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- First reviewMay 13, 2008
- Last reviewJanuary 25, 2010
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Extraordinary Measures - worth a visit
PostedJanuary 25, 2010
Gamul1
from Boston, MA
This was a very compelling story. Based on a true story this movie will keep your emotions strung pretty tightly, especially if you are a parent. the acting in this was very good by all the leads and the little girl will just pull on your heart strings the whole time. I would definitely recommend this movie to everyone.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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In good spirit with the book
PostedJuly 25, 2009
Gamul1
from Boston, MA
This movie stayed closer to the book than the previous 4 did (book 1 was good for that too). This was excellent.
While it had some slight scary parts, I would recommend this movie to anyone age 8+. I plan on taking my two sons, ages 8 and 10.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Go Fan Go, See Speed Racer
PostedMay 13, 2008
Gamul1
from Boston, MA
I can't imagine what all the complaining is about. It must be coming from the totally unimaginative audience. If your looking for a drama or a comedy you went to the wrong movie. Its a fast action futuristic car racing movie. Its unrealistic in its racing and crashes. Its supposed to be.
This movie was excellent and fun and worth going to. It is definitely going to be better on the big screen than on your tv - so if you think you ever want to see it - see it now in theaters.
I took my kids (ages 7 & 9) to see this movie this weekend and I/we loved it. Really - I took myself to it and my kids came along as an excuse for me to go to it. I remember watching all the cartoon episodes when I was a kid and thought this more than lived up to the expectations and hype.
I thought it was very well done. It flowed well from start to finish and I thought it had a very attractive look and feel for kids (old and young) - lots of bright colors and fast action car racing. Lots of crashes of unrealistic intensity. It was very fun. I also felt that they left the door open to sequels - but it does not sound like they will based on the theater results. Thats too bad.
I guess I am not surprised the critics panned it - I usually find critics have no clue when it comes to what makes a good movie. But I was surprised that it did so poorly in the theaters. Perhaps just because Iron Man was its competition.
Emile Hirsch was good as Speed - not outstanding but not lame either. Ariel Winter I think was perfect for the role. She has an almost Anime look to her anyway that she almost seems like she came out of a comic book into the movie. I thought the rest of the characters were also good.
My only negative - not a big deal but they use the 3 letter A word 4 or 5 times. A little much considering the audience had kids as young as 4/5 in there. I think I very briefly may have heard the S word, but it happened so fast I am not sure.
While I am not saying that I think this was an epic movie - I do think this was a very fun movie worth going to see. I would give it 4.5 stars out of 5. A .5 point off for the swearing. Can't give it half point though so I bumped it back up to a 5. The 5 is not for being the best movie of all time - but for being a great/fun movie that met and exceeded my expectations.
All in all I would highly recommend it.
Oh - I forgot - my wife came too - she said it was "ok" not her type of movie - which I knew that going in.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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