news for ya...
This is honest to God, one of my favorite movies.
Cinema Sins: if I named my kid “Satan Worshiper” would I be surprised that they turn out to be a Pittsburgh Steelers fan?
Me who was born in Pittsburgh: 😐
Same man... Same..
I was gonna say the same thing.
I wasn't born it Pittsburgh, but was born in a family from Pittsburgh, as close as I can get to being a true yinzer without actually being one
I love how everyone disagree in the comments section with the review, this is hilarious
Bruh I can’t be the only who wants a part 2 too this movie I actually liked it
Ur not!!
Yeah, why not a sequel?
I would be so upset to see Trixie played by not Christina Ricci though
unfortunately, there will never be a sequel. the original manga and anime were completely condensed into this one movie. the 60's anime was three seasons (only 52 episodes) each season culminating in a big race at the end, with speed and trixie defeating the various mob goons, bosses, and schemes between races off the track. the prize the bad guys were originally after was the mach 5, as it was the pinnacle of racing tech, and everyone wanted it by hook or by crook, with the racer family thwarting the plans of the mob at every turn, the detectives trying to recruit speed to help them bring down the crime syndicates, the saga of racer X unfolding along side the main story, and the sheer technological marvel that was the Mach 5. They crammed all that into this one movie with nothing left over for a sequel. If they were going to remake it again and follow that same formula, the first movie would be everything leading up to the first race with cliffhanger, the second movie would be the cross country race and the reveal of racer x, and the final movie would be the grand prix championship race bringing down the evil corporation at the end. but we're not that lucky, and current hollyweird is too lazy and stubborn to film something like this again.
I think It's fine the way it is
There's nothing wrong with Speed Racer!
This is a movie adaptation of an anime done right!
They did a good job and had good choices for the actors
Not their fault the script was crap
@@cliffcorson4000 facts they wasted the cast with extremely cheesey dialogue that did not age well
@@kharissmarrow it was supposed to be since Speedracer was an anime
@@kharissmarrow exactly
They had so much they could have done with it
That could only be true is anime was right to begin with.
That Steelers joke was pretty good. Kudos.
Disappointed to see that he didn't take a single sin off for that emotional visual feast that is Speed crossing the final line tbh
Im just so happy to see how many others in the comments still love this movie. I think the casting was mostly great and yes its silly and over the top but it's based on a 60's animal, I've always liked the art style and it feels right and I love it
I saw this movie in the theatre...
On Shrooms with all my friends. Omfg, best trippin movie EVER! We couldn't stop laughing at John Goodman twirling the henchman.
Horuko: I would say good luck Saturday but you don't need it. You're already very lucky to have such a family.
CinemaSins: Aww... That's so sweet.
CinemaSins Bell: Ding!
😂😂😂
"Jeremy sins something he likes cliché"
@@jakubrejak1114 DING 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The way the "...some say we give a lot of shit to the car stunts in the fast & furious movies." line just ends really got me.
16:28 ah that’s so sweet
*Still puts a sin on it*
Jesus the nostalgia from that thumbnail.
I forgot all about this movie and that helmet brought me right back
The sin at 16:18 the reason they needed a new car was because the Mach 5 isn't a T180, if you look at all the cars during the "Grand Prix" the rear wheels can swivel, the Mach 5's can't so it doesn't conform to the ruleset of T180
This movie is a MASTERPIECE!!!
fr is really really underrated
This movie sucks
Its a technical masterpiece and a very true adaptation. Duno why you think a literal adaptation of speed racer is a good idea but hey they did it. Also the directors both changed genders so yeah odd people
It's the only film I've ever seen that's two films, a blatant 1 star trainwreck, followed by a 5 star masterpiece that's starts with the "Ninja?" "More like a NON-ja." exchange which really deserved a sin off by the way.
@@stryke-jn3kv stfu
1:03
I'm surprised you sin the obvious green screen next to them.
15:04 The plastic surgery was to protect his family in case he was captured. The helmet was to protect his new identity so that his enemies couldn't recognize him outside of the racing field and kill him.
I remember back in the early 90's MTV would show Speed Racer at midnight!!! That was my introduction to that show and the time slot made it so cool for me as a 14 year old!!! I kinda can't help but like this movie!!!
Okay, the target audience is kids, and adults who were kids in the 70's/80's who grew up watching speed racer. All I can say is, my kids loved this movie.
90's too. Would watch reruns on Cartoon Network every afternoon after school.
I loved this movie, when I was younger. I remember my best friend, at the time, and I were watching it in theatres. A few weeks later, that friend and I got the PS2 game of it. Pure nostalgia man.
This was a really fun movie, just a live-action cartoon. I'd like to see it in 4K someday.
RIP John Benfield, the actor who played Cruncher Block, the fixer.
This awoken a memory thought this was a fever dream
Okay, valid reactions. However, one thing to mention. In the original anime, all of the Racers studied martial arts - I forget which discipline but they definitely knew martial arts. So, yes, the fighting scene DOES make sense because that is source material from the anime. And, no, Speed's not BAD he just missed a few hits because that's what happens in a real fight. Not every blow lands.
Also, the bit about not having a car.....The one they won Monte Cristo in is the Mach 5. Macho 6 is the car that crashed. So they only have the Mach 5 now, which, presumably, isn't qualified to run the Grand Prix and probably because of its age so modifying won't help. They need to build a new car, from scratch. Hence the building scene.
