So I just watched this movie, and I loved it!

My only knowledge of Speed Racer going into this movie was that Speed Racers episode of Dexter's Lab. So I had a general idea of what it's about (But I mean, who doesn't have a general idea when the show is titled "Speed Racer"?).

The races were so incredibly intense they had me on the edge of my seat. It was awesome every time he used those jumping things. And yeah the ending of the final race was crazy and had me laughing, cause I couldn't follow what was happening at all but then he speeds through it and the race is over lol.

Sure there were some kiddish (Or, family-friendly) scenes, but the old series is a shounen to begin with, so it should be expected.

And I loved the cheesy fight scenes, when they turned the backgrounds into lines. That was 100% anime influence right there.

Also I liked how the bad guys are the big corporations. Movie had such an anti-capitalism tone, lol.

My only complaints with the actors is with that little kid with the monkey. I mean, a lot of the stuff he did was cheesy and comedic, and I'm sure that's all like super accurate to his original character. But the actor just didn't really seem to be in the character that much. Oh and though I thought John Goodman did a good job, it's always hard watching things with big name actors like him in them because all i can think when he's on screen is "hey it's john goodman".

but yeah, overall a really enjoyable movie. And I think as far as anime-to-live adaptaions go, this is probably the truest one we've seen, and probably we will see.