For their latest appropriation, The Wachowski Brothers have attempted to replicate the candilicious sense of J-Pop as only a Western, green-screen-happy directing duo can. Courtesy of AOL, here is the first trailer for their Speed Racer, technically the first movie from them as directors since The Matrix trilogy, and it looks like the boys might be trying too hard. From the blurred-background pans to the shot of Spritle and Chim-Chim in the trunk, this looks like a perfect live-action take on the classic anime series. But it also looks like a wannabe cartoon, and with so much CGI, it’s difficult to take seriously.
Nonetheless, my eyeballs are begging for me to take them to see this the first chance I get.
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