Nothing, perfect film, masterpiece, emotional thrill ride, made me a man.
A girlie man?
@@Cre8Lounge no
As much as I fucking love this film. It’s not perfect, no film is
@@filmeditstudios3182 you obviously haven't seen shark tale
17:12 u can actually see the bubble thing form and eject the driver before the car crashes, it just happens super fast
3:30 - Cinemasins doesn't understand rhetorical questions
Since 4/20 is next Tuesday, what weed-themed movie are you going to sin?
I recommend a masterpiece *Half Baked*
Hacker man
Up In Smoke but thats impossible to sin as its a perfect movie
Harold & Kumar
@@vastotales4431 legendary
About time!! I saw this film in theatres and it was the most amazing thing my child brain had ever seen and I dislike racing movies/shows. Even to this day, I love it. The CGI during the racing is amazing, the editing is so well done, and the music is awesome! I would love to see a remake of this film that shows us various visual representation of the original anime.
Fax bro.
i forgot this movie existed, my dad would watch this like 5 times a day when i was growing up.
Is ya pops ok? That sounds like a sign of depression....
@@misterea9273 ya. I heard they use this movie as a torture method in China. Hell, they only made you watch it three times a day.
Sounds like you were one boring ass kid.
If thats supposed to be torture, then I would never want it to end. This movie is awesome.
1:27 Because of this movie, I failed my driving test. Bastards!
Mach 5 was the family car. The car used in the track races is the mach 6
Well it's time, Fate shall take this one gracefully. R.I.P Speed Racer
The actor died? Or the movie directly?
@@semilucky71 no he's sinning the movie
@@woahark ah, alright, cool
I was bouncing up and down in my seat seeing this in theaters when it first released with my jaw to the floor. Absolute masterpiece of an experience.
Completely agreed!
"Go speed racist, go speed racist, GO SPEED RACIST, GO!"
- Cyanide and Happiness
Clearly didn't realize the Mach 6 was wrecked at Fuji and the Mach 5 was Speed's personal car
Yes, this movie is different to the type of film put out not just in Hollywood, but in general. Do I still love it? Yes. Is it for everybody? No.
I love that the Watchowskis took something like Speed Racer and completely made it their own. They made an intentionally cartoony movie, and so used intentionally cartoony cliches. But it's the end to which they use them that matters. To me the message is less "corporation bad" and more about finding the reason why one does things. It also uses it's technology to the fullest potential, doing things more realistic films would probably never do. But it never does crazy editing without a purpose in the story, like simulating the tension Speed feels before the Grand Prix or the overwhelming nature of Royalton's tour.
I truly understand the criticisms it gets, and understand not liking something because it's unrealistic, but Speed Racer to me is good because it's experimental. And seriously tho, the final race is absolutely sick and no one can even attempt to make me change my mind.
Anyways, I'll get offa my soapbox now
4:19 The guy clearly has enough money where he thinks the rules don't mean squat to him, so it's not that surprising.
Although it admittedly had a range of activation times, the protective bubble wrap balls that were tasked with supposedly saving a recently ejected racer from serious injury tend to activate instantaneously when a racer was about to collide with a mountain range.
"Huh, I guess that Speed learned how to kick ninja a** at the same imaginary place that Trixie learned how to pilot a helicopter." 🐱👤🚁👩🏻🏫👨🏻🏫😂🤣
Speed learned to fight from his father.
11:24 Have you seen the original anime? Speed kills at least one person every episode lmao
15:55 the Mach 5 is not the Mach 6!! One is a racing car, the other is a sports car. Saying "just use the Mach 5" is like saying "I'll bring my Ford Mustang to the Indy 500, they're basically the same thing."
Also the M5 is Rex's car, he gave it to speed when he left at the beginning. Did you even watch this movie?
Wait, that's a stupid question. Jeremy doesn't watch movies, he skims through them looking for the slightest reason to sin it.
The Requiem for a Dream joke was bloody savage.
Kinda gave it pretty hard to the spongebob crowd too
@Robert Monroe 12:26
This was my favourite movie growing up. Watched it countless of times. It was a masterpiece to my child brain.
One of the most underrated movies of all time. Yes I said it
So, I get why for someone who hasn’t watched this movie a couple dozen times (like me) it could be confusing as to why Speed didn’t just take the Mach 5 to the Grand Prix instead of building a completely new car.
But, if you pay close attention to the KINDS of cars used in each kind of race, you would notice that the Mach 5 and all the other cars in the Rally race had a traditional wheel gear system (aka. the back wheels have a fixed position while the front wheels can only turn 180 degrees), but in all three races with the Mach 6 (the beginning race at Thunderhead, Fuji, and the Grand Prix) you’ll notice that the cars used on those tracks have all four of their wheels built with the ability to independently turn 360 degrees, which allow them to make the sharp turns needed to complete the tracks that these cars are built for.
All I’m saying is that, just like you wouldn’t take a Formula One race car onto a NASCAR track, Speed Racer can’t take the Mach 5 onto a T-180 (yes, that’s the official name) car track.
So, they did in fact need a NEW car in order for Speed to race in the Grand Prix.
Please remove two sins from the final verdict and then kindly make a CinemaWins “Everything Great About Speed Racer” video.
Please and Thank You.
Good lord why you gotta go for my childhood like this