This is on the beginning of the Speed Racer DVD, and I assume elsewhere. I watched it with my mouth gaping. Who at Warner Brothers thought this would be a good use of a classic film? And how about these values: “Making time with Victor’s girl - good; pirating DVDs - bad.” Yep, copying their precious intellectual property is definitely worse than, like, mere spousal infidelity. For reals, WB?
It wasn’t the movie of our dreams. It wasn’t that total film we carried inside ourselves. The film we would have liked to make or, more secretly, no doubt, the film we wanted to live.
Let’s see if I can revive the DVD New Release posts. Now that I’ve had time to actually catch up on what’s being released.
New Release Picks
Speed Racer
Okay, so I didn’t actually see this in theatres. And it got trounced by most critics. On the other hand, I’ve seen a few glowing reviews from bloggers I [...]
Haven’t done one of these for a long time, but I defend myself on the grounds that there hasn’t been hardly anything released yet this year worth watching. And Debbie, I promise I will write about American Idol tomorrow.
Baby Mama
Apparently this is the response to all of last year’s unplanned pregnancy movies. Don’t ask [...]
