Go, Speed Racer, Go! Here’s the deal: I’m back from seeing Speed Racer. I don’t know what the critics and those panning the film saw, but it sure wasn’t the movie I saw. I was expecting an “anime come to life,” and that’s just what I got.
Tag: Film
ONCE (2007)
It’s easy to say, “They don’t make movies like that anymore,” and then a film like Once comes around. As the director admits in the extras, the plot could be scribbled in its entirety on a cocktail napkin, but its execution is brilliant in its simplicity, reservedness, and honesty.
LAST QUARTER (2004)
In my quest to see/read all of the translated works of Ai Yazawa, I got around to watching the live-action adaptation of Last Quarter.