I concur on all points. It's my third favorite film of the summer of 2008, too, with The Dark Knight first and WALL-E second. Speed Racer has an ending that is enormously effective and satisfying, both viscerally and emotionally.I agree. Speed Racer was my third favorite movie from last summer, behind WALL-E and The Dark Knight but ahead of Iron Man. Thank god someone else out there shared that opinion. This movie actually has quite the cult following. I am aware of some amateur movie reviewers who placed it in their top ten movies of the year.
There are many reasons why I preferred Speed Racer to Iron Man, but one difference was in the ending. Iron Man peaked in the middle of the movie with the bad-ass Middle East action. The big finish, however, was disappointing. On the other hand, the plot and action of Speed Racer kept building and building into one of the most thrilling endings I have seen in a summer movie. When I saw it in theaters, some people actually applauded, and I was tempted to as well. The movie was good, but the last 20 minutes sent the movie into the stratosphere.
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