Props to Herr Doktor Underkoffler

[subplotkudzu]

Trapped in a hotel room for work (more on that nightmare later), I got to see the back half of <i>Speed Racer</i>. It was everything he said it was and more. Proof positive that a movie can be Perfect without exactly being Good.

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[jedwardtremlett.livejournal.com]

"Proof positive that a movie can be Perfect without exactly being Good."

Like "Split Second" and "Plan 9 From Outer Space" : )

[chadu.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

See Also: FLASH GORDON, HUDSON HAWK, POPEYE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, and BUCKAROO BANZAI.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Amen.

I would be tempted to add MEGAFORCE to that list.

[brianrogers.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'd strike HUDSON HAWK off the list - it never appealed to me to see it, and then when I did Netflix it a few months back was severely underwhelmed. But for the others, yes.

Though I do wonder what the producers of Buckaroo Banzi could have done if they had Speed Racer's budget....

[jedwardtremlett.livejournal.com]

probably changed the equation and made it less perfect. I think a lot of that movie's charm was how hokey it was, even by 80's standards. : )

For example: look how bad the Star Wars movies have become now that George Lucas has access to massive amounts of CGI.